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A Queer Library Collection

Posted on June 27, 2014 | 13 Comments
Happy Pride Weekend all! This Sunday, June 29th, 2014, thousands of LGBTQ New Yorkers and allies will march along 5th avenue, and pass the walls of the Graduate Center for the annual Heritage of Pride NYC Pride March. The library will be closed on Sunday, […]
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New Look for the GC Library Website

Posted on June 9, 2014 | 1 Comment
The Graduate Center Library has a new website! It sports a crisp new look, streamlined architecture, and pared-down, richer content. We built the site, embedded search tools, and linked it to the popular Library Blog using the WordPress Themify theme. Here’s what you’ll find: Three search tabs — titled Catalog, Databases, and Other […]
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Farewell Jane: A Librarian’s Retirement

Posted on June 8, 2014 | 4 Comments
After 10 years of service at the Graduate Center Library, Associate Librarian for Collection Management Jane Brodsky Fitzpatrick retired last week. Jane came to the Graduate Center Library in 2004 after ten years as the Head of Technical Services & Acquisitions at SUNY Maritime College. She earned […]
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Sneak Peek! New Website Survey

Posted on June 2, 2014 | 1 Comment
The New Graduate Center Library Website is almost ready. The Official Launch Date is Monday, June 9th. To make the website ready for launch, we are still tweaking by: uploading content completing quality assurance testing links checking the site on multiple browsers And we […]
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Zotero Drop-In & Other Tips

Posted on March 31, 2014 | No Comments
Zotero & Refworks Drop-In Hours – Walk-Ins Welcome! Tuesdays and Wednesdays 4pm – 5pm Library Room C196.05 Every week for Spring 2014 Beginning April 1st If able, please bring your Laptop, or follow-along with a projector. Questions encouraged. Citation Manager Drop-In at the Library by […]
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OpenCUNY and GC Librarians Collaboration

Posted on February 13, 2014 | 22 Comments
This week, the Graduate Center Library has had about 100 RSVPs for WordPress and citation manager workshops. All of these have been sold out, and as a result, speak to the need to support digital scholarship on campus. Library collaboration with OpenCUNY, a student run […]
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2013 Mina Rees Library Year in Review

Posted on January 30, 2014 | 2 Comments
After another year of exciting happenings in and around the library, we’ve compiled these highlights from the Graduate Center Library blog, so we don’t forget 2013’s developments while we blog about 2014. Below is a month-by-month overview — click on the month to get the […]
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The Gittell Archive Project & Library Exhibition

Posted on November 25, 2013 | No Comments
The library will hold the Marilyn Jacobs Gittell Archival Exhibition in its display cases for the unveiling of the November 26th, 2013 Evening In Honor which will include a Welcome by President Chase Robinson, an address by Prof. Michelle Fine, and a reception. Below is a […]
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Welcome to Roxanne Shirazi, Adjunct Reference Librarian

Posted on November 5, 2013 | 1 Comment
Roxanne Shirazi joins the Graduate Center Library in the division of Public Services as Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian. Roxanne will supply reference service, implement suggestions for library space, and participate in the strategic development of outreach plans for GC library workshops and services, […]
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Government Shutdown and Libraries

Posted on October 3, 2013 | 6 Comments
Over the week, a number of articles have circulated about the government shutdown and its effects and impacts on libraries across the nation. Librarians look to the alerts posted by the Library of Congress (LOC), whose most recent post announced its closure. As libraries wait for […]
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