Wheelchair users and people with mobility challenges can access the building through the door facing the parking lot (behind the building) or via the Drake Wing (to the left of the front door).
The first floor has two accessible, single-user restrooms, located across from the computer lab. The lower floor has multi-stall restrooms with at least one accessible stall. The upper floor has multi-stall restrooms without wheelchair-accessible stalls. (We apologize for the inconvenience.)
An elevator is available to access all floors of the library.
The second floor of Herrick is designated a Silent Study area with a variety of tables and chair arrangements including soft seating and study carrels.
There are also study rooms available for small groups on the first floor. Study rooms are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and are generally not reservable.
The main floor has the Bookend Cafe, computer lab, circulation desk, and more collaborative spaces -- it tends to be the noisiest floor of the library.
A scanner with optical character recognition (OCR) capability is available for patron use on the main floor.
Read&Write is available on all library computers. (More information on Read&Write.)
Library staff are available to help locate and retrieve materials in the "stacks" (books and journals) and help users navigate the library website.
Walk-up assistance is available at the front desk. To help us better prepare, it is recommended that users expecting to need extensive assistance contact libraries@alfred.edu ahead of their visit to make arrangements.
Herrick Library is also home to the offices of Information Technology Services (ITS) (lower level) and the Center for Academic Success (upper level).
Wheelchair users and people with mobility challenges can access the building via the front door. Parking is available in front of the building. The parking lot behind the building (between Scholes Library and the Ceramics Museum) does not have a public entrance.
Accessible, single-user restrooms are available on the lower level (ground floor) and third floor. The first and second floor restrooms are multi-stall restrooms without wheelchair-accessible stalls. (We apologize for the inconvenience.)
An elevator is available to access all floors of the library. From the front door, enter the main library space ("Scholes Commons") and turn right.
While there is no designated quiet study space, individual and small group study rooms are available on every floor. Most rooms are located on the lower level (ground floor) and third floor. Most study rooms are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. But, there are two reservable study rooms, one on the 1st floor and one on the 3rd.
Scanners with optical character recognition (OCR) capability are available for patron use on every floor.
Read&Write is available on all library computers. (More information on Read&Write.)
Library staff are available to help locate and retrieve materials in the "stacks" (books and journals) and help users navigate the library website.
Walk-up assistance is available at the front desk. To help us better prepare, it is recommended that users expecting to need extensive assistance contact libraries@alfred.edu ahead of their visit to make arrangements.
General Questions/Concerns: libraries@alfred.edu
Contact Person: Samantha Dannick (dannick@alfred.edu)
Samantha is the Engineering and Scholarly Communication Librarian. She also serves as the Alfred University Libraries accessibility contact person and works collaboratively with the Center for Academic Success (CAS) and Information Technology Services (ITS) on universal design for learning (UDL) and other disability and accessibility issues.