Please note the following levels of services available to our research community. Please feel free to revisit this page for any updates.
Services Available (updated September 2026)
Cornell Users
- Due to staffing constraints, scanning services for Rare and Manuscript Collections are currently unavailable. Please contact us to inquire about access options.
- We support and prioritize access and reference requests from current Cornell students and employees.
- We provide basic bibliographic records and conservation assessment for urgent cases along with safe storage of collections already in our holdings.
- Access to collections that lack a collection guide (box or folder description) require special arrangements made well in advance of a projected research visit. Please contact us well ahead of a projected research visit to make inquiry.
Non-Cornell Users
- We respond to e-mailed reference questions
- Due to staffing constraints, scanning services for Rare and Manuscript Collections are currently unavailable. Please contact us to inquire about access options.
- We provide basic bibliographic records and conservation assessment for urgent cases along with safe storage of collections already in our holdings.
- Access to collections that lack a collection guide (box or folder description) require special arrangements made well in advance of a projected research visit. Please contact us well ahead of a projected research visit to make inquiry.