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Dissertation and thesis deposit reopens!

Posted on December 11, 2015 | 1 Comment
With new staff and procedures in place, the GC Library happily reopens for deposit of graduate work Monday, December 14, 2015. Students anticipating a February 2016 degree should register their intent to deposit in Banner no later than January 15 to allow sufficient time to […]
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Judy Waldman’s 28 Years of GC Service

Posted on December 3, 2015 | No Comments
Judy Waldman Retires! from Polly Thistlethwaite Judy Waldman retires from the Graduate Center December 4, 2015, almost exactly 28 years after she started as Assistant to the Chief Librarian and Dissertation Assistant. Judy’s dedication has shaped and reflected CUNY’s remarkable productivity and service over the most recent 3 […]
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Judy Waldman Retires!

Posted on November 4, 2015 | No Comments
Judy Waldman, the Graduate Center’s Dissertation Assistant, will retire after 28 years of service on December 4, 2015. Please join Graduate Center librarians, students, faculty, and staff in wishing Judy well! Tuesday, November 24th 3-5 in the Graduate Center Library Dissertation Room. Light refreshments will be served. […]
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Book Contract? Authors Alliance @ NYPL Nov 3rd

Posted on October 23, 2015 | No Comments
What contractual terms are best for scholarly authors? How can authors regain copyrights from publishers to distribute out-of-print work? Why would authors want to make any work open access? Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson and Executive Director Michael Wolfe will discuss authorship law and author rights, including: Best terms […]
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GC Library Website + Proxy Are Back!

Posted on October 13, 2015 | No Comments
The GC Library website and proxy server were restored today around noon after being down since Friday afternoon, October 9th. We thank our colleagues in IT for their efforts to restore the server. If you were logging into gclibrarybackup.org, you can again use the regular […]
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GC Library Website Is Experiencing Problems!

Posted on October 9, 2015 | No Comments
Due to a server failure, the Graduate Center Library website is down, but work to restore it is ongoing. This failure includes the GC Library proxy server, so access to e-resources through the library proxy are compromised. In the meantime, use the library's back-up website: http://gclibrarybackup.org/.
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September 25th GC Early Research and Scholarship Conference

Posted on September 17, 2015 | 1 Comment
The Graduate Center’s Second Annual Early Research and Scholarship Conference (formerly the Archival Research Conference) features student recipients of one of several different fellowships funded by the Provost’s office: the Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies, the Award for Archival Research in African […]
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Deposit Deadline Extended (again) to September 18

Posted on September 9, 2015 | 2 Comments
In order to accommodate the September 14 and 15 holiday and the impressive volume of graduating Graduate Center students, the Graduate Center has extended the thesis and dissertation deposit deadline for the fall 2015 degree for a 2nd time, now to Friday, September 18, 2015. The dissertation assistant […]
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Farewell, Michael Adams!

Posted on August 13, 2015 | 1 Comment
Prof. Michael Adams will retire this month after nearly 20 years of library service to the Graduate Center community. Michael was the pioneer of the Graduate Center Library’s digital presence. He designed the library’s first web site in the late 1990s and served as the library’s webmaster until 2003. More recently, […]
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New Dissertation & Thesis Appointment Procedure

Posted on June 9, 2015 | 6 Comments
**Note: this is a blog post from 2015; current instructions to deposit are always available at http://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/dissertations Starting today, request an appointment online with the Dissertation Assistant to deposit graduate work. To schedule your deposit appointment: 1. login to Banner 2. select Student Bill Payments 3. […]
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