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On September 25, 2009 Chief Librarian, Arthur Downing testified before the Higher Education Committee of the City Council as part of the Committee’s oversight hearings on the rising cost  of textbooks for CUNY students.  He reported to the Committee on several Baruch College initiatives that are designed to assist students with the financial burden of getting access to their required readings.  One is the CUNY Textbook Initiative that enabled the Newman Library to increase its collection of textbooks by 500 titles.  In the first month of operation the library’s reserve desk has processed almost 6,000 loans of books purchased through this program.