Request AV + Music Library items via ILL

Given the longer turn-around time for CUNY+ CLICS deliveries of Music Library and audio-visual requests, the Grad Center Library Interlibrary Loan now accepts requests for these items, even if they are available via CUNY+ CLICS. ILL is often, but not always, quicker to deliver these items to CUNY borrowers. We ask that you not duplicate . . . → Read More: Request AV + Music Library items via ILL

Interlibrary Loan College Assistant Position Open

DUTIES: Facilitate borrowing and lending in a fast-paced, high-volume Interlibrary Loan department handling over 30,000 transactions per year. Unpack and sort mail (books and other library items), treat borrowed and loaned items (update transactions, print labels; retrieve, mark, & shelve). Employ shipping (UPS, FedEx) and online delivery (Odyssey, Ariel, Illiad) software. Maintain shipping supplies. Assist . . . → Read More: Interlibrary Loan College Assistant Position Open

Google Scholar for CUNY books, GC articles, ILL

Use Google Scholar anywhere to find many (but not all) books and articles owned by the Grad Center library. Access Google Scholar via the Grad Center library proxy server and set up Google Scholar to recognize Grad Center resources. Then use links to get full text articles, to request CUNY books via CLICS, and . . . → Read More: Google Scholar for CUNY books, GC articles, ILL

ILLiad/Interlibrary Loan Request Limit Increase

As of January 1, 2007, the limit for ILL requests will be increased from 10 to 15 items. Students who use ILLiad through the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library will be able to have up to 15 items in process at once, including those currently checked out.

You can now also request books owned by CUNY . . . → Read More: ILLiad/Interlibrary Loan Request Limit Increase