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CUNY Library Circulation Leaders Endorse 42- and 120-day Loans

Posted on November 15, 2013 | 6 Comments
Last Wednesday November 13, circulation heads of the CUNY libraries endorsed the Graduate Center’s proposal to extend graduate student, doctoral student, and CUNY faculty loan periods from the current 42 days to 120 days. They also proposed and endorsed extension of undergraduate loan periods from […]
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New GC Library Logo

Posted on October 18, 2013 | 3 Comments
You may have noticed that the Graduate Center Library is sporting a spiffy new logo. It was created for us by Mark Abrams, the graphic designer behind the extraordinarily clever and communicative JustPublics@365 logo. The library’s new logo was carefully designed to blend with the […]
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Video: John Rothman, Archivist and Digital Pioneer

Posted on September 19, 2013 | 4 Comments
John Rothman, a 12-year volunteer in the Graduate Center Library’s Archive, with Chief Librarian Polly Thistlethwaite. Since 2001, Mr. Rothman has shaped the Graduate Center’s archive, raw data of the Graduate Center’s history — presidential papers, organizational documents, and a range of paraphernalia. In this video, Rothman discusses […]
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One Stop features CUNY + NYPL registration

Posted on August 23, 2013 | 3 Comments
Get a jump on the semester! The Grad Center’s One Stop registration continues (and ends) today, Friday August 23, on the Concourse level, 9.45 – 4 pm, with a break for lunch, 12.30 – 1.30. Get your GC photo ID, and register for CUNY and […]
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Prof. Alycia Sellie Joins the GC Library

Posted on July 11, 2013 | 12 Comments
The Graduate Center Library welcomes Alycia Sellie, who has been appointed to the library faculty at the Instructor level. Alycia is the new Electronic Resources and Serials Management Librarian. She joins the Graduate Center after four years at Brooklyn College where she was the Media […]
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Save the NYPL?

Posted on July 6, 2013 | 5 Comments
The NYPL Central Library Plan (CLP) proposes an extensive renovation and improved support for NYPL’s scholarly users and lay readers, including all variety of CUNY affiliates. The plan’s expanded study spaces, extended library hours, increased materials and personnel budgets all reflect NYPL’s intention to intensify […]
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NYPL < — > CUNY GC Library

Posted on June 27, 2013 | 7 Comments
The development of a permanent rapprochement between the Graduate School and the New York Public Library — with a long-range commitment of public funds under an agreement that would permit the university’s cooperation in the development of those NYPL policies that affect its research collections […]
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The Case for Longer CUNY Library Book Loans

Posted on May 13, 2013 | 3 Comments
CUNY’s library book loan lengths for grad students are shorter than those offered by any university, anywhere: 3 weeks for Master’s level students, coded “GRAD” in the CUNY+ catalog; 6 weeks for “DOC” students in PhD programs; and 6 weeks for CUNY faculty borrowing from outside […]
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The Grad Center: CUNY’s Hub

Posted on May 8, 2013 | No Comments
What’s the relationship between CUNY and the CUNY Graduate Center? Under the leadership of Prof. Mina Rees the CUNY Graduate School and University Center was established in 1969, drawing on CUNY doctoral faculty with home appointments at other CUNY campuses. Today the CUNY Graduate Center hosts about 150 distinguished core-appointed […]
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Gioia Stevens Joins the Mina Rees Library

Posted on April 30, 2013 | No Comments
The Mina Rees Library welcomes Gioia Stevens who was just appointed to the library faculty at the Instructor level. Ms. Stevens earned her M.L.I.S. with Archival Certificate from Pratt Institute in 2008. She graduated with a B.A. from Brown University in 1987. Gioia has high-level […]
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