Library

The library provides various study spaces that foster conversation and collaborative work. Farber 1, Mezzanine, and Goldfarb 1 offers large study tables for group work. Group study rooms are located on the Farber Mezzanine and on Goldfarb 1. 

Please use our booking page to reserve a group study room. Booking is limited to four hours per person per day. You will need a Brandeis email address to book rooms. Please be courteous to your fellow Brandeis community members and respect booking reservations. 

Goldfarb Level 1 Group Study Room 1

Seats 6 - Book this room

Farber Mezzanine Group Study Room 2

Seats 8 - Book this room

Farber Mezzanine Group Study Room 3

Seats 6 - Book this room

All study rooms have whiteboards. Markers can be borrowed at the Information and Borrowing desk.

The library provides a limited number of booths for individual, short-term use. These may be used for various purposes included but not limited to quiet study, phone calls, and virtual meetings. Each pod contains a stool and fold down desk. Library booths are located on Goldfarb 1.

Please use our booking page to reserve a booth. Booking is limited to a maximum of 2 hours at a time, three times weekly, with a limit of 6 hours a week. You will need a Brandeis email address to book a booth. Please be courteous to your fellow Brandeis community members and respect booking reservations. 

Booth 1

Seats 1 - Book this booth

Booth 2

Seats 1 - Book this room

Booth 3

Seats 1 - Book this room

Booth 4

Seats 1 - Book this room

Study carrels and lockers are available for borrowing. Please visit the Information and Borrowing Desk to learn more about availability.

Study carrels are assigned on a first come-first served basis and may be used by graduate students and senior-honors thesis students.

Lockers are used on a first come, first served basis and may be used by anyone with library borrowing privileges.

Policies

Study carrels include a desk and locker. All locker policies must be followed if using a study carrels.

Items not allowed in lockers include library books that are not currently on loan, non-circulating library owned materials, and food or drinks. All items found in lockers that are not meant to be there will be removed during semi-annual inspections. Personal items will be placed in lost and found. Library owned items will be rerouted to their correct location within the library.

Overdue and Replacement Fees

Overdue Fees

$0.25 per day, not exceeding $10.

Replacement Fees

• Lost tag: $5
• Lost key: $20

Quiet spaces are available in the Library for those who would like to study with fewer distractions.

Goldfarb Level 3

This quiet study space offers a mix of reserved carrels and unreserved seats.

Judaica Reading Room

This area, located on the Goldfarb Mezzanine Level, features tables and chairs for quiet study.

The Goldfarb Library currently has 16 small individual research rooms available to faculty and ABD doctoral candidates who:

• are engaged in a specific library-intensive project
• must provide proof that this space would be integral to the execution of this project

Applications for use of a Goldfarb Library research room are processed in the order in which they are received. Research rooms are assigned for one academic year; occupants may reapply in August for continued use. If no research rooms are available, then applicants will be waitlisted. Research room waitlists are maintained for one year only.

If you would like to apply to use a research room, fill out a research room application (pdf).

Use Policies

The policies and procedures listed below govern the use of the rooms:

• Research rooms are for quiet study. The space should not be used to meet with other individuals or to conduct business more appropriate to an office space.
• Library materials kept in the research rooms must be properly checked out. Non-circulating materials are not to be kept in the research rooms.
• Research rooms must be vacated 10 minutes prior to the Library’s posted closing times.
• Food is not permitted in research rooms. Drinks must be kept in spill-proof containers. Electrical devices such as refrigerators or hot pots are not allowed.
• Research rooms must be kept reasonably clean and integrity of furnishings respected.
• A $10.00 fee will be assessed for each key that is lost, damaged, or not returned upon request.
• An occupant whose research room is seldom used may be asked to relinquish the space for use by another.
• The Library is not responsible for the loss or damage of personal belongings in the room.
• Research rooms are assigned “as is” (occupants cannot switch rooms or furnishings once they have signed a use contract and been issued a key).
• Library staff periodically enter research rooms for inspection purposes.

The Faculty Study is available on the Goldfarb Mezzanine, near the model of the Roman Forum. This space is only accessible to faculty (including emeriti, part-time, tenure track, and contract) and PhD students with a Brandeis ID.

The room features soft seating, workspaces, lockers, a computer terminal, and a fantastic view. Lockers are available for both 24-hour and semesterly loans. Keys can be borrowed at the Information and Borrowing desk.

If your card does not work, contact library@brandeis.edu or x6-4863 for access.

The room is cleaned daily, but as a shared space, please be thoughtful when bringing food and clean up after yourself.