SHARES Worldwide Library Access
The Graduate Center Library is an OCLC SHARES consortium member, which confers GC students, faculty, and staff access to participating university and museum libraries in New York City and across the world. SHARES also lowers interlibrary loan costs involving other SHARES libraries.
A current GC photo ID is required to enter the SHARES member libraries listed here. No on-site borrowing is offered SHARES visitors.
Columbia University Libraries and New York University Libraries deny SHARES access by affiliates of some neighboring SHARES universities, including the Graduate Center. Any SHARES member may enter the Graduate Center Library, and we hope that Columbia and NYU will revise their SHARES reciprocal access policies.
Call ahead to announce your visit, particularly if you require staff assistance.
SHARES Member Libraries
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Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania
Daderot [Public domain]
Firestone Library, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
John Phelan [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Art Intitute of Chicago
"Art Institute on Michigan Avenue, facing Adams Street. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago."
Rutgers University Art Library
Tomwsulcer [CC0]
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
Farragutful [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
Library, University of Toronto, Mississaug
Sarbjit Bahga [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
Long Room Interior, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Diliff [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
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Harold Cohen Library, University of Liverpool
Rept0n1x [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
A.D. White Reading Room, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
LBM1948 [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Charvex [Public domain]
Cleveland Museum of Art
zenbikescience [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
Winterthur Museum
Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)]
Visit Local and International SHARES Libraries
There are more than 80 SHARES Libraries around the world. NYC area SHARES consortium members include the Frick Collection and Art Reference Library, Fordham University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, and Yale University.
See a full list of SHARES member libraries around the globe.
Be sure to bring your current photo ID from your own SHARES member library to visit another member library. And call ahead if you will require staff assistance.