Working with the Public Services Committee, the CUNY Office of Library Services has redesigned the login page for OneSearch. The goal of the redesign was to provide clearer login instructions that are customized for each school. Here’s the old design:
And here’s the new one:
The login for Baruch still requires the library ID number in both fields (unless the user has changed the password).
This new page doesn’t change an important fact: for many users, there may be no compelling need to sign in. Here are the reasons why a user might want to:
- To request delivery of books held at other CUNY libraries
- To see due dates of books they’ve checked out
- To see what fines they might owe
- For off campus users only: to see search results from the handful of vendors who don’t want their records to appear to users who haven’t authenticated them in some way: Web of Science, MLA International Bibliography, Arstor, Bureau of National Affairs, RMIT Publishing, American GeoSciences Institute.