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CUNY Academic Works Monthly Report: November 2016
CUNY Academic Works continued its steady progress, growing by 159 new items and 30,244 new downloads during the month of November. However, this month saw a significant change in the tone of the open access movement as a result of the presidential election. Following Brewster Kahle’s impassioned keynote at OpenCon, the Internet Archive announced it will […]
CUNY Libraries’ Data Retention Policy
The CUNY Libraries’ Circulation Committee deliberated the issue of privacy and confidentiality of patron records, resulting in the creation of a Data Retention Subcommittee. The subcommittee consisted of six members representing five CUNY Libraries as well as the Office of Library Services (OLS). The subcommittee noted that CUNY has a policy pertaining to record retention: […]
New look for the CUNY Libraries website!
With help from our friends in the CUNY Office of University Relations, the Office of Library Services’ website is now looking better than ever! Not only is it more visually pleasing, but the content has been revised and the site tree trimmed. It should now be easier than ever to peruse the website and find […]
CUNY Academic Works Monthly Report: October 2016
Each October, researchers and librarians across the globe celebrate Open Access Week, an international event encouraging and celebrating open practices in research and scholarship. Here at CUNY, we have so much to celebrate that Open Access Week lasts all month long. This year was no exception. CUNY Librarians put open in action, organizing workshops and […]
CUNY Academic Works in bepress Archive
The Office of Library Services is pleased to announce that CUNY Academic Works now offers increased preservation via a new service, bepress Archive. Content on bepress platforms has always been protected by an infrastructure that includes multiple backups as well as long-term storage with Amazon Glacier. These services will continue, but by adding Amazon S3 […]
