Library Lockers and Study Carrels

General Guidelines

• Library materials must be checked out at the Circulation Desks before storing in a locker or carrel
• Library-use-only materials may not be stored in carrels and lockers and will be returned to the shelves if found
• Lockers and Carrels are subject to regular inspection
• Alumni are not eligible to check out a carrel key
• Lockers and carrels will be cleared of contents if key is not returned by the due date
  • If removed, personal belongings will be placed in the lost and found
  • If removed, library materials will be checked-in and re-shelved
• If you lose your key, please notify the circulation desk. The replacement charge is $20.

Lockers

1. Checkout a locker key at the Circulation Desk. Lockers are available on a first come, first served basis and are a semester-long loan.
2. Locker keys may be renewed the same way you would renew a book.
3. At the end of the loan, remove all personal effects and return the key to the circulation desk.

Thesis Carrels 

Academic Year

Map of thesis carrels in Davis Family Library. Please note, specific carrels in the Davis Family Library are reserved for ADA use, please contact the circulation desk directly to reserve one of these carrels. 

Carrels are available at the beginning of the semester and are checked out for the duration of the semester, they can be renewed.

Summer

Study Carrels may be reserved during the Summer semester by currently enrolled Language School, Bread Loaf School of English students, academic year students, faculty, and staff on a first come, first served basis starting the first day of the summer session. Please note that during the summer, carrels 70-227 are reserved as Language Carrel Suites.

Study Carrel Suites have been set aside for use by specific Language Schools. The Language Carrel Map shows their locations in the library. Individual carrels within the Language Suites are available on a first come, first served basis and may not be reserved.

Request a Thesis Carrel

Eligibility and schedule

^{*Circulation reserves the right to recall these keys in the event that there is a senior who is writing a thesis who needs a carrel.}

How to sign up:

1. Visit the circulation desk before sign up day to confirm you are eligible to check out a thesis carrel and you are set up in the system.
2. Book your carrel online or at the circulation desk
   • For J-term and Spring semesters, carrel keys must be checked out in person at the circulation desk.
3. Pick up your key at the circulation desk. You will need your Middlebury ID.
4. Carrel keys checked out in September are due back in December even if you are renewing your carrel into the Spring semester. You will receive instructions for renewing your key through email.

Faculty Carrels

There are 24 faculty carrels (in 3 suites) are located in the Davis Family Library. For more information, please contact Diane Burnham.

How to book a thesis carrel online

1. Review the thesis carrel map available for use in the Davis Family Library. Find a carrel section that would meet your needs. It will help to keep this map open in a separate window as you proceed to step 2. 
2. Using Firefox or Chrome, go to this list of thesis carrels in the library catalog.
3. Click “Sign In” in the upper right corner.  Select the “Middlebury students, faculty, and staff” option, and sign in using your standard username/password.  If you do not sign in, you will not be able to book a carrel key.
4. Click on the title of the section you have chosen in Step 1.
5. Scroll down until you see a list of individual keys, and click “show more items” at the bottom to display all of the keys in that section. (You may have to click that link multiple times if there are a lot of keys in that section.)
6. Find the number that you want and confirm that it says “Item in place (0 requests)”.  If it says 1 request, then someone has already booked that key.
7. Click “Place a hold”
8. Leave the pickup location as Davis Family Library
9. Select today’s date as the pickup date.
10. Select 12/17/24 as the End date.  If you select a date beyond this date, the booking will fail.
11. You should get a green confirmation that the request was successfully placed.
12. Come to the circulation desk during library hours to pick up your key and sign the Carrel User Agreement.
13. If your key is not picked up by the following Monday, the booking will be canceled and up for grabs to another patron.