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Studying & Collaboration

Studying & Collaboration

Study Rooms

Study rooms on floors 1 (rooms 112, 118), 2 (rooms 226, 227), and 3 (rooms 314, 315, 323, 324, 325) of the Barnard Library at the Milstein Center are available to students through the reservation system.

Guidelines for Study Rooms:

  • Fall and Spring semesters: students can reserve the Library Study Rooms on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor via the QR codes on the doors or by visiting this reservation link.
  • Summer: study rooms are open to students on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Study rooms are for use by Barnard and Columbia students (faculty and staff, please use other spaces).
  • Limit your use to up to 4 consecutive hours and up to 4 hours each day (total for all rooms).
  • Cancel your reservation if you’re not using it (use the link in your confirmation email).
  • Take your belongings with you when you go.
  • If there are no people in the room, you’re welcome to use it until someone with a reservation arrives.
  • If the study room is locked when you arrive: 
    • During Library Service Hours, ask at the 2nd floor Circulation & Help Desk 
    • After hours, call Barnard CARES at 212-854-3362
  • Share with kindness!

Need help?

  • In person: 2nd Floor Circulation & Help Desk
  • Email: library@barnard.edu 
  • Call: 212-854-3953

Atmosphere

At the Barnard Library, we welcome you to study collaboratively or quietly, research and browse with our collections, play with our games and puzzles, ask questions and learn from the Circulation & Help Desk staff members, meet with Personal Librarians and Archivists for research consultations and classes, and connect, research, and create with staff of the interdisciplinary Centers. The Library space on floors LL-5 contain lively interdisciplinary centers, open collaborative study areas, a library instruction classroom, the active Circulation & Help Desk, and areas for quieter study.

Barnard Library Milstein Center Study Guide, in partnership with SGA Academic Affairs Council. Floor 1: Socialize and Study. Feel free to grab a table with friends to do some work together. Talking and socializing are allowed and encouraged. Floor 2: Collaborative Work. Feel free to work in groups or by yourself. Talking is allowed and encouraged. Floor 3: Independent Work and Conversations. This floor is geared toward individual study. This floor should be slightly quieter than the 2nd floor but please feel free to talk quietly and respectfully with those around you. Floor 4: Independent Study. This floor is designed to be the quietest floor of the Barnard Library. Please refrain from talking. If necessary, please whisper or speak in a low voice.

 

  • Please be mindful of your volume and be respectful of other students' study needs.

  • Volume should decrease as you ascend the library, with the fourth floor being the quietest.

There are additional study areas on campus at the Diana Center, which offers additional spaces for group study, and the Altschul Atrium for quiet study.