Locations, Hours, and Contact Information

Summer Hours (May 12 - August 1, 2013)

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Library Closings:

Monday, May 27, Memorial Day                    Closed

Thursday, July 4, Independence Day             Closed

 

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Special Collections Hours

Access to the Special Collections is by appointment. We ask that you make an appointment one week in advance to enable us to prepare the materials for you. Please call (212) 678-8077 or email for an appointment to visit during these hours:

Monday–Thursday: Noon–5:00 p.m.

For Archives, please complete the Use of Archives Request Form. For Jewish Art, please phone (212) 678-8975.

The Library is closed on all Jewish holidays and on the following national holidays:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Memorial Day
  • The Fourth of July
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving

Contact Us

General Information
Archives
Music Archives
Circulation Department
Reference Desk
Special Collections

The Library Phone Numbers

General Information: (212) 678-8082
Acquisitions Department: (212) 678-8093
Administrative librarian, Public Services: (212) 678-8970
Administrative librarian, Technical Services: (212) 678-8093
Archives: (212) 678-8078
Cataloging Department: (212) 678-8092
Circulation Desk: (212) 678-8082
Conservation Lab: (212) 678-8913
Director of Library Services: (212) 678-8982
Fax Machines: (212) 678-8998, (212) 678-8891
Gifts: (212) 678-8093
Interlibrary Loans: (212) 678-8963
Jewish Art Collection: (212) 678-8975
Librarian: (212) 678-8075
Librarian, Special Collections: (212) 678-8973
Library Membership and Sales: (212) 678-8075
Library Office: (212) 678-8075
Music and Microforms Collections: (212) 678-8836
Reference Desk: (212) 678-8081
Special Reading Room: (212) 678-8077
Systems Office: (212) 280-6031

The Library Staff

Administration

David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian
Naomi M. Steinberger, director of Library Services
Hector Guzman, executive assistant

Public Services

Rena Borow, administrative librarian for Public Services
Ina Rubin Cohen, Public Services librarian
Jeremy Meyerowitz, Public Services librarian
Rina Krautwirth, Circulation Desk supervisor
Joanna Newman, Circulation Desk supervisor

Special Collections

Jerry Schwarzbard, Henry R. and Miriam Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections
Sarah Diamant, administrative librarian for Special Collections
Amy Armstrong, senior conservator
Eliott Kahn, music archivist
Sharon Liberman Mintz, curator of Jewish Art
Jay Rovner, manuscript bibliographer
Amy Stecher, conservation technician

Systems Office

Paul Jiang, systems and digitization librarian

Technical Services

Sara Spiegel, administrative librarian for Technical Services
Harriet Atik, senior cataloger and copy cataloging supervisor
Felix Blank, Technical Services clerk
Anna Dukhovny, Technical Services clerk
Sofia Kantarzhi, senior Library clerk
Rita Lifton, senior cataloger
Sol Majersdorf, copy cataloger
Clifford B. Miller, senior cataloger
Elena Milkova, Technical Services clerk
Lisa Rohde, cataloger