Study Space

The Library has a variety of study facilities including Group Study Rooms (which are bookable by students); Individual study desks; open study areas; study desks with PCs

• Zoning of the study areas
• Group Study Rooms
• 24/7 Library Study Zone

Study areas are indicated in yellow on the Library floorplan

Zoning

The Library is zoned to create different types of study environment for students. Please respect the rights of others to study in the zone of their choice by sticking to the rules for each zone:

Level 4: Silent Study

• individual silent study only in open areas
• talking is not allowed
• phones switched to silent (use stairwells for calls)
• cold food only (no smelly or noisy food)
• covered drinks only
• please clear rubbish to the bins

Level 3: Quiet Study

• minimal conversations allowed but keep it brief
• phones switched to silent (use stairwells for calls)
• cold food only (no smelly or noisy food)
• covered drinks only
• please clear rubbish to bins

Level 2: Enquiry

• phones switched to silent (use stairwells for calls)
• cold food only (no smelly or noisy food)
• covered drinks only
• please clear rubbish to bins

Group Study Rooms

The library has 10 group study rooms for students to work in groups collaboratively. All of them have full AV facilites so you can practice presentations, work on group projects, etc. All are furnished and set up for group discussions. All our group study rooms can be booked online or at the panel outside each room. See the Library floorplan for the locations of the Study Rooms.

ROOMS MAY BE BOOKED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 4 HOURS PER DAY. I.S. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJUST/REMOVE BOOKINGS MADE IN EXCESS OF 4 HOURS OR BOOKINGS MADE WITHOUT USERNAME AND FULL NAME.

• Click here to make a group study room booking (max 4 hours).
• Group study rooms - locations and facilities
• Guidelines for use of the rooms
• Making a booking from off campus

Locations and facilities

The Training Rooms on level 4, the Enterprise Zone Rooms on level 3 and the Library Seminar Room on level 2 cannot be booked by students. Students are however welcome to use the rooms in between bookings.

All of the AV equipped Group study rooms are set up in exactly the same way.

Basic AV kit

• PC: press 'system on' > 'PC' on panel. If you want to play a DVD or blu-ray you will find the PC in the upper cabinet. When you are finished using the PC logoff rather than shut down.
• Ipod/iphone dock > place ipod/iphone in the cradle in the bottom cupboard > press 'system on' and 'IPOD' on panel. Music from the ipod can now be heard through the TV speakers and any videos can be viewed on the TV. Volume control is on the panel.
• Connect a laptop > press 'system on' > 'laptop 2'. A VGA cable is needed to connect the laptop to the system. You can borrow one from the Lending desk. Plug the cable into the silver panel on the side of the cabinet. If nothing appears on the TV, press Fn/F5 on the laptop keyboard to toggle between the settings.

Guidelines for use of the Group Study Rooms

Group study rooms are in very heavy demand, so to ensure as many students as possible can benefit from the facility, please follow these guidelines.

• Group study rooms are for group study for academic purposes only. A group consists of 3 or more people, If you are working in groups of less than 3 please use the facilities on the second floor of the library or Social Study area
• You may not book the room for any other user
• Rooms may be booked for a maximum of 4 hours per day. 1 session per group, per day. Maximum 4 bookings per group per week. IS reserves the right to adjust/remove bookings
• Recurrent bookings, multiple or consecutive room bookings are not permitted and will be deleted by staff
• There will be a 15 min grace period. If you and your group fail to turn up within 15 minutes from start time of booking, your booking will lapse and room will be available to other groups.
• Rooms cannot be "reserved" by leaving personal belongings in them. Unoccupied rooms may be given over to another group.
• All waste material must be removed from the room on departure. If there is litter in the room on entry, please report this to the Information Centre immediately and we will endeavour to take action against the offenders
• Normal library regulations apply; please keep noise to a minimum and do not consume hot food or drinks in uncovered containers

Making a booking from off campus

The room booking system will only work from off campus if you are connected to CampusNet.  Once connected to CampusNet, navigate to this web page then follow the link to the system above.  You will see a dialog box "Connect to fusionrv" requesting a username and password.  In the username field enter: students\your username ie students\trd00001 and in the password field enter your normal network password. Press ok/enter to login.

24/7 Library Study Zone

The 24/7 Study Zone is the area adjacent to the Library to the right of the Library entrance. It has approx 90 study spaces in a variety of different furniture styles. The same rules as Level 2 (above) apply to this area. The Study Zone is open 24/7 so provides around the clock study space in a central location on campus.

During the autumn semester 2012, the Study Zone will be gradually extended into the room to the back of the current space.  The plan is to provide more seating and study desks in a variety of different styles and layouts to cater for differing study styles.  There will also be an additional 20 PCs bringing the total for the area up to 40. 

The furniture layouts will be suitable for individual and also group study to complement the existing group study rooms in the Library building.

There is also a colour printer/copier in the area which can do standard black printing as well as colour jobs.