The Art Institute of Chicago
General Regulations
1. Coats and jackets must be checked at a Museum coatroom prior to entering the Libraries. For reimbursement of the Museum coatroom fee request a chit from the Library Attendant at the Reception Desk when leaving the Libraries. Chits are not issued for locker fees.

2. All briefcases, book bags, parcels, satchels, and loose books and papers will be inspected when leaving the Libraries.

3. The stacks are open only to certain AIC staff. Readers are not admitted to the book stacks and materials do not circulate outside of the Reading Room. All materials other than those in the Reading Room reference collection must be requested through the Circulation Desk by using call slips.

4. No more than five items may be requested from the stacks at one time.

Materials must be used in the Reading Room on the reading tables.

5. Only pencils may be used in the Reading Room and the book stacks. Use of pens, ink, markers and erasable ink is not permitted.

6. Tracing from or writing on library materials is not permitted.

7. Special collections and archival materials must be used at the Special Collections table.

8. Laptops may be used in the Reading Room. Internet connections are available.

9. The use of scanners is not allowed in the Libraries.