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Study Area Directory & Noise Zones

To create an environment that meets the study and work needs of our campus community we have established noise level zones in the libraries to suit varying types of study:

Intended to serve as silent, individual study space for readers and students who need to concentrate.

  • No conversation
  • No food
  • Cell phone on silent
  • Electronics need earphones with sound on low

Intended to serve as quiet space for readers and students. In these zones only low-level talking is permitted.

  • Whispered conversation
  • Only cold snack foods and beverages in closed containers permitted. No hot/aromatic food permitted.
  • Cell phone on vibrate
  • Electronics need earphones

Usually busy with high traffic levels. Intended as group study areas and/or instructional areas and include library service desk areas. Conversational noise is to be expected.

  • Group conversation
  • Only cold snack foods and beverages in closed containers permitted. No hot/aromatic food permitted.
  • Cell phone on vibrate
  • Electronics need earphones

Augustana Library

  • Collaborative Zone: Main Floor, Lower Level
  • Quiet Zone: Main Floor study carrels, Room 1-114, Lower Level study carrels

Augustana Library has a variety of tables, chairs, and soft seating near power outlets. Augustana Library also has 40 computer workstations and access to UWS wireless service. Additionally, study spaces are available to book online.

Bibliothèque Saint-Jean

  • Aires publiques : Près des points de service (comptoir d’accueil et imprimante)
  • Aires tranquilles : Isoloirs et tables des collections générales et pédagogiques
  • Aire silencieuse : Salle Silencieuse (1-12A)

Nous disposons de 35 ordinateurs équipés de Windows office et Antidote 9 et de 45 isoloirs. Plusieurs grandes tables sont également mises à la disposition des étudiants. Cinq salles d'étude en groupe pouvant aisément accueillir entre 2 et 12 personnes sont équipées de tables et de tableaux blancs. La salle 1-12F d’un écran LCD mural. Ces salles doivent être réservées sur Book study space.

  • Collaborative Zone: Main floor service areas
  • Quiet Zone: Main floor study carrels and tables
  • Silent Zone: Silent room (1-12A)

There are 45 study carrels located in the library. We also offer five group study rooms which can comfortably accommodate 2 to 12 people. Salle 1-12F has a wall-mounted LCD screen. Advanced booking is required for three of the four rooms.

Cameron Library (Science & Engineering)

  • Collaborative Zone: Main Floor, 2nd Floor (Common Area)
  • Quiet Zone: Knowledge Common and Study Hall (Basement)
  • Silent Zone: 3rd Floor, 4th Floor

There are over 350 computers with the entire building providing UWS wireless service. Cameron Library offers table seating with plug-ins, individual and group workstations, quiet study carrels, bookable group study and presentation preparation rooms with computers and LCD displays, and a comfortable soft seating area for studying or relaxing.

Rutherford Humanities, Social Sciences, & Education Library

Rutherford North

  • Collaborative Zone: Main Floor, 2nd Floor, 4th Floor
  • Quiet Zone: 3rd Floor (Note that Room 3-112 is a silent study room)
  • Silent Zone: 5th Floor, Room 3-112 on the 3rd Floor
  • Family Corner: 3rd Floor (OneCard Access once registered with the Dean of Students)

Studying & Computing:

  • over 700 study spaces on 5 floors
  • 30 laptop stations
  • 110 Computing workstations
  • Group Study Rooms
  • 4 ONEcard printers
  • Family Corner - child friendly space for Students and Staff who parent.

Rutherford South 2nd Floor

  • Collaborative Zone: 2nd Floor Foyer
  • Quiet Zone: 2nd Floor Reading Room

Studying & Computing:

  • just under 500 study spaces
  • 2 IST computer labs: 2-03 (35 workstations) and 2-05a (15 workstations)

Sperber Health Sciences Library

Collaborative Zone: Level 1

  • East side, outside of the Teaching & Learning and Maker Labs
  • Teaching and Learning Lab (if available)
  • Maker Lab (if available)
  • Entrance area by service desk and the stairs

Quiet Zone:

  • Level 1: West side by the Indigenous Learning Space and Indigenous Healing Collection
  • Lower Level: Around the stairs, leading up to the silent study space

Silent Zone: Lower Level

  • Back half of the lower level starting at the RC 424.7 book stacks and study room L1-152A. This includes the south end's long hall. Look for the red Silent Zone signage.

Sperber Library offers table seating with electrical outlets as well as individual and group bookable study rooms. Group study rooms have monitors that connect to laptops; ask us at the service desk to borrow a remote control and connector cables.

J.A. Weir Memorial Law Library

  • Collaborative Zone: 2nd Floor entry (before the glass doors)
  • Quiet Zone: 2nd Floor after the glass doors
  • Silent Zone: 3rd Floor, including W-342E

The Law Library can seat over 400 people. Group study rooms may be booked online. The McLean Reading Room (designated for law student use only and managed by the Faculty of Law) on the third floor of the library seats 60 and has both electrical and network connections for each seat.