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Featured Stories
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Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2025–26
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An Archives Center for the Library
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New Access to The Chief: A Voice for Workers
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Remembering Helga Bravmann Feder, with Gratitude
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New and Featured Streaming Film Databases: Docuseek and Electronic Arts Intermix
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Latest Headlines
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Reminder: Save Your Interlibrary Loan Request History By Friday
Posted on January 11, 2023 | No CommentsIn order to keep information about library requests private, we periodically “delink” finished interlibrary loan requests from library users’ names. This will happen next in January 2023. After this, you will only see the last six months of information in your ILL account. If you […] -
Library Service Outage, Sunday, January 8th, 8am – 6pm
Posted on January 4, 2023 | No CommentsDue to scheduled IT maintenance, the library website, proxy, and blog will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday, January 8th between 8am and 6pm. When off-campus access to GC library databases is interrupted, some databases will still be available via the CUNY-wide list of databases using […] -
Save Your Interlibrary Loan Request History Before January 13, 2023
Posted on December 19, 2022 | No CommentsIn order to keep information about library requests private, we periodically “delink” finished interlibrary loan requests from library users’ names. This will happen next in January 2023. After this, you will only see the last six months of information in your ILL account. If you […] -
Apply now! Open Knowledge Fellowship | Spring 2023
Posted on December 13, 2022 | No CommentsThe Library seeks applications for the Spring 2023 cohort of the Open Knowledge Fellowship, which provides a $2000 stipend for participating Graduate Center doctoral students. Apply by Wednesday 1/11/23 at 5pm EST! We look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to reach out with […] -
Now Hiring! Adjunct Reference & Digital Outreach Librarian
Posted on December 12, 2022 | No CommentsThe Graduate Center Library seeks an Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian to work about 12 – 15 hours spread out over 2-3 days per week. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a fast-paced, research intensive environment – details on how to apply […] -
Open Access Requires Access: An Irony of OER
Posted on December 12, 2022 | No CommentsWhen it came time to start replacing items on my syllabus with “open” versions, I realized the limitations of OER. Only one of the resources on my syllabus was widely accessible to all regardless of institutional affiliation. -
Shifting Out of Neutral into OER
Posted on November 30, 2022 | No CommentsI was eager to find ways to lessen the financial burden of being a college student in a university system that was once and should still be free to attend. I struggled to find resources that could make my courses a zero-cost experience and introduce students to critical traditions in psychology that are typically excluded in mainstream psychology textbooks and curricula. -
We’re Hiring an Electronic Resources Librarian!
Posted on November 29, 2022 | No CommentsWe’re delighted to be hiring a tenure-track Electronic Resources Librarian at the Instructor or Assistant Professor rank. Please share far and wide, and consider applying! Review of applications begins on January 3, 2023. Electronic Resources Librarian, Instructor or Assistant Professor The Graduate Center, CUNY is […] -
Increasing Engagement via Zero Cost
Posted on November 23, 2022 | No CommentsIt felt wrong, from the beginning, to require my students to find the money and spend so much on a book we would only read a few texts from, [made up of] classics of literature that largely belong to the public domain.... I needed to learn how to make this right and allow my students to engage with my course materials without having to go penniless for it. -
Now Hiring: Interlibrary Loan
Posted on November 7, 2022 | 1 CommentWe are hiring for a part-time (10-20 hours/week) position at the Interlibrary Loan unit of the Graduate Center library. Interlibrary Loan is an essential service for the GC community, facilitating access to a wide variety of physical and digital materials for our students, faculty […]
