Find Library Spaces

Library Floor Map
  • Academic Commons
    Academic Commons
    N505
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    30-40

    For collaborative work and features various furniture configurations.

  • Active Learning Classroom
    Active Learning Classroom
    W507
    Faculty
    36

    Equipped with multiple projection screens and flexible furniture, designed for interactive, student-centered learning experiences. 

  • Curiosity Lab
    Curiosity Lab
    W506
    16

    Located outside the library gate. Instructional sessions in the Lab are reserved for library workshops.

  • IDRL
    Interdisciplinary Digital Research Lab
    N507
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    20

    Equipped with specialized computers - 3 Macs and 3 PCs - digital displays and Maxhub, the lab is dedicated to digital scholarship-related classes, projects, and events.

    Reserve a computer

  • Digital Studio
    Digital Studio
    W522
    Faculty

    The center of our instructional video production, from blended learning to full online courses.

  • Discovery Lab
    Discovery Lab
    W501
    Faculty
    16
  • Financial Terminals
    Financial Terminals
    N5 Library A (Wind & Bloomberg)
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    6

    Equipped with dual monitors, Bloomberg and Wind terminals provide financial data and news on equities (stocks), indices, funds, debts, commodities, and other derivatives.

  • Study Rooms and Collaborative Spaces
    Group Study Rooms
    5th Floor, 6th Floor, North, West
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff

    These reservable spaces with varying sizes and available technology.

  • High-Performance Computer Lab
    High-Performance Computer Lab
    N508
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    16

    The HPC lab offers high-performance computer stations with specialized software to cater to individual requirements, featuring 8 Macs and 8 Windows computers.

  • One button
    One Button Studio
    W518
    Students
    1-5

    A space dedicated to self-service presentation recording- prepare your presentation, send it to the OBS, enter the room and hit record!  Faculty and Staff who are interested in utilizing the space, please email shanghai.rits@nyu.edu.

  • Open Computing Area
    Open Computing Area
    N5 Library A
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    34

    Public computers and monitors available for NYU Shanghai community users. First come, first served.

  • Printing, Scanning and Copying
    Printing, Scanning and Copying
    5th Floor, 6th Floor, North
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff

    Self-service stations by the elevator on the the 5th and 6th floor. 

  • Researcher's Room
    Researcher's Room
    N607
    PhD Students
    10

    Available exclusively to NYU Shanghai Track PhD students and approved research fellows for quiet concentrated study.

  • Quiet Study Areas
    Quiet Study Areas
    6th floor, North
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff

    Please refrain from talking and make sure that your digital devices are not creating noise that would disturb others. Phone booth available if you need to take a call.

  • Reserve and Media Room
    Reserve and Media Room
    N506
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    4

    Course reserves and Media collection; Reading area for in-library use only.

  • Scholar's Spaces
    Scholar's Spaces
    N606
    Graduate Students
    70

    Graduate students and approved undergraduate students (apply for access) can swipe their NYU card to access. The 5 individual cubicles need to be booked in advance.

  • Sound Box
    Sound Box
    W521
    Faculty & Staff
    1-5

    The Sound Box at W521 is a meticulously designed facility for high-quality audio recordings, equipped with a professional microphone, mixing console, and immersive speakers. Students should obtain the instructor's approval before emailing shanghai.rits@nyu.edu with their specific audio recording requests.

  • The Hub
    The Hub
    N509
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    16-20

    The multifunction room serves as a study space when not hosting events, workshops, or exhibitions.

  • viewing station
    Video Viewing Station
    N506
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    1

    Individual viewing station, equipped with a DVD/Blu-ray player, primarily for library DVDs.

  • visualization lab
    Visualization Lab
    W516
    Faculty
    30

    Enables display of high-end digital content like Digital Heritage artifacts, mapping, and visualizations. Two distinct zones for group viewing and content sharing between 4K short throw projector and 72" LCD wall panel. 

  • XR Space
    XR Space
    W519
    All-Students, Faculty & Staff
    30

    The XR SPACE is a versatile environment for testing and experiencing all immersive technologies.