Neilson Building Project News Secondary Scroll Left In This Section Close Secondary Nav Neilson Library Expand Neilson Library Menu Compass Café Courtyard Learning Commons Neilson Building Project Expand Neilson Building Project Menu Planning Process Project Timeline Construction Labor Practices Neilson Building Project News Reflection Room Sustainability Features Hillyer Art Library Josten Performing Arts Library Alumnae Gymnasium Expand Alumnae Gymnasium Menu User Experience (UX) Lab More New Neilson The Libraries Annex Project is Complete! Staff have re-shelved more than 800,000 items in a way that enables the Libraries to store books and... New Neilson September 19, 2023 New Neilson Smith College Libraries Continue Sustainability Mission The Libraries celebrate Earth day by leading an intentional and purposeful vision toward sustainabil... New Neilson April 21, 2023 New Neilson Library Annex Project Update, March 31, 2023 Update: Material stored at the Library Annex will now be available throughout the re-shelving projec... New Neilson March 31, 2023 Exhibits “Neilson Library: An Evolution” Exhibit on View in Neilson Library The new Neilson Library’s inaugural exhibit “Neilson Library: An Evolution“ is now open in Neilson’s... Exhibits June 17, 2022 New Neilson New Video of Students’ First Impressions of Neilson Library Watch a video about students’ first impressions of the new Neilson Library. New Neilson June 17, 2021 New Neilson First Look: Inside the New Neilson Library See gorgeous new footage of the interior of the new Neilson Library. New Neilson March 18, 2021 New Neilson First Look: Moving Books into the New Neilson Library On December 29, the first books began returning to the Neilson Library. Here are some first-look pho... New Neilson January 19, 2021 New Neilson Get a sneak peek at the Neilson Library renovation as of fall 2020! Get a sneak peek at the Neilson Library renovation as of fall 2020! New Neilson November 16, 2020 News The Books are Coming Home: Collections Moving Into the Neilson Library The Smith College Libraries are preparing to move library collections into the Neilson Library this ... News November 2, 2020 New Neilson Live Edge Furniture in Production for Neilson Library The wood from a large elm tree removed from in front of Neilson Library in 2017 will live on as eigh... New Neilson August 7, 2020 1 2 3 4 5 … Neilson Library in the News "29 Reasons to Love the New Neilson Library" Smith Alumnae Quarterly. (Fall 2021) "Smith College's New Neilson Library" An Intellectual Commons at the Heart of the Campus. (May 2021) "The Stones of Neilson Library" Students' work in ScholarWorks about the origin of the materials that make up the majority of Neilson's facade. (May 12, 2021) "For Maya Lin, a Victory Lap Gives Way to Mourning" Brett Sokol, New York Times (March 17, 2021) "New Neilson: Innovative Space, Innovative Services" The new library is designed to meet educational needs today and in the future. (August 21, 2019) "Maya Lin Shares Design for New Neilson Library" Maya Lin revealed her design for Neilson Library in a community event. (October 14, 2016) Video: "A Conversation With Maya Lin" Maya Lin and Architect Carole Wedge discussed the redesign of Neilson Library. (September 16, 2015) Maya Lin, Shepley Bulfinch Chosen to Reimagine Neilson Library The partners were announced to reimagine Neilson Library. (April 8, 2015) "What Library are you Dreaming?" Provost Katherine Rowe discussed the future of Neilson Library. (March 9, 2015)
New Neilson The Libraries Annex Project is Complete! Staff have re-shelved more than 800,000 items in a way that enables the Libraries to store books and... New Neilson September 19, 2023
New Neilson Smith College Libraries Continue Sustainability Mission The Libraries celebrate Earth day by leading an intentional and purposeful vision toward sustainabil... New Neilson April 21, 2023
New Neilson Library Annex Project Update, March 31, 2023 Update: Material stored at the Library Annex will now be available throughout the re-shelving projec... New Neilson March 31, 2023
Exhibits “Neilson Library: An Evolution” Exhibit on View in Neilson Library The new Neilson Library’s inaugural exhibit “Neilson Library: An Evolution“ is now open in Neilson’s... Exhibits June 17, 2022
New Neilson New Video of Students’ First Impressions of Neilson Library Watch a video about students’ first impressions of the new Neilson Library. New Neilson June 17, 2021
New Neilson First Look: Inside the New Neilson Library See gorgeous new footage of the interior of the new Neilson Library. New Neilson March 18, 2021
New Neilson First Look: Moving Books into the New Neilson Library On December 29, the first books began returning to the Neilson Library. Here are some first-look pho... New Neilson January 19, 2021
New Neilson Get a sneak peek at the Neilson Library renovation as of fall 2020! Get a sneak peek at the Neilson Library renovation as of fall 2020! New Neilson November 16, 2020
News The Books are Coming Home: Collections Moving Into the Neilson Library The Smith College Libraries are preparing to move library collections into the Neilson Library this ... News November 2, 2020
New Neilson Live Edge Furniture in Production for Neilson Library The wood from a large elm tree removed from in front of Neilson Library in 2017 will live on as eigh... New Neilson August 7, 2020
"The Stones of Neilson Library" Students' work in ScholarWorks about the origin of the materials that make up the majority of Neilson's facade. (May 12, 2021)
"New Neilson: Innovative Space, Innovative Services" The new library is designed to meet educational needs today and in the future. (August 21, 2019)
"Maya Lin Shares Design for New Neilson Library" Maya Lin revealed her design for Neilson Library in a community event. (October 14, 2016)
Video: "A Conversation With Maya Lin" Maya Lin and Architect Carole Wedge discussed the redesign of Neilson Library. (September 16, 2015)
Maya Lin, Shepley Bulfinch Chosen to Reimagine Neilson Library The partners were announced to reimagine Neilson Library. (April 8, 2015)
"What Library are you Dreaming?" Provost Katherine Rowe discussed the future of Neilson Library. (March 9, 2015)
