The Scarborough Public Library provides occasional use of the conference room and meeting room without charge to allow small groups of two to six students to meet for educational purposes without disturbing those around them. The Library also makes these spaces available to non-profit literacy volunteer groups for occasional use.
Reservations:
A room for group study may be reserved up to one week in advance for up to a 2-hour period. Time may be extended up to an additional 2 hours at the discretion of library staff if no others are waiting to use the room. Anyone wishing to extend their time must request that extension before their time expires but no more than 15 minutes before the end of the original 2-hour period.
Reservations will be held for 10 minutes after the designated time. No one may make more than one reservation per week. Absent a reservation, the staff may choose to assign the room on a first come, first serve basis. At least one user of the room must have a Scarborough Public Library card. Tutors must also make a prior reservation, but a borrower’s card is not required.
The Library is not responsible for the loss, theft, or damage to any material left in the room or for any unattended items.
Behavior:
Persons using the rooms are subject to all library policies and rules of behavior. Failure to abide by the Library’s policies may result in suspension of privileges to use the rooms.
Cleanliness:
Groups must clean up and place all trash and recycling in appropriate receptacles and leave the room in the condition it was found. Furniture may not be moved into or out of the rooms. Users must not affix anything on the walls or windows. Study rooms must be vacated five minutes before library closing time.
Paid Tutoring:
The Library meeting room and conference room may not be used for paid tutoring sessions. Paid tutors are considered a business and are charged a fee for use of these rooms consistent with the library policy on Use of Meeting Room.
Private, paid tutoring is allowed in open study and reading areas only if such activity does not disturb staff or library users and if those involved otherwise comply with all rules, guidelines, and procedures governing behavior in the Library.
Paid tutors may not publish or distribute advertisements or letters indicating the library as their place of doing business or otherwise imply library sponsorship of their activities. The Library does not sponsor, recommend, or assume liability or responsibility for the work and/or activities of tutors who use library space.
Approved 2/17/2005, rev. March 19, 2026