Crerar Seminar Rooms and Faculty Studies

Crerar Library Faculty Studies and Seminar Rooms

Faculty Studies

The John Crerar Library has 8 faculty studies (rooms 240-243 and 340-343) on the upper two floors.

ELIGIBILITY
Studies will be assigned only to persons in the following three categories:

Category I: Full-time faculty with ranks from Instructor through Professor, Emeritus
Faculty, and persons appointed as Visiting Faculty.

Category II: Full-time Research Associates with parenthetical faculty rank, full-time
Senior Research Associates, and full-time Senior Lecturers

Category III. Visiting Scholars and Laboratory School Teachers

Assignments will be made to applicants in Category I before applications in Category II are considered. When Category II applications have been filled, those in Category III will be addressed.

Assignments are made exclusively to individual faculty members and for their sole use.

ASSIGNMENTS AND RENEWALS
Studies will be assigned for up to one year, or quarterly, with options for renewal. Renewal of a study assignment is accomplished by completing a renewal form, which will be sent to you approximately two weeks before the end of the quarter. The quarterly rental fee must be returned by the designated due date.

FEE
If tenured, the rental fee is $120/quarter. If untenured, the rental fee is $60/quarter. In addition, if one's status is emeritus, the rental fee is $60/quarter.

KEY DEPOSIT
A deposit of $50.00 will be required for the key that opens both the study and the washroom. A refund will be issued by check from the Office of the Comptroller upon return of the key at the end of the study assignment. If the key has been lost or otherwise not returned to the Library at the end of the assignment period, the $50.00 deposit will be forfeited.

ETHERNET CONNECTIONS/WIRELESS
Each study is equipped with an Ethernet connection. To activate the connection and/or to learn of the study's IP address, please contact bkern@uchicago.edu or 773-702-7720.

Wireless is also available.

CLEANING
To have wastebaskets or recycling containers emptied, please leave them outside of your study. For cleaning, please request this service through the Administrative Office by calling 702-7720.

OTHER
Library books, journals, or other materials from the bookstacks must be properly charged before being taken to the study. Reading Room materials and current journals do not circulate and may not be taken to studies. In exceptional circumstances, a bibliographer or floor coordinator will authorize a short loan of such materials and perform the necessary circulation transaction. Study holders must observe these policies; i.e., uncharged materials may not be taken to faculty studies. Studies are inspected periodically by members of the Library staff and it is their responsibility to remove any uncharged materials. The Board of the Library has instructed the Library that study assignments are to be withdrawn if these policies are not observed by a study holder.

Electrical appliances other than computers, scanners, typewriters, calculators, and/or microform readers may not be used. The use of other equipment, including all devices to warm or cook food or beverages, is prohibited and will result in termination of the assignment.

Study holders are expected to avoid noise or business that may disturb neighboring study holders. Accordingly, cell phones are not to be used in the studies. Nor should study holders use their studies for consultations with students or assistants.

Study doors should be locked whenever the study is left unattended. The Library cannot be responsible for lost, missing, or damaged property. Lights should be turned off when the study is left for an extended period.

For general inquiries about the Crerar studies, please contact the Administrative Office at 702-7720 or bkern@uchicago.edu).

Seminar Rooms

There are 7 seminar rooms on the upper two floors of the John Crerar Library. The primary function of these rooms is to serve as a place for group study and discussion for anyone in the biomedical or physical sciences (on a first-come, first-serve basis). Science faculty or teaching assistants may reserve these seminar rooms for class instruction, discussions, or review sessions involving 5 or more students. We especially encourage the use of rooms 220A or 220B for this purpose. Please contact the Administrative Office at 702-7720 or bkern@uchicago.edu.

The Library asks that all users of the seminar rooms, whether reserving a room or using a room informally, observe the following guidelines:

Please respect group needs.
Individuals are welcome to use unoccupied seminar rooms. However, groups of readers have priority, and we ask that you move to another location if a group is looking to use a seminar room for group study. Likewise, if there is a sign on the door stating that the room is reserved, please respect the sign and keep the room free during the times posted.
Remember Library rules still apply.
As in the rest of the Library, there is no eating in the seminar rooms.
Keep the noise down.
Many seminar rooms place your group in close proximity to other patrons. While your group is separated by walls of glass from the main reading room, the walls aren't soundproof.
Know where you are going.
Generally room reservations are not publicized to library staff, and the people at Circulation, Reference or other Library counters probably won't know where your discussion section or group is supposed to meet. If you are the room reserver, please make sure others in your group know where to find you.
Don't overutilize the room.
Study space is limited and during periods of high use the seminar rooms are almost constantly occupied. Once you have concluded your discussion please vacate the room so that others can use it. Likewise, please don't occupy a room for long hours at one time: give yourself a break from study and others a chance to use the room.
Get (and return) free stuff.
Feel free to grab necessary books from the stacks or extra chairs from outside the the seminar room. Chalk and erasers for the chalkboards are available from the Circulation desk on the first floor. However, please return chairs, chalk, books and other things you borrow when you are done using the room.

Thank you.