Courtesy and Noise Policy

Zones

Silent Quiet Active Collaborative

This policy assigns each public space in the building to a courtesy “zone” indicating its noise level, as described below.

Silent: No conversation

Reference Reading Room
Women in Ministry Room

Quiet: Keep noise to a minimum; no cell phone use

Atrium
Korean Missions Room
North Gallery
Periodicals Reading Room
South Gallery
Study carrels (Lower Level near Atrium, 1st Floor overlooking Atrium, 2nd and 3rd Floors at end of stacks)
Tower Room
Tree House (upper and lower)

Active: Service locations; brief conversations; no cell phone use

Barth Center
Concourse / Circulation Desk / Reference Desk
Digital Learning Lab
IT Help Desk
Special Collections & Archives

Collaborative: Group meetings; extended conversations; cell phone use

Alumni Room
Brick Café
Lobby
Meeting Room (1010)
Non-reservable rooms at end of South Gallery
Reservable rooms (3090, 3094, 3131)
Seminar Rooms (all)
Theodore Sedgwick Wright Room
Theron Assembly Room

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