Over the summer, the Forum Library has benefited from refurbishment, improving ventilation to the Law Library and adding 97 new study seats by remodelling existing spaces across the 3 floors.

A variety of new seating options are available, including 13 new bookable group study areas near the Law Library.

We’ve added a few illustrative pictures below, to give you a flavour of the refurbished space, but come along and explore the new spaces for yourself!

You’ll find remodelled space on the Level 0 entrance level and on the balcony space on Level +1. A range of seating layouts and services are provided, to suit different study needs.

More furniture is arriving to provide even more seating capacity in these areas in the first few weeks of term.

We have added an extra seating area on Level -1, providing an additional 25 seats for individual study.  You’ll find them outside the Group Workroom.

If you need to get your head down for some individual study then these will be ideal study spaces.

The study area adjacent to the Law Library and Library courtyard has been remodelled and offers 13 new bookable group study areas.  A few finishing touches are taking place in this area over Freshers Week and Weeks One & Two.

You’ll be able to book these online via the Student Room Booking service towards the end of Week Two.

Are you gearing up for the exam season? So are we!

We know that study space provision is hugely important during the revision and exam period, so here’s a brief to guide to the study spaces that are available for you over the next month or so in the Library.

Streatham Campus

Forum Library:
24/7 availability as usual (swipe access after 20.00 on week days, 18.00 at the weekend)

Seminar Room access via the Library. The Forum Seminar Rooms on levels 0 and +1 will become part of the Library, further expanding the study spaces that are available to you 24/7. Remember to enter and exit these rooms via the Library (through the doors by the computer clusters) not via the Forum.

The other study seats are all available as usual – find out more here

Amory Study Centre:
Opening hours extended to 24/7 (swipe access)

The Loft:
Open: 08:00 – 21:30, Mon – Sun

Research Commons:
Open 08.00 – 20.00 week days, 10.00 – 18.00 at the weekend

The Sanctuary:
Will be in use for exams during this period and is therefore not available as a study space

St Luke’s Campus

St Luke’s Library:
Open 08.00 – 20.00 week days, 10.00 – 18.00 at the weekend

24/7 Study Space available in the Luke’s Library computer room and 24/7 room.

Giraffe House:
Open daily 08.00 – 21.30

Other Study Spaces

Don’t forget study seats are also available in the Student Services Centre, Forum Street Balcony, Forum Expo Labs and in many other buildings across our campuses.

You can check availability in advance using the Study Space Checker

Study smart:

Follow these tips to help you and fellow students get the most out of our study spaces:

1]    Only use one seat when working; leave enough room for someone else to sit and work

2]    It is OK to take a break for about an hour (60 minutes) if you are working in the library for a long time; but always return promptly within one hour. leave one of our cards so others know you are coming back.

3]    Remember the Library is a public space! Always take valuables with you or lock them safely in a Forum Locker.

Over the next few months we will be working to put in more study spaces in the Forum Library.

A total of 104 new spaces will go in which will include converting the current staff office into a study room with some bookable group study rooms and also creating some railway style study carrels alongside the Seal Courtyard Garden.

Work on this will begin in August 2015 and go on into the New Year.

Plans below should explain what we are trying to acheive over the coming months.

An aeriel plan of the new study areas above and a 3D plan of the room below.

A  plan of the new railway style study carrels above and an artists impression below.