As SVA alumni, you are welcome to visit the SVA Library’s main location at 380 Second Avenue, and take advantage of on-site resources. (See a full list of available resources in the next dropdown menu item.) Alumni do not have access to SVA Library West.

Per institutional security protocols, you must register ahead of your visit in order to access the SVA Library’s main location, and you will need to bring a photo ID to verify your identity. See below for instructions and an explanation of the process. You will not be granted access unless you have followed these steps before your visit.

Step 1: Make sure you have SVA MyID credentials and an @sva.edu email address.

You will need a @sva.edu email address to access the SVA Library’s main location. If you do not have a @sva.edu email address, or if you are unable to access your account, visit the “SVA MyID and @sva.edu Email Access” dropdown menu item above and follow the instructions outlined there. Once you are granted access to SVA MyID and your @sva.edu email, you may continue with these instructions.

Note: All communications regarding the SVA Library access process will be sent to your @sva.edu email address for security purposes. The emails will be coming from alumni@sva.edu; add this email to your contacts to prevent messages from going to spam. Be sure to check your @sva.edu email throughout this process, including your spam folder.

Step 2: Sign in to SVA MyID and fill out the Library Access form.

Log into your MyID dashboard using your SVA credentials and click the “Alumni SVA Library Access Request” tile. You will be directed to the SVA Library Alumni Access Google Form; fill it out and submit it.

Alumni Affairs will verify your request and upload you into SPLAN, SVA’s visitor management tool.

Step 3: Wait for your SVA Library access confirmation email from alumni@sva.edu.

Once you have been added to SPLAN, you will receive an email from Alumni Affairs (alumni@sva.edu) with the following information:

Confirmation that access to the SVA Library’s main location has been granted
Your access start date and expiration date
The SVA Library’s main location address and a link to hours of operation
What to expect when you arrive at the building

Once you receive your confirmation from Alumni Affairs, you will have access to the SVA Library’s main location during open hours until the end of the current academic year. You will be able to renew your access annually.

Step 4: Visit the SVA Library’s main location at your leisure.

Each time you visit the SVA Library’s main location, you will have to check in with SVA security to receive a day pass. When you arrive at 380 Second Avenue, go to the 2nd floor and have your photo ID ready for check-in with the SVA security officer. At the check-in kiosk:

Select “New Registration.”
Select “Talent/Contractor.”
Pull up your registration by entering your @sva.edu email address or your first name or last name as you entered it in the form.
Select your registration. The kiosk will then take a photo of you for your day pass.
Select “Submit” to check in.

The security guard will then check your photo ID. If everything is in order, the security guard will give you your day pass and direct you to the SVA Library. (Note: Day passes cannot be reused. You must check in and get a new day pass each day that you visit the library.)

Additional Information

Access requests for SVA Library’s main location will be processed on a weekly basis. Requests must be submitted via the form by Thursday at 9:00am, in order to gain access to the library beginning the following week. Once you have been granted access, you will continue to have access through the end of the current academic year.

If you wish to continue accessing the SVA Library’s main location after your expiration date at the end of the academic year, you will need to renew your access via the same SVA Library Alumni Access Google Form on your MyID dashboard. Alumni Affairs will send you a reminder email about this ahead of the expiration date in the spring.

Being approved via this process will grant you access to the SVA Library’s main location at 380 Second Avenue, 2nd floor, ONLY. You will not have access to any other SVA campus locations.

SVA Library’s main location access for alumni is coordinated by SVA Alumni Affairs, SVA Library and SVA Security. Any of these offices reserves the right to suspend or revoke an individual’s access to the SVA Library at any time.

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