Study Rooms

Study space and study rooms at the OISE Library

Ground floor study area (M. MacDonell, © 2010)

The OISE Library includes a variety of open study spaces as well as locked individual and group study rooms to accommodate the various study needs of our library users.

Everyone is welcome to use the open study spaces and carrels on all floors of the library.  The newly renovated Mezzanine Level includes 8 single spaces along a tall counter and 10 single study carrels that do not require keys / bookings.

Locked study rooms on the Concourse and Mezzanine levels can be booked as follows:

Concourse Level study rooms

Our four Concourse Level study rooms are available to all members of the University of Toronto community (including students, staff, faculty, alumni, and visiting scholars). These study rooms are available to:

• Groups of 3 – 6 people
• Groups of 2 will be permitted to use available rooms provided that they vacate if a group of 3 or more requests use of the room

Mezzanine Level study rooms

Individual, double, and group study rooms on the Mezzanine Level are available to members of the OISE community including current OISE  / CTEP students, staff, faculty, and alumni who have purchased the OISE Alumni Reader library card. 

If you are currently enrolled in a Certificate Program at OISE or an English Language Continuing Education program based at OISE, you must provide documentation such as your temporary library card, a letter of enrollment, or a letter of employment for the current semester.

Special accommodations will be made for all members of the wider University of Toronto community who have accessibility needs.

Individual rooms (11):

Mezzanine individual study room (M. MacDonell, © 2011)

• Accommodate 1 person each
• One current OISE TCard required to book
  

Double rooms (5): 

Mezzanine double study room (M. MacDonnell, © 2011)

• Double rooms are reserved for groups of 2 and for individuals with accessibility needs
• Two current OISE TCards required to book

Group study rooms (6):

 
Mezzanine group study room (M. MacDonell, © 2011)

• A minimum of 3 people from the OISE community (including current OISE students, staff, faculty, and alumni who have purchased the OISE Alumni Reader library card) is required
• 2 rooms can accommodate up to 4 people, 3 rooms can accommodate up to 6 people, and 1 room can accommodate up to 8 people
• Group rooms M40, M42, M46, and M48 contain LCD screens
• 3 current OISE TCards required to book
  

How to get a study room key

• Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis -- they cannot be booked ahead of time
• Keys for study rooms can be obtained at the OISE Library Circulation desk in exchange for your TCard
• Rooms can be booked for the duration of 1 day until 15 minutes before closing time
• Keys must be returned and TCards collected at the Circulation Desk at least 15 minutes before closing time

Purpose of the rooms

Group study rooms are for scholarly, unpaid, individual or group activities. They are not to be used as a place of business.

Overdue and lost room keys

A fee of $1.00 per day will be charged for keys which have not been returned to the circulation desk at the end of each day (15 minutes before the library closes). A replacement fee will be charged for lost keys.

Noise policy

While talking is permitted in study rooms, we ask that patrons please respect other library users in the vicinity. The study rooms are not sound-proof, so excessive noise levels will disturb other library users.