SUNY Erie Community College (SUNY Erie) was founded in 1946. It is part of the State University of New York and consists of three campuses. The North Campus is located in Williamsville, New York. The South Campus is located in Orchard Park, New York. The City Campus is located in Buffalo, New York. The mission of the SUNY Erie Library Resource Center is to provide space to create, tools to explore, and inspiration to succeed.

Founded in 1956, Corning Community College (CCC) began modestly in a scattering of old buildings in the city of Corning. Today, we encompass a 550-acre main campus on Spencer Hill with a complex of eight buildings, plus an observatory, planetarium and nature center. Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of New York State, CCC offers 40 academic programs (including four online programs), more than 800 courses, and customized business training opportunities to support students of all ages and backgrounds in our community. Serving 5,500 students, CCC also offers a variety of services within the community at our offsite locations throughout Steuben, Chemung, and Schuyler Counties.

The Special Collections at SUNY ESF is dedicated to acquiring unique items related to the field of forestry and environmental science. Items in the Special Collections are acquired by donation, purchase or from the general library collection, such as non-circulating library books of historic value. The collection contains paintings, sculpture and art related to the College, produced by members of the college community. The mission of the Special Collections is to collect, preserve and make accessible unique items of value that reflect the culture and values of SUNY ESF.

Drake Memorial Library, part of the State University of New York, is an academic library located in Brockport, New York. The Rose Archives contains publications, photographs, and other materials related to the college from its beginning in 1835 to the present.

Butler Library has more than 675,000 printed books, over 174,000 electronic books, and access to full-text articles from over 57,000 unique print and electronic journals. Having access from any computer or wireless Web device, any time of the day or night, helps patrons to do their research more effectively.

The Archives house various college publications, scrapbooks, memorabilia and statistics from 1860 on, as well as college annual reports, budgets, and salary information.

The Butler Library's Special Collections include scores of unique collections of local history, regional interest, and national significance.

The mission of the Archives & Special Collections Department (A&SC) of the Daniel A. Reed Library at the State University of New York at Fredonia is to collect, organize, preserve, provide access to and encourage scholarly engagement with a variety of unique manuscript and archival materials in primary support of the scholarship needs of both the academic community at Fredonia and researchers around the world. The A&SC provides a vital function in enhancing Fredonia’s reputation as a center for excellence in scholarship by working with faculty to integrate the use of unique manuscript and archival materials into the curriculum. To that end, the A&SC, in support of the overall mission of the university, embraces the initiatives to educate, challenge and inspire students, encouraging their development as skilled, connected, creative and responsible global citizens.

SUNY Adirondack, also known as Adirondack Community College, is located just outside the borders of the Adirondack Park in the town of Queensbury. The college’s library is home to a local history collection called the William and Elsie Hill Collection, more commonly known as the Hill Collection. The Hill Collection a research collection of over 1,600 historical books, serials, pamphlets, letters, clippings, manuscripts and other material. Its primary focus is the regional history of the Glens Falls area (the Adirondacks, Warren and Washington Counties, and nearby Vermont). The material dates from mid-eighteenth century to present. William Hart Hill was a historian, author of several books and collector of regional history material. He was interested specifically in Washington County and Fort Edward. Mr. Hill also operated the Newton and Hill Hardware store in Fort Edward. His store supplied much of the dynamite used in mines in the Adirondacks. Mrs. Hill donated a portion of Mr. Hill’s materials to Adirondack Community College in 1978. Among the collection’s items are scrapbooks of original letters and articles compiled by Mr. Hill, county and town histories, and books on events and people instrumental in the region’s history, including the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. The Library’s online catalog lists these items. The Hill Collection Advisory Committee, a group of historians in the community, serves to advise the SUNY Adirondack Library on the holdings and management of the Hill Collection. Materials from the Hill Collection can be accessed during normal library hours. For more information about The Hill Collection, please visit http://library.sunyacc.edu/hillcollection.

Stony Brook University Libraries is the largest academic research library system on Long Island, New York and is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a non-profit consortium of distinguished libraries and archives in North America. The collections and services provided by the libraries are central to the academic success of students and facilitate the scholarship produced by world-renowned faculty and visiting scholars. Special Collections and University Archives' collections of rare books, manuscripts, and maps comprise the largest repository of archival materials in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

The depth of primary sources offers diverse opportunities for scholarship and supports a wide range of disciplines. The division's Long Island collections are premier sources for the study and research of regional history. The rare book collection includes more than 30,000 titles dating from 1493 to the present. The Senator Jacob K. Javits Collection contains nearly two million items on modern United States history and the career of New York’s longest serving state senator. The W.B. Yeats Collection is the most extensive collection of the famed Irish poet and author’s manuscripts housed outside of Ireland. In 2002, Special Collections became the official repository for the Environmental Defense Fund, whose efforts in 1967 led to the nationwide ban on DDT and the birth of modern environmental law.

In 2006 and 2009, the division acquired two rare American Revolutionary War-era letters authored by George Washington that document activities of the Culper Spy Ring. These important acquisitions laid the foundation for the establishment of a Long Island Historic Documents Collection. The collection includes primary and secondary source material on the history of Long Island from the earliest settlers through the present, with a strong emphasis on the period of the American Revolution through the War of 1812 (1764-1812).

Special Collections has been recognized and honored for its curatorial and outreach activities. The New York Board of Regents and New York State Archives awarded the department with the “Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository.” In August 2012, a research guide for the department's Long Island documents and books was lauded by The Scout Report, a division of the National Science Foundation’s National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Project. In 2020, Special Collections and University Archives received the Three Village Historical Society's prestigious Kate Wheeler Strong Memorial Award in recognition of the division's significant contributions toward the fostering of interest in local history and a fuller appreciation of the rich historical and cultural heritage of the Three Village community.

Special Collections and University Archives is committed to providing excellent educational and research opportunities to the Stony Brook University community, visiting scholars, and remote users. Please note: access to the physical collections is by appointment. Advance notice is required for scheduling and to retrieve collections. For more information, visit: https://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial.

The Stone Ridge Public Library is a special district library located on Route 209 in Stone Ridge, N.Y., a small hamlet in Ulster County. The library, originally chartered in 1909, is located in a historic stone building built in the 18th century. The library provides community members with a variety of invaluable services and resources.

The Steinmetz Collection of Schenectady tells the story of Dr. Charles Steinmetz, GE's Chief Engineer in the 1890s and early 1900s. miSci, the Museum of Innovation and Science (formerly know as: the Schenectady Museum of & Suits-Bueche Planetarium), Schenectady County Historical Society, and Edison-Steinmetz Center have joined together to create the Steinmetz Collection of Schenectady, virtually uniting collections from three different institutions related to Steinmetz.