Hinckley Library
Reserving a Room or Multimedia Equipment
Students, faculty, staff, and the community may reserve library rooms and equipment by contacting the library.
- Class instruction and NWC programs/meetings take precedence. Reservations are for one-time use, not intended for recurring use.
- When reserving a room, please include your name, phone number, purpose/organization, and date/time.
- Wireless access is available throughout the library building. Only registered NWC students and employees have wireless access for their own personal laptops. Other library users may request a "guest login" (ask at the front desk) that allows access to use library or own computers. The library provides public access computers for internet-only searching.
Rooms or areas that may be reserved when the library is open.
- Amphitheater (seats 80 and is located in the library lobby) Campus-related programming may reserve space outside of library hours. A library staff member must be present at all events.
- Taggart Room (living room furniture & chairs to seat 10 to 20). Restriction: Absolutely no food or drink, including water, is allowed.
- Seminar Room Collaboration table that seats 5. Computer plugins to share on two screens. Two side tables with computers. Whiteboards.
- Presentation/Meeting Room Seats 8-10. Wireless keyboard (checkout at front counter) and wall mounted large screen TV for internet access. Whiteboards. Mirror to aid in assessing presenting skills.
Library Room Use Policy
Group/individual Study Rooms | First-come, first-served basis for students; never reserved for any purpose (except presentation meeting room). |
Library Instruction Classroom | Scheduled for library instruction sessions only; not part of the campus room schedule system. When not scheduled for library instruction, is an open computer lab for student and library user use. |
Taggart Room | Capacity is 10-15 persons; no food or drink. The Taggart Room may be reserved. Extra seating is available. |
Library Seminar Room | Holds 10-15 persons. Has white board, 5 person collaboration table, and two side tables with computers. |
Amphitheater | Scheduled through librarians. After hours scheduling available. Librarian must be present. |
Other policy:
- Reservable library rooms and amphitheater may only be used when the library is open or with library director approval.
- Outside of reservable rooms and amphitheater, all other spaces in the library are non-reservable.
Equipment that may be reserved or checked out:
- Projector Screen (may be used on campus)
- Overhead Projector (projects transparencies; may be used on campus)
- Portable Cassette Tape Recorders (may be used off campus)
- VCR/DVD/TV units (in-library use only; also reserve a viewing room)
- Hand-held Math Calculators (loaned for semester; user provides batteries--Fraction, Trig (TI-30X), graphing TI-83 – 84+ -- first-come, first-serve)
- Personal-use PC Laptops (2 hour checkout to use within the library -- first-come, first-serve)
Other equipment & services available but not reservable:
- Headphones – some with microphones
- Microform Readers (microfilm)
- Typewriter
- MAC and PC Computers
- Printers (color & B/W), scanners
- Portable and fixed white boards and markers, meeting room wall TV/computer
- Cell phone/device chargers for most models.