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 that seat 8 to 10). 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 or community members. |
Library Instruction Classroom | Scheduled for library instruction sessions, but can also be used by professors for special classes. When not scheduled for library instruction, is an open computer lab for student and library users. |
Taggart Room | Capacity is 8-10 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. |
Equipment that may be reserved or checked out:
- Projector Screen (may be used on campus)
- Overhead Projector (projects transparencies; may be used on campus)
- VCR/DVD/TV units (in-library use only; also reserve a viewing room)
- Hand-held Math Calculators (loaned for semester; graphing TI-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:
- Virtual Reality Meta Quest 2 headsets (2 hour checkout to use within the library -- first-come, first-serve)
- 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/laptop chargers for most models.