Library Description
& Policies

Coulter Library Mission Statement

The mission of Coulter Library is to continue to build its collections of the written and graphic works of mankind and to make them readily available to all members of the college community; to facilitate responsible, thoughtful, and compassionate use of these works; to promote the art and spirit of inquiry; to assist faculty and students in the discovery, rediscovery, criticism and celebration of our cultural heritage; and, to guide and assist anyone who might be interested in exploring “unpath’d waters and undream’d shores.”

CONTACT INFORMATION

Coulter Library
Onondaga Community College
4585 West Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse, NY, USA 13215-4585
Phone: (315) 498-2334
Fax : (315) 498-7213
Email: library@sunyocc.edu
Web: http://library.sunyocc.edu/

HOURS

Monday -Thursday
8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
12 Noon - 4:00 p.m.
(Exceptions Noted Below)

2008 HOURS EXCEPTIONS

End of Semester Extended hours
(April 26 - May 11)

Saturday and Sunday
12 Noon - 6:00 p.m.

Closings

Easter
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Weekend (re-open Sunday following holiday)
Christmas Day
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Fourth of July

Limited hours

Winter Intersession
Weekdays 8a.m. - 4:30p.m.
Closed Weekends

Spring Break
Weekdays 8a.m. - 4:30p.m.
Closed Weekends

Summer Sessions 1 & 2
M - Th 8a.m. - 8p.m. , F 8 - 4:30p.m.
Closed Weekends

Library Policies

The Library has a cooperative agreement with the Onondaga County Library and the New York State Library System, which enables users to obtain almost any book or article in existence, no matter where it is located. Coulter Library follows the SUNY Open Access Policy, which allows all current students, faculty, and staff guest privileges at all participating SUNY libraries.

LOAN POLICIES

Coulter Library is open to the public. OCC students & college employees need an OCC ID Card. Community users may register for an OCC Library Card at the main desk. Current valid identification required.

Loan period for books is 21 days. Loan period for CDs, records, and audiobooks are 14 days.

Reference works, periodicals, videocassettes, films,and special collections restricted to library use only.

Interlibrary loan service is offered for materials not available at OCC. Email: occill@sunyocc.edu.

Library Description

With its staff of knowledgeable librarians and through its extensive print and non-print collections of materials in subject areas of interest to students in all curricula, Sidney B. Coulter Library is a major learning resource for the college and a hub of self-directed learning.

Coulter Library has a collection of more than 100,000 items, including books, periodicals and periodical indexes, multimedia materials, pamphlet files, and special collections of local and state history. This entire collection of print and non-print materials is accessible through the library’s Online Public Access Catalog. A myriad of electronic resources are also available through the library’s web page.

Coulter’s reference librarians provide individual reference assistance and group instruction in research methods and procedures. The library also offers two courses, Library 100, the Art of Inquiry [1 credit], and Library 105: Strange Frequencies, Deciphering Manufactured Information [3 credits].

Through the Interlibrary Loan department members of the college community can obtain from participating local, state and national libraries needed materials [books, journal, magazine and newspaper articles] that Coulter Library does not own. Onondaga Community College is part of the State University of New York, the largest public university system in the United States. OCC students have borrowing privileges at all SUNY libraries. We have forms available online and at the main desk on the first floor of the library.

Coulter Library is easily accessible to students with special needs. Services include a Braillewriter, a variable speed audio tape recorder, a video print magnifier, a computer image enlarger and close-captioned videos.

This page last updated 4/2/08

Library Description & Policies