Library Workshops & Events
Check the library calendar for workshops and events of interest, including Zotero trainings!
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An Archives Center for the Library
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Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2024-25
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New Access to The Chief: A Voice for Workers
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Remembering Helga Bravmann Feder, with Gratitude
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New and Featured Streaming Film Databases: Docuseek and Electronic Arts Intermix
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Author Archive
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Upcoming Holiday Closures: Dec 24, 25, 26, 27, 31 & Jan 1, 18
Posted on December 21, 2015 | 1 CommentHappy holidays to the entire Graduate Center community! The Graduate Center Library has several upcoming holiday closures: Christmas Eve (Thursday 12/24) Christmas (Friday 12/25) Post-Christmas Weekend (Saturday 12/26 & Sunday 12/27) New Year’s Eve (Thursday 12/31) New Year’s Day (Friday 1/1) Martin Luther King Jr. Day […] -
Working Papers + Academic Works
Posted on December 17, 2015 | No CommentsMany Graduate Center programs and centers regularly release working papers, technical reports, or other publications. Does yours? If so, we encourage you to contact the library about maximizing the papers’ discoverability and online longevity by including them in CUNY Academic Works, CUNY’s open access repository. The […] -
Library Closed Thursday 11/26 and Friday 11/27
Posted on November 23, 2015 | 1 CommentIn observance of Thanksgiving, the Graduate Center Library will be closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. The library will re-open Saturday, November 28. If you need library help on those days, please use the chat tool on the library website. Chat is available 24/7, […] -
Why You Should Ditch Academia.edu and Use CUNY Academic Works
Posted on November 6, 2015 | 11 CommentsCUNY recently launched Academic Works, an open access repository that is the ideal way for you to make articles, book chapters, data, etc. available to your research community and the broader public. Why should you care about Academic Works? Let’s start with three key reasons: […] -
Nov 4 & 5: Scholarly Publishing Events with Cornell Univ Press Senior Editor
Posted on October 31, 2015 | No CommentsWondering how to make that almost finished dissertation into a viable book project? Thinking about how trends in academic publishing might affect your scholarly career? This week, Michael J. McGandy, Senior Editor at Cornell University Press (covering the subjects American History, American Politics, New York State, and […] -
Upcoming Workshops about Sharing Your Work (i.e., Going Open Access)
Posted on October 14, 2015 | No CommentsNext week, October 19-25, is International Open Access Week, an annual opportunity for students, faculty, and other researchers to learn about open access (OA), find out how to make their works OA, and help make OA the new norm in scholarship and research. Once Open Access Week has whetted your appetite for OA (or even if Open Access Week slips past you), join the Graduate Center Library for workshops addressing two key aspects of OA: Does my publisher allow me to share my work (i.e., make it OA)? And if so, how and where am I allowed to share it? -
Library Closed Monday, October 12
Posted on October 8, 2015 | No CommentsIn observance of Columbus Day / Indigenous People’s Day, the Graduate Center Library will be closed Monday, October 12. If you need library help on that day, please use the chat tool on the library website. Chat is available 24/7, and you’ll always reach an academic librarian — […] -
Find Your Audience with CUNY Academic Works
Posted on September 8, 2015 | 1 CommentYou may already know about Academic Works, CUNY’s new open access institutional repository. (You can browse the whole site or go straight to the GC section.) It collects and provides public access to the scholarly and creative work of the CUNY community. Only the CUNY community can upload […] -
GC Library Welcomes Steve Zweibel, Data & Digital Projects Librarian
Posted on August 31, 2015 | 6 CommentsThe Graduate Center Library is delighted to introduce Steve Zweibel, our new Data & Digital Projects Librarian (itself a new position here). Steve comes to us from a visiting lectureship at Hunter College, where he built several useful library tools, including Augur, a web application to track reference question […] -
Welcome (Back), GC Students!
Posted on August 25, 2015 | 2 CommentsWe are thrilled to welcome new students to the Graduate Center Library, which, as Chief Librarian Polly Thistlethwaite puts it, is “small but mighty” — and to welcome back returning students. To help everyone get off to a great start with research, we encourage you […]
