Scholarly Communication Archive

3rd Annual Early Research & Scholarship Conference

Posted on August 31, 2016 | 3 Comments
The Library is pleased to co-sponsor the Graduate Center’s Third Annual Early Research and Scholarship Conference (formerly the Archival Research Conference) which features student recipients of one of several different fellowships funded by the Provost’s office: the Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies, […]
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Impact of Open Scholarship on public audiences

Posted on August 8, 2016 | 5 Comments
Have you ever wondered after making one of your works publicly accessible in CUNY Academic Works (or while considering doing so), “who is this new audience I am reaching?” In a post earlier this year CUNY’s Scholarly Communications Librarian, Megan Wacha, framed this question in […]
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CUNY Legacy Dissertations & Capstones

Posted on August 3, 2016 | 5 Comments
The Graduate Center Library is pleased to offer the CUNY community a new collection: CUNY GC Legacy (Retrospective) Dissertations, 1965-2014. This database is open for use by any current CUNY Library user on any CUNY campus, and it requires authentication with a CUNY library barcode number. The […]
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New Open Access Journal: Art History Pedagogy and Practice

Posted on May 19, 2016 | 6 Comments
The world has a new open access journal — and a much-needed one, to boot! The journal is Art History Pedagogy and Practice (AHPP), published by Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR), an open educational resource initially created by Graduate Center students that has flourished into a […]
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Fair Use Week: Copyright and Your Dissertation

Posted on February 25, 2016 | 3 Comments
One of the most common concerns I hear from graduating students is confusion about copyright. Students in the sciences frequently take an “article as chapter” approach to their dissertation, reproducing work (figures, tables, etc.) that they’ve already published elsewhere. Art History students may need to […]
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Welcome Adriana Palmer, ER-IR Librarian!

Posted on February 9, 2016 | 3 Comments
You may have already met Adriana Palmer. She has worked at the GC as an adjunct librarian since 2014. But now we are additionally thrilled that Adriana Palmer joins our team as a full time librarian! Adriana’s new job combines two areas of responsibility. First, the ‘ER’ part: […]
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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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Why You Should Ditch Academia.edu and Use CUNY Academic Works

Posted on November 6, 2015 | 11 Comments
CUNY recently launched Academic Works, an open access repository that is the ideal way for you to make articles, book chapters, data, etc. available to your research community and the broader public. Why should you care about Academic Works? Let’s start with three key reasons: […]
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Nov 4 & 5: Scholarly Publishing Events with Cornell Univ Press Senior Editor

Posted on October 31, 2015 | No Comments
Wondering how to make that almost finished dissertation into a viable book project? Thinking about how trends in academic publishing might affect your scholarly career? This week, Michael J. McGandy, Senior Editor at Cornell University Press (covering the subjects American History, American Politics, New York State, and […]
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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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