[meej]

I feel like lots of libraries are already organized like this, and the only ones that try to put everything in one room are smaller public library branches. Certainly, the academic library I work at has these activities located on separate floors, and other libraries I can think of off the top of my head, like the Seattle Public Library, also have these activities separated.

[ghaff]

When I really wanted to get away from everything in a library, there were always various cubbyholes in obscure corners of the stacks that you could hide in. This worked best in the sections of libraries that were more vertical than spread out though.

[mattlutze]

For us this was the motorized archive stacks in our library's basement. No one ever went down there, so you could pile up in one of the chairs and work for hours and see only one or two people.