web traffic analytics
 
 

Libraries

Geneva Public LibraryGeneva residents enjoy excellent public library facilities.


The Geneva Public Library is located at the corner of Castle and Main Streets in downtown Geneva. In 1995, the library completed a major renovation and construction project, tripling the size of the facility. The spacious library building is handicapped accessible, and its Community Room is available for meetings and special events.

The library is actively used. Approximately 10,000 registered cardholders borrow over 12,000 items per month. The collection includes books, audiocassettes, videos, magazines, newspapers, and electronic resources. Weekly children’s programs are held for families and day care centers. Assistance with information and research questions is provided. A job information center with a computer workstation enables job hunters to prepare resumes and search job databases. Tutoring rooms are available for adult learners, and a computer workstation is available for literacy tutoring. A special collection of Spanish language materials is available for Spanish-speaking individuals. The library works cooperatively with organizations such as the Geneva School District, Head Start, Geneva Courtyard Apartments, and the New York State Department of Labor to reach out to low- and moderate-income individuals who benefit from library services.

The library also serves as Central Library for the Pioneer Library System, providing services to other libraries in a four-county area. (789-5303).

The Warren Hunting Smith Library, located on the campus of Hobart & William Smith Colleges, houses more than 380,000 volumes, more than 1,300 periodical titles, 36 newspapers, and a microform collection of 42,000 items. The MULTILIS integrated system provides access to the collection from anywhere on the campus computer network. Networked CD-ROM subject indexes allow multiple simultaneous database use in the library or elsewhere on campus. Menus on the library terminals point to a variety of Internet gopher and Websites, as well as providing direct telnet and ftp connections.

Through membership in the Rochester Regional Library Council, the Smith Library provides students with interlibrary loan access to holdings in local library collections in excess of five million volumes. The OCLC network, a national bibliographic utility, offers students interlibrary loans of another 33 million volumes in more than 10,000 libraries. Online searches of commercial vendors' databases are provided free of charge by professional library staff. The library maintains accounts with major vendors of academic search services, including DIALOG, WILSONLINE, and BRS, as well as OCLC/EPIC and RLIN. Accounts provide access to hundreds of statistical, bibliographic, and full-text files. A vigorous program of course-related research instruction is provided in first-year through upper-level courses and for the Honors program.

Borrowing privileges at Smith Library are available to all Geneva residents with a Geneva address. Local high school students can borrow with a parent’s signature. Library associate memberships are also available for non-residents at a cost of $25 per year.
 
All content © 2010 Geneva, NY and its representatives. All rights reserved. Website byIntegrated Systems