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Graduate Center Research Impact: Pin Drops Keep Falling on My Map!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Jill Cirasella

(Déjà vu? This is a very slight reworking of a post from the Graduate Center Library blog.) Germany. India. England. France. Canada. Poland. Iran. Sweden. China. Turkey. Netherlands. Egypt. Russia. Japan. Those are just a few of the countries where researchers are downloading … Continue reading →

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Introducing Megan Wacha, Your New Scholarly Communications Librarian!

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Jill Cirasella

Open access advocates around CUNY are thrilled to announce the arrival (and extremely productive first few weeks) of Megan Wacha, CUNY’s new Scholarly Communications Librarian, based at the Office of Library Services. While many CUNY librarians have long engaged, both … Continue reading →

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Attention, CUNY Faculty: Get Paid to Learn about Open Educational Resources (OER)!

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

CUNY’s Office of Library Services just announced an exciting (and paid!) opportunity for full-time and part-time faculty to learn about open educational resources (OER), which include open access textbooks and other freely available, online instructional materials: CUNY’s Office of Library … Continue reading →

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Scholarly Communications Librarian @ CUNY: More Time to Apply!

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

Application Deadline Extended: There’s still time to apply to be CUNY’s first Scholarly Communications Librarian! The deadline is now Monday, July 28, 2014. Summary of Posting: The City University of New York (CUNY) seeks a Scholarly Communications Librarian to provide … Continue reading →

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Come Work with Us! Scholarly Communications Librarian @ CUNY

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

Big news for open access supporters and excellent librarians eager for a new adventure: CUNY is hiring a Scholarly Communications Librarian! CUNY is the largest urban public university in the United States, and its faculty, staff, and students produce extraordinary (in quantity and quality) scholarly, … Continue reading →

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“For the Public Good”: A Public Institution and Its New Open Access Repository

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

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 recruiting prominent and innovative faculty. One reason the Graduate Center is so appealing to … Continue reading →

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Open Access (aka Don’t Forget About Repositories!)

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

(Déjà vu? This post is a very slight reworking of a post I wrote last week for the fantastic JustPublics@365 blog.) Discussion about open access often focuses exclusively on open access journals, and often on the extreme ends of the quality spectrum: the really excellent journals and … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week is Coming Soon!

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Maura A. Smale

This year’s Open Access Week — the 6th year for this international event — is scheduled to take place October 21-27. If you’re planning an event at your campus to celebrate, please let us know so we can include it … Continue reading →

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Event Announcement: “Open, Connected, Accessible: Navigating the Road to Digital Scholarship”

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

“Open, Connected, Accessible: Navigating the Road to Digital Scholarship” Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 Time: 2:30-4pm Location: 6304.01, Psychology Department, Graduate Center Hashtag: #DigitalGC How are digital technologies changing how we, as academics, do our jobs? What are the implications … Continue reading →

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True for University of California, true for CUNY

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

Michael Eisen (UC Berkeley professor and Public Library of Science co-founder) makes clear, strong comments about access to faculty scholarship in “UC Research Should Be Free.”  Read it and replace every instance of “University of California” with “CUNY”: just as maddening, … Continue reading →

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