Graduate Student Spaces in Alderman Library  

The Reading Room offers an attractive and comfortable space for UVa graduate students to conduct research and do work in the library. 

The Reading Room is furnished with two large tables that seat four, three individual study desks, and several comfortable chairs with pull-up laptop tables.  Power outlets are available.  The Reading Room also offers 13 lockable short term storage lockers - keys can be checked out from the 3rd floor office, and shelves which can be "checked out" for a year in the same way stacks carrels can be checked out.  Please contact Warner Granade for more information.

The Reading Room is meant as a space for quiet study or for quiet small group work.  Please keep voices low.

The Reading Room is reserved for graduate students and their guests only. 

Note: Requests submitted after 5:00 p.m. on Friday and before 8:00 a.m. on Monday are processed on Monday morning.

Room Reservation Form - Please review the Room Policies prior to reserving the room.

Room Policies
The Alderman Graduate Student Conference Room (Room 312) is located at the back of the Graduate Student Reading Room.  It can be entered either from the Graduate Student Reading Room or from the 3New Stacks. 

It is available for reservation by small groups (15 or fewer people).  The Graduate Conference Room is available M-F after 1 p.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday.   Reservations will typically be for three hours.    The room must be vacated 15 minutes prior to the Library closing.  If the room is not previously reserved the key can be checked out from the 3rd floor office.

 The Conference Room is reserved for graduate students and their guests only.  You may reserve the room for single group sessions, or single office hour sessions.  We cannot accept full semester or repeating bookings. 

Key

Once the room is reserved the key may be checked out from the 3rd floor office in the Central Reading Room.  It circulates for three hours at a time and must be renewed if the room is reserved for longer than three hours.  It must be returned to the 3rd floor office at least 15 minutes before the Library closes.  Fines will be assessed if it is returned late.

Room Arrangement
The Conference Room seats about 15 people around a large table, and includes a SmartBoard and a large monitor to which a laptop can be connected.**

If you plan to serve refreshments or to rearrange the furniture in the room, it is your responsibility to return the room its original state at the end of your meeting.

Closing
The Grad Student Conference Room must be entirely vacated by 15 minutes prior to the Library’s closing time.

**Equipment
• a large monitor to which a laptop can be connected
• a Smartboard
Instructions for this equipment are posted in the room.  Please be aware that this equipment should be used carefully.  Should anything break down it will be repaired as IT time permits.   The Library cannot guarantee that this equipment will be repaired immediately.  Nor can the Library provide technical support for the room.

Reservations for the Graduate Conference Room (312)  for small meetings, group study, one time office hours, and the like can be made using this form.  Please review the Room Policies in this Guide.

Questions? You can contact a reference librarian using our Ask a Librarian page.