The SVA Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2020 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday the 21st.     ... read more

The SVA Library will close at 6pm on December 18th, 2019 for Winter Break, and will reopen January 2, 2020. The Main Library will be open from 9am-6pm, and Library West will be open 9am-5pm on weekdays during Intersession. Normal hours at both locations will resume Monday, January 13th. View all of our hours here: https://sva.libcal.com/hours/   ... read more

The Main SVA Library will have extended hours during finals from Monday, December 9th through Tuesday, December 17th on the following schedule: Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 11:00pm Friday: 8:30am - 10:00pm Saturday: 12:00 - 8:00pm Sunday: 12:00 - 10:00pm Plus, on select nights, we'll have free coffee and donuts too: December 9th, 11th, 13th, and 16th. Good luck on your final project... ... read more

The Main Library and Library West will close at 1pm on Wednesday, November 27th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Both will remain closed through the weekend and reopen with normal hours on Monday, December 2nd.      ... read more

On Wednesday, September 18th at 3:30pm, join us for a demonstration and discussion of the SVA Library's new database, Library Stack, led by platform creator, Ben Tiven. Library Stack is an online database of digital publications from the visual arts, focusing on overlooked ephemera such as artists’ ebooks, podcasts, filmed lectures, field recordings, typefaces, PDF journals and s... ... read more

The Main Library and Library West will both close at 1pm on Friday, August 30th and remain closed through Monday, September 2nd. Regular Fall semester hours begin on Tuesday, September 3rd. View our current hours here.      ... read more

After the Orientation Luncheon, new students and their families are invited to join us for our Open House! Have some snacks, meet the library staff, and check out books, comics, movies, and more! When: Sunday, August 25th, 3-5pm Where: 380 2nd Ave, 2nd Floor (at 22nd St)   ... read more

Did you know that the library provides access to several streaming film resources? You've probably heard of Kanopy, but did you know about EAI Educational Streaming, Art & Architecture in Video, or the BBC Drama Collection? In addition to these subscription resources, we can also direct you to film and video sources on the open Internet like UbuWeb, VDB TV, the Archive of American Televisi... ... read more

The library has subscribed to five new databases for the 2019-20 school year. All are accessible on our A-Z Databases page. Read on for details!   EAI Educational Streaming This new platform from Electronic Arts Intermix is a major resource for video and media art. It includes videos, biographies, and related articles and media for over 60 artists, like Martha Rosler, J... ... read more

The SVA Library has an ongoing subscription to Flipster, a digital magazine solution for reading complete digital versions of magazines online and via a mobile app. It's available to all SVA students, faculty and staff, and is a great reading option for NYC commuters! For the 2019-20 school year, some of the titles we subscribe to have changed. Read on for a full list and access inst... ... read more