Making WorldCat More Accurate to Decrease ILL Return Time
In December, the library finished a project to reconcile the holdings in WorldCat with the library catalog holdings for journals. How does having accurate WorldCat journal holdings records affect...
View Article“For the Public Good”: A Public Institution and Its New Open Access Repository
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently ran a column by Graduate Center Interim President Chase Robinson about the Graduate Center’s recent string of high-profile hires and overall success...
View ArticleSneak Peek! New Website Survey
The New Graduate Center Library Website is almost ready. The Official Launch Date is Monday, June 9th. To make the website ready for launch, we are still tweaking: uploading content completing quality...
View ArticleGC Library Website Down Sat-Sun June 7, 8
With the upgrade in the GC building’s electrical power Friday night, the GC library servers are unstable and will likely continue to be over the weekend. Use http://gclibraryisdown.org to reach a...
View ArticleILL Upgrade: System Temporarily Down on Tuesday, 6/10/14
An update to the ILL (Interlibrary Loan) software is planned for June 10th. This should be finished quickly, but from 9AM you will not have access to the ILL pages or your ILL account until the system...
View ArticleJune 2014 E-Resources Summary
New Databases Here are the latest additions to our collection of online databases: ACO Music Data Analysis ACO Music Data Analysis is a growing repository of historical and current data from Billboard,...
View ArticleFarewell Jane: A Librarian’s Retirement
After 10 years of service at the Graduate Center Library, Associate Librarian for Collection Management Jane Brodsky Fitzpatrick retired last week. Jane came to the Graduate Center Library in 2004...
View ArticleWeekend Outage: Library Servers Down This Weekend!
Because of required work on the Graduate Center’s electrical systems, the GC Library website and servers will be down beginning at 8pm on Friday, June 20. Library services should be restored by noon on...
View ArticleNew Look for the GC Library Website
The Graduate Center Library has a new website! It sports a crisp new look, streamlined architecture, and pared-down, richer content. We built the site, embedded search tools, and linked it to the...
View ArticleA Queer Library Collection
Happy Pride Weekend all! This Sunday, June 29th, 2014, thousands of LGBTQ New Yorkers and allies will march along 5th avenue, and pass the walls of the Graduate Center for the annual Heritage of Pride...
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