Alvin Sherman Library

Super clean, organized, and quiet. The library is super fancy and a great place to study!

The library on Nova’s main campus has been my base camp during bar prep. You may find me on the 4^th floor every weekend from open to close, working through lectures, questions, and practice essays in hopes of passing the bar exam.
The library is spotless, and has plenty of study space. It’s also pretty high tech, and offers a lot of different resources that may help with whatever academic task you are there to accomplish.
There’s a café downstairs too! Their hours are fairly limited though, so check on Nova’s website before you go.

As a Nova grad student I spend a disproportionate amount of time in libraries. The one over on the HPD campus where all my classes are is claustrophobically small. Convenient for me when I need to kill time between classes or print stuff but it’s only one floor and gets VERY crowded during exam weeks.
Since my boards are looming I needed to find somewhere else to study. I love the fact that the upper floors here have somewhat of a view. The back of the building overlooks the lake with the big shark fin which is nice to look at if you have to be stuck in a library for hours.
There is a computer lab on the second floor, a children’s library on the first and a café if I remember correctly. Classrooms as well although I’ve never been in them. This does function as a public library as well. The top floors are mostly stacks with movable shelves which kind of scare me seeing as you could get crushed if someone else tries to move them and you’re in between another one. You can reserve the study rooms online or on the main level, or use the big tables or study caddies.
The architecture of the building is really pretty-​the entire center of all the upper floors is cut out so you can see down to the lobby. It kind of decreases the amount of floor space but it makes for an interesting floor plan. The grand staircase going up to the second floor is all marble and there is a gorgeous artsy «glass garden» near the computer lab. Definitely prettier than the HPD library although we have a skeleton that is dressed in seasonal attire: D

I love this library! I gave it 4 stars because I don’t like that you have to pay for parking although there are few libraries that don’t. So, a full day of studying for me, not being a student there is a no go.
I do, however, take my kids there very often. They have many kids events and a huge kids area that my kids love going to. They have a very large selection of books and everything I look for is usually there.
Highly recommend!!!

I was attending here when this was built and I have to say, it has held up well. The lighting is great and there are plenty of comfortable places to study. Good connectivity and study rooms that you can reserve as well. Not too bad if you need to go somewhere quiet. It is a public library, so no ID cards needed.
There’s also a nice little café downstairs, but its kind of hidden, so look around. Decent food and pretty cheap. Good soups.
The library also houses a nice gallery with various museum quality showings throughout the year.