The end of the academic year is just a few weeks away. Perhaps preparing for exams includes coordinating study group scheduling. The library has study rooms on the second floor that are ideal for collaborative group study.
The circulation desk staff will accept study room reservations to ensure collaborative group study has priority over those who wish to use a room by themselves. A group being defined by two or more people.
For single users, ask at the circulation desk to see what rooms are unreserved before settling into one. If a room is booked by a group for that time, the individual user will have to find a different study space.
Study room reservations will be taken only by library staff and no longer than 24 hours in advance. To make a reservation, provide 2 names and 2 user ids (abc123) of students from the group. Study rooms are reserved for 2 hours and may be renewed for an additional 2 hours if there are no subsequent reservations from another group.
Please note:
- A member of the occupying study group must renew for additional time at the circulation desk.
- If more time is needed after the renewal of the 2-hour time, the group may reserve and move to a different room for another two hours if one is available.
- Reserved study rooms must be occupied by at least 1 member of the group within 10 minutes of the reservation time or forfeit room use to others an individual or group.
Any individual studiers who are occupying a booked study room must relinquish it when the group arrives to use it.
Larger groups may prefer to use rooms 202 and 203 which seat 8-10 students respectively. Study room 209 holds 6 students and rooms 207 and 208 are more suitable for groups with 5 or less people.
For quiet solitary studying, the lower level of the library has 6 individual carrels far removed from the commotion of the building. The carrels are spacious enough to spread out study materials.
This area is furnished with several soft chairs for more comfortable seating when sitting at a carrel becomes tiresome. There are two computers to access the libraries’ catalog or any of the law library’s online research resources. The lower level is more conducive to quiet work because of the location, common area conversations, the usual traffic of people and building noise is minimal on this level.
Carrels on the lower level and the open study tables on the second floor are not reserved. The guidelines for carrel and study table use are found here.
Good luck with exams!