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Reserving Study Rooms at the Campus Library

UW Bothell and Cascadia College Study Room Space Availability Page

A great quiet place to study with friends is the UW Bothell and Cascadia Campus Library (UWB/CC Campus Library). In the library there are a few different types of study rooms: group, media, and individual, which are convenient for working on group projects, joining zoom meetings, and working individually on an assignment in a quiet room. These study rooms are prioritized for UW and Cascadia student use and not intended for faculty or staff. In the study rooms there are whiteboards, and large screen monitors which are very helpful tools when working on assignments. In addition, the media study rooms include projectors and computers. It’s also helpful to remember, the rooms are not soundproof. Reserving study rooms is very easy, which can be done by just searching UW Bothell Campus Library homepage then clicking on reserve a study room on the top right side of the page. You can book a study room 2 weeks early. This can be especially helpful around finals or midterms week, in which study rooms can be mostly unavailable. Some of the important policies of the study rooms are having no back-to-back bookings, booking up to two hours only and showing up on time. If after 15 minutes a group or individual fails to appear, the reservation can be cancelled by Library staff and the room can be scheduled for another person or group. If you need any help reserving a study room or if you have questions about the study room policies, you can ask the Circulation Staff at the Library Information Desk on the first floor.

“An amazing silent space to study.”

Rory and Anmei, Library Student Circulation Employees

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Groovy Study Rooms

The study rooms at the library are very popular with Cascadia and UWB students. With spectacular views of campus and great quiet  spaces for groups to collaborate, the study rooms are an increasingly valuable resource. Rooms fill up faster as the quarter winds down, so this is a DIY guide to reserving a room. Students are now able to do this from a computer or mobile device.

On the Campus Library homepage, click on the link for Study Room Reservations circled in red.homepage

You will arrive at a page where the room types, policies, and steps to reserve a room are explained in more detail. A complete list of study room policies can be found here.

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The bright green tab labeled “Reserve a space” (circled in red) will take you to a sign-in page, so don’t forget your UW Net ID and password! Once signed it, you can view the study room schedule. (At the bottom of this page is a “Switch to Mobile View” tab for those who prefer the convenience of reserving a room via their phone.)  Beige squares show available rooms, so find one that is open at the time you want and click on it. In the popup, fill in the amount of time you want the study room (up to 2 hours), the number of people in your group, and a public name for the reservation.

A few things to know about the groovy study rooms:

  • Rooms can be reserved up to 2 weeks in advance.
  • Make sure to be on time! If your group does not show up within 15 minutes, someone else can reserve the room.
  • Rooms can be reserved for up to 2 hours and you cannot have more than one room reservations at a time.
  • Study rooms are not soundproof: be cautious of your volume.
  • Before you leave, make sure everything is clean and tidy, and turn off equipment and lights.
  • Several rooms have boxes filled with scratch paper for your convenience.
  • Each room should have 2 Expo pens. If your room does not, feel free to come to the front desk on the first floor to get some. FYI: pens dry out fast, so press the cap firmly until you hear the “click” to ensure it is on tight!
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How to be sustainable in the Campus Library

Here on the UWB/CCC campus, one of our strongest initiatives is towards environmental responsibility and sustainability. We implement some of the most modern technology to keep our ecological footprint as low as possible. Solar panels, automatic temperature control, weather-monitoring sprinkler systems, composting, and push-to-flush toilets are just a few examples. However, sustainability starts with student participation. Without our active involvement, efforts to be eco-efficient lose their strength. To help, here are some sustainable services of the Library that you may not have known about.

E-Media Disposal:

ImageDo you have old non-rechargeable or rechargeable batteries, CDs, tapes or disks, inkjet cartridges, or non-UW issued electronics?  Facilities’ e-media recycling bins are a great place to take these items in order to dispose of them in a way that is safe for the environment. Some of these items, when dumped in a landfill, can emit dangerous chemicals into the air or groundwater. By disposing of them in the proper receptacles, we prevent this from happening. Typically, you would have to drive to an office supply store or to a Waste Management facility to get rid of batteries and other small electronics, and it’s not always free. The Library is much more convenient and saves gas!

ImageOur e-media recycling bin is on the first floor, just to the left of the entrance to the Library. The slots are clearly marked for what items go where, as seen in the picture to the right.  If the bin is ever full, let the Library staff at the front Circulation Desk know.

Printing vs. Scanning

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We get lots of questions at the front desk about how to make copies. Copies are 12 cents per page for UWB and Cascadia students. You can pay using your Husky card (CCC students and public patrons have to purchase a copy card). However, if you want to avoid the cost of printing, there is an easy and fast way to do so. In the Information Commons, there are four computers connected to scanners. First priority is given to students who want to use the scanners, so they are usually available. Scans can be made of notes, worksheets, book pages, whatever you need, and IT’S FREE! Simply save the files to your USB drive or email them to yourself. This saves a lot of paper in the long run. For example, if in one day 100 students make 5 copies each for 12 cents a page; that equals 500 pages of paper totaling 60 dollars! Over a week, that is a lot of waste. Something to think about the next time you hit the copy button…

Blue is the new green in recycling:

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One thing that continues to boggle students is what kinds of waste materials go in the recycling bins! The Library alone has over 50 recycling bins spread across all three floors, located in the halls, classrooms, and study rooms. With the exception of the larger curb-sized bins located on each floor, these bins can dispose of any recyclable materials: tin cans, clean paper, cardboard, juice cartons, glass bottles, newspaper, clean paper cups, magazines, and cap-less plastic bottles (cap-less because the caps of plastic bottles are actually a different kind of plastic made up of different chemical compounds that cannot be recycled the same way as typical plastic). These all-in-one bins are located in every study room in the Library. Still, garbage continues to end up in the recycling bins and vice versa. Starting very soon, there will be instructional posters put up above each set of recycling and garbage bins in the study rooms. These posters will make it very clear what materials can go in which bins. In order to promote sustainability on our campus, please note these signs and separate your trash/recyclables accordingly. The pictured items are examples of things that CANNOT go in the recycling bins. Food-contaminated plates or paper, food wrappings, plastic bottle caps, general trash, Subway, and, of course, library books do not belong in the recycling!

Common examples of non-recyclables in the library:

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