| Albany's University Libraries are
a selective depository for U.S. government publications and
are members of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Capital District
Library Council (CDLC). The Libraries support a variety of resource
sharing and reciprocal agreements that entitle faculty to access
and borrowing privileges from research libraries throughout
the U.S. and Canada. |
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Membership in the Center for Research Libraries
provides faculty and students with access to the Center's over 4
million volume collection. The Center has a collection that
complements and supplements the collections of the major research
libraries of North America. Holdings of particular note are
foreign dissertations; foreign newspapers; official publications
of all U.S. states and territories and their departments and
agencies; and official publications of foreign governments.
Materials owned by the Center are available by placing orders
through Interlibrary Loan. The Center's collections may also
be used on-site. For a more descriptive list of collections
held by the Center, contact Interlibrary Loan, 442-3613, or
Reference, 442-3552. The Web site is http://www.crl.edu/. |
Prior to visiting any of the libraries, scholars are advised to
verify service hours and to check on any special access or use requirements.
| The Capital District Library Council
sponsors the Direct Access Program (DAP). Upon presentation
of a CDLC card, an individual may borrow from or use 47 academic,
public, law, medical and technical libraries in the Capital
District. To receive a CDLC card and brochure describing the
levels of service offered by participating libraries, register
at the Circulation Desk in the University Library. For more
information on CDLC and its services, consult its Web site (http://www.cdlc.org/). |
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| Additionally, the University Libraries participate
in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the SUNY Open
Access program. |
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The OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program allows faculty members
of participating institutions borrowing privileges and on-site access
to the collections of some of the most important research libraries
in the U.S. and Canada. Program cards and a list of participating
institutions are available at the Circulation Desk in the University
Library.
Albany's libraries (and most of the 64 SUNY colleges and universities)
participate in the SUNY Open Access Program. Upon presentation of
a valid State University I.D.
from one's home campus, faculty, students, and staff are entitled
to the same use of the collections and facilities as the library
offers to its own community, including borrowing privileges. A brochure
listing program guidelines and participants is available at the
University Library Circulation Desk.
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University at Albany faculty and staff may borrow directly from the New York
State Library upon presentation of a current and valid University
at Albany SUNYCard. Graduate students may borrow materials
through an expedited interlibrary loan program. For more information
on the State Library, its services and collections, consult
its Web site (http://www.nysl.nysed.gov).
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