Food and drink can be purchased and consumed in the room. As in all areas of the Library, smoking is not allowed. During the hours that the Computer Lab is open, the concession area will remain available. At all other times the concession area will not be open after Bracken Library closes. Study Carrels Study rooms and lockable book trucks are available for use by graduate students in Bracken Library.
Preference is given to full-time doctoral candidates working on their dissertations.
Center for Middletown Studies Muncie, Indiana, has been synonymous with Middletown, U.S.A., the average American town, since the 1920's. In 1924, Robert S. and Helen Lynd came to Muncie as young sociologists to study the community. Since Muncie was the first such community to be systematically examined in the United States, it offers researchers the opportunity for a study over the longest span of time anywhere. The mission of the Center is to encourage research on Muncie and to collect materials pertaining to the study of the community. The Center also aids students, scholars, journalists, and other interested persons in learning more about the town.