The Books are Coming Home: Collections Moving Into the Neilson Library
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Rendering of the mezzanine above the Learning Commons, one of the many places visitors will be able to find books in the new Neilson Library. Image: Maya Lin Studios.
Published November 2, 2020
Update: Library materials continue to be moved into Neilson Library and additional days are needed to complete the project. Library users will be able to request materials from Neilson Library, as well as those permanently stored in the Annex, beginning February 11. These materials will be available through contactless pickup in the lobby of Bass Hall beginning Monday, February 15 or mailed to students who are studying remotely.
Library materials from Hillyer and Josten Libraries, as well as Five College libraries, continue to be available through contactless pickup.
Contactless pickup will remain in the lobby of Bass Hall until Neilson Library opens for study and collection access in March, at a date to be determined. Information on a new contactless pickup location in Neilson Library will be shared soon.
The Smith College Libraries are preparing to move library collections into the Neilson Library this winter and summer. The move of books and materials identified to return to Neilson from the Annex will begin in late December after fall term. Special Collections materials from the College Archives, Sophia Smith Collection and Mortimer Rare Books Collection will move in summer 2021 after spring term.
Annex and Young Library collections will be temporarily unavailable from December 18, 2020 to January 22, 2021 while books are moved into the Neilson Library. Smith community members are encouraged to plan accordingly; collection requests can be made until December 17, 2020.
Library materials from Hillyer, Josten, and the Five Colleges will continue to be available during this time through contactless pickup in the lobby of Bass Hall, near the entrance to Young Library.
Special Collections materials will be unavailable from June through August 2021 during the move into Neilson Library.
The opening date for Neilson Library and alumnae gymnasium will be determined based on the college’s plan for the spring semester.