Using the Schomburg Center

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is committed to enabling all readers with physical disabilities to take full advantage of the Library's resources.

As a service to researchers, and to improve the study environment for all, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture provides a supervised, no-fee checkroom. It is located on the first floor, near the entrance.

You can have items from the Jean Blackwell Hutson General Research and Reference Division closed stacks or offsite materials from the collections of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Library and the Science, Industry & Business Library waiting for you when you arrive. Just phone or e-mail your requests. Exact call numbers are required.

Email, write, call or visit for research assistance.

Registration is required for consultation of materials in the Art and Artifacts Division, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division and the Photographs and Prints Division.

There are no self-service photocopiers at the Schomburg Center; photocopying in all of the divisions of the Schomburg Center is mediated by staff. This helps to maintain the condition of research materials which are often both rare and fragile. The cost for copies varies in each division. Printing from computer workstations is available in the General Research and Reference Division only.