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Parking
Parking on campus can be tricky. Be sure to leave home early so allow plenty of time to find a parking place. Fridays and weekends are usually markedly easier than other days. Most of the surface lots fill early -- often by 8:30 -- Monday through Thursday. There are surface lots to the east and northeast of University Library. Parking permits, and parking maps, may be obtained from [|Parking Services] or from the self-serve menu on OneStart.

There is a parking garage, the Sports Complex Garage, to the south of the library that is attached to the Natatorium. A pedestrian tube passes over New York Street and connects the garage to the Education and Social Work (ES) Building, which is the location of the computer labs used for several SLIS courses. From the second floor of the ES Building, it is easy to walk to the University Library indoors. The parking spaces in the Sports Complex Garage don't fill quite as quickly as the area surface lots do, so this is a good option for students who must come to campus at busy times, or who wish to avoid walking outdoors in bad weather. Access is gained by swiping your parking pass through the reader at the gates to the garage, which are on the south side of the building.

Wishard parking garage on Walnut Street is free on weekends. Alternate parking is available off campus and the IUPUI Shuttle transports students from those locations to campus and back. Some find it best to use the North Street Garage and pay by the hour; it is seldom full and has an enclosed bridge (tube) to classrooms and library. Check your email or the [|Campus Police Service website], especially on Fridays, to learn of special events that may take place on Saturdays on and around the IUPUI campus resulting in heavy traffic. SLIS will be looking for more campus locations for classes such as Glendale Mall on the eastside of Indy, schools and public libraries which have more parking space, and free.

Escorts
Campus Police provides safety escorts any time of the day or night. If you would feel safer with an escort, call 274-SAFE (274-7233). According to the [|Campus Police website], "Between 6:00 p.m. and Midnight a special vehicle is provided for this service by Parking Services. At all other times IUPUI police and security officers provide escorts on foot and by vehicle for persons concerned about their personal safety."

School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University – Indianapolis: www.slis.iupui.edu