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  • Mette Christiansen

    Teaching African American Political Thought With OER

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Summer 2025 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 their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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    Open Access Publishing Agreements That Benefit GC Authors

    If you’ve ever published a journal article, you’ve likely encountered journals that have article processing charges (APCs). APCs are charged by some (but certainly not all!) open access journals. Paying an APC is also an option with many subscription-based journals. At these “hybrid” journals, articles […]

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  • Important Updates from the Mina Rees Library | October 2025

    Mina Rees Library Fall Hours 2025 | Closed on Indigenous Peoples’ Day (10/13) Monday-Friday: 9am-10pm Saturday: 10am-8pm Sunday: 12pm-8pm View Calendar Reserves for the Fall Semester Teaching faculty should use this form to request books that they would like placed on reserve if they haven’t already: GC […]

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  • Ugur Akpinar

    Teaching World History with Open Educational Resources

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Summer 2025 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 their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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  • Now Hiring! Adjunct Open Educational Resources Librarian

    The Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center seeks an Adjunct Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian to assist with the Open Knowledge Fellowship, an intensive training program for doctoral students who teach at CUNY. This program takes place in person at the Graduate Center in January […]

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  • Interlibrary Loan: Access the World’s Library Resources from the GC

    When 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 […]

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  • Adam Kocurek

    Teaching US History With OER

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Summer 2025 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 their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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    Fall Library Workshops: Autumn Abundance

    Graduate Center librarians teach research workshops all year round, but fall is always particularly full! No matter where you are in your graduate studies or scholarly journey, something on the library’s Fall 2025 calendar is certain to address your needs as a student, researcher, or […]

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  • Welcome (Back) to the Mina Rees Library!

    The Mina Rees Library extends a warm welcome to all new members of the Graduate Center community, and an equally warm greeting to all returning members! We hope you’ll avail yourselves of all the library has to offer…and ask us questions when you need help […]

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  • Aline Van Neutgem

    Reimagining Access and Agency with OER

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Summer 2025 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 their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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