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 '''Telephone:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;((518) 474-5355 - General information.&nbsp;Local History/Genealogy Desk - (518) 474-5161&nbsp;&nbsp;<ref name="nysl" />
-'''Hours and holidays:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;The library's reference desk can be reached from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, except [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/contact.htm#hours holidays]
+'''Hours and holidays:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;The library's reference desk can be reached from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, except [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/contact.htm#hours holidays]. Material is retrieved for research at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. daily. Some collections, however, are stored off-site and may require several business days to retrieve. Arrangements should be made prior to visiting the Library.
 '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{''Optional''} <br>
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 *Repository Internet site: [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/]
 *Repository [http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/ja7IY9vi2x/NYSL/195790019/60/502/X catalog] online:
-*Repository database.
+*Repository database.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Digital Collections of the New York State Library include a large array of 18th and 19th century historical materials from many subject areas, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Native American materials, New York State laws and natural history. While books make up the core collection, Digital Collections also include primary source materials such as letters, diaries and rare manuscripts as well as historic photographs, illustrations, maps, broadsides, drawings and music scores.
 *Other(s).
 === Collection Description <ref name="nysl" /> ===
-<span style="font-style: italic" />The New York State Library has a Local History and Genealogy Section which includes:<br>
+<span style="font-style: italic" />The New York State Library has several areas of interest to family history researchers.&nbsp;
+The '''Local History and Genealogy Section '''which includes:
 *family genealogies
-*local histories include periodicals and genealogical journals; published county, town and municipal histories. &nbsp;
+*local histories include periodicals and genealogical journals; published county, town and municipal histories.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 *DAR records. The New York State Library is a depository for several record series compiled by New York State Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution
 *church records.&nbsp;The Library has an&nbsp;extensive collection of New York State church (Protestant denominations only).&nbsp;
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 *Military records incuding recores&nbsp;pre-Civil War, Civil War and after for New York State, and Loyalist records
 *Will abstracts and microfilms &nbsp;for many parts of New York, though it is not the official repository for such items.
+The '''Manuscripts and Special Collections''' The Manuscripts and Special&nbsp; Collections Unit of the NYSL, established in 1881, contains manuscripts, rare books, maps and atlases, prints and photographs, broadsodes and posters.<br>For Finding Aids to Special Collections, [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/  Click Here].
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