(Oct 24/08) Since silent study areas are shrinking how about making other areas available. Now heres the specific solution; Outside of every classroom, post the hours of use. With unbooked time unofficially available on first-come-first-serve basis. Advantage to the studier; Say if I wanted to study for two hours. I could slip into a room that was not booked for the next couple hours. Advantage to the group project; with a bit of risk, they can set a meeting place & time knowing the classroom may be empty. Doubtful possibility; group noise is done outside of the library. ------------------------------------------------- Second suggestion; Outside of some classrooms, post the hours of use AND official blocks of silent study hours. Ultimately turning a classroom into a mostly self-enforced study room. Perhaps a Silent Study in Progress flippable sign on the outside of some classroom doors.