Official bitch about daily life in UL

onethreefive

iLaura wrote: »

There'll be a queue every week day for the next three weeks :P be there before 8 in the morning and you're guaranteed a seat. Be there around 7.40 and you get a choice of them!

I better set the alarm for 6:30 so... will need that long to wake up :P

Chris Martin

Remember getting there before 8 one morning, was half way in queue that had curved around into main plaza and back onto Spar path.. :P
Waited about half an hour before getting in and still only got an alright seat and spent a fortune on coffee to keep me awake.. :S
Discovering KBS computer lap was best thing ever

iLaura

onethreefive wrote: »

I better set the alarm for 6:30 so... will need that long to wake up :P

I'm the exact same. Woke up at 6.30. Got out of bed at 7.05. Left house at 7.20 and queued from 7.30 onwards.

jamo2oo9

Are people really that desperate to get a seat in the library? Never would I get up at fúck o' clock for that. KBS is the way forward!

iLaura

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Are people really that desperate to get a seat in the library? Never would I get up at fúck o' clock for that. KBS is the way forward!

I tried study in KBS once or twice, but I am far too much a messy studier to be able to be in there with small desks and a computer in the way

jamo2oo9

iLaura wrote: »

I tried study in KBS once or twice, but I am far too much a messy studier to be able to be in there with small desks and a computer in the way

Try the classrooms. Mostly empty during study week really.

onethreefive

i like the library because seeing other people working encourages me to haha and I like the big tables

iLaura

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Try the classrooms. Mostly empty during study week really.

I find the desks there to be really narrow? Is that the right word I'm looking for? The barely sit a refill pad on them properly

jamo2oo9

iLaura wrote: »

I find the desks there to be really narrow? Is that the right word I'm looking for? The barely sit a refill pad on them properly

No, there's classrooms with massive desks in them. Maybe they're in Schuman rather than KBS. Can't really tell which part of the building is KBS and Schuman

iLaura

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

No, there's classrooms with massive desks in them. Maybe they're in Schuman rather than KBS. Can't really tell which part of the building is KBS and Schuman

Oh cool! I'll have to go have a look tomorrow so, though I'll still be in the library for 7.30 :P

kerryked

Where abouts are the computer labs in KBS? Im not in there too often..

shano_88

Ya, I go to the classrooms in the Kemmy during the day. Go in around 10 and get a space no bother and still plenty of other spaces around. Then the library in the evening!

shano_88

kerryked wrote: »

Where abouts are the computer labs in KBS? Im not in there too often..

First floor and go right. The computer labs are on your left and classrooms on your right.

onethreefive

Someone just left a laptop at a table and walked off at 5 past 8 and there still not here There's people looking for seats.

kerryked

onethreefive wrote: »

Someone just left a laptop at a table and walked off at 5 past 8 and there still not here There's people looking for seats.

That person that left is probably tucked up in bed, safe in the knowledge that their library seat is secure..makes you feel like you're actually studying if you can tell people you have a seat in the library yano :rolleyes::D

Midkemia

Any free seats in the library ?

Chris Martin

I tell you now, there's money to be made in an app to check that.
All you need is 2/3 people to check seats at maybe hourly intervals over the day.
Will also clamp down on seats being held for folk, just holding bags or being empty for hours. Should result in a more efficient library where seats are filled with people for the majority of the day. I've gone into a 'full' library more than once where over a third of seats are empty. Wasted productivity.
Plausible idea for a FYP. Could be used by computing, sociology or business students, depending on how you approach it...

You heard it here first... :P
I'll get nowhere in life if I keep giving away all my million euro ideas for free.. :P

iLaura

Midkemia wrote: »

Any free seats in the library ?

Yup, 2 by me on the first floor by the single desks

onethreefive

I think I saw a free table near the windows on level 1 about 10 minutes ago

If I go to the library around 6 will I get a seat? Or 6:30 even?

iLaura

Deleted User wrote: »

If I go to the library around 6 will I get a seat? Or 6:30 even?

Yep! There's a good few free. Two of them directly across from me are and I can see another few

iLaura

iLaura wrote: »

Yep! There's a good few free. Two of them directly across from me are and I can see another few

Thanks Laura
Got a good window seat!

FionnK86

Library is definitely quieter compared to last year....

Seat's easily available throughout the day, and no need to scout for about 10 minutes. I'd say the addition of the card reader gates as keeping the leaving cert's away at last. Also, there's a stapler downstairs now so halle-freakin-lullah i can staple all these exam papers together!

onethreefive

Is there any chance of getting a seat with a plug in the library around 12?

I'm way to tired to queue and walk into the library again

iLaura

onethreefive wrote: »

Is there any chance of getting a seat with a plug in the library around 12?

I'm way to tired to queue and walk into the library again

Almost definitely. The queue hasnt even reached the doors of the foundation building yet

onethreefive

iLaura wrote: »

Almost definitely. The queue hasnt even reached the doors of the foundation building yet

Thank you I thougit I was the only one who couldn't handle another early day haha

Ciano35

Can the printers in the library print a3?

jamo2oo9

Ciano35 wrote: »

Can the printers in the library print a3?

Yeah, just change the page size in page properties when printing.

onethreefive

Any free plug seats in the library?

iLaura

onethreefive wrote: »

Any free plug seats in the library?

None that I can see around me