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California Room Privileges & Rules

General Guidelines

• Only pencils may be used in this room. Ink pens are prohibited.
• No materials from the California Room may leave the room.
• Cell phones should be turned off or set to silent/vibrate. Use is not permitted; if you need to initiate or receive a call, please do so outside the California Room.
• Food and beverages are not permitted — including water bottles and travel mugs.
• Only materials needed for note-taking — pencils, notebooks, laptops — may be placed on the reading tables. Coats, briefcases, backpacks and other paraphernalia are to be stored underneath the table.
  
  

Handling of Materials

Electronic Equipment

Copying Restrictions

• The California Room will not allow photocopying or scanning of any materials when this process could damage the materials.
• The copying or scanning of fragile, brittle, or aged items in poor condition is not permitted.
• The same restrictions also apply to oversize, tightly bound, or older books whose binding or pages run the risk of damage if attempts are made to force them flat on the surface of a copier or scanner.
• Copying of fragile/at-risk materials is permitted if a digital camera is used without a flash.
• California Room customers photocopying materials from this Room have first priority over all other users.

Restricted Materials