Spaces in the Library

Study Spaces

Group Study & Study Rooms

• The first floor is the group study floor (the loudest floor).
• The second floor is also designated as a group study floor, but at a quieter volume than the first floor.
• One group study room is located on the third floor that contains a computer and large screen monitor, chalk board, and dry erase board.
  • It can be accessed with a Lawrence ID card and can be reserved by signing up on the clipboard located on the door.
• Four viewing & study rooms are located on the first floor.
  • Students who need to use the rooms for viewing get priority of use.
  • The rooms can be accessed with a Lawrence ID card and can be reserved for two and a half hour sessions by signing up on the clipboard located on the door of each room. In addition to DVD/Blu-ray players and VCRs, these rooms contain connections to allow the option of connecting a laptop to practice presentations.
• The area near the large monitor on the wall located on the first floor near the listening stations can be used for group study and can be connected to a laptop, or used with the connected desktop computer or Apple TV device.

Quiet Study

• The third floor is designated for quiet study.
• The fourth floor is designated for silent study, including the Kruse Room- which is designated for silent study or reflection.
• Student offices on the fourth floor may be requested for use for an entire term by submitting a student office request form. Keep in mind that there are not always enough offices to fulfill every request.

Listening and Viewing in the Library

Viewing Rooms

Four viewing rooms are available for Lawrence University students, faculty, and staff by ID card access. The rooms are are equipped with multi-region Blu-Ray/DVD players, VCRs, monitors, and VGA/HDMI wall plates. Room 132 includes a multi-region VCR.

Viewing rooms may be reserved in-person by signing up on the weekly schedule that is posted on each door every Monday. You may sign up for only one two and one-half hour session at a time. While these rooms may be used for independent study, academic viewing and listening take priority.

Music Lab

The Music Lab is located in room 116 on the first floor of the library near the music scores and the music librarian's office. This space is available for all members of the Lawrence University community. The following items and software are available in the space:

• a Yamaha digital piano
• a scanning stand that can house an iPad for quick and easy scans into ForScore. It also contains a large-format flatbed scanner.
• two Mac workstations (one with dual monitors) with velocity-sensitive MIDI keyboards and various pieces of audio editing and music composition software, including Logic, Dorico, MuseScore, and Audacity.
• a listening station equipped with a vinyl, cassette, and CD player.