In the Know @ the Bentley Library

When final exams end on May 11th so will the library's regular semester schedule! Please note the following changes to our hours for the remainder of the month of May, including the week of May undergraduate intensive classes and the Memorial Day holiday. Regular summer hours begin when Summer Session I starts on Tuesday, May 30. To view the library's full summer schedule, including research help hours, please view the online hours calendar. 

The library is hosting three events on Reading Day to encourage you to take some time off from studying to refresh and recharge your mind and body. Stop by for snacks and drinks starting at 11:00 a.m. and then stick around for some button making and a Street Art Workshop with Percy Fortini Wright in the afternoon! Full details are provided below.

Extended study hours for final exams will begin on Monday, May 1. Early birds take note that the library will open at 6:30 a.m. on all weekdays, and for our night owls the building will stay open until 2:00 a.m., excluding Friday & Saturday.

Monday, May 1 - Thursday, May 4: 
6:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. 

Friday, May 5:
6:30 a.m. – midnight 

As this year’s Spring Day concert is being held on the Library Quad, the library as well as all our building partners (the Writing Center and the IT Help Desk) will be closed on Saturday, April 29th. The IT Help Desk will be providing remote support from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday – visit their website for contact information.  

This spring, the Bentley Library joins the Valente Center in celebrating Bentley faculty whose books are forthcoming or have been published over the past academic year.

The library will remain open throughout the holiday weekend with some modifications to our normal hours of operation. Please check the updated schedule before visiting:

Saturday, April 15:
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

Sunday, April 16:
10:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. 

Monday, April 17:
10:00 a.m.–midnight 

The Bentley Library is pleased to share the latest version of Bentley Library by the Numbers!

In order to accommodate our staff, the library will be opening at noon on Sunday April 9th. We greatly appreciate your understanding.

Make a short stop by the main floor of the library to explore a popup display of all things baseball.

“Poetry survives because it haunts and it haunts because it is simultaneously utterly clear and deeply mysterious; because it cannot be entirely accounted for, it cannot be exhausted.”
― Louise Glück