In general, the first floor is the loudest and busiest floor. Although the other floors are quieter and have less traffic, there are areas where sound easily travels between the floors, so noise from the first floor travels to the areas directly above and below. These areas will be low traffic but have a good amount of background noise.
Quiet
Second floor
24-hour space on the first floor
Third floor tutoring space
Third floor carrel seating area
White noise
Lower level one (throughout)
Loud
First floor
Third floor hallway (loud fans and sound traveling up from the first floor)
Lower level one Map Room (traveling sound only)
Underneath the staircase on lower level two
Lighting
Natural Lighting
Third floor hallway
Second floor, in the back of the journal collection facing Academic West
Second floor group study rooms
Traditional and East reading rooms on the second floor
Lower level one map room
Adjustable Lighting
Adjustable lighting spaces have either multiple light switches or sliding light switches, so light levels can be adjusted to your preference
Third floor tutoring space
Third floor carrel seating area
Second floor group study rooms
Traditional and East reading rooms on the second floor
Cafe seating on the first floor (between the tech courtyard and the research help area)
Library Lab on lower level one
Nooks within the map room of lower level one
Digital Video Editing Lab on lower level one
GIS Underground on lower level one
Computer lab 12 on lower level one
All group study rooms
Cubbies next to the Sunny Study Space on the far wall of lower level two
Bright Lighting
First floor
Lower level one
Dim Lighting
Lower level one group study rooms
Digital Video Editing Lab on lower level one
Sensory Items
All of our group study rooms have baskets of various de-stressing and sensory items, such as coloring books, stress balls, fidget spinners, and comfy lap blankets. You can find more information on our study rooms in the "Traffic and Privacy Levels" tab.