Departmentally Accessed Seminar Rooms

There are several seminar rooms on campus that can be used at the discretion of individual groups. Below is a listing of these rooms, who is responsible for booking them, and what equipment is available. Please remember that many of these rooms sit in the middle of office space. Noise level should be kept to an acceptable level especially when using public areas for breaks.

Comer Seminar Room

The Comer Seminar Room is a spacious room located at the rear of the 1st floor . It is handicapped accessible and seats about 100 people. The room has state of the art equipment and is user friendly.

There is a cafe area outside of the seminar for any catering which also needs to be reserved.

The third floor has a video conference room that will seat 12 people around a table with room on the outer perimeter.

This room should be reserved through Catherine Tozer or Arlene Surani.

Room reservations online http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ldeo/it/services/geochem-seminar/

137 and 205 Monell Building

Both these rooms are located in the Monell Building. Both rooms have a large table and comfortably seat 15 people. They are handicapped accessible. The following audio/visual equipment is available:

  • overhead projector
  • access to slide projectors (reserve through Maria Salgado)
  • a portable VCR will be available for use with the LCD projector
  • ceiling mounted LCD projector capable of projecting from laptop computers
  • PC that will enable PowerPoint presentations

The room and a/v equipment should be booked through Maria Salgado(ext. 4448; email msalgado@iri).

304 Oceanography Conference Room

This room is on the third floor of Oceanography. It will comfortably fit 8 or more with some difficulty. It is not handicapped accessible and has no windows. It has the following audio/visual equipment:

  • white board
  • access to overhead projector
  • access to slide projector

The room is booked through Sally Odland (ext. 8430; email odland@ldeo).

207 Geoscience Conference Room

This is a seminar room located on the second floor of Geoscience. It is truly a conference room in that it has a large table It will comfortably seat 20-25 people. It is not handicapped accessible. The room has the following audio/visual equipment:

  • conference quality speaker phone
  • overhead projector
  • screen
  • white board
  • portable computer projector (must be scheduled through Jen Mulvey)
  • internet accessibility (some security restrictions applicable)

Jen Mulvey (ext. 8988; email jmulvey@ldeo) is the person responsible for booking the room. She can also give explanations about the particulars for using the computer projector and the restrictions on internet accessibility.

Seismology Library 
This room is located on the second floor of the Seismology/Marine Biology building. It’s not handicapped accessible. It is a conference room containing a large table that seats 10 people comfortably. There is no internet access or a phone line in the room. Arrangements can be made for an overhead projector. This room should be booked through Dana Miller ext. 8384.

Seismology 1st Floor Conference Room

This room is located inside the general  space of  Seismology on the 1st floor. It seats 12 people comfortably around a large table with room on the perimeter. To book this room contact Dana Miller at ext. 8384

Library Reference Room

This room is located in Lamont Hall. It is an integral part of the library and is used by its patrons and staff on a regular daily basis. It is not meant to be a conference room. The room can be used by small groups for short meetings on an “emergency basis only” providing there are no library patrons using the room. Please contact a member of the library staff at ext. 8808 if you have such an emergency.

For further information or questions regarding any seminar room, please contact:

Patricia Temple

845-365-8842

E-mail: ptemple@admin.ldeo.columbia.edu