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The Impact of OER

Posted on December 5, 2018 | No Comments
As the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) has started to be felt across higher education (with federal funding, various statewide initiatives, and increasing use) new questions begin to arise. One question is how the spreading interest in free materials will shape the future of […]
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When Is a “Journal” Not Really a Journal?

Posted on November 29, 2018 | No Comments
Have you heard about “predatory” journals, also known as fake journals, sham journals, scam journals, and pseudo-journals? Are you wondering what their tactics are and how to avoid them? Read on!* What are they? Fake journals are shady for-profit publishing operations that solicit manuscripts for inclusion in journal-like […]
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Saving Your Interlibrary Loan Requests: ILL and Library User Privacy

Posted on November 28, 2018 | 2 Comments
Twice a year, in January and in the summer, we “delink” completed interlibrary loan requests from library usernames. This means that your ILL account will only show your ILL requests from the last 6 months, if they are finished. While your ILL account can sometimes […]
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Closing Time: November 22 and 23

Posted on November 19, 2018 | 1 Comment
The library will be closed on Thursday, November 22, and Friday, November 23, as the country celebrates Thanksgiving. We hope you will all have entertaining options for your free time and won’t miss your library (much). If you aren’t a fan of turkey or American […]
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Exploring Open Education

Posted on November 16, 2018 | No Comments
Over the past 30 years, the concept of open education has developed alongside technological advances, and gained significant worldwide attention. Funding has been allocated on both the state and federal levels to support open access and open data projects: CUNY and SUNY were recently awarded […]
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November Knowledge Harvest: Library Workshops

Posted on October 30, 2018 | No Comments
There’s lots to learn in the library in the coming month. Come let the library staff help you help yourself! Click on a title below to go to the listing with full information, and then click here or use the RSVP buttons to let us […]
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New Exhibit: A History of Queer Studies at CUNY

Posted on October 29, 2018 | No Comments
October is LGBTQ History Month, and The Graduate Center Library is excited to announce the opening of a new library display, “Thousands of Ghostly Sheaves: A History of Queer Studies at CUNY.” Materials selected for the exhibit were drawn from the archives of the Center […]
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Exploring NYPL: Research Libraries

Posted on October 24, 2018 | No Comments
In a previous post, we took a look at some of the resources available at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library (NYPL). There are three other research libraries within NYPL, each offering an impressive depth of subject matter and scope. […]
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Library Research: Getting (Back) in the Swing of Things

Posted on October 9, 2018 | No Comments
The semester is zipping by! How is your research going? Whether it’s your first, fifth, or even fifteenth semester at the Graduate Center, you might need a little help getting (back) in the swing of library research: finding the information you need, evaluating the sources you read, […]
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Mina Rees: Network Visionary

Posted on September 28, 2018 | No Comments
The Graduate Center Library is named to honor a key figure in CUNY’s history. As we close in on sixty years of graduate education, it’s time to take an appreciative look back at the remarkable woman whose name the library bears. Mina Rees, the Graduate […]
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