Quiet Spaces
Quiet areas and study carrels
In all libraries, consideration should be given to others nearby.
Each library has areas for quiet study where users are required to keep conversations to a minimum, cellphone use is restricted, and audible music is not allowed.
Conversation Friendly Areas:
Talking and group work is allowed, use headphones with all devices, and phones must be set to silent.
- 1st floor: Downie Wenjack Learning Commons
- 2nd floor: Atrium seating and study carrels in the book stacks (see below)
- 3rd floor: Atrium seating
Quiet Study Areas:
Quiet study means you can have quiet conversation, use headphones with all devices, phones must be set to silent, and you must leave the area to take calls. If your conversation can be heard more than two tables away, or outside your study room, you are too loud.
- 1st floor: Music Room
- 4th floor: Atrium seating and study rooms
Silent Study Areas:
Silent study means no talking, use headphones with all devices, phones must be set to silent, and you must leave the area to take calls.
- 2nd floor: McNab Reading Room
- 3rd and 4th: Study carrels along the perimeter of the book stacks (see below)
- 5th floor
Study Carrels
Study carrels are the single person desks around the outside perimeter of the stack areas on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors as well as two sides of the atrium windows on floors 2-5.
Open carrels: Open carrels and individual desks available on all levels on a first come, first served basis.
Closed carrels: Small, one-person private rooms with doors. Reserved for graduate students doing theses only. Request a carrel from the Office of the Dean on the first floor. There is a $10 deposit for a key.
Quiet Study
Primary Sources Room and entire library during exams. No cellphone conversations or audible music are allowed.
Study Carrels
Open carrels: Single person desks available on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels on a first come, first served basis.
Quiet Study
The Kellogg has a designated Quiet Study Room in the CHEB Learning Commons, with seating for 20 people.
Study Carrels
Open carrels: Single person desks with blinds that cut down on sound and provide users with some privacy in an open library space.
Four open carrels inside, 12 outside CHEB Learning Commons available on a first come, first served basis.
Quiet Study
The lower level of the MacRae Library is designated for quiet study.
Study carrels
Open and closed study carrels at Dalhousie Libraries offer options for a quieter, more private study experience.
Open carrels: Single person desks with blinds that cut down on sound and provide users with some privacy in an open library space.
The MacRae library has open carrels and individual desks available on both floors available on a first come, first served basis.
Closed carrels: Small, one person private rooms with doors.
Five closed carrels available on a first come, first served basis. Visit the Circulation desk to sign up.
Quiet Study
The Sexton Library main floor has 21 individual desks tucked away in the journal stacks available on a first-come, first-served basis.
An open area on the south mezzanine, includes 16 open study carrels, numerous desks, and comfortable seating.
Quiet Study
The Wallace McCain Learning Commons includes quiet computer areas as well as a large, quiet reading room.
Killam
Conversation Friendly Areas:
Talking and group work is allowed, use headphones with all devices, and phones must be set to silent.
- 1st floor: Downie Wenjack Learning Commons
- 2nd floor: Atrium seating and study carrels in the book stacks (see below)
- 3rd floor: Atrium seating
Quiet Study Areas:
Quiet study means you can have quiet conversation, use headphones with all devices, phones must be set to silent, and you must leave the area to take calls. If your conversation can be heard more than two tables away, or outside your study room, you are too loud.
- 1st floor: Music Room
- 4th floor: Atrium seating and study rooms
Silent Study Areas:
Silent study means no talking, use headphones with all devices, phones must be set to silent, and you must leave the area to take calls.
- 2nd floor: McNab Reading Room
- 3rd and 4th: Study carrels along the perimeter of the book stacks (see below)
- 5th floor
Study Carrels
Study carrels are the single person desks around the outside perimeter of the stack areas on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors as well as two sides of the atrium windows on floors 2-5.
Open carrels: Open carrels and individual desks available on all levels on a first come, first served basis.
Closed carrels: Small, one-person private rooms with doors. Reserved for graduate students doing theses only. Request a carrel from the Office of the Dean on the first floor. There is a $10 deposit for a key.
Dunn
Quiet Study
Primary Sources Room and entire library during exams. No cellphone conversations or audible music are allowed.
Study Carrels
Open carrels: Single person desks available on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels on a first come, first served basis.
Kellogg: CHEB
Quiet Study
The Kellogg has a designated Quiet Study Room in the CHEB Learning Commons, with seating for 20 people.
Study Carrels
Open carrels: Single person desks with blinds that cut down on sound and provide users with some privacy in an open library space.
Four open carrels inside, 12 outside CHEB Learning Commons available on a first come, first served basis.
MacRae
Quiet Study
The lower level of the MacRae Library is designated for quiet study.
Study carrels
Open and closed study carrels at Dalhousie Libraries offer options for a quieter, more private study experience.
Open carrels: Single person desks with blinds that cut down on sound and provide users with some privacy in an open library space.
The MacRae library has open carrels and individual desks available on both floors available on a first come, first served basis.
Closed carrels: Small, one person private rooms with doors.
Five closed carrels available on a first come, first served basis. Visit the Circulation desk to sign up.
Sexton
Quiet Study
The Sexton Library main floor has 21 individual desks tucked away in the journal stacks available on a first-come, first-served basis.
An open area on the south mezzanine, includes 16 open study carrels, numerous desks, and comfortable seating.
Wallace McCain
Quiet Study
The Wallace McCain Learning Commons includes quiet computer areas as well as a large, quiet reading room.