Courtesy and Noise Policy - Wright Library

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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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