Graduate Center / CUNY / SUNY

• Graduate Center Students
• Graduate Center Faculty, Staff, Retirees, and CUNY Doctoral Faculty
• Graduate Center Language Reading Program Students
• Graduate Center Research Assistants

• CUNY Affiliates (Non-GC)
• CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
• CUNY School of Professional Studies

• SUNY Empire State College

• Alumni
• Non-GC CUNY Alumni
• Retirees

Other Visitors

• Friends of the Library
• Members of the Public (including guests)
• METRO Referral Visitors
• SHARES Visitors
• Visiting Research Scholars
• Visiting Students

Please note that COVID-19 restrictions are in effect: see the latest updates here.

1. CUNY Photo ID (student, faculty, staff, or retiree)
   with a current validation sticker or security staff check the library barcode for validation.
    
2. Graduate Center Alumni Photo ID or CUNY BA Alumni ID
   Non-GC CUNY alumni have access to their home libraries only 
   
   
3. Empire State College Photo ID
    
4. A government-issued photo ID plus ID for:
   • Graduate Center Research Assistant
   • Friends of the Graduate Center
   • Library Associates
   • Language Reading Program
   • METRO Referral
      
5. Visitors must be accompanied by someone with a Graduate Center or School of Labor and Urban Studies Photo ID
   maximum 3 visitors per GC or SLU ID
    
6. Graduate Center Photo ID required for:
   • Visiting Research Scholars
   • GC Research Assistants unaffiliated with the GC
   • Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium Columbia, Fordham, New School, NYU, Princeton, Rutgers, SUNY Stony Brook
      

7. A valid photo ID issued by a SHARES Institution