• Group study rooms are for two or more students and cannot be reserved for individual study.
• Only current Brown students can make room reservations.
• There is a limit of one reservation per group per day.
• Reservations can be made two days in advance starting at 8 a.m.
• Groups should not make consecutive bookings due to the limited number of group study rooms.
• Please be considerate. If you have two people in your group, avoid booking a room for eight people, etc.

The Rockefeller Library has a number of group study rooms on the first and second floors that are available for reservations from 30 minutes to two hours. 

Group study rooms 225, 226, and 227 are available for graduate students only.

Reserve a room in Rockefeller Library

The Sciences Library has a number of group study rooms on Level A that are available for reservations from 30 minutes to two hours.

Reserve a room in the Sciences Library

The fully equipped audio/visual studio in the Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio on the main floor of the Rockefeller Library can be reserved by active Brown students (including RISD dual degree students), faculty, and staff. 

Reserve the A/V Studio

• Lockers and carrels must be renewed every spring and fall semester, but may be kept as long as needed by the student or faculty member.
• Availability of lockers and carrels is limited, and there may be a wait list.
• As a courtesy to others, if a locker or carrel is no longer needed please notify library staff so that we may release the carrel to another library user.
• Lockers can be renewed and kept for as long as the student or faculty member is active at Brown.

Undergraduate students working on a senior thesis and faculty, graduate students, and medical students who also have carrels may reserve lockers. 

Carrels can be reserved by Brown graduate students and faculty members through BruKnow, the Library’s online catalog. 

Undergraduate students writing a thesis are also eligible to receive a carrel. Undergraduate students must visit the service desk at the Rockefeller Library for a carrel application. The completed application must be signed by your thesis advisor and returned to the Rock service desk. 

View available lockers and carrels in BruKnow by searching the term “locker” or “carrel” in the search box. Select a record from the search results. Once you are in the record, click “request item” to place your request. 

A library staff member will then reach out via email to confirm your locker or carrel reservation.

Carrel B-45 on Level B is available for use by any library user who would like to place items on a carrel and return to consult them. Please visit the service desk at the Rockefeller Library for assistance with checking out an item to this carrel.

If you reserve a locker, you will receive instructions on how to retrieve the locker key, or you will be provided with the lock’s combination, if applicable. 

Keys must be returned to staff at the Rockefeller Library service desk when you end your reservation or prior to graduation. There is a $75 fee for lost locker keys. Visit the service desk at the Rock to report a lost locker key and to request a replacement.

Only library materials that have been checked out can be stored in a locker. Food or drink cannot be stored in a locker.

Only items from collections at the Brown University Library may be checked out to a carrel. All items on a carrel must be checked out to the carrel.

Important to note: Because carrels are located in open stacks, any library user may use the carrel and consult material found on it.  

Do not stack books on the windowsill or over vents, since books can be damaged by sunlight and moisture. 

Bring items that you would like to check out to your carrel to the service desk at the Rockefeller Library and fill out a carrel slip for each item. A service desk staff member will check out the items to the carrel and stamp each slip with the current date.

Items checked out to a carrel receive the regular graduate student loan period ending June 15 for the spring semester or October 15 for the fall semester. Items may stay on the carrel as long as they are needed.

Bring any items you wish to remove from your carrel to the service desk, or take the carrel slip from inside an item and turn the slip upside down to display "To Be Discharged." Place the item on the carrel’s desk area. Library staff will remove it.

• Items from Interlibrary Loan or BorrowDirect cannot be placed on a carrel and will be removed by staff.
• Personal belongings (The Library is not responsible for loss of personal items left on a carrel.)
• More items than can fit on the selves. If you need more shelf space, visit the Rock service desk to request additional shelves for your carrel.
• Items needed for course reserves. Library staff will remove course reserve materials and place a notice on the carrel explaining why that item was removed.