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CITY COLLEGE LIBRARIES COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES
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Jacqueline A. Gill, Associate [email protected]
CITY COLLEGE LIBRARIES COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES
THE CITY COLLEGE LIBRARIESDivisions:
COHEN LIBRARY
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY
ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY
MUSIC LIBRARY
ART VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY
ARCHITECTURE VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY
MORRIS RAPHAEL COHEN LIBRARY
Location: NAC 2nd Floor Hours Collection Focus
Arts & Humanities Social Sciences Education City College Library website
Cohen Library Divisions REFERENCE CIRCULATION GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS ARCHIVES & SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY
Location: 29 Marshak Building, Room J29 Hours
Collection Focus Sciences Computer Sciences Engineering Medicine Science Library website
ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY Location: Shepard Hall, Room 408 Telephone: (212) 650-8768 Hours
Collection Focus Design /Construction Urban Design Landscape Architecture Architecture Library website
MUSIC LIBRARY
Location: Shepard Hall, Room 160, 140th St. & Convent Ave. NY, NY 10031 Telephone: (212) 650-7174 Hours Collection Focus
Materials on all aspects of music including classical, jazz, blues, rock, hip-hop, etc.
Sound recordings Music scores Books about music Bound periodicals CDs, LPs, cassettes, videos, and CD-ROMs Music Library website
ART VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY
Location: Compton/Goethals Hall, Room 245A 140th St. & Convent Ave. NY, NY 10031
Telephone: (212) 650-7175 Hours
Collection Focus The Art Visual Resources Library contains
collections of slides formed specifically for the teaching of Art and Art History.
ARCHITECTURE VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY
Location: Shepard Hall, Room 303 140th St. & Convent Ave. NY, NY 10031
Telephone: (212) 650-8754 Hours
Collection Focus The Architecture Visual Resources Library of
the School of Architecture contains collections of slides formed specifically for the teaching of Architecture, Architectural History, Landscape, Technology and supporting subjects.
REFERENCE DIVISION Location: NAC 2nd Floor,
Reference Desk Hours Telephone: (212) 650-7612
Reference librarians will assist you in the use of materials in the library.
Access to and assistance with using the Internet and the World Wide Web for scholarly research and communication is also available in the Reference area of Cohen Library.
CIRCULATION/BORROWING
Location:NAC 2nd Floor Hours: Open all library hours Telephone: (212) 650-7155 A valid ID is required for
borrowing. A barcode on the back of each
ID needs to be validated at the City College Library Circulation desk before borrowing is allowed at any of the CUNY Libraries.
ID cards missing barcodes can be obtained at the Circulation Desk.
Circulation Borrowing Policy
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Location: NAC 2nd Floor – Circulation Desk
Hours: open all library hours Telephone: (212) 650-7616 Students and staff may obtain
materials not owned by the Library for purposes relating to research or academic studies.
Students with valid City College ID may use interlibrary
loan services.
CLICS
Books checked out at City college Library may be borrowed from another CUNY library using the CLICS service.
Search for the book in the CUNY Union Catalog. Click one of the holding libraries link and click “2. Request”. Type your barcode and enter your barcode again as the password. Select the library where you will be picking up the book and click “Go”. An email will be sent to you informing you of pick-up date. Expect to receive the book in approximately 5 business days. More details: CLICS
RESERVE BOOKS
Course materials placed on reserve by the instructors are available at the Circulation Desk.
Students must present a validated ID card at the Circulation Desk in order to borrow.
Two hour loan period Materials may not leave the library Call numbers for reserve items can be found in CUNY+.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Location: NAC 2nd Floor Hours: open all library hours Telephone: (212) 650-5073 Collection Focus
Federal government depository library receiving 50% of everything published.
Collection supports the curriculum of the college and surrounding community’s needs for government information.
All government publications acquired since 1976 can be identified in the online catalog, CUNY+.
ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Location: NAC 5th Floor Hours Telephone: (212) 650-7609, Fax: (212) 650-7604 Collection Focus Records and correspondence of permanent value from
the departments, offices, and programs at City College. Personal papers of alumni and faculty, especially
material which documents their association with City College
Photographs: prints, negatives and slides pertaining to the College
Audio tapes and videotapes of College events Biographical material about alumni, faculty, and
administrators. Blueprints and drawings of College buildings and
facilities College memorabilia: programs, fliers, printed
ephemera, pins, insignia, scrapbooks, etc. College publications
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Location: NAC 5th Floor, room 333 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm Telephone: 212-650-7271
Office of the Chief Librarian Head of Technical Services Library Computer Systems Manager All administrative functions of the library are handled through this
office including employment and use of facilities.
DOMINICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE LIBRARY
Location:NAC 2nd Floor Hours: call for current hours Telephone: (212) 650-7170tion Focus Dominican Studies Institute Library website
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
• Persons with disabilities can take advantage of a number of technologies and services offered by the Library to assist our users in meeting their library research needs. For more information, please contact: Mounir Khalil, Head of Assistive Services, Cohen Library, (212) 650-5750.
• Assistive Technologies website
METRO LIBRARY REFERRAL
As a member of METRO, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, the City College Library can refer patrons with highly specialized requests to other METRO participants. Our policies are governed by the regulations established by METRO, which can be found in the METRO Directory, available at any City College library reference desk.
Website: Metro Library Referral
PCs AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARIES:
PCs are available on the 2nd floor of the Cohen, Architecture, Music, and Science/Engineering libraries.
Printers are available in the libraries. Library computers have access to the web. Word processing on all library computers.
COMPUTER USE POLICY
City College Library follows the Computer use policy
established by CUNY.
Jacqueline A. Gill, Associate [email protected]
Questions?Visit the Reference Desk on the 2nd Floor and
speak to any librarian.