Falvey Library Building Locations & Directions

The library building has two sides with limited connectivity. These sides of the building will be referred to as the MAIN LIBRARY and OLD FALVEY.

The Main Library has 4 floors + a ground floor.

• For reference, the Service Desk is on the 1st floor of the Main Library.

Old Falvey has 3 floors (a ground floor, a mid-level, and an upper floor).

• To access Old Falvey, patrons can enter through the entrances on the west side of the building, or through the Dugan Polk Reading Room.
• The Old Falvey entrance has two separate doors with their own stairwells. Each entrance/stairwell can access all Old Falvey locations.

1st floor

• Through the glass doors of Holy Grounds across from the Service Desk, behind the frosted pane of glass.

Ground floor

• Across from the elevator.

2nd / 3rd / 4th floors

• On either side of the elevator on each floor.

The Main Library has front and back stairwells.

For reference, the front stairwell is directly across from the Service Desk. The back stairwell is a set of double-doors at the back end of the bulding.

Each stairwell on the 1st floor has a STAIRS sign on the doors.

Location: Entrance accessible from the 1st floor of the Main Library. Falvey West contatins the A - DX call number range of the circulating book collection, as well as the DVD, Blu-Ray, and Audio collections.

IMPORTANT! There are 3 floors of circulating books in Falvey West, but patrons must enter through the 1st floor before going to the lower or upper floors of Falvey West.

Directions from the Service Desk: "Go towards the back left corner of this floor, past the Tech Zone. Enter through the door that says Falvey West Stacks above it."

Location: 3rd floor of the Main Library. This floor contains the E - PM call number range of the circulating book collection, as well as study space.

Directions from Service Desk: "Walk up either stairwell to the 3rd floor, or use the Main Library elevator"

Location: 4th floor of the Main Library. This floor contains the PN - Z call number range of the circulating book collection, as well as study space.

Directions from Service Desk: "Walk up either stairwell to the 4th floor, or use the Main Library elevator"

Location: 2nd floor of Main Library, just past the elevator and across from the The Math Center.  Also known as the Center for Access, Success, and Achievement.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up to the 2nd floor, and go towards the back of the building. CASA will be on the right, past the elevator and restrooms."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Turn right and go past the restroom. CASA will be on the right."

Location: Mid-level of Old Falvey, directly across from the Reading Room.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter either Old Falvey entrance and walk up the short flight of stairs to the middle level. Turn right to find the CAVE classroom."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room from the 2nd floor and go through to the Old Falvey side. Go directly across the floor to the CAVE classroom."

Location: 2nd floor of Main Library, next to room 205 and across from the Writing Center.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. The Digitial Scholarship Lab will be immeidately to your left."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator up to the 2nd floor, turn left and walk down towards the stairwell. The Digital Scholarship Lab will be on your right, next to room 205."

Location: Mid-level of Old Falvey. This is the library administration office, and contains the office of the library director Millicent Gaskell.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter through either Old Falvey entrance, and walk up the short flight of stairs to the middle level. The Director's Office will be in between the stairwells."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room from the 2nd floor and through it to the Old Falvey side. The Director's Office will be on your right, in between the stairwells."

Location: Accessible from the 2nd floor of the Main Library. The Reading Room is the one location that connects the Main Library and Old Falvey.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the back stairwell to the 2nd floor, turn right and go towards to the Reading Room entrance."
 

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the 2nd floor, turn right and go towards the back of the building, then turn left to the Reading Room entrance."

Did you know? The Dugan Polk Reading Room is home to The Triumph of David, a painting attributed to artist Pietro Da Cortona. This painting was found in storage on campus, and was professionaly restored to be placed on display for the campus community.

Location: Top floor of Old Falvey. This lounge is limited to Arts and Sciences graduate students, and is acessible only with a Wildcard.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter through either Old Falvey entrance. Walk up to the top floor, turn right, and then turn slightly left down the small hallway."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room from the 2nd floor, and go through to the Old Falvey side. Walk up either stairwell to the top floor, turn right, and then turn slightly left down the small hallway."

Location: 1st floor of the Main Library, to the left of the back stairwell. The floor-to-ceiling windows are an identifying feature of this room.

Directions from Service Desk: "Go towards the back of this floor. The Griffin Room is to the left of the back stairwell."

Location: Ground floor of the Main Library, near the back stairwell.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk down the back stairwell to the ground floor, go through the doors and turn immediately to the right."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the ground floor, turn right and go down the hallway, then turn left."
 

Location: Most often in 301 in Old Falvey (top floor). However, these sessions may change location, so it's always best to confirm the location on the events board in front of the Service Desk.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter through either Old Falvey entrance and walk up the stairs to the top floor. 301 is in between the stairwells on the top floor."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room from the 2nd floor and go through to the Old Falvey side. Take either stairwell to the top floor. 301 is in between the stairwells on the top floor."

