The new desktops that BCTC installed a few weeks ago have Bluetooth set up and available (that wasn’t the case on the old PCs that were just removed). If students need to listen to audio or watch video on those desktops, they can now connect things via Bluetooth like earbuds, headphones, and hearing aids.
Year: 2025
New Interface in June for All EBSCO Databases
The new interface for EBSCO databases that was first launched last year will be live for Baruch in June (exact date isn’t determined yet but it will probably be late in the month). With this new UI, anyone who has done a instructional video demonstrating an EBSCO database, embedded screenshots in a research guide, or built a custom search box to an EBSCO database will need to revise what they have.
If you’d like to take a peek at what the new interface looks like, we have ready and easy access to it here:
https://remote.baruch.cuny.edu/login?url=https://research.ebsco.com/c/kusd2j?db=a9h
Once we officially switch over, the existing database links on the library website and any permalinks we’ve shared should redirect. As is our usual procedure when there is a new set of URLs for an existing database collection, though, we will still update the database links on our website so we don’t have to count on EBSCO’s redirect to work.
Four Datasets on WRDS Temporarily Unavailable
These four datasets on the WRDS platform are not available right now:
- I/B/E/S
- SDC Mergers & Acquisitions (WRDS)
- SDC New Issues (WRDS)
- Thomson Reuters Institutional (13f) Holdings
As soon as access is restored, an updated will be posted here.
Other datasets on WRDS are not affected.
Laptop Kiosks Not Working
BCTC is looking into the problem with the laptop kiosks. As a workaround, students can still stop by the Tech Loan Desk on the 3rd floor during weekdays and the Circ Desk on weekends to borrow laptops.
Printing Credit Kiosk Workaround
While the kiosk for adding printing credits is currently out of service, BCTC has offered a temporary workaround. Baruch students, Baruch alumni, and visitors to the library from other CUNY schools may go to the BCTC Help Desk to get 100 credits added to an existing account or, for visitors, added to a new one. A request for credits can only be done once per semester.
While Baruch students can easily go up to the 6th floor to the BCTC Help Desk, visitors from other CUNY schools will need to stop by the Public Safety desk by the 1st floor turnstiles to explain why they need access. All folks headed up to the BCTC Help Desk will need to have their Baruch ID card or EMPLID number handy before making the request at the desk.
Printing Credits Kiosk Not Really Working
The announcement yesterday that the printing credits kiosk was working again was too rash; as we learned today, money inserted into the machine won’t be added to your printing account. A ticket to BCTC has been submitted.
No Way for Guests to Print with Guest Printing Accounts
I’ve submitted a ticket to BCTC asking them to look into what happened to the link that used to appear on the PaperCut printing portal login page that gave users with guest accounts a way to log in and submit print jobs. For now, there is no way for guests to use their guest account to print.
In the Library Services wiki on the “Guest Printing” page there are detailed instructions showing how we used to have guests print. Until this issue is resolved, those instructions are now unusable. As a workaround, we can use our judgment to decide if and when to use our own printing accounts to help out our visitors.
Most Desktop Computers Available Again
Following up on last Friday’s announcement that BCTC was replacing the desktop computers on the 2nd floor, I can report that the new computers are now available.
There are, though, quite a few carrels in that 2nd floor location that still have just a monitor and no CPU, keyboard, and mouse. It’s not clear if BCTC intends to put desktops back in these carrels.
Printing Credits Kiosk Works Again
It appears that BCTC has fixed the issue with the kiosk for purchasing printing credits that is located next to the reference desk.
No Desktop Computers in the Library Until Monday April 21
BCTC is upgrading all the desktops for students on the 2nd floor of the library. They will be ready for use at the earliest on Monday, April 21. Baruch students who need a desktop may use the 6th floor computer lab instead.