Library Basics: Library Spaces and Layout

The Library occupies two floors of Haaren Hall. The entrance is on the lower ground floor via the Tenth Avenue entrance (between 58th and 59th St). Take the escalators downstairs, make a U-turn, and enter through the security gates by showing your John Jay ID.

Members of the John Jay community who regularly need to use the library elevator, which navigates between the 10th Avenue entrance and the atrium level, should contact the Office of Accessibility Services and/or Public Safety to have their ID coded for card access. Elevator access between the floors within the Library does not require Library or Public Safety staff intervention. Please visit our Library Accessibility Services page for more information. 

For a detailed map of the Library, please visit our floor plan. Additionally, please enjoy our film noir-style library tour video. 

Lower Level Highlights:

• At entrance: Circulation Desk 
• To the right (after the entrance): Reserve Desk, Computer Lab 
• To the left after the entrance: Niederhoffer Lounge, Theses, Anytime Printer, Browsing Collection, Stacks J through Z, Study Rooms C and D, and Media Viewing Room E

Upper Level Highlights:

• At top of the main staircase: Reference Desk, computers, scanners, printers (black and white, as well as color), microfilm, microfiche, ADA Workstations, and restrooms
• Past the Reference Desk, up short staircase or ramp: Library classroom, Study Rooms A and B, Reference section, Special Collections
• North wing: Stacks A through H
• South wing: Reference Law section, Periodicals section

Study spaces and emergency exits are located throughout the Library.