Time
The most commonly cited reason for not using the
library was lack of time. Departments were felt to
be too busy to allow staff to use the library during
their working hours. There was a reluctance to use
the library during lunch-breaks, which were felt to
be too short to allow this anyway. One department
suggested that it would be good to allow staff
‘protected time’ during their working hours. Staff
from one department were reluctant to use the
library as it was at the far end of a long corridor
in a part of the hospital that had ‘nothing to do