Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Save time: "Call Ahead" at the Schomburg
Center
3 items/day 24-hour
advance notice Exact
call numbers required
- You can have items from the Jean Blackwell
Hutson General Research and Reference
Division closed stacks or offsite materials
from the collections of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and the Science, Industry & Business
Library waiting for you when you arrive. Just
phone or e-mail your requests. Exact call
numbers are required.
CONTACT US:
Jean Blackwell Hutson General Research and Reference
Division
(212) 491-2242 or 491-2218 callaheadgenref@nypl.org
PLEASE GIVE US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
- To request periodicals: Exact call
#; Title, Volume number and/or date
- To request books: Exact call
#, Author’s name (first and last); Title
- Your contact information: E-mail
address and telephone number(s)
PLEASE NOTE:
- At least 24-hour advance notice is required
for on-site materials. Earlier notice is appreciated.
- Offsite materials may require two business
days. For example: a request placed on
Tuesday should be available on Thursday; requests
placed Thursday afternoons through Saturday will
be filled on the following Tuesday.
- Some materials may not be available. When this
occurs, we will make every effort to notify you
ahead of time. Please verify that
your materials are ready.
- Material not called for within 3 business days
after you are notified will be returned to the
stacks.
EXCEPTIONS:
- Materials held in the special collections divisions
may not be requested in advance
- Newspapers, unbound periodicals, maps, materials
in microform and books from our open shelf reference
collection may not be requested in advance.
