Library Workshops & Events
Check the library calendar for workshops and events of interest, including Zotero trainings!
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
23 October 2024 5:39 PM | No Comments
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Latest Headlines
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The E-Book Detective Agency: Anatomy of an Ebook Search
Posted on May 20, 2020 | No CommentsNow Presenting: The E-Book Detective Agency Ebook, oh Ebook, where could you be? As our library spaces are currently closed, here at the Graduate Center Library we’ve turned our focus to providing seamless, lightning-quick access to electronic resources. Whether through InterLibrary Loan (request a book […] -
Sharing Remotely: Interlibrary Loan Now
Posted on May 19, 2020 | No CommentsThe librarians and library resource sharing specialists at the Graduate Center Library, today, as always, understand that interlibrary loan services are essential for meeting the information needs of our community. So, even now, when we cannot access so much of the invaluable print material that […] -
Emily Drabinski on Critical Pedagogy
Posted on May 13, 2020 | No CommentsBelow is one of a series of posts by participants in the 2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship. Fellows will share their unique insights to the process of converting a syllabus to open or zero-cost resources, and/or review a workshop from the Open Educational Resources Bootcamp held in […] -
Emily Drabinski Becomes Interim Chief Librarian Under Worst Possible Conditions
Posted on May 7, 2020 | No CommentsThis is a tardy announcement that Emily Drabinski has taken on the position of Interim Chief Librarian at the Graduate Center. Her appointment began March 16, coincident with the upturn of the coronavirus outbreak in the most difficult possible historical moment to assume CUNY leadership. […] -
OER: Drafting Possible Futures
Posted on May 6, 2020 | No CommentsBelow is one of a series of posts by participants in the 2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship. Fellows will share their unique insights to the process of converting a syllabus to open or zero-cost resources, and/or review a workshop from the Open Educational Resources Bootcamp held […] -
Tips & Tricks for Finding E-books
Posted on April 15, 2020 | 1 CommentNow that research has moved online for the foreseeable future, we’re all looking for electronic texts. In normal times, the GC library provides access to thousands of e-books though assorted databases. But now, because of the COVID-19 crisis, many publishers have temporarily opened access to […] -
Register now! Symposium on Friday, April 24th
Posted on April 9, 2020 | 1 CommentWe’re thrilled to announce that the upcoming 2020 Symposium, Towards an Open Future, will be held virtually. Registration is free: sign up here, and feel free to share widely! ***Save the date: Friday, April 24th – 1:00pm to 4:30pm (EST)*** Event Summary: In recent years, […] -
Now Open: The Mina Rees E-book Detective Agency
Posted on April 6, 2020 | No CommentsWorking from home — including teaching, writing, and studying from home — only works if you have the tools to do it. For many of us in the GC community, the tools are books, some of them printed on paper and tantalizingly close (right there […] -
Online for April: Workshops
Posted on April 2, 2020 | No CommentsThe world has become very different in the last few weeks. It promises to be different for quite a while to come. But teaching and writing continues, and the library is still doing business — lots of business. In addition to the online services we’re […] -
Online Library Services Roundup
Posted on March 23, 2020 | No CommentsYou probably know that the Graduate Center library provides access to many databases (hundreds!), e-journals (tens of thousands!!), and e-books (hundreds of thousands!!!), and they can all be accessed off campus. And you probably know that, in addition to all those online resources, the library […]
