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Reservable Spaces

Browsing Room

The Smith College Libraries offer a number of reservable spaces, including small collaboration rooms, seminar rooms, classrooms, and more. Neilson Library spaces have been designed to be flexible and used for different purposes throughout the day. For media production studios, see Media Production Spaces.

Library spaces may be reserved by Smith students, faculty, and staff. For a list of rooms that can be reserved, please see below.

Study & Collaboration Spaces

Reserve Study & Collaboration Spaces

Students, faculty, and staff may reserve the following rooms for study and collaboration. For a full description of a room's locations and resources, click on the 'reserve' link.

Location Capacity How to Reserve
Josten J133 Listening Room 8-15 Contact Josten Library at josinfo@smith.edu
Josten J131 (Rare Book Room) 6-8 Contact Josten Library at josinfo@smith.edu
Neilson 001E (Phone Room) 1 Enclosed area for phone conversations, video conferencing, or online class attendance; not soundproof. Reserve Neilson 001E
Neilson 010A 4 Reserved for library staff use Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reserve Neilson 010A evenings or weekends
Neilson 010B (Phone Room) 1 Enclosed area for phone conversations, video conferencing, or online class attendance; not soundproof. Reserve Neilson 010B
Neilson 012A Self Service Media Production Studio 2 Reserve in person at the Neilson Library Central Service Point or online by selecting Request Help on the ITS digital support site. Priority will be given to course-related work.
Neilson 012E 2 Reserve Neilson 012E
Neilson 012F 4 Reserve Neilson 012F
Neilson 101E (Phone Room) 1 Enclosed area for phone conversations, video conferencing, or online class attendance; not soundproof. Reserve Neilson 101E
Neilson 108K (Phone Room) 1 Enclosed area for phone conversations, video conferencing, or online class attendance; not soundproof. Reserve Neilson 108K
Neilson 208C (Phone Room) 1 Enclosed area for phone conversations, video conferencing, or online class attendance; not soundproof. Reserve Neilson 208C
Neilson 301E 3 Reserve Neilson 301E
Neilson 301F 4 Reserve Neilson 301F
Neilson 309A 8 Reserved for library staff use Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reserve Neilson 309A evenings or weekends
Neilson 310B 5 Reserve Neilson 310B
Neilson 310C 8 Reserve Neilson 310C

Teaching Spaces

Scheduling for classes held in the following spaces is done by the Registrar’s Office.

Location Capacity
Neilson 102 Browsing Room Tables with seating ranges from 30-60; presentation style with chairs in rows is 80.
Neilson 108F 18
Neilson 208B Classics Study 10
Neilson 209 16

The following teaching spaces are library-supported. Please see reservation instructions below.

Location Capacity How to Reserve
Hillyer 119 Classroom 26 Contact Hillyer Library at hillinfo@smith.edu
Neilson 011 32 This room is reserved for library programmed classes Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. To reserve the room evenings and weekends, use the Libraries' Event Request Form.

Event Spaces

Neilson Library contains spaces that may be reserved by Smith students, faculty, and staff for larger meetings and events. Please note that all reservations must fall within normal library operating hours.

Location Capacity How to Reserve
Neilson 102 Browsing Room Tables with seating ranges from 30-60; presentation style with chairs in rows is 80. Visit Events Management Office Reservable Spaces to reserve through 25Live.

To request the use of a space in Neilson library for events or meetings, please use the Libraries Events Request Form. It will take a minimum of 1 week to review and respond to your request.