Penn State University Libraries - Quiet Study Areas and Lounge Areas

Quiet study areas
(no talking or cell phones)

Pattee Library

• Basement, west — News & Microforms Library
  
• Central Stacks Floors B/BA, 1/1A, 2/2A, 3 — Study carrels
  
• Basement, central — Maps Library
  
• Floor 2, central — Paterno Family Humanities Reading Room
• Floor 2, west — tables and carrels, between music scores and Curtin Road wall

Paterno Library

• Floors 2–5 – Study carrels around perimeter of floor

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Lounge seating areas 
(talking permitted)

Pattee Library

• Basement, central (vending machine area across from Maps Library)
• Floor 1, central – Leisure reading area
• Floor 3, west – Area outside Fred Waring's America Archives
  

Paterno Library

• Floors 2, 3, 4 – Lounge areas near stairwell
• Floors 2, 3, 4 – Open table seating areas (quiet talking permitted)