Library Workshops & Events
Check the library calendar for workshops and events of interest, including Zotero trainings!
Featured Stories
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Interlibrary Loan: Access the World’s Library Resources from the GC
19 April 2024 3:45 PM | No Comments -
Teaching (and Reforming) the Next Generation of Pirates and Copyright Violators
10 April 2024 3:24 PM | No Comments -
A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
16 January 2024 11:34 AM | 1 Comment -
700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)
12 December 2023 2:29 PM | No Comments -
Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile
03 October 2023 4:28 PM | No Comments
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Right Side Feature Archive
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Interlibrary Loan: Access the World’s Library Resources from the GC
Posted on April 19, 2024 | No CommentsWhen you need information and cannot access it through our library’s print collection or online resources, interlibrary loan is here to help. We encourage you to make ILL requests directly from library databases or from the library’s website. Interlibrary loan is free and easy…just make […] -
Teaching (and Reforming) the Next Generation of Pirates and Copyright Violators
Posted on April 10, 2024 | No CommentsThis is the first in our current series of short essays by participants in the Spring 2024 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as […] -
A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
Posted on January 16, 2024 | 1 CommentOn January 17th, CUNY Login (@login.cuny.edu username and associated password) was added as the new default option to log in to Graduate Center Library interlibrary loan (ILL) accounts. The login screen will look like this: If you have a CUNY login, click on the first […] -
700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)
Posted on December 12, 2023 | No CommentsAs of five years ago, our interlibrary loan department had processed half a million “ILL” transactions using ILLiad software. (And, of course, we processed many before this, as well.) And now we are celebrating our 700,000th request. Every request is important to both us and […] -
Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile
Posted on October 3, 2023 | No CommentsEach year, libraries and affiliated organizations raise awareness about banned books and legislative attacks on the freedom to read by celebrating Banned Books Week (already underway, Oct. 1-7, 2023). As libraries face the toughest year for book bans in recent memory, NYC’s public libraries are […] -
Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College
Posted on August 25, 2023 | No CommentsWe’re excited to announce that CUNY now has streaming access to the film “Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College.” This film can be viewed at the link above, shared in the classroom, and screened at any CUNY event […] -
Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2022-23
Posted on June 2, 2023 | No CommentsIt’s Commencement Day for the Graduate Center, which has become a time for the library to celebrate all of the dissertations, theses, and capstone projects that we received this academic year. By now, you’ve heard about the awards and listened to the speakers at the […] -
Scholarship for the Public Good: What We Value, How We Evaluate
Posted on April 5, 2023 | No CommentsUpdate: The recording of the What We Value, How We Evaluate event is now available on YouTube. The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is partnering with the Provost’s Office on an event series exploring the idea of scholarship for the public good—what it means, how […] -
A New Partner for the CUNY Digital History Archive
Posted on October 20, 2021 | No CommentsThe Mina Rees Library is pleased to announce ongoing support for the CUNY Digital History Archive, in partnership with the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning (ASHP/CML) at the Graduate Center. The library will assume a lead role in developing and sustaining the […] -
Summertime, and Submitting Scholarship is Easy
Posted on August 12, 2021 | No CommentsAh, August. A time for relaxing at the beach with a good book, for going to cookouts with family and friends, for picnicking in a shady park…and for sharing your research and instructional materials with the world via CUNY Academic Works. Unlike the ephemeral summer, […]
