Materials are obtained from libraries throughout the United States and even abroad, by means of bibliographic databases, Web catalogs, and document suppliers. Siena College participates in a number of resource-sharing agreements, including:
Capital District Library Council – This is a multi-type library consortium, which facilitates interlibrary loan among all types of local libraries: academic, public, school, and special.
ConnectNY – This is a group of academic libraries in New York, which have created a joint catalog and a system of patron direct requesting of each other's books.
LVIS – This is a huge group of libraries – of many types – from all over the United States which have agreed to waive interlibrary loan charges for each other.
RapidILLThis is a national consortium of academic libraries which have agreed to offer each other rush document delivery service free of charge.
