UBC Libraries and Study Spaces: IKB, Koerner, Woodward and More

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKB) is UBC Vancouver's longest-open study building, open 6 AM to midnight every day this fall. Koerner Library holds the humanities and social sciences collections. Woodward Library covers science, engineering, forestry, health and medicine, and land and food systems. You book group study rooms online for up to 2 hours a day. No official UBC page lists a 24-hour study space for 2026-27.

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Which UBC library fits what you study

Hours below are UBC Library's regular Winter Term 1 hours, September 1 to December 22, 2026. Holidays change them. On September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, only IKB and Koerner open, with shorter hours at Koerner. Check the hours site before exam season, when branches often post changes.

Which UBC library fits what you study
Library	Address	Subjects and services	Fall 2026 regular hours
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre	1961 East Mall	Chapman Learning Commons, Music, Art and Architecture Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives	Building: 6 AM to 12 AM daily
Walter C. Koerner Library	1958 Main Mall	Humanities and social sciences, government publications and maps; Research Commons on floors 4 and 5	Mon to Thu 8 AM to 8 PM; Fri 8 AM to 6 PM; Sat and Sun 11 AM to 6 PM
Woodward Library	2198 Health Sciences Mall	Engineering, forestry, health and medicine, land and food systems, science	Mon to Thu 9 AM to 9 PM; Fri 9 AM to 6 PM; Sat 10 AM to 6 PM; Sun 12 PM to 6 PM
Music, Art and Architecture Library	Level 3, IKB	Music, art, architecture, planning, computer science, mathematics and statistics	Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM; Fri 9 AM to 6 PM; Sat and Sun 11 AM to 6 PM
David Lam Management Research Library	2033 Main Mall, Sauder School of Business	Business and management	Mon to Thu 9 AM to 9 PM; Fri 9 AM to 8 PM; Sat and Sun 12 PM to 5 PM
Asian Library	1871 West Mall, Asian Centre	Materials in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Punjabi, Persian, Urdu and other Asian languages	Mon to Thu 9 AM to 7 PM; Fri 9 AM to 5 PM; Sat 11 AM to 4 PM; Sun closed
X̱wi7x̱wa Library	1985 West Mall, First Nations House of Learning	Indigenous academic and community scholarship, with an emphasis on BC	Mon to Fri 9 AM to 5 PM; weekends closed

Glass facade and curved roof of Walter C. Koerner Library at UBC Vancouver, seen across a paved plaza — Walter C. Koerner Library, photographed on July 9, 2015. Xicotencatl / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized to 1,600 pixels wide and converted to WebP; no crop. Shared under the same licence.

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Irving K. Barber Learning Centre: the default study base

IKB is open the longest of any UBC Vancouver library building this fall. The Chapman Learning Commons help desk on Level 3 lends equipment, helps with printing, and points you to tutoring and study support.

IKB is not a silent building. Its only designated quiet study areas are the Musqueam Reading Room on Level 4 and the Ridington Room in the Music, Art and Architecture Library. You can talk anywhere else, so pick your floor by the noise you can handle.

UBC clock tower beside the stone core and glass wing of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, with bikes parked on the plaza — The clock tower and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, photographed on August 11, 2015. Dllu / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized to 1,600 pixels wide and converted to WebP; no crop. Shared under the same licence.

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre: study spaces and booking Chapman Learning Commons: space and equipment UBC Library hours and locations

Booking a group study room

UBC Library rooms are booked online through its room booking system. You need a group of 3 or more. Each person can book up to 2 hours a day and 3 bookings a week. IKB and the Asian Library take bookings 7 days ahead; other locations take them 21 days ahead. If your group is more than 10 minutes late, you lose the room.

Some rooms have their own rules. Research Commons project rooms in Koerner are for graduate students and faculty. IKB's own page describes a tighter limit of 2 hours a day, twice a week, so read the notes on the room you pick. The AMS Nest has separate study rooms you book with your CWL: up to 3 hours a day, 3 times a week and 14 days ahead.

UBC Library: bookable study spaces Irving K. Barber Learning Centre: study spaces and booking AMS Nest study rooms

Printing and paying

UBC uses Pay for Print across campus. You pay with your UBC Card, and you can send jobs from lab computers or online at payforprint.ubc.ca. A letter-size page costs 7 cents in black and white and 40 cents in colour single-sided, or 35 cents a side double-sided. If you live in residence, you can also use meal plan Flex Dollars for Pay for Print.

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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.