Library Workshops & Events
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Featured Stories
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Interlibrary Loan: Access the World’s Library Resources from the GC
19 April 2024 3:45 PM | No Comments -
Teaching (and Reforming) the Next Generation of Pirates and Copyright Violators
10 April 2024 3:24 PM | No Comments -
A New Way to Log In to Interlibrary Loan
16 January 2024 11:34 AM | 1 Comment -
700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)
12 December 2023 2:29 PM | No Comments -
Banned Books and Rights for the Incarcerated: Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile
03 October 2023 4:28 PM | No Comments
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CUNY Archive
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Chief Librarian Thistlethwaite Departs for CUNY Central
Posted on February 13, 2020 | 4 CommentsIn March, after over 17 years of service at the CUNY Graduate Center, I will join the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs to head the Office of Library Services (OLS) as Interim University Dean for Library Services. In this new role, and in conjunction with […] -
Comics @ CUNY: Panel Convo, October 9
Posted on October 8, 2014 | No CommentsComics @ CUNY: Exploring the Role of Comic Books in Teaching and Research Date: Thursday, October 9, 10-11:30 AM Location: CUNY Graduate Center — Room C197 Registration link: http://goo.gl/z18Jy4 In this panel, CUNY scholars and professors will discuss how they have utilized mainstream superhero comics […] -
Cuomo: Restore $2M NYPL – CUNY Library Funding
Posted on March 21, 2014 | 4 CommentsGovernor Cuomo’s 2014-2015 budget proposal cuts $4M library funding for New York State, a 4.7% cut from last year’s enacted budget. Cuts to NYPL-CUNY Library Funding directly impact CUNY graduate students and faculty. State funding for NYPL on behalf of CUNY has declined 17% since 2007, even while CUNY […] -
NYCT Library Responds to Extended Loan Proposal
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 2 CommentsAre CUNY library books more valuable in scholars’ hands? Or are books more valuable on library shelves? This debate rages among CUNY librarians in response to a MALS, DSC, and Graduate Council Library Committee proposal to extend CUNY book loan periods for all borrowers to match those […] -
NYPL < — > CUNY GC Library
Posted on June 27, 2013 | 7 CommentsThe development of a permanent rapprochement between the Graduate School and the New York Public Library — with a long-range commitment of public funds under an agreement that would permit the university’s cooperation in the development of those NYPL policies that affect its research collections […] -
The Case for Longer CUNY Library Book Loans
Posted on May 13, 2013 | 3 CommentsCUNY’s library book loan lengths for grad students are shorter than those offered by any university, anywhere: 3 weeks for Master’s level students, coded “GRAD” in the CUNY+ catalog; 6 weeks for “DOC” students in PhD programs; and 6 weeks for CUNY faculty borrowing from outside […] -
The Grad Center: CUNY’s Hub
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsWhat’s the relationship between CUNY and the CUNY Graduate Center? Under the leadership of Prof. Mina Rees the CUNY Graduate School and University Center was established in 1969, drawing on CUNY doctoral faculty with home appointments at other CUNY campuses. Today the CUNY Graduate Center hosts about 150 distinguished core-appointed […]
