Faculty Study Located on Basement Level 1
Faculty Carrel Policy
Boatwright Library invites all faculty to use the Faculty Study on the library's B1 level. The Faculty Study, a quiet haven for reading, research, and writing, offers a mix of soft seating and work areas. Bring your laptop or borrow a laptop from the library. Present your faculty ID card at the Main Service Desk and ask for the door's keypad combination. The study is available for day use. If you need to store research materials, please come to the library's Administration office on the second floor to obtain a library locker. Neither personal belongings nor library materials can be stored in the Faculty Study. Items left there will be placed in the library's lost and found.
Fourth Floor Faculty Study Carrels
Several carrels on the fourth floor are also available for day use to faculty on a first-come, first-served basis. Faculty who wish to use one of the fourth floor carrels can check out a key. Faculty members requesting a carrel key must present their University ID card at the library's main service desk on the first floor when requesting a key. All items left in the day use carrels will be moved to the library lost and found at the end of each day. The key must also be returned to the Main Service Desk by the time of closing each day.
Exceptions Regarding Fourth Floor Carrels
Each spring the university librarian will ask the deans if any faculty:
- Will be on sabbatical during the following academic year
- Will remain in Richmond for all or most of the sabbatical
- Must vacate their office to accommodate a visiting faculty member
- Would have a more productive sabbatical if they had exclusive use of one of the fourth floor carrels
Faculty members, up to a maximum of five, who meet all of these criteria will be assigned exclusive use of a fourth floor carrel for the period of his/her sabbatical.