SLC FAQs

To help students who are no longer on their home campus return materials borrowed from their library, the SLC approved a policy allowing any SUNY student to return any materials borrowed from or through a SUNY library to any SUNY campus.  The full approved policy can be found here:

SUNY Fulfillment and Resource Sharing Policy and Procedure Changes Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

Below is a list of campuses currently accepting returns from all SUNY users in either a book drop or at a circulation desk.  A map of all SUNY campuses can be found here:

Map of SUNY Campuses

The information below is taken from responses to this survey:

SUNY Libraries Accepting Returns from Users

This FAQ will be updated as responses to the above survey are received.

Last updated November 2, 2020

 

Libraries Accepting Returns from All SUNY Users in a Book Drop

Campus	Notes	Links to Contact Information
Adirondack Community College	Book drop is checked 5 days a week by library staff.  Anyone who enters campus must past a security checkpoint and complete a COVID screening.	https://sunyacc.libanswers.com/index.php
Albany	Book drop is checked every Friday.  Materials are then quarantined until the following Tuesday.	https://library.albany.edu/help/im
Alfred State College	Book drop is checked daily.	https://alfredstate.libguides.com/gallery
Alfred University	Book drop is being checked twice per week (Monday and Thursday or Friday).  Materials are being quarantined for one week.	Herrick: https://herrick.alfred.edu/ Scholes: https://scholes.alfred.edu/
Binghamton	Book drop is checked Monday - Friday.	https://www.binghamton.edu/libraries/about/contact-us.html
Brockport	Book drop is checked daily. Materials are quarantined for three days.	https://brockport.libanswers.com/
Broome	Book drop is checked 5 days per week. Materials are quarantined for 4 days	https://sunybroome.info/library/help
Buffalo State College	Book drop is checked daily.  Materials are quarantined for three days.	https://library.buffalostate.edu/home/askus
Cayuga Community College	Book drop is checked daily Monday-Friday.	https://www.cayuga-cc.edu/library/about/contact/
Cobleskill	Book drop is checked daily Monday-Friday.	https://libraryguides.cobleskill.edu/research/GettingHelp
Corning Community College	Book drop is being checked every Tuesday and Thursday.	https://corning.libguides.com/library
Cortland	Book drop is being checked daily Monday - Friday.  Materials are then quarantined for three days.	https://www2.cortland.edu/library/contact-help.dot
Delhi	Book drops are checked one per day Monday-Friday.  Materials are quarantined for 4 days.	https://www.delhi.edu/academics/library/staff/index.php
Dutchess Community College	Book drop is checked daily. Materials are quarantined for 3 days.	https://sunydutchess.libguides.com/home
ESF	Book drop is checked daily Monday-Friday.	https://www.esf.edu/moonlib/
Finger Lakes Community College	Book drop is being checked once per week. Materials are quarantined for an unspecified amount of time.	https://library.flcc.edu/ask.cfm
Fashion Institute of Technology	Book drop is checked twice per day Monday-Friday.  SUNY patrons need to have a current SUNY ID to show a Public Safety officer in order to drop off their materials.	https://fitnyc.libanswers.com/
Fredonia	Book drops are checked daily. Items are quarantined for 72 hours prior to handling.	https://fredonia.libguides.com/chat_live_with_a_librarian_24/7
Fulton-Montgomery Community College	Book drop is checked every few days.  Materials are being quarantined for at least 72 hours.	https://library.fmcc.edu/home1
Genesee Community College	Temporary book drop is set-up in the Batavia campus main entrance lobby from 10 to 3 on Tuesday & Thursday.	https://www.genesee.edu/library/
Geneseo	Book drop is checked daily.	https://www.geneseo.edu/library/help-students
Jamestown Community College	Bookdrops are checked daily. Returns are quarantined for 72 hours before being reshelved/returned to lending library.	http://www.sunyjcc.edu/library/ask-us
Maritime	Book drops checked twice per day Monday-Friday.	https://sunymaritime.libguides.com/c.php?g=1010883
Mohawk Valley Community College	Book drop is checked daily Monday-Friday.	https://mvcc.libguides.com/about/AskUs
Morrisville	Book drop is checked roughly once per week.	https://www.morrisville.edu/library/get-help/contact-a-librarian
New Paltz	Book drop is checked every other day.	https://newpaltz.libanswers.com/index.php
North Country Community College	Saranac Lake campus book drop being checked three times per week.	https://nccc.libguides.com/c.php?g=793071
Old Westbury	Book drop is checked Monday-Friday. Materials are quarantined for 3 days before they are processed.	https://libraryanswers.oldwestbury.edu/
Oneonta	Book drops are checked three days per week.	https://suny.oneonta.edu/milne-library/contact
Onondaga Community College	Book drops are checked daily Monday-Friday.	https://library.sunyocc.edu/
Orange	Book drops are checked daily. Materials are quarantined for 7 days.	https://libguides.sunyorange.edu/elibrary
Oswego	Book drop is emptied Sunday-Friday and all materials are quarantined for 5 days prior to being checked in.	https://www.oswego.edu/library/ask-librarian
Plattsburgh	Book drop checked once per week (day varies).  Materials are being quarantined for an unspecified amount of time.	https://www.plattsburgh.edu/academics/library/
Potsdam	Book drop is checked daily.	https://library.potsdam.edu/helpnew/QuickAnswers-FAQ
Purchase	Book drop is checked once per week.	https://purchase.libguides.com/askus
Rockland Community College	Book drop is checked daily Sunday-Friday.	https://sunyrockland.libanswers.com/
Schenectady Community College	Book drop is checked daily.	https://libguides.sunysccc.edu/begleylibrary
Stony Brook	Book drop is checked daily.  Materials are being quarantined for several days.	https://library.stonybrook.edu/research/ask-a-librarian/
SUNY Polytechnic	Book drop is checked twice per week.	https://sunypoly.edu/library/library-contact-us.html
Tompkins Cortland Community College	Both outside books drops being checked regularly.	https://www.tompkinscortland.edu/library/contact-us
University at Buffalo	Book drop is checked every two weeks.	https://library.buffalo.edu/askalibrarian/

 

Libraries Accepting Returns from All SUNY Users at a Circulation Desk

Campus	Notes	Links to Contact Information
Broome	Currently open from 7:30-5, M-F. Students must have SUNY ID.	https://sunybroome.info/library/help
ESF	There are no limitations on who can enter the building unless the 50% seating capacity is surpassed.	https://www.esf.edu/moonlib/
Jefferson Community College	Can accept returns by appointment Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm. Students should call 315-786-2225 or email library@sunyjefferson.edu to make arrangements.	call 315-786-2225 or email library@sunyjefferson.edu
Onondaga Community College	Library is open.  To enter campus, you will need to answer medical questions and have your temperature taken.	https://library.sunyocc.edu/
Orange	Only current students, faculty, and staff are welcome in the library, but curbside service is available for others.	https://libguides.sunyorange.edu/elibrary
Rockland Community College	Library is open Sunday-Friday.  Public Safety stops everyone at the entrance & paperwork must be completed to gain admission.	https://sunyrockland.libanswers.com/

 

Libraries Not Accepting Returns from All SUNY Users at a Circulation Desk or in a Book Drop

Campus

Canton

Clinton Community College

Columbia Greene Community College

Erie Community College

Farmingdale

Genesee Community College

Herkimer Community College

Hudson Valley Community College

Monroe Community College

Nassau Community College

Niagara Community College

Sullivan Community College

Suffolk Community College

SUNY Maritime

SUNY Optometry

Ulster Community College

Upstate Medical University

Westchester Community College