Mission

The Sojourner Truth Library fosters learning and supports scholarship at SUNY New Paltz by providing an extensive array of information resources and services.

Vision

The Library plays a critical leadership role in supporting and advancing a user-centered learning environment at SUNY New Paltz. As a team of courteous and knowledgeable librarians and staff, we treat users with respect and empathy at all times and serve all members of the academic community equitably, whether they are in the library or at a distance.

We promote and encourage the active and effective use of all library services and resources. We continuously expand information access and delivery by employing state-of-the-art technologies. We successfully instill information literacy skills in all New Paltz graduates through strong collaborative partnerships with classroom faculty. We provide a spacious, well-designed facility that offers ample and varied seating, lighting, and workplace options.

We work together cooperatively and pursue our professional growth to meet the challenges faced by contemporary academic libraries. We regularly assess the library and information needs of faculty and students across campus in order to meet these needs and the changing requirements of new academic programs.

Values

  • Communication: We regularly publicize library services and resources to the college community and share information with library colleagues.
  • Approachability: We carry out our responsibilities with a welcoming attitude.
  • Organization: We organize and maintain our facility, collections and systems to ensure ease of access.
  • Cooperation: We build and maintain cooperative working relationships with the college community and with one another to achieve library’s mission and goals.
  • Respect: We treat all library users and one another with respect.
  • Excellence: We strive to provide the best information services and resources for all users.

Library Policies & Services

Information about conduct, collections access, equipment and facilities access, and library campus services are published on the Library Policies and Services website.

Catalog Search

Visit the Sojourner Truth Library's home page to search (almost) all collections, including databases, the catalog of materials owned by the Library (books, ebooks, videos), and library catalogs worldwide.

Bellody, Kate
Associate Librarian
MLIS, Rutgers University
Office: STL M24
E-mail: bellodyk@newpaltz.edu

Coder, Megan
Librarian
MLIS, Kent State University
Office: STL C43
Phone: (845) 257-3736
E-mail: coderm@newpaltz.edu

Frey, Susan
Librarian and Dean
Ph.D., Indiana State University
Office: STL M48
Phone: (845) 257-3719
E-mail: librarydean@newpaltz.edu

Lee, Kristy
Librarian
MLS, Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen, UK)
Office: STL M50
Phone: (845) 257-3769
E-mail: leek@newpaltz.edu

Lougen, Colleen
Librarian
MLS, SUNY Albany; MBA, Mount Saint Mary College
Office: STL LES
Phone: (845) 257-3729
E-mail: lougenc@newpaltz.edu

Macaluso, Stephan
Librarian
MLS, SUNY Albany
Office: STL 18B
Phone: (845) 257-2699
E-mail: macaluss@newpaltz.edu

O'Grady, Chrissy
Senior Assistant Librarian
MLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Office: STL M24
Phone: (845) 257-3643
E-mail: ogradyc@newpaltz.edu

Rutner, Jennifer
Associate Librarian
MLIS, Pratt Institute
Office: STL M24
Phone: (845) 257-3705
E-mail: rutnerj@newpaltz.edu

Veitch, Madeline
Associate Librarian
MSLS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Office: STL C43
Phone: (845) 257-3774
E-mail: veitchm@newpaltz.edu