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Welcome back to the SUNY Purchase Library!

It’s our pleasure to welcome the entire Purchase community back to the Library this semester. Please see our continuing services and Library hours.

Library Operation Hours:

Monday-Thursday: 8:00AM-11:00PM

Friday: 8:00AM-5:00PM

Saturday: 1:00PM-6:00PM

Sunday: 1:00PM-11:00PM

For more information on closings or future changes to our operating hours please see our Library Hours page.

Continued Library Services:

Reference/Research Help

In-person at the Reference Desk

  • Librarians are available Monday- Friday, 10am to 5pm at the Reference Desk, located at the shared service desk near the Library entrance. Drop by and say hi!

Virtual Reference

  • Chat 24/7 with a real librarian, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’re not chatbots! Librarians from SUNY Purchase monitor the chat service during in-person Reference hours. Outside local staffing hours, a national cooperative of librarians will help you 24/7, even when SUNY Purchase Library is closed!
  • Text a Librarian at (914) 873-1711 and a SUNY Purchase librarian will respond within 10 minutes during service hours.
  • Video-By-Appointment: Schedule an individual research appointment on Teams by emailing us at ask@purchase.libanswers.com or contacting your subject liaison librarian directly.
  • Email us at ask@purchase.libanswers.com. You’ll get a response either the same-day or the next business day.

Self-Directed Help

Circulation

The Library’s dedicated circulation staff handles all borrowing/circulation services. To checkout any of the Library’s circulating materials, please bring your MORE Card to the circulation desk (yellow desk by the Library’s front entrance).

Course Reserves

Students, check Discovery Search to see what course materials are on reserve for your classes. Items on course reserves can be checked out for 3 hours and used inside the Library.

Faculty, please place reserves requests here.

Online Collections & Databases

We continue to bring you the databases and ebooks you need for your research, with both on-campus and off-campus access.

Interlibrary Loan

Request books, articles, films and other library materials from across SUNY as well as from a worldwide network of libraries through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. ILL items are shipped to SUNY Purchase Library for pick-up at the Circulation Desk; articles are sent electronically as PDFs. For estimated delivery times and instructions on placing ILL requests, see the Interlibrary Loan Guide.

Technology

The SUNY Purchase Library is excited to continue supporting the Taproot Spaces for the Fall and Spring 2026 semesters.

Open to students, faculty, staff, and the community, visitors can use a range of technologies to express their creativity.

This expansive space features podcast studios and high-powered computers, allowing patrons to design, prepare, and print 3D models in our 3D Printing Lab.

Podcast studios can be reserved for usage via RoomBook.

The Taproot Space is a work in progress so please send your ideas and experiences to AAF.tap.root.project@purchase.edu

We welcome your feedback!

Taproot Space Operating Hours:

Monday-Friday: 11:00am-4:00pm

Assistive Technology

Specialized hardware and software designed to help campus community members with visual, hearing, and/or learning disabilities is housed in the Library’s Assistive Technology Lab (1015C in the DMZ). Contact the Office of Disability Resources for help using this equipment and for a detailed list of available software and hardware.

General Technology Help

Technology Student Assistance Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday: 11:00am-10:00pm

Friday: 11:00am-4:00pm

Saturday and Sunday: Unstaffed

For technology help and troubleshooting, please visit the Technology Assistance Office in room 1002F on the first floor of the Library, near the computer commons. Technology Student Assistants are available throughout the library.

Outside of these hours, please contact CTS through their Live Help (video) support service.

Computer Labs

The Reference Commons, Digital Media Zone (DMZ) Commons, and Labs 1004B, 1004C, and 1004D are open for all to use when there isn’t a class scheduled. The Library’s computer labs include both Macs and Windows PCs. For a list of available software, see the CTS Standard Software lists.

Printing

The Library has three printers. All computers in the Library are connected to black-and-white and color printers, all located in the Reference Commons computer area. To print, students use their Papercut printer points, managed by CTS.

Scanners and more

The Library’s three book scanners are available to all on a first come, first served basis.