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Welcome to Bobst Library! Our flagship building is a large space, and host to many special collections, study spaces, and services. Use this handy guide to help you find what you’re looking for. And don’t forget, you can always reach out to our staff via Ask a Librarian if you need assistance.
| Floor | Spaces | Services | Collections |
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| Lower Level 2 (LL2) | Open study areas All-access group study rooms Graduate-only study rooms |
Preservation Department Microform |
Leisure Reading Collection |
| Lower Level 1 (LL1) | Open study areas Mac Lab PC Labs 1 & 2 Reservable study rooms Snack Lounge Adaptive Computing Rooms Classrooms |
Bobst Library Computer Center (BLCC) | |
| Floor 1 | Mamdouha S. Bobst Gallery | Circulation & Reserves Reference Services Library Privileges |
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| Mezzanine | — | Subject Specialist Librarians | Core Texts Study Collection |
| Floor 2 | Special Collections Center | Special Collections Reading Room | NYU Special Collections (appointment only) |
| Floor 3 | Closed for renovation | — | — |
| Floor 4 | North Reading Room Dissertation Writers’ Rooms Graduate Collaborative Rooms |
A: General Works B-BS: Ethics; Philosophy; Psychology; Religion CC-CT: Archaeology; Genealogy & Biography D-DS: History: Europe; History: Asia Oversize A-C |
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| Floor 5 | Open study areas Dissertation Writers’ Rooms Research Commons |
Data Services Digital Studio |
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| Floor 6 | Open study areas North Reading Room Dissertation Writers’ Rooms Graduate Collaborative Rooms |
DT-DZ: History: Africa; History: Oceana E-FC: History: North & South America G-GN: Geography; Anthropology H-HA: General Social Sciences; Statistics Oversize D-HA |
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| Floor 7 | Feldstein Immersion Room Collaborative Media Rooms |
Avery Fisher Center for Music & Media | M: Music Scores ML: Music Books & Periodicals MT: Music Instruction & Study |
| Floor 8 | Open study areas North Reading Room Graduate-only study rooms |
HB-HD: Economics HF Commerce HG-HJ: Finance P-PZ: Philology; Linguistics; Classical Languages & Literature; European Languages, Modern; Romance Languages; Germanic Languages; English; Slavic Languages & Literature; Asian Languages & Literature; Literary Criticism; Cinema; Theater; Journalism; Literature: French, Spanish, Italian; Literature: English; Literature: American British Parliamentary Papers |
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| Floor 9 | Open study areas Graduate-only study rooms |
HM-HZ: Sociology; Family; Society J: Political Science; International Relations K: Law L-LG: Education N-NK: Arts & Architecture QA-QP: Mathmetics; Computer Science; Hard Sciences R: Medicine S: Agriculture T: Technology U: Military Science V: Naval Science Z: Bibliography; Library Science |
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| Floor 10 | Closed, staff only. | — | |
| Floor 11 | Library Human Resources |