There’s a nonstop firehose of articles about scholarly publishing, and we can’t read/share them all, but this seems like a very important heads-up that the Trump administration may repeal the Nelson OSTP memo (which instructed all federal agencies to develop policies ensuring immediate public access to publications and data resulting from funded…[Read more]
Adopting Demands for May Day 2026 ResolutionThe following passed by those assembled at the April 21, 2026 Graduate Center Chapter meeting: Adopting Demands for May Day 2026 Whereas, International Workers Day (May 1) is both a commemoration of past workers’ struggles and a day of action and struggle for workers around the world; Whereas, the PSC-CUNY is mobilizing this May 1 with coalition partners including the NY Central Labor Council, the New York Immigration Coalition under the slogan “We will not be silent while immigrant New Yorkers are terrorized.” Whereas, the Trump administration continues to attack and oppress working people in the United States and around the world with physical, economic, and political violence; Whereas, we recognize that the Trump administration’s current attacks on immigrants are but an escalation and extension of the U.S. government’s long history of oppression of immigrants as an underclass of residents; Whereas, our union has a proud anti-war tradition in solidarity with the international working class; Whereas, the PSC-CUNY Executive Council issued a statement condemning the US war in Iran; Whereas, our colleagues known as the Fired Four were fired in an act of political retaliation for their pro-Palestine stances and activism as part of a neo-McCarythist offensive at all levels of government and educational institutions; Whereas, one of the Fired Four has still not been reinstated to her position; Whereas, we recognize the robust connections between CUNY-wide, city-wide, national, and international politics; therefore, be it Resolved, that the assembled members of the Graduate Center and Professional Schools chapter of the Professional Staff Congress support mobilizing as many people as we can on May Day and marching as part of the PSC contingent with the following slogans: ● Down with the US imperialism in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine ● Full rights for immigrants and international students ● Re […] “Adopting Demands for May Day 2026 Resolution”
Dr. Shannon Mattern Speaks at Friends of the Library Program
We in the Mina Rees Library are delighted to welcome Dr. Shannon Mattern, Director of Creative Research at Metropolitan New York Library […]
This spring, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering three online workshops related to scholarly publishing. (Each workshop will occur twice: once on a Wednesday evening and once on a Friday afternoon.) All members of the CUNY community are welcome, regardless of campus. The workshops are especially well suited to faculty, graduate s…[Read more]
Know Your Weingarten Rights Flyer
Please save, use and distribute this flyer on Weingarten Rights created by GC member Aliqae Geraci:
Electronic Arts Intermix: Seeking CUNY Feedback!
Librarians from CUNY libraries have been collaborating with the local arts nonprofit Electronic Arts Intermix to provide access to their […]
I know there have been a ton of great webinars to choose from lately thanks to Open Access Week, but this one next Tuesday (3pm ET) seems especially fun:
Scholarly Communication Horror Stories
Join us for a virtual Halloween event where authors share real-life tales of academic publishing nightmares, data management mishaps, and copyright…[Read more]
Open Access Publishing Agreements That Benefit GC Authors
If you’ve ever published a journal article, you’ve likely encountered journals that have article processing charges (APCs). APCs are cha […]
Hiding in my email was this announcement of an upcoming series of webinars about AI and copyright. I think the line-up looks quite exciting!
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This fall semester, OCEAN and Authors Alliance are co-hosting a full Discussion Series on AI and its implications for professionals working in libraries, archives and museums and for authors, artists,…[Read more]
Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the first LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. The winning time is Monday, September 29 at 2-3pm. (Sincere apologies to those for whom this time doesn’t work.)
The meeting will be on Zoom — please register for the meeting link.
Tentative meeting agenda:
Thank you, John, and all! Everything does seem to be working, and it sounds like the message on Tuesday did get distributed as well…just not to a few of us. Whatever weirdness that was, it’s good to know things seem to be generally OK with this forum. Thanks!
Apologies for this test message, but I want to see if messages to this forum are still going out as email notifications. I sent a message yesterday, and it didn’t seem to be delivered via email…
If you get this, here’s the message from yesterday, about the GC library’s Fall 2025 scholarly publishing workshops.
Thanks,
Jill
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