It is no accident that the library is named for Jane Bancroft Cook. She believed in New College as a place for academic achievement.
Jane Bancroft Cook supported the idea of New College as a place for academic achievement. The library is here to support you in your academic endeavors – as you create and innovate.
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The Fagin room can be reserved for occasional small meetings connected with the collection.
Read more hereFive Group Study Rooms are located on the first floor of the Cook Library.
Read more hereThe Workshop Room, LBR 141, is available by reservation for use by NCF/USF SM faculty and staff for workshops, brown bags, lectures, etc.
Read more hereThe Jane Bancroft Cook Library is the center of research, learning and scholarship for the New College and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee communities. The Library is a safe and smokefree/substance-free environment that fosters interaction among students, faculty, librarians, staff, information resources and services. The following policy has been established to help achieve that purpose. Cook Library policies are guided by the American Library Association Code of Ethics.
Anyone engaged in disruptive behavior will be asked to stop the behavior or leave the building and the adjacent portico area. Continued disruptive behavior may result in disciplinary action, banning from the library and/or campus, and/or arrest and by Campus Police and criminal prosecution.