{"id":44582,"date":"2026-08-21T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=44582"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:09:36","slug":"coming-soon-self-service-lockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/coming-soon-self-service-lockers\/44582\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming soon: Self-service lockers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-44589\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web-233x300.jpeg\" alt=\"White two-column locker with screen and text reading &quot;Pickup Locker.&quot;\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web-233x300.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web-796x1024.jpeg 796w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web-768x988.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web-1194x1536.jpeg 1194w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web-624x802.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Starting this fall, we\u2019ll offer a new way for MIT students, faculty, and staff to pick up MIT Libraries\u2019 items, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With our new self-service lockers, you can pick up and drop off library materials at a campus location close to you.<\/p>\n<p>Request materials online, and select your preferred pickup location. You\u2019ll be notified by email when your items are ready for you to collect. Pick them up from a locker with your physical or digital MIT ID; requested items will be held for five days. You can also return library materials to the lockers.<\/p>\n<p>A locker will be available in Lobby 10 near the elevators at the beginning of the fall term. Additional lockers will be added in the following locations, with an expected installation date in mid-September:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E53 24\/7 study space<\/li>\n<li>Stata Center (32)<\/li>\n<li>The MET (W41)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions? <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/ask\/\">Ask Us.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this fall, we\u2019ll offer a new way for MIT students, faculty, and staff to pick up MIT Libraries\u2019 items, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With our new self-service lockers, you can pick up and drop off library materials at a campus location close to you. Request materials online, and select your preferred pickup location. You\u2019ll be notified by email when your items are ready for you to collect. Pick them up from a locker with your physical or digital MIT ID; requested items will be held for five days. You can also return library materials to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"Pick up and drop off library materials 24\/7","is_event":false,"calendar_url":"","calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"MIT Libraries","urgent":false,"notes":"","featuredListImg":false,"homeImg":false,"listImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/locker_web_323x111_acf_cropped.jpeg","homepage_post_title":"","pin_event_on_homepage":false,"featuredArticle":"false"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44582"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44614,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44582\/revisions\/44614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}