Use Library Spaces
Please note: Library spaces and availability have changed after the completion of the Library’s main (entrance) floor construction in B Term 2026. Library hours have not changed. We have posted up to date signage in the building for the location of service desks.
Please ask us if you have questions about Library spaces or locations.
In the Gordon Library, students, faculty, and staff can find spaces for collaboration and quiet study, reservable meeting rooms and Tech Suites, spaces with computers and other technologies, exhibit galleries, and space for reflection.
- For an overview of the library’s four floors, please consult our floor plans
- For library hours, please consult our hours schedule
- Please note that card access is needed to enter the building after 8pm Sunday - Friday and 6pm on Saturday.
Accessible Spaces
- All floors are accessible by stairs and elevator.
- Restrooms, including accessible restrooms, are located on all floors; a multi-stall gender-neutral bathroom is located on the first floor in the multimedia lab area.
- For assistance in retrieving books or other materials, please ask at the Information Desk on the first (lower) level of the Library.
Reserve Meeting Rooms
Several library meeting rooms and spaces can be reserved for faculty and staff use. For more information about these and other library spaces, please contact library@wpi.edu.
- Gordon Conference Room (Room 303) includes a large conference room table, seating for 25-30, an LCD projector and screen, and multimedia podium with Logitech Meet Up software. The room can be reserved by WPI faculty and staff; students need an advisor present. Room reservations are mediated by Gordon Library staff who will inform you if your request is approved. Reserve online here.
- Shuster Lab (Room 114): Currently unavailable; reopening anticipated November 2026. This room is located next to the Multimedia Lab on the first floor (lower level). It has reconfigurable seating for up to 26, and is ideal for small workshops or training sessions. It includes two Solstice-enabled wall-mounted monitors and whiteboards. WPI faculty, staff and student groups (with advisor or faculty member) may reserve the room. Room reservations are mediated by Gordon Library staff who will inform you if your request is approved. Reserve online here.
- Anderson Lab (Room 117A): Currently unavailable. This room will be reconfigured as a large Tech Suite in B Term 2026. This room is located next to the Multimedia Lab on the first floor. .
Tech Suites
Access to Tech Suites has been restored with the completion of the renovation of the main level. Several new Tech Suites are now open on the main (second) floor, and older Tech Suites have reopened on the lower (first) floor and the upper (third) floor. A variety of Tech Suites is available, including two new individual Tech Suites on the main level and two large Tech Suites - one on the main level - that accommodate groups of 8 or more.
Tech Suites are the perfect place for group collaboration for current undergraduate and graduate students. Most Tech Suites seat up to 6 students. You can reserve spaces online or at the Tech Suite Reservation Station at the Information Services Desk.
Open Group Study
Active group study areas including 4-5 person tables located on the ground and third floors. Some tables are moveable and there are numerous rolling whiteboards.
Individual Study
With the completion of the main floor renovation, two new individual study spaces on the main floor are now available, suitable for zoom or phone conversations. In addition the Interview Room on the lower (first) floor has been returned to service for individual use.
These individual study rooms are available for individual users and have only one seat and work space each. There are no computers or monitors in these rooms, but power is available. Policies for reserving and using these spaces are the same as for Tech Suites. Reserve spaces online (specify 1-2 person capacity).
Quiet Study
With the completion of the main floor renovation, the first (lower) floor has been returned to quiet study.
Quiet study spaces are available throughout the Library. The entire first floor (lower level) is a dedicated quiet area, Other quiet study spaces in the library include individual study carrels on the upper / third floor.
Reflection Space
The Reflection Space on the lower level (first floor) is a quiet space for reflection, prayer, and meditation, equipped with soft seating, meditation pillows, prayer mats, carpets, plants, and rocking chairs, overlooking a quiet green space on campus.
Computers, Scanners and Printers
Please note that computers, scanners, and printers have all been relocated to the IT Service Desk area on the lower (first) floor until the main (entrance) floor renovation is complete in fall 2026.
- Four computers for general use are located near the windows by the IT Service desk on the main level
- Printers are available across from the Library Information Service and IT Service desks on the main (entrance) level
- A scanner is available near the printers on the main (entrance) level
- Over twenty computers are located in the Multimedia Lab on the first (lower) floor
- An additional printer is available in the Multimedia Lab on the first (lower) floor
- Tech tools are available to borrow from the Library Information Services desk on the first (lower) floor, including power strips, HDMI cables, and more.
- Wireless network access is available in the building for personal laptops and those loaned from the IT Service Desk. Contact the IT Service desk to check one out or to set up your wireless access.
Café
The Class of 1970 Café has reopened!
The Café, offering a full menu of Bagels and Bowls in addition to smoothies, has reopened in the Library’s expanded café, seating 40+, immediately inside the main Library entrance. Regular food service hours are 9am-3pm M-F. Snacks, drinks, healthy food, and coffee are available in a new vending area next to the café, open throughout Library open hours. A microwave is also available for the convenience of visitors. We look forward to welcoming all the WPI community to this new space to connect and enjoy food, good coffee and good company!
Exhibit Spaces
The Gordon Library has several spaces for curated exhibits and displaying artwork:
- The Gladwin Gallery, located on the ground floor adjacent to WPI Archives & Special Collections, focuses on curated exhibits highlighting WPI history or objects from our collections.
- The Library's upper (third) floor open study and gallery areas feature several permanent exhibits, including sculptures and paintings by Bernard Brenner. Several Brenner sculptures can also be seen on the lower (first) floor. Also on long-term exhibit on the upper floor are photographs from WPI's collections by Worcester artist Tony King. King's photographs can also be seen in our online exhibit, "Reflections of Tony." The upper (third) floor also exhibits two remarkable large scale paintings: "Altar of Steel," by painter Buell Mullen; and a late18th century "Korean Ancestor Portrait." Other paintings and prints from the Library's Special Collections are featured throughout the Library.
- Other exhibit spaces in the Library are planned on the Library’s main (second) level and in study areas on the ground floor. The Library is very pleased to welcome the exhibition of student art in the foyer of the new Art Studio Classroom on the main level behind the Library Information Services desk. For more information about the Studio please contact Prof. Marie Keller in the Department of Humanities and Arts. If you're interested in exhibiting elsewhere in the Library please email us at libraryexhibits@wpi.edu.
Visitors may also be interested in the growing number of digital exhibitions WPI Archives and Special Collections are making available at exhibits.wpi.edu.