EMPOWERING COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLABORATION
FEATURED MEMBER
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY
- Titles in CNY Collection: 210,000 and 900 periodicals, Selective Federal depository
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..
Donna Selvaggio, Chief Librarian
Collection Highlights
The mission of the Schuyler Otis Bland Memorial Library is to foster intellectual growth and advance the mission of the United States Merchant Marine Academy providing quality resources and innovative services in education and research.
Adelphi University Libraries
Garden City,NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 343,948
ConnectNY provides our students and faculty access to tremendous resources that we alone could not afford. The collective knowledge and experience of all the CNY libraries are invaluable assets to all of us in these transformational times.
Brian Lym, Dean of University Libraries
Bard College Libraries
Annandale-on-Hudson,NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 406,058
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.
Jeff Katz, Director of Libraries
Canisius College Libraries
Buffalo, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 232,838
Kristine Kasbohm, Library Director
Colgate University Libraries
Hamilton, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 927,854
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.
Joanne Schneider, University Librarian
Hamilton College Library
Clinton, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 478,837
Difficult problems require collaborative solutions. CNY provides just such a set of partners.
David Smallen, Vice President for Libraries and Information Technology
Hobart & William Smith Colleges Library
Geneva, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 260,258
Vincent Boiselle, College Librarian
Le Moyne College Library
Syracuse, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 316,855
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.
Robert Johnston, Library Director
Medaille College Libraries
Buffalo, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 44,639
Andrew Yeager, Director of Libraries
Pace University Libraries
New York, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 470,752
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.
Rey Racelis, Associate University Librarian
Pratt Institute Libraries
New York, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 150,525
Russell Abell, Director of Libraries
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Research Libraries (RPI)
Troy, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 368,006
Andrew White, Library Director
Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries (RIT)
Rochester, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 444,609
ConnectNY enables RIT students and faculty to directly access collections that would be beyond our reach as a single institution. We can boast of access to rich and deep collections in the humanities and social sciences because of our collaboration with our CNY partners.
Shirley Bower, Director of RIT Libraries
St. Lawrence University Libraries
Canton, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 410,900
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.
Michael Alzo, Director of Libraries
Siena College Library
Loudonville, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 256,290
It’s been great to see ConnectNY evolve from a resource-sharing partnership of a few libraries into a robust, multi-purpose consortium with a culture of successful collaboration and collegial cooperation.
Loretta Ebert, Library Director
Skidmore College Library
Saratoga Springs, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 277,761
Marta Brunner, College Librarian
Union College Library
Schenectady, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 414,265
Students and faculty have direct access to 17 other NYS libraries!
Frances Maloy, College Librarian
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 210,000 and 900 periodicals, Selective Federal depository
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.
Donna Selvaggio, Chief Librarian
United States Military Academy Library
West Point, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 331,391
ConnectNY provides direct value for our cadets, faculty, and staff by improving the quality and depth of research materials available for their scholarship.
Christopher Barth, Librarian and Associate Dean
Vassar College Libraries
Poughkeepsie, NY- Titles in CNY Collection: 922,283
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.
Andrew Ashton, Director of the Libraries