Animals in The Library

Because animals in the library are incompatible with the essential purpose of the library to serve as a quiet research and study facility, it is the library's policy not to allow persons to bring animals into the library unless the animal is an authorized accommodation to a person with a disability.

Anytime any animal is behaving in a manner incompatible with the essential purposes of the library, the library will immediately insist that the animal exit the library.

Incompatible behavior includes:

1. barking,
2. urinating/pooping on floor,
3. being off a leash,
4. running away or otherwise leaving the side of the owner,
5. biting or other threatening actions such as growling, teeth bared, lunging on others besides animal owner,
6. damaging property of University or others

Students, faculty and staff who wish to bring an animal into a library must be willing to answer the following questions:

1. Do you have a disability?
2. Do you need this animal with you in the library as an accommodation to your disability?

Service animals (e.g., guide dog for blind individual), will be allowed into the library to accompany the person with the disability.

Comfort, therapy, and emotional support animals (whose mere presence is the accommodation) will be allowed into the library to accompany the person who requires the accommodation if:

1. UCB Students: The Disabled Students Program (DSP) has authorized the animal as a disability-related accommodation
2. UCB Staff and general public: A medical expert has authorized the animal as a disability-related accommodation

The library requires that UC Berkeley students with disabilities must have authorization from DSP to bring an animal into the library. Please bring the library a DSP Letter authorizing the animal as a disability-related accommodation in the library.

The library requires that persons with disabilities who are not UC Berkeley students must have authorization from a medical expert to bring an animal into the library. Please bring the library a doctor/expert's statement authorizing the animal as a disability-related accommodation.

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