关于弗雷德里克E. 贝瑞图书馆 & 学习共享

的 图书馆 is open to everyone, including the general public. When school is in session, 图书馆 is open Sunday through Thursday nights until midnight and until 8 pm on Friday and Saturday. 在考试之前, 图书馆 stays open until 2 am and during exams, 图书馆 is open 24 hours a day on weekdays. 的 图书馆 may be closed during some holidays and has reduced hours when classes are not in session. 访问 图书馆开放时间 to see a month-to-month calendar of the 图书馆 hours for every day of the current semester.

的re are over 1,000 seats in a variety of styles at the 图书馆, including 4-top study tables, ADA-compliant height-adjustable tables, 曲面宴会座位, 布斯座位, 还有安乐椅. 的re are over 150 computer workstations with rolling computer chairs. 图书馆有12个。 reservable group study rooms for groups of 6-8 people each. 的re is also a small reading room on the 2nd floor especially for faculty with 2 computer workstations, 4-top study tables and 2 ADA-compliant height-adjustable tables.

需要使用电脑? 的 图书馆 has over 150 computer workstations, including several computer labs that are used for teaching and independent study.

饿了? 没有问题. Feel free to eat in the 学习共享. 的re is a café on the ground floor of the building. 咖啡厅关门的时候,re are vending machines offering soda, 水, 其他饮料, and a variety of snacks on the 2nd floor of the 图书馆.

的 图书馆 and learning commons are named for Senator Frederick E. 浆果 (1949-2018) who served in the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1983 to 2003. He was the majority leader of the senate from 2003 to 2013. Human services, health care, and education were among his top legislative priorities. He played key roles in the expansion of Salem State University as well as North Shore 社区 College in Danvers, where the main building is also named for him. As the Salem 新闻 wrote of him in 2012, "浆果’s empathy for people in need reflects a life of personal struggle".

He was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that impaired his speech and mobility. 的 Fred 浆果 Charitable Foundation, a private nonprofit he established after his election in 1982, has raised over $1 million to help food pantries, 无家可归者收容所, 教育项目, and other human service agencies. Senator 浆果 passed away on November 13, 2018.

设计的 Shepley武神 architects, building is LEED certified which means it includes a range of environmental features. LEED-certified buildings are resource efficient. 的y use less 水 and energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As an added bonus,y save money. 的 geothermal field systems utilize ground source heat pumps that use the Earth’s temperature a few feet below the surface to provide heating and cooling for the building. 的 geothermal system reduces the load on conventional heating and cooling systems and lowers the 图书馆的 空间调整费.