Group study rooms in both James Branch Cabell and Tompkins-McCaw Libraries are in constant demand as students working together seek a place to study and collaborate. VCU Libraries is pleased to announce additions and enhancements to group study room space.
Newly available space on Cabell Library's second floor was renovated for public use over the summer, including seven staff offices that became group study rooms. This brings the total number of group study rooms in Cabell to twenty-two. Plans for the new rooms include equipping them with whiteboards and computers with oversize monitors for group computing. In the space just outside of the new group rooms, more collaborative workspace, complete with expanded electrical access and whiteboards, is also available. Students began using the new spaces even before all the furniture was installed.
Thanks to the generosity of VCU Facilities Management, this summer four of the group study rooms at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences received a much needed face lift with new paint, ceiling tiles, and carpet. Earlier in the year, two group study rooms were equipped with computer workstations and large plasma screens. In addition, the Instructional Media Workshop has been converted to an openly available Multimedia Collaboration Room with additional seating.
Check out the new and renovated study rooms and prepare to collaborate at the VCU Libraries!