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A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
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700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)
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Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile
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Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College
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Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2022-23
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A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
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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, […] -
Now available: Duke University Press Ebooks
Posted on July 21, 2021 | 1 CommentBuilding robust print and electronic collections to support teaching and research at The Graduate Center continues to be a top priority for Mina Rees library faculty. We have two announcements to share along those lines, as follows: The library has acquired the Duke University Press […] -
An Art Historian’s Expedition: Visual Archives and Open Access
Posted on June 24, 2021 | No CommentsAs an art historian and instructor of art history, I look at hundreds of artworks on a weekly basis, but in a contemporary world increasingly mediated by images, nearly all of us come across pictures of some kind everyday. Yet, rarely do we understand where these images come from, who owns them, who has access to them, and if they can be used and shared freely.