Union College, Schaffer Library

Schaffer Library is a teaching library, and part of Union College in Schenectady, NY. The Library provides access to information resources that support the educational mission of Union College and teaches the critical and analytical skills necessary for the intelligent use of those resources.

Schaffer Library houses close to 1 million volumes in print and electronic formats, including nearly all of the materials purchased to create the first College library in 1795.

On-going additions to the general collections are in all contemporary information formats, including more than 11,000 serial titles in print and electronic formats. The library has also been a partial depository for federal government documents since 1901.