The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is located in the Palace Road building of the Main Campus of Simmons College (Building #5 in the map below).
Key to the buildings on this map:
1. Main College Building (MCB)
Occasionally, GSLIS classes will be held in this building. Also located here are many administrative offices, including Financial Aid, the Campus Card Office, and the Copy Center, as well as the college bookstore, the Fens Cafeteria, Java City, the Trustman Art Gallery, art studios and music practice rooms. In addition, the MCB is the location of the Paresky College Center, which provides a community gathering space and additional classrooms.
2. Beatley Library
Provides access to 250,000 books and journals in print, and an additional 26,000 journals, 35,000 books, and 130 databases online. Librarians are available for help with research in person, over the phone or email, or even through online live chat (AskNow); many GSLIS students find student worker positions here as well. For more information about the Library, please visit the Simmons Library website. The Beatley Library building also houses the Communications Department and Advancement (Development, Alumni Relations).
3. Lefavour Hall
Lefavour Hall, the former home of GSLIS to those of you with alumni ties, underwent major renovations which were completed in 2007. Its additional space extended the Beatley Library, and also now houses the Modern Languages department and Technology offices.
4. Park Science Center
Science students call this home as all their classrooms, more than 50 laboratories, including a molecular biology lab, plus faculty and student research facilities and a nuclear magnetic resonance strectrometer are located here. The School of Health Sciences (SHS) is also located in the Park Science Center.
5. One Palace Road
The academic building at One Palace Road houses GSLIS, the School of Social Work (SSW), the Career Education Center, Career Resource Library, Counseling Center, Academic Support Center, as well as many classrooms, the Media Center, the Pottruck Technology Center, and the GSLIS Tech Lab. One Palace Road opened in summer of 2002.
6. SOM Green Building
The new SOM Green building, designed to be both beautiful and practical with all the amenities appropriate for a 21st-century school of management, is home to the School of Management (SOM). It also will be one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in Massachusetts — part of our commitment to "walking the talk" as we educate women to be principled leaders who make positive contributions to their communities. The SOM Green Building opened in January 2009.
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