Places to Study
York University Libraries offer a variety of spaces for study. Book a study space here.
Scott Library Family Room
A quiet, private space on the first floor of Scott Library for parents or caregivers where they can breastfeed and otherwise care for their babies.
Adaptive Lab
Located on the first floor of Scott Library, the Adaptive Lab offers quiet, silent or private study spaces, accessible furniture, washrooms, scanners, computers, software, and printing. The Markham Campus Library also features an adaptive lab.
Graduate Student Reading Room
Located on the fourth floor of Scott Library, this room offers 122 seats at tables and carrels for graduate students. The Markham Campus Library also features a graduate study room.
Digital Scholarship Centre and the Making & Media Creation Labs
The Centre offers combined expertise on issues and practices related to research, learning, and scholarly communications. At the Making & Media Creation Labs you can borrow equipment or book space in our labs and studios (VR rooms, audio booths, and media editing workstations). The Markham campus also features a large Makerspace.
Map Collection
The Map Collection, located in Scott Library, houses 112,000 maps plus a supporting collection of about 6,600 atlases and books, which encompasses gazetteers, geographical dictionaries, bibliographies of maps, material on cartography and geospatial data.