Individual study spaces
At the Central Library users can book study spaces in the White Hall, Professor’s Reading Room, Historical Sources Reading Room or Room for Individual work B4. Study space can be booked for a certain period of time starting from one hour and ending with 48 months. Bachelor’s and Master’s students can book an individual study space for not more than seven days. VU researchers, professors and doctoral students can book study spaces for a longer period.
There are 34 rooms for individual work at the SCIC. These rooms are very popular during the exams period so it is advisable to make bookings in advance at the beginning of a semester. Rooms for individual work can be booked only by the members of VU community. Bachelor’s or Master’s students can book a Room for Individual Work for not more than seven days. Doctoral students, researchers and lecturers/professors can book a Room for Individual Work for up to half a year.
You can also book individual study spaces in the IT laboratory. Eight study spaces have PCs with the special software: AutoCAD LT 2024 Education (only for students), SPSS v29, Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps 2023, Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 12.0, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0, DVD Architect Studio 5.0, SolidWorks Education Edition 2012, OriginPro Academic 9.0, Matlab 2023b. The entire IT laboratory can be booked by VU Library users only for a short period of time – from one hour to 24 hours.
At Šiauliai Academy Information Centre it is possible to book the Room for Individual Work 313 (II).
Please, note that if you want to book an individual study space for a longer than a week period, you ought to use more than 40 percent of a provided booking time (there is a shortage of individual study spaces, so they have to be used efficiently).
A provided booking time for a study space expressed in hours per week:
White Hall – 45 hours; summer vacation – 40 hours;
Professors’ Reading Room – 62 hours, summer vacation – 40 hours;
SCIC – 62 hours; summer vacation – 40 hours.
For more information please see Individual study spaces, premises and equipment: rules for usage.
Group work rooms
For carrying out discussions and debates focusing on research issues, the Library offers rooms for group work at the SCIC. The rooms have a seating capacity of 4 to 8 people.
At Šiauliai Academy Information Centre it is possible to book the Room for Group Work 207.
Each booking can last from half an hour, several hours to the whole day. Only members of VU community can use the rooms. The service is provided free of charge. If the room for group work is free, users are free to use it without prior booking.
For more information, please see Individual study spaces, premises and equipment: rules for usage.
Seminar rooms
You are welcome to deliver your lectures, seminars or trainings in the SCIC seminar rooms.
The SCIC seminar rooms are provided for the fixed rent prices.
Seminar rooms can be booked via booking system.
For more information, please see Individual study spaces, premises and equipment: rules for usage.
Conference hall
The SCIC is a perfect venue for the national and international research conferences, meetings, symposiums, and other events of grand scale. The modern Conference Hall has a seating capacity of 250. The space of the hall can be separated into three areas. The hall is equipped with booths for simultaneous translation and technical support, 3 stationary projectors, and an interactive speaker’s monitor.
Conference Hall Rent prices. Booking of the hall via Internet.
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