Please do not bring any food or drinks in the library (other than bottles of water). If you do, you will be asked to leave the library.

As noted on the library’s Food and Drink Policy page, there are other places on campus where you may eat. The most convenient place is in the Information and Technology Building (that’s the name of the building where the library is located on the 2nd-5th floors), where you’ll find a lounge on the ground floor of the building. When you come through the revolving doors from the sidewalk and into the building lobby, walk to the turnstiles straight ahead (instead of coming up the stairs to the 2nd floor). Once past the turnstiles, turn to your left, where you’ll find area with tables and chairs, vending machines, and a microwave.

Today, we are launching a new library policy around the issue of noise to ensure that one of the library’s key functions as a study space is maintained. Last year, in a survey with over 600 responses, we found that two-thirds of students indicated that their efforts to study in the library were interrupted at some point by noise. The more the library is allowed to become a space for socializing, the less it can be a space for study; a better balance must be struck. This new policy is designed so that the library is as much a place for group work and study as it is for individual work and study. 

As you move around the library, you will see signs letting you know which of the two zones you might be in depending on the floor you’re on: a “quiet group zone” or a “quiet zone.” You may have noticed that both zones are labeled as “quiet.” If you take a look at the Noise Policy page on our website, you’ll see that the quiet expected in the “quiet group zone” allows for talking in low voices so you and your group can interact but not so loudly as to disturb others. The quiet in the “quiet zone” aims for an even more serene environment that allows individuals to maintain focus on their work or reading. 

This new policy is aligned with the Baruch College Code of Student Conduct. If you feel that others on your floor in the library are making too much noise, you can:

• contact Public Safety at (646) 660-6000 or stop by the guard’s desk at the library entrance
• use our Ask a Librarian service to chat online for help
• stop by the reference desk on the 2nd floor
• politely remind those making noise about the policy (there should be signs nearby to point to)

If you have any comments or suggestions about the new noise policy, we’d love to hear from you.

We are committed to providing our students and faculty with the resources and services that support their educational goals. We hope you’ll explore the library, its space and collections.

Here are some of the ways we can help in your academic career:

• Long hours: we are open 7am-11pm most days of the semester;
• 24/7 service: our chat service is available 24/7; you can also reach us by email, phone or by appointment;
• Technology items: we loan out many technology items, some for a whole semester;
• Study rooms: we have study rooms you can reserve up to seven days in advance;
• Course reserves: we may have material for your classes;
• Scanning and printing: we offer scanning and printing, in black and white and color;
• Find articles, books and videos for your classes!
• Check out our databases and research guides to help with your assignments!

See you in the Library!

UPDATE: This information applied only to the spring 2022 semester. For current information regarding library services, please consult the library’s web site.

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Below is a summary of our service changes for Spring 2022, which begins on January 28.   If there are additional changes during the semester, they will be posted here.

Access to the Library:  To enter the library, users must present a valid CUNY ID card and a CUNY Cleared4 Access Pass that shows the status “Cleared for CUNY Access” for the day of entry.  The CUNY mask mandate was lifted effective March 7.  For the spring 2022 semester access to the Library is limited to current CUNY students, faculty, staff, and retired faculty.

Library Hours: The hours are posted on the library’s hours page.

Reference Service: The on-site reference desk is staffed according to the hours posted on the Library’s hours page.   24×7 service is provided via the chat service form that appears on the library’s home page.

Book Loans: Users may borrow books on site.  The circulating books in the call number range F – N must be paged by library staff due to a book stack renovation project.  Users may request that books be held at the circulation desk for pickup by:

• using OneSearch on the library’s home page to identify the book in the catalog;
• selecting the Baruch copy and clicking “request”.
• Note: Books will be paged from the stacks at least once daily and placed on hold.

Books on Reserve & Textbooks: Loans of books on reserve for courses are transacted at the main circulation desk and the robotic book lending kiosk.

Computers in Library: The desktop computers in the library are not available.  Users are expected to bring their own device or borrow one from the equipment loan program.  Desktop computers are available in the student computing lab (Kaplan Center) on the 6th floor.

Printing: The printers in the Library are available for use.  Send a job to the printer from your own device anywhere by uploading it at printing.baruch.cuny.edu.  Please take advantage of our remote printing service by submitting your job before you come to the library. That way you will be able to just walk to any printer and release the job.  There is no need to wait in line in the library to submit a print job.

Group Study Rooms: All the study rooms in the library are available to students on a first-come, first-served basis.  Keys are loaned at the circulation desk on the 2nd floor.

Calculator Loan:  The circulation desk in the library has a limited number of calculators that will be loaned for the semester on a first-come, first-served basis.

Equipment Loans (laptops, iPads, etc.): Equipment loans are transacted at the technology loan desk on site in the Library.  The items available for loan and the associated loan periods are listed on the Library’s technology loan services page.  A few items are available for semester-long loan while supplies last.  They may be requested using the equipment loan form.

Book Returns: The book drop is available in the lobby outside the Library to enable users to return books without having to enter the library.

Equipment Returns: Laptops, iPads, Chromebooks and other types of equipment should be returned at the technology loan desk.  Please do not place these in the book drop.  Contact technologyloan@baruch.cuny.edu for assistance with special circumstances.

Interlibrary Loan: Interlibrary loan service is available.  Details are posted on the ILL service web page.

Scanning Stations: The scanners are available on the second floor of the library.

Course-Related Lectures: The Library’s faculty will continue to provide research sessions for classes in other academic departments.  Instructors who request a session from the Library should expect that it will be delivered remotely via Zoom.