Guide to the Law Library

The Law Library offers options for open and reserved seating.  Study rooms can be reserved by LAW and SIA students only. "Opening seating" or seating not included in the reservation system includes the following: Study Carrels along the ramp, The Reading Room, 3rd Floor Desk, soft seating "arm chairs" throughout the library. Rm. 318 is located across from the reading room.  This interior room may be reserved on the Katz Building calendar.

Quiet Study
The Reading Room is reserved for quiet reading and research.  Conversations and collaborative/group work should not be conducted in the Reading Room.  Cell phone conversations disrupt others' expectations of quiet study and research space.  Phone calls should be taken outside of the library space.

Securing Valuables and Personal Items
Users are responsible for securing their personal items and valuables while working in the law library.  Personal or other items should not be left unattended for long periods of time to "hold a seat."  Students at the circulation desk, library staff, and librarians will not watch items. 

Group Study Room Reservations

Seat reservation instructions: Mobile Device and  Computer/Laptop

The Law Library offers group study rooms for use of LAW/SIA students only. Reservations can be made 24 hours in advance. Group study rooms accommodate up to four or six individuals, capacity information for each study room can be found on the reservation page.  Users without reservations are expected to vacate study rooms when a group with reservations arrives.  All Law Library rules, guidelines and policies apply to the use of study rooms.

BOOK A GROUP STUDY ROOM

1. To guarantee time in a study room a reservation must be made.
2. Only LAW and SIA STUDENTS can make reservations.
3. Two student names and PSU email addresses will be required to make a reservation.  Initial reservations will be for 2 hours with the option to book one additional hour. At least two students must be using the group study room at a time.
4. Reservations can be made twenty-four hours in advance.
5. Users without reservations must vacate the room when an individual or group with reservations arrive.
6. If a room is reserved but not claimed within ten minutes the reservation is cancelled and others may use the room.
7. If a reservation is made with false information, or that violate these guidelines , the reservation will be cancelled. Reservations made by individuals who are not LAW/SIA students will be cancelled.
8.  Per library policy, Use of Library Space, “Carrels, Study Rooms, tables and other rooms in the library are not personal property or private offices. Carrel or table space may not be claimed for an extended period of time without actually occupying the seat. Carrels and tables will be cleared of ALL unattended items periodically throughout the day.” 
9. Penn State Law Library Food and Beverage policy extends to Law Library Study Rooms.
10. Library Study Rooms are not soundproof.  Users must not make noise loud enough to disturb others. 

SHORT TERM RESERVATION STUDY ROOMS

The library has converted two previous faculty offices into study rooms for individual use. 216 and 215 are located on the first floor of the library next to the circulation desk.  These rooms contain desk seating for at least one individual; additional seating capacity information for each room can be found within reservation system.  These rooms do not contain any electronic equipment.  The library reserves the right to remove these rooms from the study room reservation system at any time; in the event a room will be taken offline the library will honor reservations made within the previous 24 hour booking window. Questions regarding reservations and use of this room outside the policy below, please email the library at library@pennstatelaw.psu.edu.

Instructions: From the main Booking System page select Short-term Study Rooms next to Category. 

1. To guarantee time in a study room a reservation must be made.
2. Only LAW and SIA STUDENTS can make reservations.
3. Rooms may be reserved by a single individual for one one-hour block of time per 24 hr period.
4. Reservations can be made twenty-four hours in advance.
5. Users without reservations must vacate the room when an individual or group with reservations arrive.
6. If a room is reserved but not claimed within ten minutes the reservation is cancelled and others may use the room.
7. If a reservation is made with false information, or that violate these guidelines , the reservation will be cancelled. Reservations made by individuals who are not LAW/SIA students will be cancelled.
8.  Per library policy, Use of Library Space, “Carrels, Study Rooms, tables and other rooms in the library are not personal property or private offices. Carrel or table space may not be claimed for an extended period of time without actually occupying the seat. Carrels and tables will be cleared of ALL unattended items periodically throughout the day.” 
9. Penn State Law Library Food and Beverage policy extends to Law Library Study Rooms.
10. Library Study Rooms are not soundproof.  Users must not make noise loud enough to disturb others. 
11. The SHORT TERM/INDIVIDUAL USE Study Rooms are converted office space.  The library reserves the right to remove these rooms from the study room reservation system at any time; in the event a room is taken offline the library will honor reservations made within the previous 24 hour booking window.