The north side of the fourth floor has reopened for use. The books on that floor are now stored on new mobile high-density shelving. Library users who do not have experience with this type of shelving should ask a staff member at the circulation desk on the 2nd floor for assistance with retrieving a book. The south side of the floor, including the study rooms, remains closed until the completion of the stack renovation project. Public Safety has placed caution tape around the perimeter advising users not to enter that area.
Category Archives: Collections
Access to Book Collections While High-Density Shelving Installed
The fourth floor of the Newman Library is currently inaccessible due to a shelving modernization project. Library staff will retrieve items in the F – N call number range.
Users may request that books be held at the circulation desk for pickup by:
- using OneSearch on the library’s home page to identify the book in the catalog;
- selecting the Baruch copy and clicking “request”.
- Note: Books will be paged from the stacks at least once daily and placed on hold.
The stationary shelving on the fourth floor is being replaced with mobile high-density shelving that will create additional seating areas for students and consolidate the collections for easier access. This project follows the Library’s facilities master plan, which guides changes to the Library space to accommodate the needs of our students. Status reports on the project and the timeline will be posted below. While the hard copy books are unavailable, Baruch users will still have access to hundreds of thousands of e-books that the Library holds in its digital collections. In addition, Baruch students, faculty and staff may contact the library to obtain items that are not currently owned.
Update 6/4/2021:
The large tables on the fourth floor have been removed to make room for the compact shelving and the books are being packed for storage.
Update 7/19/2021:
The installation of the track for the mobile high-density shelving has begun. The date for the completion of the project has been revised to September 30, 2021.
Update 9/8/2021
The installation on the south side of the 4th floor is almost complete and work has begun on the north side.
Update: 09/15/2021
The north side is finished and the books from the 4th floor have been consolidated on that side. The removal of the south side legacy stacks is now underway.
Returning Books, Laptops and Calculators
This post was updated on May 25, 2021.
Students are asking us how to return library materials that they borrowed.
If you are a Baruch student who is enrolled in the spring semester, you can hold onto the items. There are no fines or fees.
If you are a Baruch student who has just graduated OR if you are a continuing student who cannot hold onto the items for whatever reason (for example, you are leaving the country), there are two options.
1. Ship to us
Books can be sent in a padded envelope to the following address:
Newman Library – Baruch College
151 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
We recommend shipping via USPS Media Rate. Please consider purchasing insurance to cover the replacement cost of the item; the cost to insure an item up to $100 is $2.85. Retain the tracking number and track to ensure the package has arrived. Please note that items will remain on your library account while the library remains closed to staff. All materials are being automatically renewed on your behalf and there are no overdue fines being charged.
If you decide to ship a laptop or calculator to us, please use a shipping service that provides detailed tracking information and insurance. We recommend that you also require signature confirmation of delivery. If you plan to ship equipment to us, please contact us in advance at technologyloan@baruch.cuny.edu.
2. On Campus
Books and equipment may be returned on Tuesdays and Thursdays in May and June between 10AM-2PM on the first floor of the library building. Please do not try to return items on campus outside the hours listed unless you have made an appointment in advance by contacting circulation@baruch.cuny.edu.
Before coming to campus contact circulation@baruch.cuny.edu to obtain instructions on the Public Safety requirements for entering Baruch College buildings due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Newman Library Becomes the Home of an Important Research Collection in Technical Analysis
The Technical Analysis Educational Foundation, Inc. (TAEF) has placed its research collection on long-term loan in the Newman Library of Baruch College. The collection includes nearly 7,000 publications that constitute a significant portion of the body of knowledge of technical analysis, which considers the empirical information derived from the activities of buyers and sellers in an open auction market. The holdings consist of books, historical texts, journals, investment advisory letters, recordings, electronic and digital media, chart books, and photographs. The collection continues to grow through new acquisitions and donations.
Through its partnership with Baruch College, the TAEF is able to make this collection available to a diverse community of users. The collection will benefit both professionals and new entrants to technical analysis. In addition to supporting instruction and research at Baruch College, many of the books are available to other institutions through interlibrary loan. Items published prior to 1930, advisory letters, journals, newspapers, pictures, sound recordings, and unbound books cannot be borrowed, but may be consulted on site in the Newman Library by appointment. The holdings may be searched via the catalog on the Newman Library’s website.
The collection includes books by the earliest generation of analysts and writers in this country who formulated and expanded the field of technical analysis – William Peter Hamilton and Robert Rhea of Dow Theory; Richard W. Schabacker on the principles of charting; Humphrey B. Neill on contrarian opinion; Harold M. Gartley, a leading stock market analyst of the 1930s; Alexander H. Wheelan on point and figure charting; and William D. Gann, Ralph Nelson Elliott, and Richard D. Wyckoff, who created technical theories that remain in use today. A large number of the Dow Theory letters of the late Richard Russell are part of the collection. The books of leading modern technicians such as Gerald B. Appel, Constance M. Brown, Alexander Elder, Humphrey E. D. Lloyd, Gregory L. Morris, John J. Murphy, Martin J. Pring, Robert R. Prechter, Victor Sperandeo, and Martin E. Zweig are included. These materials set forth the principles and theories of technical analysis that are of value to both professional investment managers and new members of the field.
