Hi HoosierMom2012!
If you go to this link
Campus Map: Indiana University Bloomington
you'll see the different parking areas close to Read. (Select Read from the pulldown menu to get a closeup view that you can navigate around.)
There is a small lot in front of Read, then the Jordan Ave parking garage just to the north, and then a little farther north on the other side of Jordan is a large lot behind the Wells Library. My son lived in Teter so we used the Tenth Street lot, but I know there were a lot of people who parked on the surrounding streets like Seventh.
Hopefully, the parking garage is free that day
