The Stephen Chan Library of Fine Arts is situated on the second, mezzanine, and third floors of the James B. Duke House. Its collection includes both circulating and non-circulating items. The circulating materials mainly consist of monographs and exhibition catalogs. Non-circulating items comprise reference books, special collections, rare books, periodicals, catalogues raisonnés, multi-volume sets, folios, oversized items, and guides.
The Conservation Center Library is on the second floor of the Stephen Chan House. This non-circulating collection features general, reference, and video materials, along with periodicals and rare books.
Both collections have materials at the Library’s offsite facility.
Upon receipt, donated materials become the property of New York University Libraries. While we may add them to our collection, we reserve the right to make all decisions regarding donated materials, including those concerning storage, location, access, use, digitization, and removal. NYU Libraries cannot provide appraisals for gifts, but we can acknowledge your donation upon request with a letter that includes a count of the items added to our collection.
If you are interested in donating to the Institute of Fine Arts Library, please contact us first before sending any donations. When you reach out, please send an inventory of your collection (title, author, publication date) to ifa.library@nyu.edu.