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New Cleaner Search

Posted on July 20, 2016 | 3 Comments
Finally! OneSearch is here. Now when you go to the GC library homepage, your first search will use OneSearch! Here are answers to a few Frequently Asked Questions about OneSearch, a new tool that is featured on the primary search box of the GC library […]
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#BlackLivesMatter and the Power of the Primary

Posted on July 13, 2016 | 14 Comments
Helicopters swarmed above 34th street last week, positioning the Graduate Center amidst blocked traffic and sirens as protesters painted the city with demands for justice. Responses such as these to racial profiling by police have erupted on a national scale since the beginning of the […]
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Getting Closer to OneSearch

Posted on July 6, 2016 | 6 Comments
Have you noticed the OneSearch link on the library website? Have you tried it? Now’s a great time to give OneSearch a whirl — or, if you’ve tried it in the past, to check it out again, as we’ve mentioned before, with steady improvements over the past […]
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Graphic Activism: Lesbian Graphic Posters Exhibition

Posted on June 15, 2016 | 13 Comments
This summer as you walk through the halls of the Graduate Center first-floor main lobby and Library, you will notice images of circles as globes and buttons, women’s bodies, comic strips, hands massaging the earth, and bold font type with the repeated word: Lesbian. You’re welcome. The […]
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Self-Care in the Library – Care of the DSC

Posted on May 23, 2016 | 2 Comments
An email* came into the WOCN last night, and I had to share with the entire GC community: Since it’s finals week, the DSC has a few self-care events arranged for this week: a finals relief salon, an end-of-semester coffee hour, and a Zen meditation […]
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Prioritizing Pedagogy with Libraries

Posted on April 27, 2016 | 4 Comments
Prioritizing Pedagogy Teach@CUNY Day is an administrative-led project coordinated by the Teaching and Learning Center, but has its roots grounded in the student-led Purposeful Pedagogy workshop which understood that “most adjuncts enter the classroom without any formal teaching or pedagogical training.”1 In 2012 Sociology doctoral students, namely […]
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Issues getting into Google Scholar?

Posted on April 20, 2016 | 2 Comments
As of April 20, 2016, the library is having technical off-campus issues with Google Scholar. A captcha setting appears. This is an error. Students should do one of three things: 1) Use OneSearch search platform instead. 2) Use WorldCat.org search platform instead. Both OneSearch and WorldCat are […]
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Website Restored – Guest Log-ins Restored!

Posted on March 3, 2016 | 6 Comments
3/7/2016 1:30pm Guest Log-ins and printing have been restored. There are some intermittent issues with the website and select databases. We are troubleshooting the problems. For questions, please contact the Reference Desk open until 8pm: 212-817-7077 3/4/2016 8:29 pm: GUEST Log-ins ARE DOWN and will be […]
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Welcome Visiting Scholar Anne Morel!

Posted on February 23, 2016 | 2 Comments
We welcome Anne Morel, a visiting scholar at the Graduate Center Library February – April, 2016. Anne is in the midst of her course of study at ENSSIB, in Lyon, France. While librarians in the US obtain master’s degrees in library and/or information science, Anne will […]
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Welcome Wanett Clyde to the GC Library

Posted on February 17, 2016 | 2 Comments
The Graduate Center Library is pleased to welcome Wanett Clyde as the new Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian. Wanett brings a wealth of experience from the Brooklyn Public Library where she promotes BPL services through social media and serves as the Information Commons Librarian. Prior to […]
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