DePaul University’s Richardson Library

Beautiful library! It also has so many resources (like Photoshop on the Macs and SPSS on the PCs). The first floor is great for group work and it’s okay to talk and eat food. The higher you go up, the quieter it gets. There are computers on most floors and you can request rooms for large study groups or clubs. And I can’t get over how beautiful it is!

A really great place to study– it’s quiet, clean, safe, and close enough to coffee shops for study breaks without being in too close proximity that they’re distracting.
Also, the view from the windows is pretty decent, and there are study rooms for group studying (though they often booked so you won’t always get one). It gets extra crowded around midterms and exam, but you’ll still find a spot to study (just maybe less secluded).

Although I am not affiliated with DePaul, I come here to study, read, and have some «quiet time». Comfortable chairs and plenty of room to «spread out» with a laptop, paperwork, etc. Lovely facility…

Fourth floor is where its at! Quietest library I’ve been to in a while, just take your laptop with you to the bathroom if you are alone.
Tip: group study rooms are often open and a good place to work with friends if you know you will be chatty.

What is with the DePaul students and their cell phones. It is NOT OK to walk around a library and chat on your phone. Please show respect for those that want to put forth the effort and study. The university isn’t much better by allowing meetings to take place within the library and the staff to make equal noise. Still it’s better than Starbucks.

It’s a pretty good library except I wish that there were more areas that you could study with others. It is extremely quiet, which is great if you’re studying alone. If you are trying to study with others, it wil be hard to find a place for you to study and quietly talk, you’ll feel a little out of place. But overall, it is a nice library.

Richardson Library is great. Very spacious, very quite. I have been studying for professional exams all summer and wish I had thought of this place sooner vs trying out the public libraries.
Very clean, very safe, beautiful building in the heart of the DePaul campus.

Most of the people are helpful… but sorry DePaul students, this is not a good place to study. Socialize? Apparently, yes, because you cannot go into this library, study, and expect it to be quiet. Phones ring. Conversations happen casually and often. I spoke to their staff about this once… they say the downstairs computer lab can be loud. THAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! It’s a library! I took a class down at the City Colleges and their staff swarms the library. If you are on the phone or talking, they ask you to go outside. The staff at DePaul’s library does not care about people being loud… IN THE LIBRARY! I’ve seen arguments break out. It’s totally unacceptable. I read the previous review about it being quiet… is your other study location under the El tracks?
Here’s a hint DePaul — your entire student body knows the library is too loud. Have a position created — or retrain existing staff — to monitor and eliminate the noise.

As a DePaul undergraduate alum, and current graduate student, I have learned to fall in love with this library. The setting is perfect being right on the edge of the Quad[rangle]. When you enter, you can’t help your eyes from focusing up at the beautiful stained glass window inset in the main vestibule. There are four floors of knowledge with videos and DVDs to rent and computer labs on the ground floor, a large designated study area on the third floor, and various study rooms to reserve online. My all time favorite component is the I-​Share Catalog which allows you access to rent items beyond DePaul’s various libraries, but throughout universities Illinois-​wide. I often rent many of my school books versus purchasing them and feeding the Barnes & Nobles monopoly. Many people also don’t know that on the top floor there’s a «Vincentian collection» museum with items of St. Vincent DePaul. This library is one of the quietest places on campus (other than the church) where you can really get your research AND study on!