Non-library study areas?

Weepsie · 31-01-2012 1:18am #1

I was just wondering if there are any study areas, reading rooms, or general vacant rooms that can or are used for study.

I ask because I often have books from the local libraries and for whatever reason they set off the UCD libraries' alarms. It's become a pain to say the least going through bags, having to hand stuff to security and then go through unless I only have 1 or 2.

There was a big vacant room in Newstead (one of the nice f rooms)to few times I've been over there, and it would be a perfect reading/study room, but I doubt its always vacant for such use.

Raphael · 31-01-2012 2:18am

If you're a postgrad, there's a nice room on the first floor of arts, above the library tunnel area.

Weepsie · 31-01-2012 10:59am

Raphael wrote: »

If you're a postgrad, there's a nice room on the first floor of arts, above the library tunnel area.

I am indeed, I'll have a snoop around later to find it so.

bnt · 31-01-2012 11:14am

A big F (first floor) room in Newstead? That must be the Landscape Architecture studio, but I've never tried using that for study, it is their workplace after all. The other big room upstairs is a computer lab, which (like the one downstairs) is sometimes booked for classes. There are other G (ground floor) rooms that get used at various times, you just might get asked to move if a class is starting. They're not always quiet since they get used for informal group work too e.g. you might be disturbed by Civil Engineering students arguing about whether an embankment is going to fail or not.

Newstead is about as far from the Student Centre as the Quinn building is. If that's too far for people to walk, hey, that suits those of us who work there just fine ...