Attorneys who join Touro’s Friends of the Library will be issued a photo identification card that will be presented at the security desk upon each visit. After signing the visitor log, members may proceed to the Gould Law Library.

Benefits of Friends of the Library membership include in-house use of the following: 

A library collection of more than 462,000 volumes and volume equivalents. *

Two state-of-the-art computer labs. **

The library’s public access Westlaw database. ***

Most of the library’s subscription databases

Members may use computer labs on the third floor of the library and may use most of our online database subscriptions. A reference librarian will sign the member onto a computer as a visitor for the research session. Members also may use the two “Public Access Westlaw” terminals in our computer labs. Members may save data onto a flash drive or may email documents to their personal accounts. At the present time, only Touro faculty and students have printing capability.  

Members may also use photocopiers, which are available on each floor of the library and cost ten cents per page. CopyMate cards are available from a vending machine next to the photocopier on the library’s first floor. Photocopiers also will accept bills and change.

Friends of the Library members also may consult the library’s team of professional reference librarians for assistance with formulating effective research queries and locating materials. The reference office is located adjacent to the circulation desk on the library’s first floor.

Single membership in the Friends of the Library costs $150.00 annually. Members of the Suffolk or Nassau Bar Associations may join at the special rate of $85.00 annually. A discount rate of $25.00 annually is offered to government and public interest attorneys.

Law firm / corporate membership costs $350 annually, with an additional charge of $25 per person for processing more than 10 attorneys per firm. Certified paralegals also may be sponsored for membership in the Friends of the Library by their employers who are members.

Also, members of our Alumni Association receive Friends of the Library benefits as part of their package. Alumni Association membership dues are $25.00 annually. This fee is waived for recent graduates.

For details of membership in Friends of the Library, please contact Kristie Sclafani, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, in the Development & Alumni Affairs Department at 631.761.7066. To inquire about Alumni Association membership, please contact Kristin Matthews, Director of Development & Alumni Affairs, at 631.761.7063. After becoming a member, your photo identification card may be obtained by scheduling an appointment with Carl Baurle, Building Coordinator, at 631.761.7180.

*  Circulation privileges are reserved for current students, faculty, and staff.

**  Wireless computer access is reserved for current students, faculty, and staff.

***  Friends of the Library may use the computer labs and subscription databases by asking a reference librarian or circulation staff member to sign them onto the computer system as a visitor. Friends of the Library do not receive individual computer passwords.

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