Is food allowed in Mills? Are there specific food policies for each floor?

.. umm yea? ppl have food all over the place, not typically on the first floor mind you, but on anyother floor or area of the library there will be food.

heck, in the learning commons area youll see a full party sometimes with bottles of coke and couple boxes of pizza lol.

^ I've eaten lunch on the first floor before, so no problems there either.
I think the only library I've seen a food policy for was healthsci.

TLDR they removed the ban a few years ago, it is only heavily enforced in computer labs

Library response: Thank you for your thoughtful comment on this matter. We struggle daily with finding the best solutions to issues such as this in the library. Often, those who are using the library have very different opinions on food with some voicing strong opinions in favour of having food allowed anywhere within the library and others strongly opposed to this idea.

For many years we did not allow food/eating in the library buildings, but lifted these regulations at Mills, Innis, and Thode within the past couple of years. Much thought and preparation went into this decision including adding extra garbage and recycling bins and also increasing the frequency at which spaces are cleaned. Lifting the food restrictions was one way in which we wanted to make users' lives easier.

Currently, we don't ask staff to monitor the eating of food at these stations because we do not have a policy which prevents people from doing so.

You would clearly like us to reconsider this policy or devise other ways to create a library environment where users are respectful of both the equipment and other users' needs.

To be perfectly honest with you, we are unlikely to implement a more restrictive food policy in the near future. We have created food free zones in some library areas, but that being said, we don't believe we have tapped all of the ways in which we can help to create the best environment which is satisfactory to all of our users. Thank you for contributing to this discussion and we welcome any of your ideas on how we can create such an environment. (May 28/09)
Answered by: Catherine Baird (Marketing, Communications and Outreach Librarian),bannisl

Yeah, at Health Sci Library, you're allowed to eat small snacks/coffee in the study carrels, as long as it doesn't have a strong odour/hot food.

You're not allowed to eat while sitting on a computer at Health Sci.
but there is a cafe (Williams) in the library where you can eat/buy lunch.

Ive been to Mill a lot of times with food
I dont think its a big concern

Food is allowed in Mills. I always eat my lunch at Mills everyday at school especially on the 2nd floor. There's even food vending machines on the 2nd floor.