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Wilfred J. Airey Library: Study Rooms & Collaboration Stations

Library Study Rooms

How to Reserve a Study Room:

  1. Visit the Study Room Reservation page
  2. Choose a room by selecting the green blocks in 30-minute increments (2 hours per day) up to two weeks in advance.
  3. Submit chosen times at the bottom of the page and fill in your RCCD email and other requested information to reserve the room.
  4. You will receive an email confirmation with a check-in code.
  5. At the time of your reservation, check-in using the QR code at the entrance to the room and the check-in code you received via email.
  6. When finished with the room, check out using the same QR code and check-in code so that others may use the room.

Rooms will not be held if you do not check in 15 minutes after the start of the reservation.

Study Room Terms & Conditions

  • A reserved room must be checked out within 15 minutes of the start time, or it will be canceled.
  • You must be a currently enrolled student with a student ID number to check out a room.
  • Room checkouts are for a maximum of 2 hours.
  • A total of 8 people are allowed in each room.
  • No markers are permitted on the lightboards. If you need to write on the board, check out a light pen from the Circulation Desk.
  • Food, open drinks, or excessive noise will result in loss of room privileges.
  • Clean up all trash, and leave the room like you’d want to find it.
  • Please check out when you are finished with the room, so others may book the room. 
  • You must vacate the room within the time permitted to you.
  • The student who checked out the room is responsible for rule enforcement.

Discipline Process: 1st strike: verbal warning; 2nd strike: 2 weeks of no study room checkout; 3rd strike: 1 semester of no study room checkout and meeting with the dean to discuss discipline.

student working on a whiteboard

 

Collaboration Stations

Students sitting at collaboration stationHow Collaboration Stations Work:

 

Plug in multiple laptops at a table and work together on assignments requiring a computer, like presentations. If you need cables to connect, ask us.

 

Collaboration Station Policies:

  • First come, first serve.

  • Stations are for groups of 2 or more.

  • If you are sitting at the station, but not using it, you must give up the space to students who would like to use the station.


How to Connect a Laptop or Tablet to the Station:

To use the tables, make sure the table is "on". You can do this by looking for the power button that is located on the media well in the center of the table. If the light is white, press the button once to activate the table and the light will become green.

You will need a VGA connection to your computer, which is available for loan from the front desk in the library.

  1. Laptops are connected to the tables using PUCKS. 
  2. Open the media well and remove a puck.
  3. Connect the Puck to your laptop (the Puck will glow).
  4. Share what's on your laptop by pressing on the Puck. To disconnect your device, press the off button and disconnect the Puck.

Troubleshooting

When connecting to a mediascape table with a dual monitor setup, you may need to reduce your screen resolution in order for your computer to display correctly. If you encounter issues, please follow these steps:

  • In the display settings for your computer, set the resolution to 1366 X 768 or lower.
  • Adjust the refresh rate to 60hz.