In order to protect the rights and interests of readers in the fair use of reading seats in the library, and also to avoid the occurrence of adverse phenomena such as preemption of seats, the library adopts a seat management system to standardize and maintain reading order. The specific management measures are as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Readers must firstly follow the Shanghai Maritime University Library or “I go to the library" WeChat public account through smartphones to realize various functions such as reservation selection, check-in, temporary departure, and withdrawal of the reading seats in the library.
ARTICLE 2
Readers who select seats through the seat management system have the priority to use the selected seats. In case of a dispute, please ask the library staff for help.
ARTICLE 3
The readers' seat selection is divided in three dimensions:
1. Seat reservation for tomorrow
2. Seat reservation before the opening of the library on the same day, and
3. Seat selection after the opening of the library.
The opening hours of the reading room in Building A are 08:00-21:30, and the opening hours of the self-study rooms in Building B (B106, B112, B113) are 7:00-22:00.
1. Seat Reservation for Tomorrow: Seat reservation for the next day can be done from 21:00-23:00 the previous day, every day. After the library opens the next day, readers must sign in and sit in the library within 20 minutes after the opening of each reading room (self-study room).
2. Seat Reservation before the opening of the library on the same day: Seat reservation before the library opens on the same day can be made from 07:00-08:00. Readers who have successfully reserved a seat in the reading room of Building A must sign in before 08:20. Also, readers who have successfully reserved a seat in the self-study room of Building B from 6:30-7:00 must sign in at the library before 07:20.
3. Seat selection after opening of the library: readers must sign in within 20 minutes after the seat selection is successful.
ARTICLE 4
After selecting a seat, readers need to scan QR code or Bluetooth to sign in at the library within the specified time (return to the "I go to the library" official account page, click "More" in the lower right corner, and select “Bluetooth sign-in". Bluetooth sign-in needs to turn on the mobile phone network, Bluetooth and GPS). Failure to sign in on time will record a violation of time-out.
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When the reader temporarily leaves the reading room, please select "Temporary Leave", and the seat will be reserved for 30 minutes (During meals: from 10:30-13:30 and from 16:15-18:30, the seat will be reserved for 60 minutes instead).
1. Readers upon return within the reserved time after leaving temporarily should please sign in again and return to their seat after confirmation.
2. Readers who exceed the reservation time and have not checked in to confirm their return, will automatically have their reserved seats released for others to use by the system, with the remaining items treated as occupied items. A violation will be recorded.
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If readers leave the reading room for a long time, please select "Retire" and the seat will be available for use by others.
ARTICLE 7
If a reader finds out that a certain seat is displayed in the system (excluding reservation completion and temporary departure status) but no one is actually there, the "supervised seat occupation" function can be used. The reader needs to take a photo and upload their certificate. The supervised readers must sign in or release their seats within 15 minutes, after receiving a prompt message of ‘has been supervised’ from the “I go to the library” WeChat official account otherwise it will be deemed that the reader has left the library and has not returned or occupied the seat, and that seat will be recorded for a violation with an automatic release by the system.
ARTICLE 8
You can withdraw your seat after making an appointment, and no seat can be selected within 1 minute after withdrawal. If you are unable to sign in within the specified time after making an appointment for seat selection, a violation will be recorded.
ARTICLE 9
Readers who have violated the rules 3 times within 7 days will be blacklisted and disqualified for seat selection for 3 days.
ARTICLE 10
The right to use seats shall be subject to the system display.
ARTICLE 11
Readers should consciously maintain a good reading environment. Readers should not use objects to occupy seats or move the position of tables and chairs at their will. The library staff will clean up the occupied items and treat them as unowned items.
ARTICLE 12
The advertisements played on the WeChat official account "I go to the library" are provided by the manufacturer, and are not recommended by the library. Readers are therefore requested to carefully screen the advertisements. Disputes caused by the advertisements are the responsibility of the readers.
ARTICLE 13
These measures shall be implemented from March 1, 2021, and the library is responsible for its interpretation.
This document is a translated version. If there is any difference from the Chinese version, the Chinese version shall prevail.