CNY represents: a lively & critical exchange between colleagues and faculty and students; a way of ‘crowdsourcing’ collections through the active participation by users at all levels; and an object lesson for our campus communities in generous collaboration and multi-institutional support.

Through collaboration and resource sharing, the ConnectNY consortium has significantly strengthened the Colgate University Libraries’ ability to support the research, teaching, and coursework of faculty, students, staff, and other researchers. It allows us to share collections across libraries in a timely and transparent manner. For our patrons, it has become a mainstream library service that is reliable and easy to use.

Our participation in ConnectNY is something we proudly advertise to our patrons. We tell them that as student of Le Moyne, they not only have access to our print collection but the print collections of 17 other institutions across New York State.

Pace’s membership in the CNY consortium allows us to fill in requests from patrons for materials not part of the Pace’s library collection. CNY opens up a door to a comprehensive collection that on our own mere resources we will not be able to afford to build alone.

CNY combines access to a substantially larger number of titles and volumes than can be found in any individual member’s local collection with convenient and reliable requesting and delivery mechanisms. CNY is an admirable example of cooperation, collaboration, and caring within a consortial setting.

ConnectNY enhances the USMMA’s information experience through resource sharing with a distinguished group of academic libraries. ConnectNY provides access to scholars at the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy to local collections in support of maritime and military research.

Our faculty and students love ConnectNY! It’s the cornerstone of our Interlibrary Loan services, providing an easy, reliable, and quick way to get access to materials that Vassar either doesn’t have or are in use by other patrons.