In September, University Librarian Curtis Kendrick spoke at a hearing of the New York City Council’s Higher Education Committee, chaired by Councilman Charles Barron, about the escalating cost of textbooks and ways of driving down costs in a down economy and in the future.

In September 2009, the Central Office of Library Services (OLS) announced its priorities for the academic year.

CUNY is in the process of establishing an exchange of library faculty with both Shanghai Normal and Shanghai University in China.

The Office of Library Services is pleased to announce EBSCO Integrated Search. This robust federated search engine simplifies access to material in CUNY’s online databases by letting you customize your search criteria.

“I saw the card catalog disappear and transform into an electronic version. I’ve gone from typing to photocopying catalog cards to using no cards at all,” says Ms. Clark. “But in the end, the reason we’re all here is not just about software, servers, and connectivity. It’s to get information to the users.”

In September 2009, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) welcomed Curtis Kendrick, university librarian and head of the Office of Library Services, as its newest member.

Angela Sidman has joined the staff of the Office of Library Services (OLS) as Electronic Resources Systems Librarian.

There are libraries at each campus. Some of them publish news.

A virtual photographic exhibition of the newly redesigned Morgan Library was mounted this July on the Mina Rees Library’s Digital Murray Hill website. The website provides a visual presentation of the Manhattan neighborhood’s changing landscape over the last hundred years (http://murrayhill.gc.cuny.edu). The newest installation on Digital Murray Hill bundles scholarship, images and high-tech web design [...]

The recent conference of the Special Libraries Association attracted delegates to New York from all over the world. A contingent from the University of Amsterdam decided to take advantage of their trip to see how their counterparts at CUNY go about their business. Thus, on June 19th, after being welcomed by University Librarian Curtis Kendrick [...]