Information Technology

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• Information Technology
• and Library Services

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• Elaine Montilla
• Director of User Services
• IT Services

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Network Accounts

• GC computer off-campus login
• GC email address rsmith_at_gc.cuny.edu
• 50MB GC email account
• _at_ 30MB You get a warning.
• _at_ 40MB You cant email out.
• _at_ 50MB You are cut off.
• max 5MB attachments
• Private storage space
• U\ 300MB
• WFS 200MB

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Network Accounts

• How do I get a GC userid/pwd?
• Full-time students 3-5 days after registration
• Non-matric permit students visit Help Desk
• Whats the password?
• your first and last initials in caps followed by
  your birth date RS2006/08/24
• change password 8 to15 characters
• at least 1 upper case, 1 lower case, 1 number
  or character
• change every 180 days
• Does my account expire?
• 3 months after graduation
• 18 months after no activity

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Public Computers PCs

• Dell 620s 745s Windows XP and 2007
• All have USB ports CD-RW drives
• Some DVD/CD-RW combo drives
• Some zip floppy drives
• Apps Microsoft Office,
• Explorer, Firefox, Outlook,
• Endnote, Zotero, more

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Public Computers Macs

• 20 iMacs C-level, Library 1st 2nd floor
• Apps Microsoft Office for Mac, OpenOffice.org,
  Opera, Firefox, Camino, Safari, Google Earth,
  Aquamacs Emacs, TeXShop, BibDesk, EndNote,
  Zotero, Gimp, VLC Media Player, iWork suite

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Network Computers

• Where?
• C-level Library 2nd floor
• Department offices
• DSC, rm. 5487
• Laptop ports on C-level Library
• How?
• GC network login

• What?
• Your U\ drive and more
• Email
• Printing
• Internet access
• Library databases
• Microsoft Office XP 2007
• Applications listed in Whats New?

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Wireless Access
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IT Services

• internet access, Microsoft Office, email, web
  space, anti- spam virus software, secure file
  storage, free printing, free workshops, free
  licensed software
• Outlook Web Access (OWA)
• Web File Services (WFS)
• GC network login password reset

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IT Services

• CUNY Portal
• CUNY websites, registration, events, directories,
  CUNY eMall
• Blackboard online courseware
• Login Lastname, SSN, DOB,
• then create portal account

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IT Library Workshops

• Application Workshops
• taught by IT staff and GC Librarians
• free to GC students, faculty, staff
• registration encouraged
• training_at_gc.cuny.edu or 212.817.7370

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Information Technology

• Walk-up Help Desk on C-level
• Mon Fri 9-9 Sat 10-6 Sun closed
• 212-817-7300
• helpdesk_at_gc.cuny.edu
• GC.helpdesk_at_hotmail.com
• Chat with a tech
• Information Technology web page

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Audio Visual

• Supports classrooms and public events
• DVD and VCR players
• document cameras, digital cameras
• TVs, PA music systems, tape recorders
• Cross-format dubbing
• AV offers solutions to research project
  challenges
• Phone [phone]

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• Rashi Asthana
• Director of Applications Development
• Banner

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Banner

• Grad Centers integrated enterprise information
  system
• Student Web
• Add Emergency Contact Information
• Admissions, Grades, Schedule, Calendar, Payment
• IT Web, Knowledge Base, Banner

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Banner

• ID is 9 digits long, on GC photo id card
• PIN is 6 characters
• Defaults to mmddyy
• Birthday Feb 18 1984 -gt 021884
• Change pin on first login
• no dictionary words allowed
• Security Q/A should be strong case sensitive
• If your Banner id is locked, visit Registrar with
  GC id
• When finished with Student Web, logout and close
  browser to protect your privacy.

