Have a big research project coming up? Are you looking for help but have no time to visit the library?
ASK US!
Give our new Chat Reference service a try. Librarians are available twenty-four hours a day to answer your questions.
Have a big research project coming up? Are you looking for help but have no time to visit the library?
Give our new Chat Reference service a try. Librarians are available twenty-four hours a day to answer your questions.
On Saturday, February 25, 2017, between the hours of 9 AM and 7 PM, the CUNY Office of Computing & Information Services will be performing system-wide maintenance on its network.
There will be intermittent access to online library services, including account authentication and electronic article databases. This maintenance will affect both on and off-campus users.
Harvard Libraries’ Copyright at Harvard Library blog is posting an interesting, in-depth article every day for Fair Use Week.
Here’s a great infographic about Fair Use: fair-use-myths-and-facts-infographic-feb2017.
Due to an emergency maintenance procedure, network connectivity will be sporadic today 2/16/2017, from 12:15pm – 1:30pm .
Graphic novelist Gene Yang wants more of us to read and become empowered. He’s started an initiative, Reading Without Walls. Learn more about Yang and how graphic novels tell immigrant stories.
UPDATE: The planned system outage will be postponed for a later date.
On Friday, February 10, 2017, between the hours of 6 PM and midnight, the CUNY Office of Computing & Information Services will be performing system-wide maintenance on its network. During this time, all CUNY services (including the CUNY Catalog, off-campus access to City Tech online article databases, and online journals) will be intermittently unavailable. Users will be able to use OneSearch to look up items but they will have difficulty connecting to electronic resources or getting real-time availability information from the CUNY Catalog.
I have been thinking a lot about race in America and where tolerance and understanding of different cultures fits into the divisive and hateful rhetoric that is so rampant in our country right now. I’ve been reading Another Country, a novel by James Baldwin about race and love and isolation, which was written in 1962. And I’ve been reminded that a lot has changed since 1962 but a lot hasn’t.
There are a lot of good books that help us observe and remember Black History and many times, these same books can help us reflect on the current state of race in America. Check out the book display near the entrance of the library for some reading recommendations.
Thinking about what to write for this blog post, I looked up and re-read a speech that President Obama gave during his 2008 campaign. Here is a short excerpt from that speech:
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle – as we did in the OJ trial – or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina – or as fodder for the nightly news. We can play Reverend Wright’s sermons on every channel, every day and talk about them from now until the election, and make the only question in this campaign whether or not the American people think that I somehow believe or sympathize with his most offensive words. We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she’s playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies.
We can do that.
But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we’ll be talking about some other distraction. And then another one. And then another one. And nothing will change.
And I’m reminded that a lot has changed since 2008 and a lot hasn’t.
And I wonder where we go from here. I think it helps to read and think about the legacy of civil disobedience from MLK to the current BLM protests and pro-immigration protests happening right now in America. It helps to be part of a community that is committed to change, that takes physical risks for change, that rejects divisiveness and hate, and that looks to the future.
Kanopy has released a collection of films for Black History Month. Below are their selections highlighting various aspects of black history in America.
Note: Although we have access to these films, they are not entirely free. After three 30-second viewings of a film on Kanopy, they are permanently added to the library’s collection at a cost. For more information contact Prof. Junior Tidal.
Our entire Black History Month collection is now available to watch here.
Resources regarding recent changes in federal laws is now available for CUNY students, faculty and staff. Visit this website for more information.