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Now Hiring: Interlibrary Loan

Posted on December 4, 2023 | No Comments
We are hiring for a part-time (10-20 hours/week) position at the Interlibrary Loan unit of the Graduate Center library. Interlibrary Loan is an essential service for the GC community, facilitating access to a wide variety of physical and digital materials for our students, faculty […]
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Hathitrust Membership Cancellation

Posted on November 22, 2023 | No Comments
As a result of cuts to the library’s budget, we are sorry to report that our membership to Hathitrust will expire on December 31, 2023. This post is intended to help those who have been using Hathitrust make any needed preparations for this change in […]
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Interlibrary Loan: Save Your Request History by December 23, 2023

Posted on November 14, 2023 | No Comments
At the Graduate Center Library, we do a periodic delinking (twice a year) of finished ILL requests. To preserve library user privacy, we detach records of requests from the usernames of the requesters in our database. We’ll have statistics, but we (and you) will not […]
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Welcome, Diane Russo – Adjunct Reference Librarian

Posted on November 2, 2023 | No Comments
The Graduate Center Library is pleased to introduce Diane Russo, our new Adjunct Reference Librarian. Before coming to the Graduate Center, Diane served as the Director of the Archives at The Riverside Church in the City of New York, where she stewarded archival, library, and […]
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Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile

Posted on October 3, 2023 | No Comments
Each 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 […]
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Upcoming Workshops about Scholarly Publishing

Posted on September 27, 2023 | No Comments
This fall, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering three online workshops about scholarly publishing and research evaluation. All members of the CUNY community are welcome, regardless of campus. The workshops are especially well suited to graduate students, faculty, administrators, and others engaged in […]
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Redux: NYC Book Donation Centers

Posted on September 19, 2023 | 1 Comment
This blog is an update of one that was published 10 years ago and, over time, the information became dated. This information is current as of September 15, 2023. In some cases, you can sell your books for money. The following are only some of […]
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Emily Drabinski, ALA President & CUNY Professor, in the News

Posted on September 14, 2023 | No Comments
The Graduate Center Library’s former colleague and interim Chief Librarian, Emily Drabinski, appeared on the New York Times’ Ezra Klein podcast in conversation with guest host sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom. They discuss right-wing attacks on libraries, protecting children’s rights to read privately, and the value […]
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Service Alert: Interlibrary Loan Notifications to Gmail

Posted on September 7, 2023 | 1 Comment
ILL emails seem to not be delivering to gmail accounts. If you have recently missed notifications from us: 1. Log in to your ILL account to see the status of your requests. Requests in the status “Customer Notified via Email” are ready for you to […]
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Now Hiring! Adjunct Reference Librarian

Posted on August 25, 2023 | No Comments
The Graduate Center Library seeks an Adjunct Reference Librarian to work about 10 – 15 hours spread out over 2-3 days per week. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a fast-paced, research intensive environment – details on how to apply are below, […]
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