MIT Libraries Group Study Spaces

If you want to be alone, check out the MIT Libraries' individual-study spaces.

But if you need a place to study with friends, you'll find a variety of spaces in these libraries:

Barker | Dewey | Hayden | Information Intersection | Lewis Music | Rotch

Group study room guidelines

These policies are intended to ensure fair and equitable access to group study spaces.

• Any current MIT student, faculty member, or staff member may reserve a group study room.
• Rooms are available only when the library is open.
• Rooms may be reserved for up to three hours at a time.
• We request that users do not schedule consecutive meetings, nor reserve a room for a recurring timeslot.
• Rooms may be reserved no more than 30 days in advance.
• Rooms are intended for groups of 2 or more. A group has priority over an individual’s use of a room, regardless of any reservation the individual has made.

Certain library conference and instruction rooms are also available (with restrictions) to MIT students, faculty, and staff, and may be scheduled only by library staff. These rooms are listed below.

5th floor: four spaces:

a) up to 8 people
b) up to 8 people
c) more informal, 7 or more people
d) Barker media room: small table accommodates 2-3, comfortable seating for 4, seating for 15-20

8th floor: 12 spaces:

- 10 cubes have seating for 4
- 2 cubes have soft seating for 2

5th floor:

a, b, c: First come, first served. No reservations.
d, Barker media room: contact to reserve.

8th floor:

Available to the MIT community on a first come, first serve basis during library hours.

5th floor a and b: large tables, blackboards, MITnet drop
5th floor c: informal, with comfortable chairs and room for more chairs
5th floor d (media room): Presentation podium, computer, wide screen television, dvd/vcr.

8th floor:
- 10 cubes have a long table, seating for 4, two-sided moveable wipe boards, and tackable partition walls
- 2 cubes have soft seating and a small side table

208 & 218 (large group rooms):

capacity 12 people in each room

160b, 160c, 201 and 223 (medium group rooms):

capacity 10 people

160a, 231, 237, 238, 296, and 298 (small group rooms):

capacity 6 people

• All rooms are equipped with a wall-mounted LCD screen with laptop connector cable, conference phones and large white boards.
• Whiteboard markers are available for loan at the Dewey service desk.

• 3rd floor: Room 14E-311 -- enter from Bldg. 14S.
• 1st floor: two rooms in 24 Hour Study.
• Basement: partially enclosed room next to Athena Cluster.

• Room 14E-311 holds up to 14 people.
• 1st floor: both 24-hour study rooms hold 6-8 people.
• Basement: study room fits up to 8 people.

• Room 14E-311
  • 14 chairs
  • 6 tables, each 30" x 60"-- use separately or group together
  • 37” LCD widescreen monitor (wall-mounted) with laptop connector cable
  • large chalkboard
  • tall windows -- much daylight, view of Hayden Courtyard
  • window blinds -- block light during presentations
• 1st floor: in both 24-hour study rooms: a table, a set of chairs and a chalkboard.
• Basement: study room has a large central table with chairs.  

• Schedule 14E-311 through the Hayden Service Desk in 14S-100 either in-person or by phone, 617.253-5671.
• 1st floor & Basement study rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations.
• More information, plus reserve in advance online

Hayden Library, 617.253.5671.

Outside: 2 Win.Mit.Edu computer terminals, 4 Athena computer terminals (standing only)
Inside: projector, benches, chairs and counters

Send email to stata-lib@mit.edu; see also the Information Intersection home page.