Quiet study

• All of the Birks Reading Room is a silent study area
• Because of the hardwood floors in the Birks Reading Room, winter boots must be left on the rubber mats inside the main doors of the building.

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• All of the Rosenthall Library is a quiet study area

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Over 2,000 seats, with tables of various sizes, are available for quiet study throughout the McLennan and Redpath Library Buildings.

Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art

The Blackader-Lauterman study space, located on the third floor of the Redpath Library Building, offers large tables for consultation of oversize books and maps.

• Blackader Library reading room is a quiet study area
• Large tables seating over 100 people

Electronic Data Resources Service

• All of the EDRS Centre is a quiet study area

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• The main quiet reading and study room is located in the Octagon Room on the main floor

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• Level 3

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The Music Library provides a variety of study spaces. Due to the nature of the discipline and the trend toward collaborative work in courses and seminars, sound levels in these areas vary. In general, the principle for use is the higher and farther back one goes in the Library, the quieter the environment should be. For example, the 3rd-floor entrance is the hub of information sharing, teaching, and learning services whereas the 5th floor is a designated quiet study area where silence or discreet whispering is the practice.

• The perimeter of each floor is lined with individual study desks.
• The 4th-floor Audio/video department has 46 listening and viewing stations.
• The 5th-floor carrels are assigned to graduate students but may be used by anyone when not otherwise occupied.

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There are wired study tables and carrels on all floors of the library.

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• 3 tables that seat 12 students in the main part of the library
• 2 additional rooms reserved for those consulting rare or archival material

Reserved desks

• 2 desks in the mezzanine

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• Space for 18 to 20 readers in the Reading Room.
• Readers consulting collections have priority in the use of this space.
• No items are permitted to leave the Reading Room under any circumstances.
• This space is reserved for readers using Rare Books and Special Collections Library items.
• Readers can place material on hold in the Reading Room, to make the item readily accessible throughout their research period. Please consult the Reading Room Supervisor.

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• Level 1A
• Level 3
• Level 4
• Level 6

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