NLM Reading Rooms and Services:
Conduct Policies

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is a research library. Please help us maintain a quiet atmosphere.

We ask all Reading Room users to:

• Answer and use cell phones outside the Reading Room area;
  
  
• Use portable electronic devices at volumes that can’t be heard by others;
  
  
• Use computer terminals to access scientific and biomedical materials only and not for recreational purposes;
  
  
• Eat or drink only in designated Library areas;
  
  
• Use AV equipment to view NLM materials only;
  
  
• Handle NLM materials carefully. Help preserve our collection by gently photocopying library materials, using only NLM-provided equipment for document reproduction, and not using sticky flags or notes to mark pages;
  
  
• Limit photocopier use to posted time limits, when others need to use them;
  
  
• Use furniture or equipment appropriately;
  
  
• Leave doorways, aisles, and spaces between tables or carrels free;
  
  
• Leave library trucks outside the photocopy room; and
  
  
• Supervise children at all times.
  

Your NLM ID badge should be visible to the staff at all times

Last reviewed: 19 July 2007
Last updated: 19 July 2007
First published: 30 January 2001
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