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Open Education Is Not a Luxury

Posted on November 30, 2016 | 5 Comments
Audre Lorde famously asserted that “for women . . . poetry is not a luxury.” Artistry and lived experience shared, while valued less than dominant notions of thought and process, is “a vital necessity of our existence,” she wrote (Lorde, Audre. Poetry is Not a […]
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Why Do You Write?

Posted on October 26, 2016 | 8 Comments
GC Sociology Prof. Jessie Daniels’ second book Cyber Racism appeared in 2009, published by a reputable academic publisher that sold books mostly to academic libraries in paper and ebook formats that were entirely closed, locked behind turnstiles and paywalls. Readers had to either buy a copy or […]
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Negotiating a Favorable Book Contract

Posted on October 17, 2016 | 17 Comments
Securing a book contract for promotion and tenure is a goal in itself for academic authors. Scholarly book contracts tend to favor the publisher, however, and the terms often work against the author over the long term. That said, it’s increasingly possible for authors to negotiate more favorable terms with […]
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New in the Library: Group Study Tables

Posted on October 4, 2016 | 2 Comments
The Library is pleased to introduce two group study tables immediately inside the GC Library entrance. This offers library users a place to hold quiet conversation, away from the 1st floor dissertation reading room and the entire 2nd floor designated for quiet, individual study. Graduate Center students […]
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NYPL Reading & Catalog Rooms Reopen

Posted on September 26, 2016 | 1 Comment
The New York Public Library’s Rose Main Reading Room and the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room will reopen for full service Wednesday October 5. These grand, adjacent rooms on the library’s 3rd floor will be staffed by more librarians hired for on-the-spot research questions and scheduled one-on-one consultation. […]
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CUNY Legacy Dissertations & Capstones

Posted on August 3, 2016 | 5 Comments
The Graduate Center Library is pleased to offer the CUNY community a new collection: CUNY GC Legacy (Retrospective) Dissertations, 1965-2014. This database is open for use by any current CUNY Library user on any CUNY campus, and it requires authentication with a CUNY library barcode number. The […]
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Stay Connected! New Alumni Library Resources

Posted on June 1, 2016 | 12 Comments
The Graduate Center Mina Rees Library is pleased to offer GC alumni a suite of online resources – including JSTOR, Project MUSE, SAGE publications, Vault Career Intelligence, and Versatile PhD – available off-campus, anytime. JSTOR alone typically costs an individual subscriber $200 per year for limited […]
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NYPL Readex Databases now with ‘Seamless’ GC Access

Posted on May 11, 2016 | 9 Comments
Eighteen new New York Public Library Readex archival collections are now available to Graduate Center users through the Graduate Center Library’s A-Z List of Databases. These rich collections of newspapers and early American publications, previously only available online from inside the NYPL, can now be reached from […]
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Welcome Adriana Palmer, ER-IR Librarian!

Posted on February 9, 2016 | 3 Comments
You may have already met Adriana Palmer. She has worked at the GC as an adjunct librarian since 2014. But now we are additionally thrilled that Adriana Palmer joins our team as a full time librarian! Adriana’s new job combines two areas of responsibility. First, the ‘ER’ part: […]
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Welcome Roxanne Shirazi, Dissertation Research Librarian!

Posted on January 29, 2016 | 2 Comments
Roxanne Shirazi has been working as Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian at the Graduate Center Library since fall 2013, and she has been pursing her MALS degree at the Graduate Center since a little before that. But this spring, Roxanne joins the library staff full time […]
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