STUDENT BOOKABLE SPACES
Group Study Rooms
These rooms have a capacity for two to eight people and areprovidedfor students to work together oncoursework. Book the group study rooms onlineup to two days in advance and fora max of two hours.
Theycomprisea variety of flexible seating and furniture arrangements with state-of-the artAVfacilities.
Single-Use Study or Wellbeing Space
Acoustic Booths are bookable online and are intended for single person use only for a max of one hour. There are two single use booths in the library.
- Take a private meeting or call.
- Practice a presentation.
- Take time out.
Inside the booth you will find:
- Table top and seat.
- 1 power point and1 USB-C port for convenient charging.
- Adjustable ventilation and lights.
- The booth is not fully soundproofed.
The booths are located in the Headspace area - one on floor 1, and one on floor 2. Turn left after entrance gates. Continue through one set of double doors and take the staircase on the left to either floor one, or floor two. Exit floor one or floor two, turn left and go through one set of double doors. The booth is on the left. Alternative access via new library to Floor 1 or Floor 2.Lift availability.
Media Production Labs
Greenscreen and Audio Labs, bookable for Media Production use only.
Media Production Labs can be bookedonlineby students, faculty and staff, only for the purposes of Media Production. The spaces are self-serviceand include two Audio Labs(one PC, one Mac) for recording audio presentations or podcasts, and a Greenscreen lab, to record video or experiment with wireless VR headsets – available to borrow from the Makerspace –.
Bookable for up to two hours per day. Users will need to attend an induction to have their student/staff ID added to the swipe on these rooms - book an induction here. These rooms are fitted with CCTV.
The Media Production Labs are located on the first floor of the library, turn left after entrance gates. Continue straight until wood staircase – on right – . Go up one flight to floor 1. Go through recess door on right. Take two right turns. Go down corridor and GL1-042 is the Audio Lab – with Mac – is the third room on left after toilets.Alternative access via old library Floor 1.Lift availability.
FACULTY AND STAFF BOOKABLE SPACES
Appellate Court - bookable by Faculty, Staff, Researchers and other interestedgroups.
The Appellate Court can be bookedonline and has the capacity for 48 people, these bookings aremediatedby theLibrary. Indicate the date and time of your event andsubmityour booking form, free time slots are ingreen. After you havesubmittedyour booking form, theLibrarywill email you with a decision.
The Appellate Court is located on the third floor of the library, accessible by lift and stairs.
Food & drink is not allowed in the court, except for water for speakers. Catering is not permitted for Appellate Court events from week 9, until semester end.
iZone - bookable by Faculty, Staff and Researchers.
The i-Zone can be booked online and has the capacity for 12 people. Bookings are mediated by the library, the iZone is intended to be used by staff for demonstrations and instruction to small groups.
The i-Zone is located on the ground floor of the library. After you enter through the swipe gates and walk towards the Information Desk, it is the first room on the left.
The i-Zone is fitted out with casual, moveable furniture, a large screen, a whitescreen, and some small notetaking tables.It may be booked by UL staff, and when not reserved can be used by students as a group study space.Users need to bring their own laptop to connect to the screen.
Data Visualisation Lab - bookable by Faculty, Staff and Researchers
The Data Visualisation Lab can be booked online and has the capacity for 20 people. These bookings aremediatedby the Library’s Technical Officer.
The Data Visualisation Lab is intended to be used by faculty, staff and researchers. Your booking should Indicate your proposed use of the lab. After you submit your booking form, the Library’s Technical Officer will email you with a decision. Bookings must be made at least 24 hours in advance of needing the space.
The lab is located on the first floor of the library, accessible by lift and stairs.
Meeting/Training Rooms -bookable by Faculty and Staff for learning purposes
There arecurrently sixmeeting/training rooms that can by booked by faculty & staff for learning purposes. Four roomseachwith a capacity for four people and two rooms with a capacity for 12 people areprovidedfor the purposes of group work. Faculty and staff rooms can be bookedonlineup to one month in advance and fora max of four hoursin a day. You will need astaff ID cardtoaccessthe general meeting space on Floor 2in order toenterthese bookable rooms.
There is a general faculty meeting/reading spaceadjacent tothese group rooms, where faculty/staff can relax, meet other faculty/staff, read a newspaper, study etc. This is open to all faculty/staff for learning purposes. Access is via swipe ID card. This is not a bookable space.
Catering
To minimise disruption to students studying within the library, please note that Catering is not permitted within the library building from Week 9 to semester end. This restriction applies to events & meetings in the Appellate Court, and the various Faculty/Staff/Training rooms.
We are a Green Library, and we ask for catering – prior to week 9 – be supplied using reusable cutlery/crockery and cups - the library strongly discourages single-use.
It is up to event/meeting coordinators to arrange their own catering from one of the approved suppliers on UL Campus, the library does not manage this. Further queries about catering in the library can be directed to libinfo@ul.ie
