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CUNY Webinar Series: Funding Fridays

Posted on September 21, 2020 | No Comments
CUNY’s Office of Library Services is collaborating with CUNY’s Office of Research and the Research Foundation’s Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support to offer Faculty Funding Fridays, a new webinar series for the CUNY community. The series, which features one webinar per month, kicks off this […]
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Fair Use of Copyrighted Works during COVID-19

Posted on September 8, 2020 | No Comments
No matter your field, you almost certainly use copyrighted works in your teaching and research. Perhaps you’ve wondered how much of a book you can share with students. Or how much of a poem you can excerpt in an article you’re writing. Or whether you […]
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3, 2, 1…Liftoff!

Posted on July 30, 2020 | No Comments
The final countdown begins: CUNY libraries are launching a major new catalog system on Monday, August 3! Most of the big changes are behind the scenes — the new system will transform how the library handles circulation, cataloging, e-resources, and more. But there are some […]
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New Library Catalog System—and What It Means for You

Posted on July 2, 2020 | No Comments
For over a year, CUNY’s library faculty and staff have been toiling tirelessly to transition CUNY libraries to a new catalog system (i.e., the system in which we catalog materials, check items out to patrons, manage e-resources, and more). This new system is scheduled to […]
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Online Library Services Roundup

Posted on March 23, 2020 | No Comments
You probably know that the Graduate Center library provides access to many databases (hundreds!), e-journals (tens of thousands!!), and e-books (hundreds of thousands!!!), and they can all be accessed off campus. And you probably know that, in addition to all those online resources, the library […]
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UPDATE: The Library Is Open Online!

Posted on March 17, 2020 | No Comments
The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is open online! While the physical library space is not currently accessible, we continue to provide access to many library resources and services through the library website. All library databases, e-journals, and e-books are available remotely. Interlibrary loan is still available for journal articles and book […]
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UPDATE: Library Offers Remote Services Until Further Notice

Posted on March 15, 2020 | No Comments
The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library will be CLOSED Monday, March 16, until further notice. Over the weekend, library administration was notified of a potential COVID-19 case among the staff. The individual, who is awaiting test results, was last at the library on March 12 […]
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Library Coronavirus Response: March 13 Updates

Posted on March 13, 2020 | No Comments
The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library continues to adjust policies and services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updates appear first on the @cunyGClibrary Twitter account and then here on the library blog. (Information on the library website and research guides will likely lag. A […]
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Coronavirus Update from the Library

Posted on March 10, 2020 | 2 Comments
Along with the rest of the Graduate Center, the Mina Rees Library is preparing and planning for coronavirus-related disruptions. Plans are constantly evolving, but we want to share what we know at this point: Things To Do ASAP: Make sure you can log into all […]
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CUNY Academic Works: Not Just for Dissertations and Theses

Posted on February 18, 2020 | No Comments
Most GC students and faculty are familiar with CUNY Academic Works, CUNY’s public access repository, but possibly only as the destination for graduating students’ dissertations, theses, and capstone projects. Indeed, since 2014 all GC dissertations, theses, and capstone projects have been posted to Academic Works. […]
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