Archive for September, 2013

  • Library Trivia: Washington’s Presidential Library

    The presidential library for George Washington has opened last Friday, September 27th. As a piece of Library Trivia for you: Ironically, though the first president of the United States, Washington was the only one with no library. A reception was held to give guests an […]

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  • NYPL at the Graduate Center

    Meet the Curators: An Introduction to NYPL’s Research Collections & Services took place on Sept. 16, 2013. Librarians and curators from New York Public Library’s research libraries (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Humanities and Social Sciences Library , Library for the Performing Arts, and the Schomburg […]

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  • Library Etiquette

    Libraries are based on the concept of sharing.  We all share books, space, resources, computers, and (hopefully) ideas.  In order to maintain Mina Rees’s collegiate atmosphere of resource and knowledge sharing, please keep in mind two simple rules of library etiquette. 1) Sharing books. This […]

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  • Video: John Rothman, Archivist and Digital Pioneer

    John Rothman, a 12-year volunteer in the Graduate Center Library’s Archive, with Chief Librarian Polly Thistlethwaite. Since 2001, Mr. Rothman has shaped the Graduate Center’s archive, raw data of the Graduate Center’s history — presidential papers, organizational documents, and a range of paraphernalia. In this video, Rothman discusses […]

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  • Kai Alexis Smith Joins the GC Library

    The Graduate Center Library is delighted to introduce our new adjunct reference librarian, Kai Alexis Smith. Kai will be working on a variety of projects, but library patrons will know her primarily as the friendly face at the reference desk most evenings. She’s highly competent […]

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  • E-Resouces Update: Artemis Literary Resources (and Introductory Event)

    This is the maiden blog post of Electonic Resources and Serials Management Librarian Alycia Sellie. The first of a new series in “E-Resource Updates,” Alycia hopes to keep the GC community informed about new online resources (electronic journals, online databases, e-books and other adventures).  The […]

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  • Meet the Curators Live Stream

    Live Stream is available at http://videostreaming.gc.cuny.edu/videos/ thanks to the Graduate Center Life Size Service Monday, September 16th Skylight Room 9th Floor CUNY Graduate Center 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Refreshments served RSVP with aballmer@gc.cuny.edu Sponsored by NYPL and the Graduate Center Library See event announcement on […]

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  • M&MMs – Melissa, Michael and Mike

    There are so many staff transitions at the the Graduate Center library this semester that we’ve decided to feature them all in a single post, waving goodbye and hello to library faculty and staff as they move in and out of the building, into new adventures […]

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