Location: 2nd floor of the Main Library, at the very back end of the floor.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. Walk  towards the back of the building. Learning Support Services will be located at the very end, right after the CASA office."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Turn right and go towards the back of the building. Learning Support Services will be located at the very end, right after the CASA office."

 

Location: 2nd floor of the Main Library, across from CASA and the elevator.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. Go towards the back of the building. The Math Center will be on your left, across from the elevator."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the 2nd floor. The Math Center will be directly across from you once you exit the elevator."

Location: Ground floor of the main library, adjacent to the Idea Lab. The door is completely unmarked.

Directions using Stairs: "Use the back stairwell and walk down to the ground floor. The recording studio is directly across from the stairwell doors. The door is unmarked."

Directions using Elevator: "Take the elevator down to the ground floor. Turn right and then left at the end of the hall. The recording studio will be on your left where the unmarked door is."

Location: Top floor of Old Falvey.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter through either Old Falvey entrance. Walk up to the top floor, turn right, and then turn left down the small hallway."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room from the 2nd floor, and go through to the Old Falvey side. Take either stairwell to the top floor, turn right, and then turn left down the small hallway."

Location: 1st floor of Main Library, to the right of the back stairwell.

Directions from Service Desk: "Go back to the right corner of this floor, just past and around the elevator."

Location: 2nd floor of the Main Library, containing rare, valuable, and fragile materials from the library's collection.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. Turn left and go past the librarian offices until you find a narrow hallway on your right. Turn right and go down this hallway. Special Collections will be on your left."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator up to the 2nd floor. Turn left and go towards the stairwell doors. Turn right and go past the librarian offices until you find a narrow hallway on our right. Turn right and go down this hallway. Special Collections will be on your left."

Location: 2nd floor of the Main Library, on either side of the front stairwell.

IMPORTANT! Use the Subject Librarian postcard at the Service Desk to direct a patron to a specific librarian's office.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. Turn immediately left or right depending on which librarian you are looking for. Their offices will be on either side of the stairwell."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator up to the 2nd floor. Turn left and go toward the stairwell. The librariran offices will be on either side of the stairwell."

Location: Dugan Polk Reading Room

Attributed to artist Pietro Da Cortona.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the back stairwell to the 2nd floor, turn right and go towards to the Reading Room entrance."
 

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the 2nd floor, turn right and go towards the back of the building, then turn left to the Reading Room entrance."

Location: 1st floor of Main Library

Directions from Service Desk: "Go toward the back left corner of this floor, just past the printers. Look for a blue sign on a pillar that says Tech Zone."

Location: Ground floor of Main Library, contaning materials belonging to the university's archival collection.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk down the front stairwell to the ground floor. Go down the hallway, and University Archives will be on your left."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator to the ground floor. Turn left once you exit, and go down the hallway. University Archives will be on your right."

Location: Ground floor of the Main Library, across from the elevator.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk down the front stairwell to the ground floor, then go down the hallway. VR3 will be on your left."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator down to the ground floor. Once you exit, VR3 will be directly across from you."

Location: 2nd floor of the Main Library, just across from the front stairwell.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. The Writing Center will be immediately in front of you on your right."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator up to the 2nd floor, turn left and go past the restroom. The Writing Center will be on your left."

Location: Ground floor of Old Falvey.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter through either Old Falvey entrance. Take the stairs down to the ground floor, then turn left and enter through the door marked Classrooms."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room through the 2nd floor. Go through the Reading Room to the Old Falvey side. Take the stairs down to the ground floor. Turn left and enter through the door marked Classrooms."

Locaton: A general purpose room on the 2nd floor of the Main Library, across from the Writing Center.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 2nd floor. Room 205 will be to your left, across from the Writing Center."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator up to the 2nd floor. Room 205 will be directly across from the elevator, to your left."

Location: Top floor of Old Falvey. The Learner's Studio and the Center for Speaking and Presentation will often have sessions in this room.

Directions via Old Falvey entrance: "Enter either Old Falvey entrance and walk up the stairs to the top floor. 301 is in between the stairwells on the top floor."

Directions via Reading Room: "Enter the Reading Room from the 2nd floor and go through to the Old Falve side. Walk up either stairwell to the top floor. 301 is in between the stairwells on the top floor."

Location: 4th floor of the Main Library, near the front stairwell.

Directions via Stairwell: "Walk up the front stairwell to the 4th floor, turn immediately to the right."

Directions via Elevator: "Take the elevator up to the 4th floor, turn left and go towards the front of the building, then turn left again before the stairwell doors."