[BlameKaneda]

The library at my university had four floors and a basement. The higher the floor the quieter you were supposed to be, so you were welcome to talk on the ground floor but would get glares or carefully chosen words on the top floor. I loved this system. If I wanted to work but didn't mind the chit chat then I was fine on the ground floor, but if I needed to concentrate then I could move.

I recall using a library book for research once. Other than that, I made use of the public computers to work on projects that were stored on Google Drive.

[organsnyder]

My school's library was similar. The fourth and fifth floors were excellent for when I needed to carve out some dedicated focus time.

[Akinato]

Oh wow this is brilliant! I love this concept.

[heedlessly2]

Sounds like the ugli at umich

[moosingin3space]

Fellow UMich grad here. Shapiro library (formal name for UgLi) was always a great place to study because you had plenty of noise isolation from other people, especially the upper floors.

On North Campus, CS majors had two major study spaces: the Beyster computer lab/atrium, and the Duderstadt Library. Course staff would provide office hours in Beyster, and if you wanted to study in a more collaborative environment, that was the place to be. Duderstadt had a mix of collaborative spaces (in closed rooms) and quiet workspaces (the benches near the stacks). I studied in both locations, depending on my needs at the time. Was a pretty effective setup.