Emergency Message Archive

Notice: Guest Log-Ins are Restored!

Posted on July 25, 2016 | 2 Comments
The GC’s guest login system is experiencing intermittent difficulties. GC building guests who obtain a login and password from the library circulation or reference desk may encounter difficulties. Guest logins for the GC wireless network are unaffected. Apologies for any inconvenience, and thanks for your patience […]
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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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Remote Access to Databases Restored!

Posted on February 18, 2016 | No Comments
Earlier this morning, GC library proxy server access to the Graduate Center Library databases was temporarily unavailable. The problem was resolved within a few hours. Whenever the GC library proxy is unavailable, a subset of resources are available on the Office of Library Services here using […]
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Possible Catalog Downtime/Outage, January 25 2016

Posted on January 22, 2016 | No Comments
Due to disaster recovery testing being performed by CIS, there might be a momentary or an extended outage of the CUNY Classic Catalog and CUNY Central E-Resources from 8:30am to 12:00pm (noon) on Monday 25, 2016. We apologize for this inconvenience.
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Library Services Planned Outage on January 10th

Posted on January 6, 2016 | No Comments
Due to major IT infrastructural maintenance, the Graduate Center Library’s website will not be available in the morning and early afternoon of January 10th, 2015. During this time you will be redirected to the library backup site giving you access to the catalog, OneSearch, ILL, Academic Works, […]
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WorldCat and online ILL services restored

Posted on October 16, 2015 | No Comments
WorldCat and online ILL services are now restored. Thank you for bearing with us! If you experience any further trouble with these systems, please let us know at ill@gc.cuny.edu or 212-817-7049.
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WorldCat and online ILL services temporarily down: October 16, 2015

Posted on October 16, 2015 | No Comments
WorldCat is temporarily down this morning, and online interlibrary loan services are also intermittently affected. OCLC, the company that administers both services, is currently investigating and promises to bring them back up as soon as possible. We apologize for the trouble, and please check back soon! We […]
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GC Library Website + Proxy Are Back!

Posted on October 13, 2015 | No Comments
The GC Library website and proxy server were restored today around noon after being down since Friday afternoon, October 9th. We thank our colleagues in IT for their efforts to restore the server. If you were logging into gclibrarybackup.org, you can again use the regular […]
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GC Library Website Is Experiencing Problems!

Posted on October 9, 2015 | No Comments
Due to a server failure, the Graduate Center Library website is down, but work to restore it is ongoing. This failure includes the GC Library proxy server, so access to e-resources through the library proxy are compromised. In the meantime, use the library's back-up website: http://gclibrarybackup.org/.
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