Academic Facilities

The Campus

Salve Regina University adjoins Rhode Island's renowned Cliff Walk and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. Its 80-acre campus, which is within walking distance of Newport's center, combines majestic gardens and horticultural attractions with historic and modern architecture. Salve Regina is located 40 minutes from Warwick's T.F. Green Airport and two hours from Boston's Logan Airport. The University is accessible to Providence, Boston, New York, and Cape Cod by interstate highway.

Administrative and Academic Facilities

The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies, which includes the Vice Provost and supporting staff, is located in McAuley Hall; the Office of Academic Affairs is also located in McAuley Hall. The Office of the Registrar is located in Ochre Court. Classrooms, laboratory facilities, and faculty offices are located across nine buildings: O’Hare Academic Center, Angelus, Marian, McAuley Hall, McKillop Library, and Gerety Hall on Ochre Point Avenue; Antone Academic Center on Lawrence Avenue; the Young Building (which also houses the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy) on Ruggles Avenue; Miley Hall on Webster Street.

The Library

McKillop Library supports the teaching and research mission of Salve Regina through its information literacy instruction program and through the development of high-quality library collections. Library facilities provide the Salve Regina community with comfortable, technologically rich spaces to study, collaborate, and relax. The library is a lively learning space, fostering civic and scholarly discussion by hosting dozens of events and displays each year. 

McKillop Library is open 103 hours a week and for extended hours during the last two weeks of the semester. The building’s first floor includes the library’s borrowing and information desk and spaces for individual and collaborative work, The Allen Family Learning Commons, which houses the Center for Advising, Career and Life Design, the Academic Center for Excellence including the peer subject tutors and writing center, and Student Accessibility Services, as well as the McKillop Library Café with Starbucks drinks, snacks, and meals.

The library's second floor hosts the Janet L. Robinson Curriculum Resource Center for education research, the makerspace, two collaborative classroom spaces, a group study room, and open spaces for study. Students seeking quiet study space can visit the library's third floor, which is a silent study area and has carrels for independent work. Public computers are available throughout the library, providing access to licensed software and information resources. The Salve Regina community can make online reservations for 3 study rooms. Printers throughout the library's three floors provide black and white and color printing, scanning, and copying, including wireless printing through student laptops. The library also provides technology available for checkout such as a record turntable and sewing machines.

Our diverse collections include over 134,000 printed volumes, 6,000 DVDs, 83,000 streaming films, and 732,000 e-book titles. We provide online access to 86 online databases with links to 99,000 full-text journals through the library's website at https://library.salve.edu. Our interlibrary loan service and membership in our academic library consortium, HELIN, supplements our on-site collection with online request forms which usually deliver books to the library within three days through our delivery service.

Librarians staff our information desk Sunday through Friday and provide evening hours to accommodate the needs of students with busy schedules. The Salve Regina community can ask questions via our chat/text reference service, phone, video conference, or in person, and can schedule personal tours or in-depth consultations with a subject specialist. Librarians provide research instruction to more than 150 classes each year, working with faculty to teach Salve Regina students the skills and concepts they need to find and think critically about information and prepare them to learn throughout their lives. The ability to contact librarians and access library resources is available through the library’s homepage and Canvas courses, via the “Library Resources” tab.

The library also houses the University Archives and Special Collections, documenting the history and heritage of the institution through preservation of administrative and departmental records and materials related to the student experience at the university. The Special Collections include rare books, periodicals, pamphlets, ephemera, and manuscripts, including a focus on faculty publications, material related to Newport and our Gilded Age mansions, and the Religious Sisters of Mercy, our founding order. A growing collection of digital scholarship is dedicated to preserving and promoting the work of faculty and students in our digital repository.

Technology Services Center

The Technology Services Center supports the campus community's technology needs and aims to provide assistance in a timely manner. Our staff and student employees are skilled in troubleshooting various software and hardware technologies for Mac and HP users. We also provide access and support for printing and scanning, multimedia services, media services (AV), classroom and lab technology, and Salve Regina ID cards.

For any technology issues or questions, please contact us using one of the following channels:

  • Phone: Call (401) 341-7777 from off-campus or Ext. 7777 on-campus.
  • Email: tsc@salve.edu
  • In-Person Support: Visit us in McKillop Library, Room 002 (Garden Level) for drop-in services.

Regular Semester Hours

  • 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday
  • 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
  • Noon to 9 p.m. Sunday

Lab Locations

  • Antone Academic Center: Supports two Mac labs (Rooms 122 and 124) and a Mac digital photo lab (Room 110).
  • O’Hare Academic Building:
    • Digital Forensics Lab (Room 261) – Accessible via ID card for students and faculty in specific academic programs.
    • General-Use Lab (Room 262) – Open whenever not reserved for a class.
  • McKillop Library: Offers open workstations, including Macs and Windows devices:
    • 4 on the first floor
    • 30 on the second floor
    • 9 on the third floor

Information Technology Policies

Salve Regina University’s Information Technology Policies are available online.