Procedures and Commentary (3rd Edition, May 1990)

Open Access Policy

Open Access Overview and Participants (3rd Edition May 1990)

Open Access is a policy of the State University of New York which opens the library resources on each individual campus to the University community of students, faculty and staff. On visiting the library of the campus, upon presentation of a valid State University I.D. card from one’s home campus, a reader is entitled to the same use of the collection, and the same services and facilities, as the library offers its own community, including borrowing privileges. The reader, in using another campus, accepts the same responsibilities for the care and protection of library materials, and is bound by the same requirements, as those accepted by the community on the host campus. Privileges… are available to all persons who are currently enrolled in or employed by the institutions of the State University Members of the State University who are continuing their association with the University in the next full semester are also eligible for Open Access privileges. Thus, for example, a student who is enrolled for the next semester may use a campus library near his or her home between semesters. These privileges will be made available to students, faculty and staff upon presentation of valid State University identification to the library at the host campus. After registration at the campus library the reader may use the library facilities as if belonging to that campus. The reference services may be used and books borrowed, subject to the same restrictions (on periodicals or reserve material, for example) that are accepted by the host community. Responsibilities… are simply that the reader is expected to protect library materials. The reader is liable to the same charges for lost, damaged or overdue materials as those normally levied by the host campus. Notices of overdues, recalls or unremitted charges will be sent directly to the user, but the user’s home campus will, however, intercede on behalf of the lending library on request. Open Access privileges can be withdrawn from any user given evidence of abuse. A student enrolled for the next semester who expects to use a State University of New York library must provide evidence of pre-enrollment. Procedures… have been kept as simple as possible. It is not necessary to give advance notice to the library which you intend to visit, but such a courtesy will enable the library to be prepared for your visit and enable it to provide better service. It will, in any case, be advisable to confirm opening hours before making a journey, particularly during vacation periods. When returning borrowed material, either to your own or another library, indicate clearly the library from which it was borrowed, and allow adequate time for mailing in order for it to reach the lending library before the item is overdue. The Circulation Department of your campus library should have a SUNYLA Directory of addresses and phone numbers of other libraries in the SUNY system. The staff will be pleased to help with general advice or to answer specific inquiries. Services… are available at the following State University campuses: University Centers State University of New York at Albany State University of New York at Binghamton State University of New York at Buffalo State University of New York at Stony Brook University Colleges State University College at Brockport State University College at Buffalo State University College at Cortland State University Empire State College State University College at Fredonia State University College at Geneseo State University College at New Paltz State University College at Old Westbury State University College at Oneonta State University College at Oswego State University College at Plattsburgh State University College at Potsdam State University College at Purchase Colleges and Centers for the Health Sciences State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Health Sciences Center at SUNY at Buffalo Health Sciences at SUNY at Stony Brook Upstate Medical University at Syracuse Colleges of Technology State University of New York College of Technology at Alfred State University of New York College of Technology at Canton State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville Specialized Colleges State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse State University of New York College of Technology at Farmingdale State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler State University of New York College of Optometry at New York City State University of New York College of Technology at Utica/Rome Statutory Colleges New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell University New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University Community Colleges (Locally-sponsored, two-year colleges under the program of the State University) Adirondack Community College at Glens Falls Broome Community College at Binghamton Cayuga County Community College at Auburn Clinton Community College at Plattsburgh Columbia-Greene Community College at Hudson Corning Community College at Corning Dutchess Community College at Poughkeepsie Erie Community College at Williamsville, Buffalo and Orchard Park (North, City, South) Fashion Institute of Technology at New York City Finger Lakes Community College at Canandaigua Fulton-Montgomery Community College at Johnstown Genesee Community College at Batavia Herkimer County Community College at Herkimer Hudson Valley Community College at Troy Jamestown Community College at Jamestown Jefferson Community College at Watertown Mohawk Valley Community College at Utica Monroe Community College at Rochester Nassau Community College at Garden City Niagara County Community College at Sanborn North Country Community College at Saranac Lake Onondaga Community College at Syracuse Orange County Community College at Middletown Rockland Community College at Suffern Schenectady County Community College at Schenectady Suffolk County Community College at Riverhead, Selden, and Brentwood (Eastern, Ammerman, Western) Sullivan County Community College at Loch Sheldrake Tompkins-Cortland Community College at Dryden Community Colleges (cont.) Ulster County Community College at Stone Ridge Westchester County Community College at Valhalla Empire State College Students and Faculty Have Full Access to the Collections of  Participating Libraries