The Resource Sharing Special Interest Group (SIG) meets to discuss issues of Interlibrary Loan, delivery, union catalogs, and other related topics. The members of the group are a mix of full-time and part-time, degreed and non-degreed librarians, and come from all library types.

This time, we will be meeting in person on location at Vassar College library!

Registration for this event is free and open to all.

Directions: (We will send you a parking map with your confirmation email.) Guests will meet in the lobby of the main library. The library is situated on Raymond, just north of the Main Gate, and the
entrance is on the campus side of the building. (In case you miss us in the lobby, we will be meeting in the Class of 1951 Reading Room on the Second Floor.)

Meeting location: Thompson (Main) Library, Reading Room (second floor)

Meeting time: 1-3pm – We’ll gather at the Circulation Desk and at 12:55 walk to the Reading Room together. If you’re running late, just stop by the Circ Desk and ask for the Reading Room. The library doors are not locked, and you do not need a visitor ID.

Wifi: You’ll need to register when you first connect. Guest wifi registration link: https://offices.vassar.edu/computing/help/#s-13-guest-wifi-access
Or, use an eduroam login if you have one.

Parking: In order of closest to furthest away from the library.

• The closest parking is on Raymond Avenue, but that will be filled early.
• There is visitor parking as you come through the Main Gate onto campus, right next to the library, but there is no guarantee of a spot.
• The best place to park is the North Lot, which is accessed via Collegeview Avenue. This is a ~10 min walk to the library.
• The South Lot also has visitor parking and is also a ~10 min walk to the library.

Accessibility:
There are 2 accessible parking spots on Raymond Avenue at the gate outside Chicago, which is closest to our North door.
For accessible entrance to the library, go to the North Door, which is across from Chicago Hall (building 11 on the map). Ring the intercom, and someone will let you in. There’s a lift as you enter. Once inside the building, there is an elevator to the second floor where the Reading Room.

Snacks: We will have KIND bars. BYO caffeine.

Coffee:

• Crafted Kup on Raymond Avenue, 10 min walk
• Dunkin on Main street, but no drive through
• Starbucks is either out Rt44 to the east, or on Rt 9 to the south.
• Dunkin: If coming across the bridge, the Dunkin in Highland on 9W is the easiest.