{"id":43882,"date":"2025-12-02T09:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=43882"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:38:41","slug":"mit-libraries-winter-break-schedule-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/mit-libraries-winter-break-schedule-2025-26\/43882\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated: MIT Libraries winter break schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-43891\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/51829008663_ba2e407453_c-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"77 Massachusetts Avenue in the snow\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/51829008663_ba2e407453_c-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/51829008663_ba2e407453_c-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/51829008663_ba2e407453_c-624x470.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/51829008663_ba2e407453_c.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><em>Updated Friday, Dec. 19<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are the library spaces and services available December 22 through January 4:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Library access and in-person services:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Hayden Library\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday, Dec. 22: 9am to 6pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 4:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/study\/24x7\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">24\/7 study space<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is available for community members with MIT ID. Information desk will not be staffed, and access to book stacks will be closed.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Lewis Music Library and Distinctive Collections Reading Room: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Closed Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 4.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Barker, Dewey, and Rotch:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 4:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/study\/24x7\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">24\/7 study space<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is available for community members with MIT ID. Information desks will not be staffed, and access to book stacks will be closed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GIS &amp; Data Lab and Aga Khan Documentation Center (7-238) will be closed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Scanning and office delivery:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Unavailable Tuesday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 4.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Virtual help: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Help via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/ask\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ask Us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be unavailable starting at 5pm on Monday, Dec. 22, resuming on Monday, Jan. 5, at 10am.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Returning materials:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Book drops are located at all <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/locations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">library locations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Stata Center, and outside Building 9 \u2013 Samuel Tak Lee Building, along the Massachusetts Ave. side. Please note that items returned during the break will be backdated when checked in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Electronic resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Access to electronic resources, such as ebooks, journals, databases, and streaming video and audio, will remain available through the break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Courtyard Cafe:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The cafe will be closed Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happy holidays, and have a restful winter break! \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Friday, Dec. 19 Here are the library spaces and services available December 22 through January 4:\u00a0 Library access and in-person services:\u00a0 Hayden Library\u00a0 Monday, Dec. 22: 9am to 6pm Tuesday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 4: 24\/7 study space is available for community members with MIT ID. Information desk will not be staffed, and access to book stacks will be closed. Lewis Music Library and Distinctive Collections Reading Room: Closed Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 4. Barker, Dewey, and Rotch:\u00a0 Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Jan. 4: 24\/7 study space is available for community members with MIT ID. 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