Feinberg Library

Contact Us:
Director: Joshua Beatty
Phone: 518-564-5200
Email: jbeat003@plattsburgh.edu

The Benjamin F. Feinberg Library provides students, faculty, researchers and guests with convenient access to the best information resources available on campus and worldwide. A popular campus destination, Feinberg Library offers a comfortable and welcoming environment - a place exceptionally conducive to the research and study that is at the heart of the academic experience. Feinberg Library is dedicated to the memory of the prominent Plattsburgh native and New York state senator who sponsored the 1948 legislation creating the State University of New York.

A large array of online offerings complements on-site collections and services. The library’s outstanding professional staff is always available - in person and online - to assist patrons with their information needs, helping them to find scholarly materials, cite sources, understand copyright requirements, and navigate the vast electronic environment of the Internet.

Feinberg Library is a selective depository for U.S. government documents and a designated New York state document research depository library.

Special Collections serves the interests of SUNY Plattsburgh students and faculty, professional scholars, and other researchers. This unique collection includes manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, books, and journals that document the history of the North Country. Special Collections also contains the Rockwell Kent paper and book collection and the University Archives, which documents the history of our college.

Feinberg Library houses more than 300,000 volumes and provides access to more than 70,000 periodicals, both in print and online. Patrons enjoy access to a full range of digital and print information resources and applications including electronic resources that Plattsburgh students can reach from anywhere in the world. Feinberg Library is also home to the Rockwell Kent Gallery, an exceptional collection of the famed artist’s works, and the Douglas and Evelyne Skopp Holocaust Memorial Gallery.

The library is also home to several other offices supporting student success. The Office of Academic Advising, the Claude J. Clarke Learning Center, the Accessibility Resources Office, and the ITS Helpdesk are all located on the building’s first floor. The Center for Teaching Excellence and Office of Technology Enhanced Learning are on the third floor.

Library Director
Joshua Beatty, (MLIS, University of Pitsburgh; Ph.D., College of William and Mary; SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship)

Librarians:
Holly Heller-Ross, (M.L.S., SUNY Albany, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship)

Associate Librarians:
Debra Kimok, (M.L.S., SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship)
Gordon Muir, (M.L.S., Vanderbilt University)
Mila Su, (M.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania)
Malina Thiede, (MLIS, Pratt Institute)
Michelle Toth, (M.L.S., Indiana University, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship)
Karen Volkman, (M.L.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching)

Senior Assistant Librarian
Sarah Petras, (MLIS, Univwersity of Illinois)