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Spaces

Collaborative Spaces

Collaborative Commons

An open space for working in groups. This space contains several screen sharing technology options to make collaboration easier, including 9 media:scape tables and a Power Bar with several monitors. Plug your laptop into one of these many screens to share your work with others.
Consultation Cube

Accommodates: 2-4

These 2 rooms are reserved for research consultations with librarians during business days between 9am-5pm.

After 5pm and on weekends these cubes are available on a first-come, first-served basis and do not need a reservation.

Technology available: 2 larger monitors for connecting laptops

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Honnold Conference Room

Accommodates: 14
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The Honnold Conference Room is ideal for group meetings, interviews, and small presentations. Technology available: 2 Projection screens and whiteboards.*

The Library's meeting rooms are available to current students, staff, and faculty of The Claremont Colleges. Each person may request one reservation per day. Reservations are 1-3 hours long and can be requested up to 2 weeks in advance. Please allow 1-2 business days for your request to be approved. You will be notified via email whether the request was approved or denied. We will accomodate as many requests as possible, but preference for the Library's meeting rooms will be given to Library staff. (For rooms with immediate availability, check out our Group Study Rooms.)

Mudd Conference Room

Accommodates: 5
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The Mudd Conference room is ideal for small group meetings. Technology available: 1 media-scape*

The Library's meeting rooms are available to current students, staff, and faculty of The Claremont Colleges. Each person may request one reservation per day. Reservations are 1-3 hours long and can be requested up to 2 weeks in advance. Please allow 1-2 business days for your request to be approved. You will be notified via email whether the request was approved or denied. We will accomodate as many requests as possible, but preference for the Library's meeting rooms will be given to Library staff. (For rooms with immediate availability, check out our Group Study Rooms.)

Study Cubes

Accommodates: 2 - 4

Located on the second floor of Mudd, these cubes provide private spaces for small groups to study within a large, open space. Study cubes are available on a first-come, first-served basis and do not need a reservation.

Digital Studios

Digital Tool Shed

Accommodates: 15
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The Digital Tool Shed is an incubator for innovative digital research, teaching, and learning; it is a space for exploration, practice, engagement, and experiential learning for individuals, groups, and classes. Technology available: large screen / data visualization wall*, green screen wall, laptops with special software.

*Please be advised that the Data Viz Wall and Projector are currently not working in this room. While we are waiting on replacement parts there is a 65" Microsoft Surface Monitor with interactive touch screen available in this room to use for projection.  

The primary purpose of the Library's classrooms are for librarians and Library staff to partner with Claremont faculty and instructional staff to provide information literacy and research instruction to students. Students, staff, and faculty of The Claremont Colleges may request use of the Library's classrooms, but priority will be given to Library staff and building partners such as the Center for Teaching & Learning.

We will do our best to accomodate as many requests as possible and respond to you as quickly as possible. Due to heavy interest in using the Library's classrooms, we are requiring at minimum of 2 weeks advance notice for requests. Any requests for use of this space less than 2 weeks in advance will not be considered. Download the Classroom Use Policy

In addition to ad hoc requests, faculty/instructional staff can also request to teach a semester long course in one of the Library's classrooms. 

Media Viewing Room

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

A space to watch films and other media for classes. Located on Honnold 3.

Technology available:

  • VHS player
  • Region-free DVD player
  • TV with HDMI hookups

Group Study Rooms

Group Study 401

Accommodates: 2
Book Room

Enclosed room for group study located on Honnold 4.

Technology included:

  • whiteboards
  • short-throw projector
Group Study 402

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

Enclosed space for group study located on Honnold 4.

Technology included:

  • whiteboards

 

Group Study 403

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

Enclosed space for group study located on Honnold 4.

Technology included:

  • whiteboards 
  • short-throw projector
Group Study 404

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

Enclosed space for group study located on Honnold 4.

Technology included:

  • whiteboards
  • short-throw projector
Group Study 405

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

Enclosed space for group study located on Honnold 4.

Technology included:

  • whiteboards
Group Study 406

Accommodates: 2
Book Room

Enclosed room for group study located on Honnold 4.

Technology included:

  • whiteboards
  • short-throw projector
Group Study Room 3A

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

Enclosed room for group study located on Honnold 3.

Group Study Room 3B

Accommodates: 4
Book Room

Enclosed room for group study located on Honnold 3.

Presentation & Classrooms

Founders Room

Accommodates: 50
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The Founders Room is the library's largest presentation and event space. It often serves as a venue for meetings and academic events from across The Claremont Colleges, including our own Claremont Discourse faculty lecture series. View the Founders Room Policy

 

Due to wide interest in using this space, we require a minimum of 2 weeks advance notice for requests, but the more advance notice you provide the better. 


Technology available in the Founders Room:

  • Projector, screen
  • Lectern microphone,
  • Built-in speakers
  • Presentation computer

 

Keck 3

Accommodates: 24
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The primary purpose of the Library's classrooms are for librarians and Library staff to partner with Claremont faculty and instructional staff to provide information literacy and research instruction to students. Students, staff, and faculty of The Claremont Colleges may request use of the Library's classrooms, but priority will be given to Library staff and building partners such as the Center for Teaching & Learning.

Technology available in Keck 3:

  • Wall to wall whiteboards
  • Individual whiteboards
  • 2 projectors
  • 20 laptops (must request Keck 3 laptop cart)
  • Zoom Room video conferencing capabilities

We will do our best to accomodate as many requests as possible and respond to you as quickly as possible. Due to heavy interest in using the Library's classrooms, we are requiring at minimum of 2 weeks advance notice for requests. Any requests for use of this space less than 2 weeks in advance will not be considered. Download the Classroom Use Policy

In addition to ad hoc requests, faculty/instructional staff can also request to teach a semester long course in one of the Library's classrooms. 

Keck Classroom

Accommodates: 40
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This Active Learning Center was funded by a Steelcase Education Grant in 2017. The room is designed to be a flexible space for user-centered teaching and learning. The furniture and technology can be reconfigured to support a variety of classroom activities and approaches. The primary use of this room is for information literacy and research instruction sessions in collaboration with Claremont faculty and instructional staff. Students, staff, and faculty of The Claremont Colleges may request use of the Library's classrooms, but priority will be given to Library staff and building partners such as the Center for Teaching & Learning.

Technology available in Keck Classroom:

  • Wall to wall whiteboards,
  • 24 individual whiteboards
  • 2 projectors and screens
  • Document camera
  • DVD player
  • 20 laptops with ArcGIS software installed (when Keck Classroom laptop cart is requested)

We will do our best to accommodate as many requests as possible and respond to you as quickly as possible. Due to heavy interest in using the Library's classrooms, we are requiring a minimum of 2 weeks advance notice for requests. Any requests for use of this space less than 2 weeks in advance will not be considered. Download the Classroom Use Policy

In addition to ad hoc requests, faculty/instructional staff can also request to teach a semester long course in one of the Library's classrooms. 

Quiet Study

4th Floor Quiet Study

The 4th floor of Honnold has a variety of spaces for quiet work, including pods for individual study.  
Solarium

Adjacent to an open patio and filled with natural light, this space is a popular place to study.