Using the Performing Arts Library

A floor-by-floor breakdown of collections and services in the Library for the Performing Arts.

The renovated building of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center is fully accessible to individuals with disabilities, including the incorporation of ADA-compliant ramps, doorways, restrooms and elevators. In addition, its screening facilities feature wheelchair-accessible viewing carrels, individual laptop computers enabling non-verbal communication, and volume-enhancing headphone adaptors. The Library for the Performing Arts also serves as a source for many performance accessibility projects at Lincoln Center and throughout the area.

As a service to researchers, and to improve the study environment for all, the The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts provides a supervised, no-fee checkroom, located on the third floor adjacent to the Research Collections Reading Room.

As a free service, The Library for the Performing Arts offers laptop connections to the Internet via the Library's Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN). Docking stations are available at designated seats in all reading rooms at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. No reservations are necessary.

In order to provide space for growing collections, the NYPL Research Libraries are housing materials at several offsite facilities. Up to 6 items per day may be requested in advance for use in the library. Materials will be held for two weeks once they are received at LPA.

Identifying Offsite Collections:

Material is identified in the online catalog by the location "OFFSITE – Request in advance for use at Performing Arts" or "OFFSITE Rose - Request in advance for use at Performing Arts."

Requesting Material:

Readers may consult most materials in the Research Collections Reading Room, but rare and fragile materials must be used in a staff-supervised reading area, the Katharine Cornell-Guthrie McClintic Reading Room. When necessary, readers are referred to this room.