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The Libraries offer a wide variety of spaces across our locations -- search, filter, or browse to find one that meets your needs.

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Carrels (Open)

Small room with a desk and shelves along one wall. There is a wooden padded chair at the desk and a coat rack mounted on the wall next to a window with blinds.

Find it on the Floor Map

Study carrels #3207-3261 are open to all library users on a first-come, first-served basis. These rooms cannot be reserved.

Activities: Individual Study, Virtual Meeting / Interview

Capacity: 1 person

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

Graduate Student Study Area

Carpeted room with individual wooden desk stations and chairs in rows.

Find it on the Floor Map (Room # 3100A)

A quiet and comfortable space for graduate students and student veterans (regardless of status) to study or work individually. Request access and swipe your UMD ID card to enter.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 13 individuals

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

Hornbake 1st Floor Lobby

Students sitting in low padded chairs in a carpeted open area with overhead lighting. There are low tables staggered throughout the space

Find it on the Floor Map

This lobby offers small sofas, cafe tables, and individual seating.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 50 individuals

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

Hornbake 2nd Floor Lobby

Students sitting at a row of individual partitioned study desks along a wall that has Quiet painted on it. The area is carpeted and has overhead lighting.

Find it on the Floor Map

This lobby offers wooden carrels for individual, quiet study. 

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 30 individuals

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

Hornbake 3rd Floor Lobby

Carpeted room with overhead lighting featuring tables arranged with cushioned desk chairs around them. Students are working alone or in pairs at the tables.

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This lobby offers 15 tables that can seat small groups (up to 6 people each) working quietly together.

Activities: Group Study, Individual Study

Capacity: 90 people

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

Maryland Room

Floor to ceiling windows with a view of an exhibition space and reception desk in the foreground. A person is leaned over a table in an open space area in the background. A sign that reads Maryland Room runs across the top of the entrance.

Find it on the Floor Map

Visit this reading room to access materials from Special Collections & University Archives. Students are welcome to study in this room without appointment. All visitors will be asked to sign in before entering the reading room and store non-permitted items in a locker outside the room.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 20 individuals

Features: Computers, Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

McKeldin Alcoves

Two semi-enclosed study pods next to a window. Each study pod has a cushioned chair and a desk with a built-in electrical outlet.

There are two alcoves in the back wing of these floors (one on the north side and one on the south side). Nestled between carrels and book stacks, these alcoves are available for quiet study on a first come, first served basis. Each alcove contains 2 semi-enclosed study pods.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 2 individuals per alcove

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

McKeldin Elevator Lobbies (Back Wing)

Semi-enclosed study pod with a cushioned seat and wooden desk, with a built-in electrical outlet

Sets of semi-enclosed pods for quiet individual study, located directly outside the elevators.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 1 individual per study pod

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

McKeldin Elevator Lobbies (Front Wing)

Lounge area with cushioned chairs and small tables. Not pictured: 2 computers at a small desk.

Cozy spaces directly outside the main elevators to quietly relax or for individual study. They contain comfy chairs, some small tables, and two computers.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 8 individuals

Features: Computers, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

Reading Room

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Find it on the Floor Map

This light-filled, classic-style reading room offers a quiet space for students and researchers. Wooden tables are equipped with individual task lamps, outlets, and USB ports. There is also soft seating for casual reading or quiet conversation. No food or drinks allowed (except water).

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 116 individuals

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

STEM Computer Area

Open carpeted area with overhead scanners, computers and padded desk chairs with backs and wheels.

Find it on the Floor Map - look for the yellow dots!

Near the service desk at STEM you'll find PC and MAC computers, along with printer/copiers and scanners. You can print a paper quickly on the way to class or stay a while to work on an assignment. There are no time limits. Learn how to login, what software they have, and how many are currently available.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 34 individuals

Features: Computers, Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly

STEM Individual Study Areas

Carpeted area with overhead lighting, windows running along two walls with individual wooden desk stations and chairs in rows

Find it on the Floor Map

The STEM library offers a variety of seating for individual quiet study, including wooden carrels, tables that can seat small groups and soft seating.

Activities: Individual Study

Capacity: 209 individuals

Features: Electrical Outlets, First Come First Served, Food / Drink Allowed

  • Occasional quiet conversations are okay
  • Brief, quiet cell phone conversations are okay
  • Headphone volume should be at a personal listening level
  • For virtual meetings: use headphones and speak quietly
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