{{Short description|Library consortium based in New York, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} '''ConnectNY''' (CNY) was a library consortium of New York State academic libraries and the Center for Research Libraries that lent and borrowed books from a shared catalog.<ref name=Skidmore>{{cite web|author=Lucy Scribner Library|title=ConnectNY|url=http://lib.skidmore.edu/library/index.php/what-is-connectny|publisher=Skidmore College|accessdate=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014042308/http://lib.skidmore.edu/library/index.php/what-is-connectny|archive-date=October 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Founded in 2003 with Mellon Foundation funding, CNY "support[ed] resource sharing and enhancement of services to users through programs in cooperative collecting, access to electronic resources and physical collections, and expedited interlibrary loan and document delivery."<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Information|url=http://connectny.org/cny-home/staff-information/|publisher=ConnectNY|accessdate=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002702/http://connectny.org/cny-home/staff-information/|archive-date=May 24, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, CNY became an incorporated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in New York State. At that time, CNY consisted of 15 libraries and 16 collections (CRL's holdings were incorporated into the catalog).
Its membership having declined to only 12 libraries,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |title=Participating Libraries |url=https://connectny.org/members/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608144051/https://connectny.org/members/ |archive-date=2024-06-08 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=ConnectNY}}</ref> CNY ceased operations in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cho |first=James |title=Connect NY Libguide |url=https://libguides.adelphi.edu/connectny |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=libguides.adelphi.edu |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.connectny.org/ ConnectNY.org] * [http://www.crl.edu Center for Research Libraries]
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Category:Library consortia in New York (state)
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