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CUNY Legacy Dissertations & Capstones

Posted on August 3, 2016 | 5 Comments
The Graduate Center Library is pleased to offer the CUNY community a new collection: CUNY GC Legacy (Retrospective) Dissertations, 1965-2014. This database is open for use by any current CUNY Library user on any CUNY campus, and it requires authentication with a CUNY library barcode number. The […]
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Long Tails and Low Humidity: ReCAP Research Collections and Preservation Consortium

Posted on January 15, 2015 | 8 Comments
Research libraries embrace two primary missions: to preserve the world’s intellectual culture, and to distribute it as widely as possible. ReCAP, the state-of-the-art book storage facility in Princeton, is central to both these missions. ReCAP began in 1999 as a collaboration among Columbia University Libraries, Princeton University, and New York […]
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Save the NYPL?

Posted on July 6, 2013 | 5 Comments
The NYPL Central Library Plan (CLP) proposes an extensive renovation and improved support for NYPL’s scholarly users and lay readers, including all variety of CUNY affiliates. The plan’s expanded study spaces, extended library hours, increased materials and personnel budgets all reflect NYPL’s intention to intensify […]
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NYPL < — > CUNY GC Library

Posted on June 27, 2013 | 7 Comments
The 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 […]
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Radical Interlibrary Loan: A Manifesto

Posted on May 21, 2013 | 1 Comment
The information needs of the Graduate Center community are deep, varied, and potentially even limitless. The respect for, and use of, information among our patrons both inspires and challenges all of the librarians and staff members at the Mina Rees Library. Every day, as we […]
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