Visited 10/4/24, 9:00 am – 1 pm
Overall rating : 4
The entrance to the Art Library is located on the first floor of the Hanes Art Center, next to theĀ Ackland Art Museum. Enter the building through the east entrance (facing Swain Lot) or the main entrance (facing Kenan Music Building).
The study space is nice and has impressive windows looking out over the courtyard. I didn’t find the downstairs particularly hospitable, I felt a bit like I was imposing, perhaps that has to do with I’m staff and considerably older than anyone there. I went to the upstairs and worked for several hours in a grad student cubicle, near a rarely found power outlet (my laptop seems to not hold much of a charge these days). The view was nice… but the carrels are older and tall, so they block the view of the campus. This is probably for good reason, to help the art history student focus on Vasari’s historys of the great Renaissance artists, maybe? Still, overall a nice place on a nice part of North campus.
The wifi was solid and I did get a bunch of work done. Not too many students before noon, as I’d expect on a Friday.
Comfort: 4
Electricity: 3
View: 4
Wifi: 5