Emergency Message Archive

Readex databases outage

Posted on February 9, 2023 | 4 Comments
Our Readex databases available via NYPL are temporarily inaccessible via your GC credentials. We apologize for the outage. Alternative access is available remotely via NYPL.
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Library Website and Blog Scheduled Service Outage Sunday, July 14th, 2019, 8am – 1pm

Posted on July 8, 2019 | No Comments
Due to scheduled IT maintenance, the library website and library blog will not be available on Sunday, July 14th, 2019 between 8am and 1pm. During this time if you need to access our resources, you can via our backup site, or go directly to […]
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Interlibrary Loan: Brief Service Interruption on March 12, 2019

Posted on March 11, 2019 | No Comments
We will be upgrading the Interlibrary Loan system on Tuesday, March 12. There should only be a short service interruption in the morning. If you have any difficulties accessing us on the web, please try again later in the day. We can be reached at ill@gc.cuny.edu if […]
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Snow Closure: Monday, March 4

Posted on March 3, 2019 | No Comments
The Graduate Center and the Mina Rees Library will be closed on Monday, March 4, due to winter weather. All classes are canceled. Updates will be posted at www.gc.cuny.edu. Enjoy your snow day.
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Library Website and Blog Scheduled Service Outage Sunday, January 13th, 2019, 8am – 4pm

Posted on January 10, 2019 | No Comments
Due to scheduled IT maintenance, the library website and library blog will not be available on Sunday, January 13th, 2019 between 8am and 4pm. Additionally, there will be no internet service within the entire building. During this time if you need to access our […]
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Service Restored: Interlibrary Loan

Posted on September 25, 2018 | No Comments
EDIT: online interlibrary services have been restored. ORIGINAL: Online interlibrary loan services are currently experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. The service provider is currently working on them. This means that you may not be able to log in to make new requests, request renewals, or make […]
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Service Restored: Interlibrary Loan

Posted on September 4, 2018 | No Comments
UPDATE, 1pm: online interlibrary services have been restored. However, there may continue to be intermittent interruptions, so if you have any issues please don’t hesitate to continue reaching us at ill@gc.cuny.edu. * Original posting: Due to technical issues, online interlibrary loan services have been suspended […]
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Library Services Planned Outage on January 16th

Posted on January 12, 2017 | No Comments
Due to IT maintenance, the Graduate Center Library’s website and blog (including this post!) will not be available intermittently on January 16th, MLK Day. During this time please instead use the library backup site, gclibrarybackup.org. This gives you access to the classic catalog, OneSearch, ILL, […]
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Library Services Planned Outage on August 21st

Posted on August 18, 2016 | 1 Comment
Due to IT maintenance, the Graduate Center Library’s website will not be available from approximately 10:30 to 11:30 am on August 21st. During this time please instead use the library backup site, gclibrarybackup.org. This gives you access to the catalog, OneSearch, ILL, Academic Works, the Journal Title Search Tool […]
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CUNY Academic Commons planned outage rescheduled for 8/5

Posted on July 26, 2016 | 5 Comments
Update (8/2/2016): The Academic Commons maintenance outage has been rescheduled. In order to perform a major server upgrade, the CUNY Academic Commons will be unavailable for three to six hours, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 5. Normal service is expected to resume […]
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