The library entrance features a three-story atrium. The Alumni Reading Room, named for the many alumni who contributed to the library fund-raising campaign, provides a serene study space with a beautiful view of the campus green and Hudson River. Four private study rooms surround the open seating area, where long tables are equipped with lamps and connections for laptops. The Reese Reading Room, named for longtime Marist board member Frances Reese, offers a spacious and airy reading and study area, with comfortable seating, carrels equipped with network ports for laptops and breathtaking views of the Hudson River and nearby mountains from the library's top level. The Margaret W. Mair Executive Presentation Room is equipped for projecting images on a large screen from a variety of sources including PC, DVD, VCR and laptop.
Teleconferences are possible via phone amplifiers and tabletop microphones.
A unique sound system features no speakers but instead drivers built into walls, resulting in uniform sound throughout the room. A touch screen controls systems including image display, window blinds, lighting and sound volume. A Library for Teaching and Learning Marist's archives and special collections have received a permanent, organized home in the new library. The area devoted to Special Collections opens in the fall of 2000 with a preservation area, storage area and reading room, overseen by an archivist. Currently accessible via the Web are more than 1,200 materials from one of the collections, the Hudson River Environmental Society, digitized in a project headed by Dr. Thomas Lynch, professor of environmental studies.