The Institute for African American Studies in the Holmes Hunter Academic Building uses their reference library/well-being hub to better serve students by providing them with current and archival academic texts, facilitating an atmosphere of study, and encouraging academic rigor by supplying our visitors with tools that help to sustain focus, aid research, and assist in project completion. In addition to being a scholastic resource, the library serves as a gathering place to assist in creating informed and caring community, fostering individual and collective wellness, and being safe space for stillness and decompression. The space offers a sensory sensitive environment and tools that support students across many spectrums of need and interest. The space is available on a first come, first serve basis.