Facilities Overview

The Library Annex is a state-of-the-art, environmentally controlled high-density facility, with a steady temperature of 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit and 35% relative humidity.  It is a clean and secure home for library materials in various formats.   Access to materials is provided by electronic and physical document delivery and by the use of an on-site reading room equipped with wireless access, computers, printers, copiers, and microform readers. 

Currently, the Annex primarily serves as a storage facility for lesser-used materials from the collections of CUL. Although the majority of materials at the Annex are books, it also contains more than 31,301 cubic feet of manuscript material from the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections and the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives.

The Annex is located on Palm Road (off Route 366, near the Cornell apple orchard -- see map).

Do you need something from the Annex collection? Patrons can request Annex material and have it delivered to the library of their choice, usually within 24 hours. Certain kinds of material (journal articles and tables of contents) can be delivered electronically to patrons via fax or the internet.