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Rooms & Spaces

Check out the various rooms and spaces available throughout the Libraries. Whether you need a quiet and reservable study room or a large event space, we've got you covered. 

Reservable Rooms

Sound Studios

The Sound Studio in Bizzell. The space shows a table with four chairs, a Mac computer, a sound studio microphone, and a television

Sound Studio

The Sound Studio in Bizzell provides the OU community with the technology to make audio and video recordings.

Reserve the Sound Studio
The Sound Studio in room 121. This studio features a small table with a rolling chair, a larger cushioned chair, and a television display

Graduate, Faculty, Staff Sound Studio

The Sound Studio gives faculty, staff, and graduate students a quite space to record content such as lecture slides, images, videos, or live demonstrations.

Reserve the Sound Studio

Individual Rooms

Student sits at a corner desk looking at their phone. On the desk is an open book, a bag, a laptop, glasses, and highlighters.

Graduate Student Quiet Study Rooms

Single-occupancy rooms with a desk and desk chair. Only reservable by graduate students.  

Reserve a Graduate Quiet Room
Student sits at a corner desk looking at their phone. On the desk is an open book, a bag, a laptop, glasses, and highlighters.

Faculty Quiet Study Rooms

Single-occupancy rooms with a desk and desk chair. Only reservable by faculty. 

Reserve a Faculty Quiet Room

Meeting Rooms

Small room with two red rolling chairs, a small table between them, and a whiteboard

Consultation Rooms

Reservable rooms that feature two comfortable chairs and a table. OU graduate students, faculty, and staff can reserve these rooms to meet with anyone.  

Reserve a Consultation Room
Students work on their laptops at a table in a meeting space

Meeting Spaces

These spaces within the Consultations @ OU Libraries room feature a table, display, and seating for small collaborative meetings. 

Reserve a Meeting Space
Group of students sitting in chairs and chatting in a reservable room.

Group Study Rooms

Rooms that feature large tables for group study. Groups with confirmed reservations take priority; otherwise, rooms are free to use.  

Reserve a Group Study Room
Collaboration room that features a table in front of a display screen with seating for five people.

Zarrow Collaboration Rooms

Reservable by faculty and graduate students. These rooms feature tables and chairs for 4-5 people. 

Reserve a Collaboration Room
A room with a whiteboard on one wall and a large television screen on the next. In front of the television is a table with eight chairs around it.

Zarrow Faculty Meeting Room

The Faculty Meeting Room is available to larger groups of faculty. The room includes multiple whiteboards, a large display, and teleconferencing equipment. 

Reserve the Faculty Meeting Room
Large conference room with a conference table, several chairs, a whiteboard, and a television screen

Zarrow Faculty and Graduate Meeting Rooms

These meeting rooms are reservable by faculty and graduate students. They feature large tables, chairs, and teleconferencing equipment. 

Reserve a Meeting Room
Meeting room with a table, 6 chairs, and a display screen on the wall

Fine Arts Library Study Room

This study room in the Fine Arts Library features seating for a small group. 

Reserve the Fine Arts Study Room
Meeting room with a table, 6 chairs, and a display screen on the wall

National Weather Center Library Study Rooms

Study rooms in the National Weather Center with tables and chairs for medium to large groups. 

Reserve a NWC Study Room
Meeting room with a table, 8 chairs, and a display screen on the wall

Youngblood Energy Library Study Room

This study room features seating for a medium group. 

Reserve the YEL Study Room

Events and Instruction Spaces

We have a variety of spaces that can be used to host OU events. To request the use of an event or instruction space, submit our Event Request Form. 

Brunette, female student is holding a book and smiling at the camera while standing in front of Bizzell Memorial Library on a sunny day with blue skies in the background.

Bizzell 339

Event room with presentation and teleconferencing equipment that can accommodate up to 60 people  

Large conference room with a conference table, several chairs, and a large display screen

Bizzell LL121E Conference Room

Conference room with teleconferencing equipment that can accommodate up to 15 people.  

Classroom space with three whiteboards and multiple tables with chairs.

Learning Lab Classroom

Open classroom space for up to 24 people. Optional use of the laptop cart.  

Classroom with multiple round tables and display screens on the walls. An instructor at a central podium is providing instruction to a class of students.

Bizzell Instruction Classroom

Instruction classroom for up to 48 people that features multiple round tables and display screens with a central presentation podium. Optional use of the laptop cart.  

Community Room sign on the wall in front of a room with an open door. In the room are tables and chairs.

Bizzell Community Room

Event room with presentation and teleconferencing equipment that can accommodate up to 80 people. This room features our 138” LED wall display screen.  

Walk-In Spaces

The areas listed here do not require reservations. To locate spaces in Bizzell, visit the Bizzell Floor Maps page. 

This view of the Boorstin Collection room shows multiple bookshelves and a seating area. Two students are sitting in chairs next to one another and are talking over a side table.

Boorstin Collection

The Boorstin Collection room is used for quiet study and reading books from the collection. It is located on the main floor of Bizzell. 

A view of the Canyon Garden from the walkway between the clock tower and the west entrance of Bizzell

Canyon Garden

The Oklahoma Canyon Garden is available to the public and can be accessed through Lower Level 2 of Bizzell.

A view of the Loveridge Computer Lab from the northwest corner. A student working at a computer is featured.

Computer Labs

Bizzell and branch libraries host computer workstations available to the OU community

The Great Reading Room with wooden tables and chairs in the forefront. In the background are bookshelves, multi-pane windows, and ornate decorative wall architecture.

Great Reading Room

The Great Reading Room is an open space dedicated to silent study

A student is studying at a large table in the open study area on Lower Level 1 of Bizzell. In the background, there are more students studying at other tables.

Helmerich Collaborative Learning Center

Open collaborative space on Lower Level 1 in Bizzell

Multiple students studying at tables in the Learning Lab area of Bizzell

Learning Lab

In the Learning Lab, OU students have access to collaborative and individual study spaces

A close-up view of a computer with an attached piano keyboard

Media Resource Center

Located in the Fine Arts Library, the Media Resource Center is a working library of recorded (time-based) materials: CDs, videos, digital audio tapes (DATs) and regular cassette tapes, digital video discs (DVDs) and long-playing records (LPs). 

A door with a lock. There is a card swipe to the right of the door, and above that is a plaque that says, "Lactation Room 127"

Nursing Room

This room features a pumping workstation, comfortable chair, and basic amenities for nursing. Card swipe access is required. 

Dimmed room with plant, prayer and yoga mats, and a room divider

Reflection Room

Quiet space for reflection, meditation, and prayer. Located in Bizzell room 214. 

The Zarrow Center. The space has multiple couches, bookshelves, and seating areas with tables and chairs.

Zarrow Center

Bizzell Lower Level 2 features the Zarrow Family Faculty & Graduate Student Center and Scholars Lounge. Card swipe access is required.