Ontario Tech Libraries and Study Spaces: Where to Study

Ontario Tech runs two libraries of its own. The North Oshawa Campus Library has four floors and about 700 study spaces. The Social Science, Humanities and Education Library sits in Charles Hall on the downtown campus. The same library system also runs the library at Durham College's Whitby campus. Your student ID works as your library card.

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The two Ontario Tech libraries

Pick the library closest to your classes. The north library shares a campus with the Business and IT, Engineering, Health Sciences and Science faculties. The downtown library is on the campus of the Education and Social Science and Humanities faculties. Both split their space into areas with different noise levels.

The two Ontario Tech libraries
Library	Where	What's there	Bookable rooms
North Oshawa Campus Library	50 Founders Drive, north Oshawa campus, overlooking Polonsky Commons	Four floors, about 700 seats, computers on floors 1 to 3, silent study rooms on floors 3 and 4, and the Dixon-Alger Fireside Reading Room in the glass rotunda	Group study rooms, a digital recording room and an assisted-use carrel room
Social Science, Humanities and Education Library	Main floor of Charles Hall, 61 Charles Street, downtown Oshawa	Soft seating, study tables and carrels, six computers, a silent study room for up to 14 people, and the Lois Sleightholm Education Room	Two study rooms for one or two people, booked through LibCal

Glass rotunda and brick-and-glass facade of the North Oshawa Library reflected in a shallow pool — The North Oshawa Library and its glass rotunda beside the reflecting pool, photographed on July 7, 2006. The exterior doesn't show current study spaces. Aaron Tait / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized to 1,400 pixels wide and converted to WebP; no crop.

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Inside the North Oshawa Campus Library

Computer workstations on the first three floors are first come, first served. Two library labs, LIB 132 and LIB 134, hold another 60 computers, but they're used for faculty-booked classes.

Two dual-monitor workstations and two single-monitor set-ups for your own laptop. Borrow an HDMI cable at the service desk.
A colour printer on the first floor, with black-and-white printers, scanners and copiers on the other floors.
A digital recording room on the ground floor, bookable online.
An assisted-use carrel room, LIB417, with a height-adjustable table, a 22-inch monitor and adaptive software.
Silent study rooms on the third and fourth floors.

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How group study room booking works

Group rooms at the North Oshawa library are booked through the library's own booking system, not LibCal. You'll need enough people to hold the room, and the room is released if nobody shows up.

How group study room booking works
Rule	What it means for you
Rooms LIB202A, 202B and 202C	Two people needed to book, four people maximum
Rooms LIB303 to LIB310	Three people needed to book, eight people maximum, each with a whiteboard
Daily and term limits	One booking per student ID a day, up to two hours, and 20 bookings a term
When to book	Up to a week ahead. New dates open at 10 a.m.
Late changes	No new bookings in the last five minutes before the start. You can't join or cancel in the last 30 minutes.
No-shows	If the room is empty 15 minutes after the start, the whole booking is void and anyone can use the room

LIB303 and LIB305 have Smartboards, and LIB304 has a Brio display.
The booking system rejects passwords that contain an apostrophe.

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Study spaces outside the library

Most campus buildings have open study areas you can use without booking. Spaces marked "Reserve" on the study spaces list are booked through the university's space booking tool.

Study spaces outside the library
Building	Open study areas	Bookable spaces
Shawenjigewining Hall (SHA)	Student lounge, study and social areas, a quiet study room (SHA340) and the SHA229 Math Study Hall	None listed
Science Building	East atrium, SCI1050 and the second and third floor atriums	None listed
Energy Research Centre (ERC)	Main floor to fourth floor	ERC2024 and ERC2028
Business and IT Building	Main floor atrium, cafeteria and second floor	None listed
ACE and the Software and Informatics Research Centre	Every listed floor	None listed
Charles Hall, downtown	The library and the main and second floor commons	None listed

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Borrowing and equipment loans

Your student photo ID or digital ID is your library card. You can also borrow in person at other participating Canadian university and college libraries with your Ontario Tech ID, under their rules.

Both libraries lend more than books. Laptops, headphones, webcams, chargers, power banks, calculators and stationery are available at both locations. The North Oshawa library also lends a smartphone video kit, a Yeti microphone and HDMI cables.

Hours change in the summer, during exams and around the holiday break. Check the library hours page before a late study session.

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Sources and updates

This independent guide summarizes the official information linked below. Availability, access rules and application cycles can change; check the relevant university page before making a decision.