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Improved CUNY Book Renewal Policies for Doctoral Students

Posted on April 17, 2017 | No Comments
Have you ever been confused or frustrated by an inability to renew a CUNY book? Ever wondered why you could renew some CUNY books but not others? At CUNY, initial circulation periods are standardized — 8 weeks for PhD students and faculty, 6 weeks for […]
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Library Systems Downtime, Monday 4/10

Posted on April 6, 2017 | No Comments
On Monday, April 10, 2017, between 9 AM and 2 PM, there will be scheduled maintenance of CUNY’s centrally hosted library systems (specifically, the CUNY libraries catalog and SFX, which powers the “Find It!” buttons and the full-text availability information in OneSearch). During this time, […]
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Help Us Help You: Take the Master’s Student Experience Survey

Posted on April 3, 2017 | No Comments
Master’s students, help us help you! By now you should have received an email inviting you to complete the GC’s Master’s Student Experience Survey. One of the best ways to let the GC know how well we’re meeting your needs, and where we should focus our attentions, is to […]
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Grant Opportunity for Open Educational Resources

Posted on March 31, 2017 | No Comments
Graduate Center students who teach courses at other CUNY campuses, along with the faculty based at those campuses, may be interested in this $2000 grant opportunity, open to the CUNY community only, to open up a course — transforming it from a course that relies […]
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Library Closed March 14 Due to Snow

Posted on March 13, 2017 | No Comments
Due to the severity of the approaching snowstorm, the Graduate Center Library will be closed Tuesday, March 14. If you need library help during the closure, please use the chat tool on the library website. Chat is available 24/7, and you’ll always reach an academic […]
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Library System Downtime on Saturday 2/25

Posted on February 23, 2017 | No Comments
On Saturday, February 25, between the hours of 9 AM and 7 PM, the CUNY Office of Computing & Information Services will be performing system-wide maintenance on its network. During this time, all centrally-hosted CUNY library services — including the CUNY library catalog and the […]
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Library Closed February 9 Due to Snow

Posted on February 8, 2017 | No Comments
Due to the severity of the approaching snowstorm, the Graduate Center Library will be closed Thursday, February 9. If you need library help during the closure, please use the chat tool on the library website. Chat is available 24/7, and you’ll always reach an academic […]
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A Holiday Gift from Art History Teaching Resources

Posted on December 27, 2016 | 1 Comment
Earlier in 2016, our friends at Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR), a robust and respected open educational resource initially created by Graduate Center students, founded Art History Pedagogy and Practice (AHPP), an open access journal dedicated to the scholarship of teaching and learning in art […]
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This Week: CUNY-Wide Overdue Book Amnesty!

Posted on November 14, 2016 | 8 Comments
From Monday, November 14 through Wednesday, November 23, CUNY libraries are offering amnesty on overdue books. Yes, that’s right, you can return your overdue library books without fear of overdue fines! Be aware that amnesty does not apply to all library fines and fees. It […]
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New at the GC: Writing Consultations

Posted on November 7, 2016 | 3 Comments
Have you heard the news? The GC’s Office of Career Planning and Professional Development now offers writing consultations! Here’s the announcement in full, in case you missed it: Graduate writing consultants are now available to meet with Graduate Center students to review students’ written materials and […]
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