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• Eric Brown
• Senior Systems Administrator
• Enterprise Networks Systems

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Citrix VPN

• Citrix
• Off-campus access to your GC drives
• Off-campus to library dbases
• Use apps on GC server SAS, SPSS, Stata, Matlab,
  Mathematica, Hyperchem, WinEdt,MapInfo Pro,
  Macromedia Studio MX, EndNote, Scifinder Scholar,
  HLM, Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Download install from IT web page, Knowledge
  Base

• VPN
• Off-campus access to your GC drives
• Off-campus library dbases
• No software apps
• Download install from IT web page, Knowledge
  Base, Connecting Remotely to the GC

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• Polly Thistlethwaite
• Associate Librarian for Public Services
• The Graduate Center
• Library

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The Registration Path

• Register online via Student Web
• Banner ID from Admissions room 7201
• or 9-digit number on photo ID card
• Enroll online via Student Web
• Pay bill get receipt
• Pay online, by mail, or _at_ Bursar room 8105
• GC network login enabled automatically
• 3-5 days max after payment
• for off-campus access to databases
• Take receipt for GC photo ID
• Photo ID room 9123
• Take GC photo ID to library
• 14-digit library barcode sticker
• Library 1st floor circulation desk
• to check out books, get ILL account

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Graduate Center Library

• http//library.gc.cuny.edu
• 280,000 books supporting GC courses
• CUNY for CUNY-wide book borrowing
• ERes Electronic Reserve
• InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
• Databases Full-text journal listings
• Find it! links to full text
• from databases scholar.google.com
• Endnote Refworks citation software
• Custom reference service

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CUNY Library Access

• Get a library barcode on your GC photo ID
• Register _at_ GC Library Circulation Desk, 1st floor
• Get GC library barcode
• Then borrow, request, renew CUNY books online
  with CUNY
• Keep email address current to get pick-up,
  recall, renewal, odue notices
• Use GC library barcode to create online ILL
  account

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Off-Campus Research

• GC Library Databases Full-text journals
• Click on Database name
• enter GC network userid/pwd from off-campus
• Or search for a Full-text journal title
• enter GC network userid/pwd from off-campus
• Electronic Reserves (ERes)
• search by instructor, department, course number
• course password provided by instructor
• GC network userid/pwd if article in a database

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Retrieval Customization

• Follow Find it! links from databases
• to GC full-text, CUNY, ILL
• Autofills ILL request form
• Customize Google Scholar with Find it!
• scholar.google.com
• Searches selected free licensed dbases
• Adds links to signal GC full-text, CUNY,
  WorldCat, and ILL
• Download Grad Center Library Toolbar
• Customized for GC and Web resources
• Signals if GC owns items in some commercial
  databases, e.g. amazon

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Bibliographic Citation Software

• Free Endnote Refworks Zotero
• Export citations from GC library databases into
  this software
• arrange, describe, organize, notate
• format endnotes and bibliographies
• Library/IT Endnote Refworks workshops

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Interlibrary Loan

• Create your ILL account online
• provide GC library barcode
• create username/pwd
• borrow any book not available in CUNY libraries
• request any article not available at the Grad
  Center
• add note if a CUNY book is checked out, on
  reserve etc.
• get email when item is available for pick-up
• Use WorldCat with Find it! for speed
• Max 15 non-CUNY ILLs at once

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Graduate Center Library

• http//library.gc.cuny.edu
• Fall Library Hours
• 9 - 11 Mon - Fri 10 - 8 Sat 12 - 8 Sun
• Some Holidays, exceptions
• 2nd floor Library Reference
• 10 8 Mon Thu
• 10-6 Friday
• 212-817-7077
• 24/7 Ask-A-Librarian online chat reference
• 1-on-1 consultation
• workshops
• information literacy advice

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Graduate Center Library

• Questions?
• New web site coming soon http//mina.gc.cuny.edu8
  8/
• Old web site http//library.gc.cuny.edu
• CUNY for CUNY-wide book borrowing
• WorldCat for books etc beyond CUNY
• ERes Electronic Reserve
• InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
• Databases Full-text journal listings
• Find It! links to full text
• from databases scholar.google.com
• Endnote Refworks citation software
• Custom Reference Service live and online

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