Finding a seat in some of the study spaces around the university has become an important issue for students. A survey from Bilyard & Johnson (2017) has found that finding a seat in the library is classified as a major issue or very major issue for 69% of students at the University of Birmingham. The need for a study spaces monitoring system has become essential. This kind of system will have a twofold benefit: for the students, it will help them to easily find a seat in the library; whereas for the staff at the university, it can be used to monitor the room occupancy and improve student satisfaction. However, developing a realtime room occupancy system is challenging. Accuracy, reliability, cost, and efficiency are key factors in choosing the right system. In this document, we present several Internet of Things (IoT) technologies that can be used as a tool to monitor the study spaces throughout the university. We also outline the pros and cons for each system, and give recommendations for the best system. Finally, A SWOT analysis and an evaluation matrix score are also carried
out to give an overview score of this system.
