Library Study Spaces

Designed with you in mind!

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The Library offers a variety of spaces to support your information needs, assignments, and research endeavors. Explore our spaces in the Student Centre, Teaching Resources Library, or Tauranga campus for reading, studying, solo work, or group collaboration.

Whānau Room - A Child-Friendly Study Space

Introducing our new Parent Study Space! This dedicated area is carefully designed to support student parents like you. Here, you can focus on your studies while your child reads, rests, or plays quietly beside you. Exclusively for student parents, this room offers a peaceful environment conducive to learning and caring.

Features:

  • Comfortable seating arrangements
  • Quiet atmosphere for concentration
  • Child-friendly amenities
  • Accessible booking through Resource Booker
  • Maximum capacity of six people at a time

Take advantage of this valuable resource to strike a balance between your academic pursuits and childcare responsibilities.

Group Work

At Hamilton Campus Library:

  • Study areas on Level 4 with distinctive pink "Study Area" signs
  • Quiet discussion and group work permitted; kindly consider others
  • Six booths available for 2-4 people, equipped with power points for laptops
  • Study groups have priority for booth use
  • Bookable rooms also available for group work

At Teaching Resources Library:

  • Tables and two couches provided for group study (2-6 people)
  • Quiet discussion and group work permitted; please be considerate

At Tauranga Library:

  • Various study spaces in TCBD on Level 1
  • Includes couches, pods, comfy chairs, and bookable study rooms for groups

Quiet Study Zone

Level 3 of the Student Centre can be your haven for focused study. Settle down at one of the partitioned desks nestled near the Journals Collection, indicated by the blue "Quiet Area" banners. These areas are especially set aside for quiet solo study. 

Remember to respect others' need for quiet too!

If you need to chat, consider booking a study room, or move to the group work area