Zarrow Family Faculty & Graduate Student Center

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Located on Lower Level 2 of Bizzell Memorial Library, the Zarrow Family Faculty and Graduate Student Center is a space dedicated to supporting the research and teaching needs of OU faculty and graduate students in a central campus location. The Zarrow Family Faculty and Graduate Student Center recognizes the library as essential to discovery and supports creative interaction among faculty and graduate students. The center enables members of the academic community to access the wide variety of information resources available through OU Libraries creatively, analytically, and critically in pursuit of academic goals.

Access is limited to faculty and graduate students. Public access to the lobby and Oklahoma Canyon Garden is available. Visit the Zarrow Center Access & Use Policy page for information on accessing the center.

Resources and Services Available

Featured Spaces

Graduate Student Focus Rooms

The Graduate Student Focus Rooms provide private, flexible spaces for graduate students to work or study. Many of the focus rooms can be reserved up to four hours at a time, as much as one month in advance. Alternatively, several of the rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis to walk-ins. The focus rooms include a variety of furniture, including large traditional desks, sit-to-stand desks, lounge seating, and treadmill desks.

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Faculty Focus Rooms

The Faculty Focus rooms provide the same level of privacy and flexibility as the Graduate Student Focus Rooms, but allow for more long-term reservations. Faculty can reserve many of these spaces for up to eight hours at a time, one month in advance; others are available for as many as seven days at a time, up to three months in advance. Walk-in, first-come-first-served spaces are also available. The Faculty Focus rooms feature a variety of furniture, including large traditional desks, sit-to-stand desks, lounge seating, and treadmill desks.

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Research Rooms

Open research and reading areas are available in both the faculty and graduate student areas of the Zarrow Family Faculty & Graduate Student Center. These areas will provide a quiet space to work on research or study and include a number of shelves that can be reserved for personal use.

Scholars Lounge

Available to both graduate students and faculty, the Scholars Lounge is located in the central area of the Zarrow Family Faculty & Graduate Student center and provides an open space with a variety of comfortable seating, study, and focus areas.

Meeting Rooms

Meeting rooms are available to large groups of faculty and graduate students, and can be reserved in advance. Each room includes multiple large white boards, high-definition monitors, and teleconferencing equipment.

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Consultation Rooms

Consultation rooms are available for graduate students and faculty to meet with undergraduates. Each room includes a table and multiple chairs, and most include white-boards.

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Faculty and Graduate Student Workroom

The workroom in the Zarrow Family Faculty & Graduate Student Center includes two sit/stand desks and a bar-height collaboration table. A WEPA printer and KIC scanner are also available in this room.

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