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Fales Collection

Downtown Collection

Food & Cookery

Riot Grrrl Collection

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Contact

fales.library@nyu.edu
212 998 2596

Reading Room Hours

Monday to Thursday, 10:00 - 4:45

We will be closed on May 28 and will close at 3:00 on May 31

 

Access

The Fales Library is open to NYU students, faculty and staff, as well as qualified alumni, researchers, and scholars from other institutions throughout the US and abroad. Appointments are necessary for all researchers who wish to consult archival and manuscript materials.

All patrons must provide a valid photographic identification card to register as readers in the collection. The Fales Library operates on a closed stack system: books are retrieved for patrons who read them in the reading room -- Fales/Special Collection items do not circulate. Patrons may bring personal computers to the reading room. To schedule an appointment, please email Fales at fales.library@nyu.edu.

Please allow 48 hours advance notice when making appointments.

Location

Fales is located on the third floor of NYU's Bobst Library.
Our mailing address is:

Fales Library & Special Collection
70 Washington Square So, Third Floor
New York, NY 10012

Collection Development

Collection development policies for the Fales Library and Special Collections are available for each area of collecting: General Special Collections General Special Collections, the Downtown Collection, and the Food Studies Collection.