Alumni Resources
Dear Alumni,
We have developed this website to provide information about library resources and services tailored to the interests of you, our alumni.
I invite you to travel back in time and revisit your years in the "downtown" and "South Hill" eras through three special collections: search the historical issues of the Ithacan; view images of buildings, events, and people at the College from 1950 to the early 1970's, in the C. Hadley Smith Collection; and listen to the thoughts of retired faculty and administrators, recorded as part of the Library's Oral History project.
We welcome gifts from alumni and friends that allow the library to add to our collections and enhance our facility. For example, the Collaborative Study rooms on the 5th floor, funded through the Senior Class of 2005 gift, are a much-used resource.
I hope that you find these resources useful and engaging. Thanks for your interest in the Ithaca College Library.
Lisabeth Chabot
College Librarian
Special Collections
The Ithaca College Archives has a number of special collections that might be of interest to alumni:
- C. Hadley Smith Collection
Historical photographs of Ithaca College. - The Ithacan
Historical issues of the IC student newspaper, available in digital format. - Rod Serling Archives
The College Archives maintains a collection of scripts for the Twilight Zone television show. Access to these unpublished and un-produced materials requires permission from the donor. Please contact Bridget Bower, College Archivist, for more information. - Oral History Project
A project, still in the "Beta" stage, to collect oral histories of Ithaca College Faculty and Staff.
Research Tools
The Ithaca College Library has selected a group of online resources for our alumni:
Several states provide access to selected online resources. Contact your state library or local public library for more information. For example, the NOVELny project (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) provides New York state residents with online access to a group of full-text resources. Connect to NOVELny resources via your local public library, using your library card, NY State Driver's License, or obtain a card from the New York State Library.
Alumni who reside in Tompkins County should access the NOVEL resources via the Tompkins County Public Library databases.
Additionally, anyone residing in New York State can get a borrowers card from the New York Public Library, which will allow you access to their licensed databases. Go to http://www.nypl.org/ and select the "How to Get a Library Card" dropdown in the upper right. Follow the instructions on the subsequent page.
Library Policies
Ithaca College Alumni are welcome to become Library Affiliates and borrow selected materials from the Library's Collections.
For people considering making a gift to the Ithaca College Library, the Library has developed a Gifts-in-Kind Policy in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Advancement.
