Study Rooms

In addition to study tables and carrels distributed all over the branch, Angus Glen has 9 very popular study rooms. The decision to create separate study rooms marked a shift in our strategy regarding noise management. For the most part, our older branches were designed as large open spaces with no acoustic separation between their functional spaces. This meant that noise in the children's area was carried far and wide into every corner of public space, including study areas. As a result, staff spent a lot of time dealing with noise complaints, and trying to balance the service needs of customers engaged in study and research with those who increasingly tended to use libraries as social gathering places and for active children's learning. By providing study rooms, we can better support this balance and provide spaces that are appropriate for a range of learning styles, from quiet individual study to noisy group learning experiences.