Due to “essential maintenance” to College’s room booking system, students and societies will be unable to book rooms on campus for events for the next five days.
In an automatic email sent to those who contacted Trinity’s Enquiries Office, it was confirmed that the systems will be down until January 31st. People will be “unable to create new bookings or check existing bookings during this period”.
The system shut yesterday, leaving students scrambling to find alternatives in the interim.
Ordinarily students are required to fill out a booking form, which details the desired room, date and time which is then submitted to the Enquiry Office. The booking then goes through the system’s approval process and a confirmation is sent.
The booking system is used for all enquiries and bookings from academic departments, Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU), College societies and clubs and external organisations. The office looks after a vast array of rooms on campus from smaller seminar rooms to larger lecture theatres.
Students are required to keep a copy of their booking confirmation in case of misunderstandings regarding allotted times.
In 2016, over 15 societies spoke to The University Times about numerous issues they had faced when dealing with the Enquiries and Junior Dean’s Office, both of which are responsible for booking rooms for student societies. Societies outlined problems with double-booked venues and lack of flexibility of where certain events could be held.
