Requesting Material from the Library's Stacks

The majority of the NYAM Library's collection is in a closed stacks area. This means that patrons do not have direct access to materials for browsing and retrieval.

When visiting the Library, patrons may request materials from the closed stacks via the Library's Online Catalog. Staff will retrieve requested items and bring it to a patron's seat in the Main Reading Room.

Please note:

  • Retrieval is available Tuesday-Friday from 10:00am – 4:45pm .
  • Patrons may request up to 10 items per day from the closed stacks area.
  • There is an average wait of 20 minutes to receive items.
  • Requests may be made on-site, by email or by telephone via a reference librarian at (212) 822-7315. Requested materials will only be held at the information desk for 24 hours. Photocopies may not be requested in advance via telephone.

Special Public Event

The NYAM Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health Presents:

"Of Wards and War": The Importance of Good and Bad Medical Care in the American Civil War

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
5:30PM-7:00PM

Margaret Humphreys, the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine at Duke University, will present a paper outlining the components of the best and worst of Civil War medicine, and argue that the conditions in southern hospitals were so far inferior to those of the north that it probably made a difference to the war effort.

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Announcement

S class materials are being returned to the Library and should be
available in January of 2012.

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Library's renovation project

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