Instructional Facilities
Boston College maintains more than 150 classrooms in a variety of buildings, including eight libraries and other facilities
where classes, labs, and other instructional activities are scheduled. For a paper copy of this information, please contact
the Boston College Office of Institutional Research at 617-552-3111 or oir@bc.edu. The mailing address is Boston
College, IRPA, St. Clement’s Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Classrooms, spring 2011
Building
Campion Hall
Carney Hall
Cushing Hall
Devlin Hall
Fulton Hall
Gasson Hall
Higgins Hall
Law East Wing
Number of
Classrooms
12
30
10
9
20
20
8
6
Number of
Stations
555
1,099
689
693
1,203
871
471
641
Lyons Hall
McElroy Commons
McGuinn Hall
Merkert Chemistry Center
O'Neill Library
Stuart House
9 Lake Street
Number of
Classrooms
7
1
7
3
8
10
5
Number of
Stations
316
18
406
246
204
529
267
156
8208
TOTAL
Boston College Libraries, fall 2011
Bapst Art Library - Middle Campus
Catherine O’Connor Library - Weston Observatory
Educational Resource Center - Campion Hall
The John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special
Collections - Burns Library, Middle Campus
Law Library - Newton Campus
O’Neill Library - Main Research Library, Middle Campus
Social Work Library - McGuinn Hall, Lower Level
Theology & Ministry Library - Brighton Campus
Holdings by Library, fall 2011
Total Volumes
Bapst
Burns
Educational Resource Center
Law
O'Neill
Social Work
1
Theology & Ministry
Weston Observatory
3
Total Paper Serial Subscriptions
56,026
198,392
48,469
248,778
2,115,391
41,451
8,273
8,785
Bapst
Burns
Educational Resource Center
Law
O'Neill
Social Work
Theology & Ministry
2
Total e-Books
389,839
Total Electronic Serial Subscriptions
Total Microform Units
4,290,819
Total Government Documents
Law
O'Neill
1
2,725,565
1,578,583
2,712,236
Law
O'Neill
6,340
147
27
39
2,482
3,084
54
507
4
34,919
215,443
4,472
210,971
Only includes books at the Theology and Ministry library owned by Boston College.
Paper serial subscriptions continue to decrease as the libraries migrate away from print to electronic serial subscriptions.
3
Includes catalogued e-Books reported in volumes.
4
Number of unique titles. Source: University Librarian
2