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Smith Memorial Library
21 Miller Avenue, Chautauqua NY 14722, 716.357.6296 (phone), 716.357.3657 (fax), email
Lynn Kinnear, Library Director


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Smith Memorial Library is located on Bestor Plaza inside the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. The Library offers several services throughout the year to the community, including InterLibrary Loan, Public Access Internet computers, a WiFi hotspot and wireless printing. Smith Library is a member of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System. The Library’s mission is to enrich the lives of those who are residing, visiting, or employed at the Chautauqua Institution or in the surrounding area, and thereby to enrich the community; to do so by providing access to materials in a variety of formats, as well as other appropriate library services, for the purposes of education, intellectual stimulation, and pleasure; to do so within the framework of the accepted principles of the library profession.

Library Hours

Off-season > August 31 - June 26

  • Monday > Noon - 7 pm
  • Wednesday and Friday > 10 am - 5 pm
  • Saturday > 10 am - 3 pm
  • Sunday > Noon - 3 pm
  • CLOSED Tuesday and Thursday
Summer Hours > June 27- August 31

  • Monday-Friday > 9 am - 4 pm
  • Saturday > 9 am - 3 pm
  • Sunday > Noon - 3 pm

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