Individual Study & Quiet Floors

Study Areas

The basement and the 5th floor are the designated Quiet Floors in the library, providing students with quiet spaces to focus and study. All other floors are intended for individual study, small group study, and remote learning. 

sandbox study area

Learning Ground Lab & Sandbox

1st Floor Computer Lab

Learning Ground Lab & Sandbox (north end of the 1st floor) has wheelchair accessible computers, scanners, black & white and color printing, and a collaborative study area that includes mobile furniture, writable walls, computers with 55″ displays, and wall-mounted touch-screen computers.

Library Research Center computers

Library Research Center

2nd Floor Computer Lab

Reference Librarians staff the Library Research Center (2nd floor across from the elevators). There are 70 PCs and several Macs, wheelchair accessible computers, scanners, and black & white printing, as well as color printing.

Mediascape shared display

Media:Scape Station

2nd Floor

The Media:Scape station (south end of the 2nd floor) is connected to a standard lab computer and enables screen-sharing with personal laptops, or Library Laptops.

3rd floor study space

Flexible Study Area

3rd Floor

This is a large flexible study area with furniture that can be moved to fit various study needs. There is comfortable seating, ottomans, rolling whiteboards, study booths with touchscreens, chairs with laptop trays and numerous floor outlets to accommodate personal laptops, or students can borrow a Library Laptop.