SCUA is open year round, Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except major holidays and select special occasions (see list below). SCUA is closed on days when the W.E.B. Du Bois Library is closed, and on days we are closed, staff are generally not working.

If you are planning a visit from a distance, please contact us in advance to verify that the department will be open. A number of collections are stored off site and require advance notice to retrieve.

Dates SCUA is closed:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
  • Presidents’ Day
  • Patriots’ Day
  • Commencement
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day
  • Veterans’ Day
  • Thanksgiving Day (sometimes including the day after)
  • Christmas Day (sometimes including part or all of Christmas Eve)
  • Winter campus closure days (between Christmas and New Year’s; exact dates vary)

Contact information

Location
Mailing address

25th Floor
W. E. B. Du Bois Library
UMass Amherst

University Libraries
154 Hicks Way
UMass Amherst
Amherst, Mass. 01003-9275

Phone: 413-545-SCUA
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For directions to campus, see also the UMass Visitor’s Center Home Page. If you are driving, park in the Campus Center Parking Garage. When you emerge from the garage, the tall brick tower to the south is the W. E. B. Du Bois Library. Inside the Library, take the elevators to the 25th floor.

The most convenient accommodations are located in the Campus Center Hotel; other options are listed on the Robsham Memorial Center website.

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