N.Y. Education Law § 249: State library, when open; use of books

§ 249. State library, when open; use of books. The state library shall

be kept open at least eight hours each day on five days every week in

the year except the legal holidays known as Independence day,

Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. Nothing in this section shall

prohibit the regents from opening the state library on other days and

times. Members of the legislature, judges of the court of appeals,

justices of the supreme court and heads of state departments may borrow

from the library books for use in Albany, but shall be subject to such

restrictions and penalties as may be prescribed by the regents for the

safety or greater usefulness of the library. Under such rules and

conditions as the regents may prescribe, the state library may lend its

books and printed material for a limited time to other individuals and

institutions conforming to said rules and conditions. Such service shall

be free to residents of this state as far as practicable, but the

regents may, in their discretion, charge a proper fee to nonresidents or

for assistance of a personal nature or for other reason not properly an

expense to the state, but which may be authorized for the accommodation

of users of the library.