Services
for Community Members
Books and records are loaned to community borrowers for 3 weeks. Books may be renewed once, in person or by phone (845-687-5213). Books may be returned to the circulation desk during library hours or at the bookdrop when the library is closed. Click here for Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog.
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Community borrower cards are available at no charge for Ulster County residents at the circulation desk. A photo ID with current address is required to apply for a card.
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Community Events
Many events at the college are free and open to the public.
Please check the Calendar
of Events and read the press releases on the SUNY
Ulster News pages for programs and times, or contact
the Office of Community Relations at 845-687-5261, email events@sunyulster.edu.
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General information about Macdonald DeWitt Library, and the services we offer, are located throughout this section of the web site. You can access the information by following the links in the list on the right side of this and every page. For our hours and phone numbers, click here. For more information about the library and services, click here.
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The Library
Writers Series is a special program, begun in 1998,
that brings renowned writers to campus every fall. This is
a truly unique opportunity for Ulster students and community
members to hear award winning authors read from their work.
Each guest writer hosts a question and answer session in the
student lounge during the day, open to students and the public,
then returns in the evening for a reading of their work, open
to the public, in the theater.
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The local history collection was formally established in 1972 in order to offer students and faculty opportunity for historical research as well as to meet the need for local history information in the community. The collection emphasizes material relating to Ulster County but also includes history of neighboring counties, the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Region and selected materials that treat the general history of the state.
Materials collected include books, maps, postcards, a file of pamphlets, articles and newspaper clippings. There are some early census surveys, celebration publications, documents relating to the Ashokan Reservoir, brochures from Lake Minnewaska and the Mohonk Mountain House. Since many of the items in the local history room are rare or irreplaceable, access to the collection needs to be supervised. For information on how to gain access to the collection, click here.
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Community borrowers are responsible for the costs associated with lost and damaged material, including processing fees, which may be substantial. Three overdue notices are sent and then an invoice.Failure to pay the invoice results in loss of borrowing privileges.
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The McNaughton Collection contains new and best-selling fiction and non-fiction titles. Additions are made to the collection on a monthly basis.
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The library subscribes to over 400 periodicals in print and microform which may be photocopied for 15 cents a page (10 cents a page with a copy card which is available for $1). Periodicals do not circulate.
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The reference librarians are available to assist users in searching the computerized databases available in the library, including Catalist, SUNY Ulster's online catalog. Computers are available to search subscription databases and the Internet.
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