# ConnectNY

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{{Short description|Library consortium based in New York, U.S.}}
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'''ConnectNY''' (CNY) was a [library consortium](/source/library_consortium) of [New York State](/source/New_York_State) academic [libraries](/source/Library) and the [Center for Research Libraries](/source/Center_for_Research_Libraries) that lent and borrowed books from a shared [catalog](/source/Union_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](/source/Andrew_W._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](/source/501(c)(3)) 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>

== References ==
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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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