Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
DOMINICAN Library
A Reference Collection on Dominican Studies
Mission
The Library of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute is a unique reference collection whose mission is to identify, acquire, organize, preserve and make available bibliographical sources documenting the Dominican experience in the United States.
Open to the Public
The Dominican Library is open to the public during published hours. Please contact Assistant Librarian Nelson Santana at nsantana@ccny.cuny.edu for additional information. Also, you can access the DSI Library database, and the DSI LibGuide.
Donate to the Library
We welcome donations. Please check your shelves for books, journal articles, visual and auditory media, and other information resources dealing with Dominicans in the United States. Gifts-in-kind are accepted with the understanding that if we cannot retain the items, we may opt to sell them and use the proceeds to obtain library materials we deem necessary.
The Dominican Library also welcomes financial contributions to help us improve the facilities or purchase Library materials. If you wish to support the Dominican Library with a financial contribution, please do so by joining Friends of CUNY DSI. To join, and for more information, please click here:
FRIENDS OF CUNY DSI
Please contact Librarian Sarah Aponte at aponte@ccny.cuny.edu with your ideas and suggestions on giving opportunities.
Location/Contact
Dominican LibraryCUNY Dominican Studies Institute
The City College of New York
North Academic Center, 2nd Floor
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
T: 212.650.7170
E: aponte@ccny.cuny.edu
The City College of New York
North Academic Center (NAC), 4/107
160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street
New York, NY 10031
By phone:
Institute Main Office: 212.650.7496
Archives and Library: 212.650.7170
CUNY DSI is a member since 1998 of
Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)