The library also contains possibly the finest collection of books and writings dealing with the cyclicality of financial markets, physical sciences, human cultural activities, weather, biological rhythms, planetary activity, and natural phenomena. These publications present the findings of extensive research going back decades. The materials were originally compiled by the Foundation for the Study of Cycles established in 1941 and are currently owned by the CMT (Chartered Market Technician) Association.
Additional information is posted on the TAEF collection website.
About the Technical Analysis Educational Foundation, Inc. (taeducation.org)
The Technical Analysis Educational Foundation, Inc. (TAEF) was established in March 1993, as a New York Not-for-Profit Corporation, then known as the Market Technicians Association Educational Foundation, but renamed in January 2018. The original mission of the foundation was to create and fund educational programs in the field of Technical Analysis. This mission has expanded to include the creation and support of a complete Technical Analysis curriculum that is now being taught in colleges and universities for academic credit. According to its website (taeducation.org), the foundation “unites industry experts from around the globe to develop comprehensive lectures, course outlines, and study materials designed for students new to technical analysis.”
About Baruch College (baruch.cuny.edu)
Baruch College provides students with the skills, knowledge, and perspectives to pursue their aspirations in today’s global environment. A leading college within The City University of New York (CUNY), Baruch is also listed among the nation’s top public institutions for academic excellence, affordability, student success, and value. Its three schools educate more than 18,000 students who represent one of the most diverse college campuses in the country. Strong career and support services drive Baruch’s national recognition as an engine for social and economic mobility. Through executive education, continuing studies, international partnerships, public events, and arts programming, Baruch stands out as an intellectual and cultural resource for New York City and the world.
Frank Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian, Authors Timely Book on US Census
Frank Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian and Associate Professor in the Newman Library has authored: Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data, which has just been published by SAGE.
According to the publisher’s description, “Exploring the U.S. Census gives social science students and researchers alike the tools to understand, extract, process, and analyze data from the decennial census, the American Community Survey, and other data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. Donnelly’s text provides a thorough background on the data collection methods, structures, and potential pitfalls of the census for unfamiliar researchers, collecting information previously available only in widely disparate sources into one handy guide. Hands-on, applied exercises at the end of the chapters help readers dive into the data. Along the way, the author shows how best to analyze census data with open-source software and tools. Readers can freely evaluate the data on their own computers, in keeping with the free and open data provided by the Census Bureau. By placing the census in the context of the open data movement, this text makes the history and practice of the census relevant so readers can understand what a crucial resource the census is for research and knowledge.”
Robotic Self-Service Book Loan Kiosk Increases Student Access to Newman Library Materials
Newman Library’s Book Loan Kiosk
Baruch College students are now able to borrow course textbooks from a new robotic loan kiosk on the first floor of the Information & Technology Building. The kiosk is located across from the Subotnick Financial Services Center and next to a student lounge area.
The kiosk holds 210 duplicate copies of the most heavily circulated textbooks from the Library’s reserve desk. Baruch students are able to borrow from the kiosk at any time that the building is open. This includes hours when the library’s circulation desk is closed and during midterm and final exam periods when the library is open 24 hours. The robotic shelving system in the kiosk ensures that when an item is returned it is immediately re-shelved and available for loan to another student. Receipts for the borrowing and return transactions are sent to the user via email. The loan period and overdue fines are the same as for borrowing reserve textbooks over the counter. The kiosk was funded by the student technology fee and the textbooks were funded by the Baruch College Association.
The glass front on the kiosk lets users see how the robotic arm retrieves and re-shelves books. Step-by-step instructions on how to borrow and return items are provided on the kiosk’s touchscreen. The instructions also appear on the covers of the books displayed through the glass on the front of the kiosk. These special book covers were designed by undergraduate students in the College’s New Media Arts program. In addition, there is a two-minute video that shows how to operate the kiosk.
Museum of American Finance Features a Special Collection in the Newman Library
On the 90th anniversary of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 former New York Times reporter Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer in the Newman Library, will deliver a talk at the Museum of American Finance about how cash-starved municipalities issued their own bills and coins using examples from the Baruch Archives. His presentation, “Crash! The Stock Market Collapse of 1929 and the Rise of Fake Money (Scrip)” will be followed by a Q&A session.
Admission is $5, but students and members of the Museum of American Finance may attend at no cost. This event will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 (12:30 PM to 1:30 PM) at 48 Wall Street, 5th Floor.
