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Spring 2016 – Welcome (Back) GC Students!

Posted on February 1, 2016 | 7 Comments
The Graduate Center Library is excited to welcome back new and returning students to the Spring 2016 semester. Sit back, relax, and begin! The library is here to orient you to continued success in your academic careers. Are you ready? Below are links that may help you […]
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Happy New Year & Library Space Changes

Posted on January 5, 2016 | No Comments
The GC Library presents sunshine and new spaces for the new year as we brace ourselves for the cold and catch up on projects during the Winter Intersession. Graduate Center Library spaces will soon change. Printing will be centralized in the circular area in front of the 2nd floor rest rooms. This will […]
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DSC Sponsored Finals Comfort Stations

Posted on December 15, 2015 | 1 Comment
The DSC sponsored Comfort Stations return to the Graduate Center Library. Open to all Graduate Center students, for free 10-minute chair massages, earplugs, napping/meditation stations, and handouts on chair yoga and aromatherapy. In addition there are also safer sex supplies. Sign up for massages are filling […]
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Seeking Applications: Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian

Posted on November 25, 2015 | No Comments
Mina Rees Library The Graduate Center, CUNY http://library.gc.cuny.edu/ Posting date: November 25th, 2015 Review of applications: Begins December 7th until filled Title: Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian 12 hours/week totaling no more than 225 hour per semester, 175 hours in summer Flexible day and evening […]
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Join Us! September 2015 Library Workshops

Posted on August 19, 2015 | 4 Comments
New and returning GC students and faculty needing to orient themselves to the library are invited to workshops and events this September. Click links below to RSVP for opportunities to meet your librarians and learn about library resources. Introduction to Library Resources An overview of the […]
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So, You Were There! A Spring Thank You Letter

Posted on June 8, 2015 | 1 Comment
This is a Spring 2015 thank you letter – an opportunity to publicly thank everyone for their participation in the Graduate Center Library Spring events and workshops. With the hard work of those who acted as workshop facilitators, event coordinators, panelists, and/or co-sponsors, the Graduate Center Library has successfully […]
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Knowledge Made Public: Open Access. Humanities. Social Sciences.

Posted on April 27, 2015 | 29 Comments
Join the library on cinco de mayo, May 5th, at 2:30pm for an exciting not to be missed conversation on Open Access in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. The Graduate Center Library is pleased to host a presentation on open access in the humanities […]
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Library Workshops in April

Posted on March 26, 2015 | 4 Comments
Introduction to SPSS April 1 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm C196.02 This class will give a general overview of the SPSS statistical package: What is it? What can it do? What do you need to know to get started? Why Can’t I Download […]
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Reflections on Mapping the (Queer) Personal Past

Posted on February 10, 2015 | 11 Comments
The Graduate Center Library and the Futures Initiative regret that this event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule very soon and will post details on futuresinitiative.org once they are confirmed. On May 23rd 2008, a call for participants arrived in my inbox. It read: REQUEST […]
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Embedding and Mapping the Futures at CUNY

Posted on January 28, 2015 | 2 Comments
(Déjà vu? This is a very slight reworking of a post from the Futures Initiative blog.) Mapping the Futures of Higher Education has an embedded librarian for its first course. This direct relationship with the Graduate Center library ensures that students in the course will have direct access […]
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