TRU Libraries (House of Learning, Law, and Williams Lake) are shared spaces intended to accommodate diverse student learning styles including both solitary and collaborative study. These guidelines are intended to inform the TRU community in the use of study rooms including those for students (undergraduate, associate, certificate, or diploma) and for graduate students (certificate, diploma, master’s degree).
The House of Learning (HL) Student Group Study Rooms are intended as a place for TRU students to collaborate or study together. The rooms are shared spaces to be used by students in a collegial and cooperative spirit.
Hours of availability, maximum occupancy, room amenities, and other specialized details on each study room are posted in the description information on the library room booking calendars.
Student Group Study rooms are not intended for individual study; as instructional, tutorial, or examination rooms; or as meeting rooms for the business of the University.
Individuals seeking individual quiet study space on the Kamloops campus can use the Silent Reading Room (HL 304) or individual student study carrells on the 3rd and 4th floors.
The Silent Reading Room, Room 304, in the House of Learning (HL) is a space for individual silent study. Guidelines for use of the room are more restrictive than throughout the rest of HL because this space is intended for students seeking uninterrupted concentration, deep study, or quiet contemplation. To protect the purpose of the room, students are asked to honour the guidelines.
Guidelines on Use of Silent Reading Room
The TRU Library House of Learning (HL) Individual Graduate Study Rooms are intended as individual spaces for TRU graduate students to use on a longer-term basis to complete research, projects, or theses.
Individual Graduate Study Rooms are not intended as instructional, tutorial, or examination rooms; graduate seminar rooms; meeting rooms for the business of the University; or long-term offices for graduate students.
Individuals seeking individual short-term quiet study space on the Kamloops campus can use the Silent Reading Room (HL 304) or individual student study carrels on the 3rd and 4th floors.
The TRU Libraries House of Learning (HL) Graduate Group Study Room is intended as a place for TRU graduate students to collaborate or study together. The room is a shared spaces to be used by graduate students in a collegial and cooperative spirit.
Hours of availability, maximum occupancy, room amenities, and other specialized details on this study room are posted in the description information on the library room booking software. Please refer to Book a Graduate Group Study Room
The Graduate Group Study room is not intended for individual study; as instructional, tutorial, or examination rooms; or as meeting rooms for the business of the University. Individuals seeking individual quiet study space on the Kamloops campus can use the Silent Reading Room (HL 304) or individual student study carrels on the 3rd and 4th floors.