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How to Find Local (Greater Capital District) Libraries (Hours and Directions): Home

Links to library web pages with hours and directions. Libraries are located in the greater Capital District, with emphasis on Albany, Schenectady and Troy.

Library Resources in the Capital District of New York State

This page provides links to the web sites for a number of libraries in the Capital District (Albany, Schenectady and Troy, New York). These links are intended to provide directions and/or maps, as well as hours and other relevant basic access information for these institutions from their own web pages. See Direct Access Program brochure for information on obtaining borrowing privileges at local libraries via the Direct Access Program (DAP).

Suggestions or problems with this page should be directed to Lindsay Bush (bushl@union.edu).

State Library

The New York State Library is part of the Office of Cultural Education, within the New York State Education Department. The Library serves three major constituencies:

The Research Library, which was established in 1818, collects, preserves and makes available materials that support State government work. The Library's collections, now numbering over 20 million items, may also be used by other researchers on-site, online and via interlibrary loan.

The Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) lends braille and recorded books and magazines, and related equipment to residents of the 55 upstate counties of New York State who are unable to read printed materials because of a visual or physical disability.

The Division of Library Development works in partnership with 73 library systems to bring library services to the millions of people who use New York's academic, public, school and special libraries. Library Development also administers State and Federal grant programs that provide aid for library services.

 It is also a Regional Federal Document Depository and receives all the material the government publishes and distributes through the depository program.

New York State Library (Cultural Education Center)
Directions & Parking Information
Hours
Contacts

Capital District Library Council

CDLC is one of nine regional New York State Councils that compose ESLN, the Empire State Library Network. The service area comprises the counties of Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington. In all, the region includes over 500 Libraries served by the programs and services of CDLC; these include academic libraries; public library systems and public libraries; school library systems and school libraries; and special libraries.

Services provided by CDLC to its member libraries include Interlibrary Loan; Union List of Serials; CaDiLaC Online, a virtual online regional union catalog; Cooperative Cataloging; digitized library collections; Direct Access Program, allowing patrons to borrow from many local libraries; continuing education programs for the staff of member libraries; and the administration of state-funded regional automation, Coordinated Collection Development, and Hospital Library Services.

CDLC.org

CDLC Member Libraries  (with addresses and phone numbers)

CDLC Headquarters
Directions
Map

Public Libraries

Albany Public Library
Locations and Schedule of Service

Schenectady County Public Library (SCPL)
Hours and Branches
Map

Troy Public LIbrary [Federal Document Depository]
Hours and Branches
Directions

William K. Sanford Town Library (Colonie)
FAQ [includes hours]
Map
Directions

Saratoga Springs Public Library (Saratoga Springs)
Directions and Hours
Street Map [scroll to bottom of page]

Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls)
Home Page
Hours, Map, and Contacts

 

Academic Libraries

Albany College of Pharmacy
Hours and Directions

 

Albany Law School  [Federal Document Depository]
Map
Hours
 
Albany Medical College
Directions [Click on "directions" under Albany Medical College]
Hours
 

College of Saint Rose
Directions
Campus Map
Hours

 

Hudson Valley Community College
Directions
Campus Map
Hours

 

Maria College
Campus Map
Hours

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Directions
Campus Map
Hours
Users with Disabilities

 

Russell Sage College: Albany and Troy Campuses
Maps and Directions
Hours
Troy Campus Map
Albany Campus Map

 

Schenectady County Community College
Directions and Campus Map
Hours

 

Siena College
Campus Map and Directions  [scroll down for directions]
Hours

 

Skidmore College
Directions
Campus map [Scroll down to second page]
Floor Maps
Hours

 

SUNY Albany (University at Albany) [Federal Document Depository]
Map and Directions
Uptown (Main) Campus Map
Downtown (Graduate) Campus Map
Hours

 

SUNY Cobleskill (Ag & Tech College)
Directions and Transportation
Campus Map
Hours

 

Union College [Federal Document Depository]
Directions to Schaffer Library
Campus Map
Hours

 

Adirondack Research Library aka Kelly Adirondack Center
Hours
Kelly Center maps and directions
Map