Technology in the Library

Do you need a place to attend an online class, workshop, or meeting?  Please see the options below, which include reservable and open public spaces around the Graduate Center and in the Mina Rees Library. 

Zoom Booths

There are two Zoom booths on the first floor of the Library and one in Room 5396. GC students can reserve them using the DGSC Room Reservation portal. The booths are sponsored by the Graduate Center’s Doctoral and Graduate Student Council (DGSC).

Reservation Policies and Guidelines

• Zoom booths can be reserved by GC students in 30-minute increments.
• Bookings by any single student are limited to a total of two hours per month.
• To book a Zoom booth located in the Library, please select the “Mina Rees Library Resources” option at the top of the reservation portal.

For additional information on Zoom booths and rooms that may be reserved by GC students, please see the DGSC's Room Reservations website.

There are two enclosed rooms on the second floor of the Library, the Library Conference/Workshop Room and the Library Lounge, where you can hold Zoom meetings.  Neither room is reservable and other Library users may be in attendance, but you are welcome to hold Zoom meetings in those spaces.

• Library Conference / Workshop Room - Rm 2302
  This room is available when not in use by Library faculty and staff.
   
• Library Lounge - Rm 2300
  Conversation and collaboration are welcome in the Library Lounge. 

Additional Options

• If you are taking a hybrid class, your assigned classroom is available all semester long, even during remote class meetings, so you could Zoom into your class from the classroom.
• Most programs at the Graduate Center have a Thesis Room.  Check with your program to see if you can use the Thesis Room for Zoom meetings.
• There two public dining spaces in the building where you can take Zoom meetings.  One is the cafe space on the first floor and the other is the Dining Commons on the 8th floor.