Book a Room in the Library

STUDENT BOOKABLE SPACES

Group Study Rooms 

These rooms have a capacity for two to eight people and are provided for students to work together on coursework. Book the group study rooms online up to two days in advance and for a max of two hours. 

They comprise a variety of flexible seating and furniture arrangements with state-of-the art AV facilities. 

Single-Use Study or Wellbeing Space

Acoustic Booths are bookable online and are intended for single person use only for a max of one hour.  There are two single use booths in the library.

• Take a private meeting or call.
• Practice a presentation.
• Take time out.

Inside the booth you will find:

• Table top and seat.
• 1 power point and 1 USB-C port for convenient charging.
• Adjustable ventilation and lights.
• The booth is not fully soundproofed.

The booths are located in the Headspace area - one on floor 1, and one on floor 2. Turn left after entrance gates. Continue through one set of double doors and take the staircase on the left to either floor one, or floor two. Exit floor one or floor two, turn left and go through one set of double doors.  The booth is on the left. Alternative access via new library to Floor 1 or Floor 2. Lift availability.

Media Production Labs  

Greenscreen and Audio Labs, bookable for Media Production use only.

Media Production Labs can be booked online by students, faculty and staff, only for the purposes of Media Production.  The spaces are self-service and include two Audio Labs (one PC, one Mac) for recording audio presentations or podcasts, and a Greenscreen lab, to record video or experiment with wireless VR headsets – available to borrow from the Makerspace –.

Bookable for up to two hours per day. Users will need to attend an induction to have their student/staff ID added to the swipe on these rooms - book an induction here. These rooms are fitted with CCTV. 

The Media Production Labs are located on the first floor of the library, turn left after entrance gates. Continue straight until wood staircase – on right – . Go up one flight to floor 1. Go through recess door on right. Take two right turns. Go down corridor and GL1-042 is the Audio Lab – with Mac – is the third room on left after toilets. Alternative access via old library Floor 1. Lift availability.

FACULTY AND STAFF BOOKABLE SPACES

Appellate Court - bookable by Faculty, Staff, Researchers and other interested groups.

The Appellate Court can be booked online and has the capacity for 48 people - please note that The School of Law bookings are given priority.  Court bookings are mediated by the Library and the space does not permit teaching, seminars or multiple bookings by the one group, with the exception of the School of Law.

Indicate the date and time of your event and submit your booking form, free time slots are in green. After you have submitted your booking form, the Library will email you with a decision. 

The Appellate Court is located on the third floor of the library, accessible by lift and stairs. 

Food & drink is not allowed in the court, except for water for speakers. Catering is not permitted for Appellate Court events from week 9, until semester end. 

iZone - bookable by Faculty, Staff and Researchers.

The i-Zone can be booked online and has the capacity for 12 people. The iZone is intended to be used by staff for demonstrations and instruction to small groups.

The i-Zone is located on the ground floor of the library. After you enter through the swipe gates and walk towards the Information Desk, it is the first room on the left.

The i-Zone is fitted out with casual, moveable furniture, a large screen, a whitescreen, and some small notetaking tables. It may be booked by UL staff, and when not reserved can be used by students as a group study space. Users need to bring their own laptop to connect to the screen.

Meeting/Training Rooms - bookable by Faculty and Staff for learning purposes

There are currently six meeting/training rooms that can by booked by faculty & staff for learning purposes.  Four rooms each with a capacity for four people and two rooms with a capacity for 12 people are provided for the purposes of group work. Faculty and staff rooms can be booked online up to one month in advance and for a max of four hours in a day. You will need a staff ID card to access the general meeting space on Floor 2 in order to enter these bookable rooms. 

There is a general faculty meeting/reading space adjacent to these group rooms, where faculty/staff can relax, meet other faculty/staff, read a newspaper, study etc. This is open to all faculty/staff for learning purposes. Access is via swipe ID card. This is not a bookable space. 

Catering 

To minimise disruption to students studying within the library, please note that Catering is not permitted within the library building from Week 9 to semester end.  This restriction applies to events & meetings in the Appellate Court, and the various Faculty/Staff/Training rooms.

We are a Green Library, and we ask for catering – prior to week 9 – be supplied using reusable cutlery/crockery and cups - the library strongly discourages single-use.  

It is up to event/meeting coordinators to arrange their own catering from one of the approved suppliers on UL Campus, the library does not manage this. Further queries about catering in the library can be directed to libinfo@ul.ie