Reserve a Room (by room)

Beems Auditorium is a large room with a divider; one half of the room features space for up to 75 people in chairs auditorium style, or 42 seated classroom style at tables.

Beems Auditorium is a large room with a divider; one half of the room features space for up to 75 people in chairs auditorium style, or 42 seated classroom style at tables.

Beems Auditorium is a large room with a divider; the full room (both halves) features space for up to 150 people in chairs auditorium style, or 84 seated classroom style at tables.

This traditional Conference Room is set up for meetings around one large table.

The Conference Room is not available for celebratory events.

This specially designed conference room comes equipped with a table, chairs for up to six people, and a wall mounted monitor. Connect your laptop to the monitor via the provided HDMI cable. You must bring your own laptop or check one out from the library.

This nontraditional room is set up for groups to meet in comfortable, soft seating, around coffee tables instead of conference tables. There is a flat screen computer mounted on the wall for use with documents from a flash drive. (Please bring your items on a flash drive to use on the computer).

The Community Room at Ladd Library features space for up to 50 people, depending on the seating arrangement.

Whipple can only be booked by speaking with a library staff member.

Whipple Auditorium features spectacular two-story views of Greene Square. The auditorium seats up to 200 people in classic theatre-style chairs. 

The LivingLearning Roof can only be booked by speaking with a library staff member. All reservations of the LivingLearning Room require a fee.

Spectacular views and a rain garden are the highlight of this roof-top space. Up to 150 people can be seated for a reading or a ceremony in the specially designed pathways. The library can provide chairs for the LivingLearning Roof, but you are welcome to use the furniture provided or bring your own. 

The Library Commons can only be booked by speaking with a library staff member. All reservations of the Library Commons require a fee.

The Library Commons is the wide open and beautiful tiled main floor space of the Downtown Library, including the main entry areas but not including any of the library collections. The Library Commons can be rented for use outside of library hours only. 

Create three dimensional objects layer by layer using a computer-created design.

Create with the easy to use software and the library’s Premium subscription to make a variety of projects. The machines use a CO2 laser to cut, score, and engrave on materials such as wood, leather, and acrylic.

Computer-controlled cutting plotter, used for cutting paper, felt, vinyl, fabric, and more. 

Create high-quality pinback metal buttons. 

High performance scanner with a 6400x9600 dpi resolution that can scan photos, film, slides, and everyday documents. 

High speed photo and document scanner with up with 600 dpi resolution.

These sewing machines offer 12 stitches, a four-step buttonhole, built-in needle threader, one-hand thread cutter and quick foot conversion.

Hand operated die-cutting machine that uses commercial steel-rule dies to cut through cardstock, chipboard, fabric and more.