New MyiLibrary Ebooks

We recently acquired five new ebooks in MyiLibrary. Four are related to hospitality management. You can find these by going to MyiLibrary and browsing OR by searching by title in CUNY+
McGraw-Hill’s National Electrical Code 2011 Handbook
International Encyclopedia Of Hospitality Management
Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism
Event Planning Ethics and Etiquette: A Principled Approach to the Business of Special Event Management
Cornell School of Hotel Administration on Hospitality, The: Cutting Edge Thinking and Practice
Food and Beverage Management: For the Hospitality, Tourism and Event Industries

Happy 11/11/11

Kurt Vonnegut
Today is veteran’s day, as well as the birthday of one of the world’s most famous veterans, Kurt Vonnegut. Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut! Vonnegut wrote a lot about his experience as a soldier in WWII, and was also a great friend of libraries, so why not celebrate by checking out some of his books?
If you were wondering, if you were to represent the number 11/11/11 in binary, it would look like this: 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110001
Image above made available by flickr user Miserlou Behind The Aperture by a (CC BY-SA 2.0) license.

New! bX Recommender Service

Users of Find It! may have noticed a new service. It’s called bX Recommender.

Based on your search, this service will show you additional articles, e.g.  “Other people who looked at this also looked at.” Up to 3 recommendations are shown up front but if you “View More,” you can view up to 7 additional recommendations (for a total of 10). If a recommendation is available in full text, the title will be underlined and you will see a full text icon shown.
The “Save Citations” option includes EndNote and RefWorks.


 

Cool News! Ebrary Introduces Downloading


 
 
 
 
 
 
Ebrary has introduced downloading of its ebooks. Users can download either entire books, chapters or by page range (with the same page limit as for printing) for use on most computer and devices.
Kindle users can not download entire ebooks or chapters. They can only download a range of pages by creating a .pdf
Users of other devices can download entire books and book chapters to the Adobe Digital Editions format which can be used directly or converted on most devices. iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch users will need to use an app that works with Adobe Digital Editions. Setting up a free, personal account with Adobe Digital Editions is a necessary first step. Bluefire Reader works well.

In order to download, users will be prompted to login to Ebrary with their City Tech library barcode. Downloads of entire books and chapters are for 14 days. Here are some more instructions

Conduct In The Library

The library is a busy place, and we’d like to remind all of our users to observe the following rules of conduct so that we can provide a quiet, clean and productive atmosphere for working. Thanks for your cooperation!



Find Ebooks in FindIt

Did you know that our ebooks are added to FindIt?
Go to the main search box on the library homepage and select “find articles” and then click on “HAVE A CITATION?” This invokes the direct FindIt box.

 

Look for the right most tab, BOOK.
Not all search beautifully and some are indexed in SFX with articles leading, e.g. The or A.
With the exception of Oxford African American Studies, pretty much all of our ebook-type content including Caribbean Literature (Alexander Street) have been added to SFX.

Open Access Happy Hour: Your Rights as an Author

You know what you write, but do you know your rights? Copyright is a bundle of rights that apply to work you produce in any medium. How can you choose a publisher and negotiate your contracts to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, author, and creator? Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues and learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.
Wednesday, October 26, 5:30-7pm
LOCATION: Rm A632, Faculty Lounge (Atrium Building)
RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
Open Access Week is October 24-30 – learn more at http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Faculty Survey

image courtesy flickr user Nationaal Archief
Attention City Tech Faculty Members!
You will have received an email with a link to a survey from the library asking you to provide us with some information about your use of library resources and services in your research and in student learning. Please take a few minutes to fill it out, offer feedback and make yourself eligible for a $100 gift certificate to Book Court!

Faculty Workshop: Using Open Educational Materials in Your Courses

High-quality open access curricular materials are increasingly available online, and can provide an alternative to traditionally-published, high-priced textbooks. In this workshop we’ll discuss strategies for incorporating freely-available open access and public domain resources into your courses. Bring your syllabus or assignment and we will work together to add resources to your course website on Blackboard, the City Tech OpenLab, or other online platforms.
Coffee & cookies will be served.
Tuesday, October 25, 3:30-5pm
LOCATION: Rm A543, City Tech Library
RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
Open Access Week is October 24-30 – learn more at http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/