Register on the Museum’s web site.
FDR Presidential Library and Newman Library Co-Sponsor a Symposium
On Sunday, April 28, 2019, the Roosevelt Library and the Baruch College Newman Library of the City University of New York will commemorate the 80th anniversary of FDR’s 1939 reorganization of the executive branch. The symposium, “Making Democracy Work: FDR’s Bitter Struggle to Modernize the Presidency” — at 2:00 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home — is based on Baruch’s historic collection of the papers of one of FDR’s administrative geniuses, Luther Halsey Gulick III. Panelists will include Susan Dunn, Massachusetts Professor of Humanities at Williams College, David B. Woolner, Senior Fellow and Resident Historian of the Roosevelt Institute, and Kenneth Meier, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. The discussion will be moderated by Ralph Blumenthal, Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College’s Newman Library.
Free public event but space is limited. Registration required.
The event will be live streamed.
Baruch Student Theses Are Read Worldwide via the Library’s Academic Works Repository
Map of Downloads of Baruch Student Theses
Academic Works is the CUNY Libraries’ open repository for providing access to the research, scholarship and creative works of faculty, students and staff. Undergraduate Student Theses constitute one category of documents in Academic Works. There were 85 Baruch undergraduate student theses in Academic Works in Calendar Year 2018, including 10 additions during that period. The total number of downloads of the theses in 2018 was 8,343. The top 5 theses in terms of number downloads are listed in the table below.
- Sherese Francis, “African vibrations : the percussive approach in hip-hop music” (Music & Journalism) – 1,107 downloads
- Kyle Beard, “English/Indian relations in colonial New England, 1617-1676” (History) – 897 downloads
- Rachel Viliusis, “The Emergence of Psychology and the Creation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: An Examination of Innovation and Narration” (English) – 500 downloads
- Patrycja J. Koszykowska, “The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Poland: Comparative Analysis of Social Structure and Party Strategy” (History) – 472 downloads
- Martin Stankiewicz, “The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 : why did it fail?” (History) – 461 downloads
One of the benefits of depositing items in Academic Works is the ability to allow users across the globe to discover them through a web search. In 2018 Baruch Undergraduate Student Theses were downloaded from Academic Works by users in 130 countries (See the world map above for the distribution.) The 20 countries outside the United States where the most downloads occurred are:
- United Kingdom (1,234)
- Canada (252)
- India (239)
- France (212)
- Germany (173)
- Poland (111)
- Australia (100)
- Brazil (93)
- Russian Federation (90)
- China (88)
- Italy (88)
- Argentina (87)
- Spain (83)
- Netherlands (72)
- Japan (64)
- Nigeria (64)
- Chile (52)
- Indonesia (51)
- Iran (48)
- Singapore (48)
Beyond CUNY the following educational institutions recorded the largest number of downloads in 2018:
- Cornell University (15)
- North Carolina Research and Education Network (15)
- New York University (12)
- U.S. Department of Education (12)
- Georgia Department of Education (11)
- Harvard University (10)
- London Grid for Learning Trust (10)
- University of Bath (10)
- University of Cambridge (10)
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (9)
In addition to educational institutions, student theses were downloaded in organizations from other sectors. Examples are :
- Commercial: General Motors, Korbank, SA, AVAST Software, TDI Power.
- Non-Profit: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium (OH), RAND Corporation, Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).
- Government: Bureau of Land Management, Environmental Protection Agency, National Government of Kenya, Department of Homeland Security.
- Military: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, DoD Network Information Center, Navy Network Information Center.
Academic Works Launched at Baruch
The William and Anita Newman Library is pleased to announce the official Baruch launch of CUNY Academic Works, a service that expands the reach of the scholarly and creative output of our faculty and students. This service provides members of the Baruch community with an online platform where they can make their works of scholarship freely available online for the world to view and download. Not only is each work given a stable, permanent location on the web, it is also indexed automatically by Google Scholar and CUNY’s OneSearch system, thereby increasing the likelihood of the work being discovered easily by searchers around the world. In our soft launch phase at Baruch this spring, we already uploaded over 200 items (articles, book chapters, honors theses, etc.), including more than 60 publications by Dean Aldemaro Romero Jr., and have seen those items downloaded seven thousand times by users from more than one hundred countries.
Since the launch of Academic Works at several CUNY campuses in 2015 hundreds of faculty and doctoral students from across the university have uploaded more than 14,000 items into their local campus collections. Interest from scholars and students globally has been amazing: there have already been almost 600,000 downloads of items from the CUNY collections.
In the fall, the library will offer a workshop for faculty about how they can use CUNY Academic Works to boost their scholarly profile and reach a wider audience. Details for this event will be announced in August. For more information about CUNY Academic Works, including instructions on how to upload items to the Baruch collections, please see the library’s guide to the service.