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Update to Changes in the Norlin Study Areas

May 16, 200: Major Changes Are Underway on Norlin's 2nd Floor

1. Construction activities will be heard throughout Norlin Libraries starting May 2008.
2. The central second floor study area, pictured at right, along with the Periodicals Room, have been emptied prior to commencement of construction activities.
3. The combined expanded areas are being reconfigured and redesigned to accomodate the new central research area comprising of Reference & Instructional Services, Periodicals, individual study pods, instruction rooms and office space.
4. Once completed, work will commence in the first floor space vacated by the former Reference area which will be converted into the 24 hour Norlin Learning Commons which will include individual and group study areas, computer labs, self-configurable study spaces, classrooms, a coffee shop, etc.
5. For more information, see: Construction.

There are a number of study areas located throughout Norlin Library including:

1. Norlin's HotSpot, first floor group study area offers a wide open room with an adjacent coffe shop -- Norlin Underground. This can get noisy.
2. The West Side Study Room -- designated for quiet study -- in the space vactaed by the former Media Library, just opposite Norlin's west entrance.
3. The Science Library has quiet study areas in the southwest side of Norlin's second floor, including two dozen computers.
4. Art and Architecture Collection offers a quiet study area on the second floor of Norlin's north side.
5. The Third Floor has colorful one-person study carrels that overlook the former Reading Room.
6. Study Rooms with computers are available in Norlin Library, L.H. Gemmill Engineering Library and the William M. White Business Library. The expanded, renovated Business Library features a 24/7 Learning Commons/Coffee Shop.

Norlin Floorplans: Basement | First Floor | Second Floor | Third Floor | Fourth Floor | Fifth Floor