Retired Graduate Center faculty (both central-line and campus-based) and PSC staff retain full on-site library privileges including:
ID Cards: GC faculty retirees (both central-line and campus-based) and PSC staff retirees may obtain GC retiree photo ID cards good for perpetual onsite access to CUNY libraries. When visiting the GC library, anyone without a GC network account can request a guest login for access to library computers.
GC photo ID cards allow use of CUNY libraries and book borrowing. Photo IDs are authorized by GC Human Resources or by GC Executive Officers in a letter to GC Security & Public Safety. Take your GC retiree photo ID to the GC Library Circulation Desk (1st floor) for a barcode sticker for library admission and for borrowing books.
GC network accounts allow access to GC Library e-resources from off-campus. GC network credentials are routinely authorized by GC Human Resources during employment on-boarding and retirement planning.
Bring your own device to use GC guest wifi to access library resources, or obtain a guest login on each visit to use library computers.
| On-Site Access | Yes |
| Borrowing Privileges | Yes* |
| CLICS (Request Books from Other CUNY Libraries) | Yes |
| Loan Period | 16 weeks |
| Renewal Limit for GC Books & Other CUNY Books | 2 |
| Database Access | On-site & off-site |
| Interlibrary Loan | Yes |
| Printing | $0.15/page |
| Special NYPL Borrowing Privileges | Yes |
*Except the CUNY School of Law
| Status | Account Privileges |
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Retired |
Email/Network Account: Retirees who were not migrated to Outlook365 will need to request to be created as a Person of Interest (POI) by Steven Wong (swong@gc.cuny.edu) in the Provost's Office. Library Databases and Interlibrary Loan: Retired central-line and campus-based faculty GC doctoral faculty should contact their home department at the GC to request that a POI and network account be created, which will enable access to GC library databases and GC Interlibrary Loan. (Access to pre-existing GC ILL accounts ends when other network privileges cease.) |
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PSC Staff Retirees |
Email/Network Account: GC staff retirees represented by the PSC lose their GC network accounts. Library Databases and Interlibrary Loan: Retired PSC staff may contact the GC Digital Services Librarian (librarysystems@gc.cuny.edu) to request a special retiree account for access to GC library databases and GC Interlibrary Loan. (Access to pre-existing GC ILL accounts ends when other network privileges cease.) |
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Non-PSC Staff Retirees |
All Accounts: GC staff retirees not represented by the PSC lose GC network accounts, including GC email accounts; staff accounts are disabled on the day of retirement and deleted 90 days thereafter. As a result, non-PSC staff retirees lose access to GC library resources and Interlibrary Loan. |