Kroch Library
(Carl A. Kroch Library)
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Anne Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian; tel.: (607) 255-3689
Kroch Library opened in 1992 to provide a new home for the library's renowned Asia Collections and Rare and Manuscript Collections. Carl A. Kroch '35 was one of the university's foremost benefactors. Kroch Library is situated completely underground. There are areas for patrons to read and study around the three-story atrium, where mirrored skylights reflect and diffuse outdoor light throughout the interior space. State-of-the-art environmental control and security systems are in place throughout the library to protect and preserve the collections. Entrance to Kroch Library is through Olin Library, and circulation for both libraries is handled in Olin.

Campus map showing the Kroch Library location. (entrance through Olin Library)

Library Hours

information and reference tel.: (607) 255-8199;
e-mail: asiaref@cornell.edu
Web: http://www.library.cornell.edu/Asia/

Holdings: included in figures for Olin Library
For the convenience of its users, CUL has brought together the more than 1,000,000 volumes on East, Southeast, and South Asia previously held in various locations in Olin Library. Supporting research and instruction, the materials in the Asia Collections include not only books and journals in Asian and Western languages, but also audiovisual materials, microforms, and newspapers. To facilitate research, all Asian materials are integrated by subject matter; books in various languages are interfiled on the shelves.

Library Hours

information and reference tel.: (607) 255-3530; fax: (607) 255-9524
e-mail: rareref@cornell.edu
Web: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu

Elaine Engst, director
Holdings: 212,500 volumes; 29,916 microforms; 39,971 cubic feet of manuscripts

The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections includes printed volumes, manuscripts, photographs, paintings, prints, and other visual media. The largest collections chronicle medieval and Renaissance studies, the Reformation, eighteenth-century France and England, American history, Anglo-American literature, Icelandic history and culture, and the history of science. Other collections focus on architecture and city planning, agriculture, graphic arts, human sexuality, medicine, New York State history, ornithology, witchcraft, and women’s studies. The division also houses the Cornell University Archives. These collections are brought together on Level 2B, offering students and scholars an ideal setting in which to conduct research.