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Independent Libraries & Reading Rooms at MIT

The libraries listed below are not part of the MIT Libraries but are specialized departmental and laboratory collections primarily for the use of the associated staff. Most collections are room use only. Please call ahead for hours and policies.

Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department Reading Room
Teuber Library
Building 46-6011 | 617.253.5755
John Bearley | jsb@mit.edu
Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Careers Office Collection
Careers office library collection
see also: Online career library
MIT Careers Office
Building 12-170 | 617.253.4733
Melanie Parker, Executive Director | mitco@mit.edu
9-5 M-F; "A read-only library, not a circulating library. Holdings are modest."

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Reading Room -- see William R. Hewlett Reading Room at CSAIL

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Technical Information Center

555 Technology Square, Mail Stop 74  
617.258.1000   (MIT tie line 182.8.4555)
Laurie Rotman, Director | library@draper.com
Draper Laboratory

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Library--see Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory

Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory Reading Room
Building NW14-3104   617.253.5478
Current magazine subscriptions to Nature, HHM and The Journal of Magnetic Resonance; no other new material since 1996.
MIT-Harvard Center for Magnetic Resonance

Hart Nautical Collections Library at MIT Museum
Building N52-2nd Flr.
Kurt Hasselbalch, Curator, Hart Nautical Collections
617.253.5942 | kurt@mit.edu
By appointment only; no circulation.
MIT Museum

Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory
Building 3-237  Phone: 617.253.7952 | Fax: 617.258.8559
Sean Buhrmester, Manager | fatsean@mit.edu
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

Haystack Observatory Library
Westford, MA | 781.981.5407 | (MIT tie line 181.5407)
Madeleine Needles | info@haystack.mit.edu
Haystack Observatory

Laboratory for Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Reading Room -- see William R. Hewlett Reading Room at CSAIL

LBGT@MIT--see Rainbow Lounge

Lincoln Laboratory - see MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Magnet Laboratory--see Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory

MIT Lincoln Laboratory Library & Information Services
Lexington MA | 781.981.2300 (MIT tie line 181.2300)
Marian Bremer, Manager | library@ll.mit.edu
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Mathematics Reading Room
Building 2-285   617.253.4381

Medical Department:
The Center for Health Promotion & Wellness

Health & wellness resource library list of materials (pdf)
Building E23-205   617.253.1316

MIT Museum/Hart Nautical Museum Library-- see Hart Nautical Collections Library at MIT Museum

Nuclear Science and Engineering Reading Room
Building NW12-215   617.253.4208
Virtual Reading Room

Operations Research Center
Philip M. Morse Reading Room
Building E40-154 617.253.3601
Operations Research Center
For OR faculty and students only

Physics Reading Room
Building 4-332  617.253.1791
Tan-Quy Tran
The Reading Room features numerous volumes of Physics books and journals, plentiful space for study and group work, and a beautiful view of Killian's Court.
Holdings in Barton; overnight circulation for MIT affiliates.
Hours during the terms:
• Mon-Thur 9am - 10pm
• Fri 9am - 7pm
• Weekend & Holidays CLOSED
• Non-term hours varied.

Plasma Science and Fusion Center Library
Building NW16-153   617.253.8462   Fax 617.253.0700
Jason Thomas, Library Administrator
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week to the PSFC community.
Library access is not available to the general public. MIT affiliates may gain access by appointment.

Rainbow Lounge: LBGT (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgendered) @ MIT
Building 50-005, 617.253.5440
Houses a Resource Center with a library of books, movies, and music that can be used in-room or checked out.

Science Fiction Society Library
Building W20-473   617.258.5126
MIT Science Fiction Society
Open to all [schedule]

Teuber Library--see Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Whitehead Institute Library
Nine Cambridge Center
Second Floor (left off elevators)
617.258.5132   Fax 617.324.0266
Dave Richardson, Librarian WI 202D
richardson@wi.mit.edu

William R. Hewlett Reading Room at CSAIL
Building 32-882 (Stata Center) Gates Tower 8th floor
Paula Mickevich, Sr. Library Assistant
617.253.5896
casimira at csail.mit.edu
Monday through Friday 9-5 year round
A research library serving CSAIL: the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Circulation is for members only.

 

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