McLaughlin Library

Building itself is beautiful, but the lack of study spaces for a university so big is ridiculous. It’s nearly impossible to find a table at peak times. The closing alarms sound terrifying and I’m surprised a student hasn’t had a heart attack from them yet.

I try to leave a very objective opinion.
The library is beautiful, the infrastructure and the facilities are clean and accesible. HOWEVER, the library management is acting very unreasonably by doing maintenance and permitting handymen work during business hours.
I've tried to studied here for over a month and it is always the drill, the painting/polishing work or some maintenance work.
I understand this could be due to the summer time but the library should remain closed if that's the purpose. A noisy library does not make sense.
Would be ideal to have the maintenance over non-business hours so they do not interrupt the students.
People usually go to the library as it is the quietest area to study.

Likewise, the library unexpectedly runs the fire alarm or something louder as an alarm for closing time. This conduct is very reckless and it could cause a heart attack to someone with heart diseases. I've jumped from my seat a few times.
Students sometimes lose track of time while studying and it is nice to have an alarm to leave the premises BUT running the fire alarm is UNREASONABLE. (They do it 2 times, one at 4: 45pm and the other time 4: 50). There are no warning as to the alarm and they do not have accesible library policies on the walls.
As a visitor of this library I am very disappointed because the library is one of cleanest and biggest I've been.

I hope this review help them to improve and offer a better services to the students and visitor of this beautiful university.

I really like studying here. I always studied here when I was a student and now as an alumni and studying for post-grad exams, it still maintains a wonderful environment.

For a Montrealer girl like me, it is crazy that this university library has only three printers. And sometimes, only one of them works! University students having to line up for a printer is ridiculous. Also, I agree with the other commenters who said that some of the staff is very rude.

Decent library. Hours could be improved (closing at 8pm on Saturday nights specifically is pretty odd). Also, that warning alarm towards closing time is horrific and needs to be changed. I know that it's meant to prevent people from staying in but you could find slightly more respectful sounds.

It's a beautiful library but staffs are Zero accommodative, literally no good service is there.