News from the City Tech Library
Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for Your PARSE and CV
April 4, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Covers Google Scholar Profile for citations and Google Scholar for journal rankings, Scimago for journal rankings, Altmetric Attention Scores for social media, and download reports from Academic Works (and other repositories). We’ll also touch on finding individual journal acceptance rates as well as Journal Impact Factors. The workshop will briefly address books and book chapters as well.
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These workshops support your publishing and teach how to make yourself more visible and how to document the impact of your work.
Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for Your PARSE and CV
April 4, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Covers Google Scholar Profile for citations and Google Scholar for journal rankings, Scimago for journal rankings, Altmetric Attention Scores for social media, and download reports from Academic Works (and other repositories). We’ll also touch on finding individual journal acceptance rates as well as Journal Impact Factors. The workshop will briefly address books and book chapters as well.
Registration
Get Organized! Zotero Basics
Tuesday, April 25, 3:30-4:30 PM
Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC
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Author Identifier (ORCID) for Publishing and Grantsmanship
(Express Workshop: 30 minutes)
Thursday May 4, 3:00-4:00 PM
ORCID IDs are author identifiers. They are especially helpful to authors with names that are more common but they have other benefits including speedier registration in systems for submitting articles, reviewing, and grant applications. Grantees who use their ORCID when applying for a grant help to assure that funders connect your funding program to your scholarship. ORCID also helps potential funders to efficiently review your publications.
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Who Is This Weird Publisher? Avoiding Predatory Journals and Conferences
Tuesday May 16, 2:30-3:30 PM
Predatory journals and conferences are a hot topic but frequently misunderstood. We’ll debunk some myths and learn more about predatory journal and conference characteristics as well as how to thoughtfully evaluate a journal or conference before submitting. This workshop will include hands-on activities.
Registration
Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 4 PM every first Tuesday of the month. We provide one-on-one consultations as well as workshops that fit your schedule. Find more scholarly communications and publishing support from the library on our website. Questions? Contact Prof. Monica Berger mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
City Tech Library faculty have varied scholarly and creative agendas. Here are our recent publications and other accomplishments:
Nora Almeida
Almeida, N. (Oct. 2022) Land Use Intervention Library performance piece. Puffin Foundation. https://www.puffinfoundation.org/grantees/land-use-intervention/
Almeida, N. (2022) “Out of Town,” TYPO, 33, http://www.typomag.com/issue33/almeida.html
Hoyer, J., & Almeida, N. (2021). The social movement archive. Litwin Books. see under Hoyer for links
Almeida, N., & Tidal, J. (2022). Library Wayfinding and ESOL Students: Communication Challenges and Empathy-Based Intervention. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 22(2), 453-474. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2022.0025.
Read in Academic Works
Almeida, N. (2022). Library Tautology: A Reenactment of the One-Shot. College & Research Libraries, 83(5), 833. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.83.5.833.
read in Academic Works 
meet the author
Monica Berger
Berger, M. (2021). Teaching Authors about Predatory Journals in the One-on-One Consultation. In B. Buljung & E. Bongiovanni (Eds.), The Scholarly Communications Cookbook (pp. 177–181). Association of College and Research Libraries.
Berger, Monica (2023). “The Politics of Open Access and the Decolonization of Knowledge” [Invited paper], The Integrative Potential of Epistemic Virtues for the Digital Humanities, German Institute of Tokyo, Toyko.
Wanett Clyde
Clyde, W. (2022). Peer Pressure: Embracing Good Influences. In R. M. Kim, G. M. Cho, & R. McGinty (Eds.), The children of the people: Writings by and about cuny students on race and social justice (First). DIO Press.
Cailean Cooney
Cailean was accepted as a Fellow in the inaugural CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy (CITA) Summer Institute.
Cailean, along with her co-pi at Brooklyn College, were awarded funding from the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline and the University Dean for Talent & Industry Partnerships for a CUNY-wide research project entitled Do students have adequate access to technology to succeed in Computer Science / information technology courses, both in and outside the classroom?
Cooney, C. (2022, October). Faculty Representation in OER Initiatives. CUNY SoTL Conference (virtual).
Cooney, C. (2022). City Tech’s Open Educational Resources Fellowship. In E. Bakaitis (Ed.), Considerations of Open: Faculty reflections about open educational resources.
Cooney, C., Thompson, J. & Peach, J. (2022). Creating Community among Faculty OER Fellows: COVID-19 edition. In E. Bakaitis (Ed.), Considerations of Open: Faculty reflections about open educational resources.
Jen Hoyer
Hoyer, J., & Almeida, N. (2021). The social movement archive. Litwin Books.
read the introduction in Academic Works. meet the authors
Hoyer, J., Holt, K. H., Pelaez, J., & Guy-Clement, N. (2022). What primary sources teach: Lessons for every classroom. Libraries Unlimited, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.
Hoyer, J., Holt, K., Voiklis, J., Attaway, B., & Joy Norlander, R. (2022). Redesigning Program Assessment for Teaching with Primary Sources: Understanding the Impacts of Our Work. The American Archivist, 85(2), 443-479. https://doi.org/10.17723/2327-9702-85.2.443.
Read in Academic Works 
meet the author
Kel Karpinski
Karpinski, K. R. (2022). Hail, Caesar! In E. J. Dymond & S. J. Murguía (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA+ Portrayals in American Film (pp. 162–167). Rowman & Littlefield
Karpinski, K. R. (2022). The Iconography of an All‐American Icon: Sailors, Homoeroticism, and Mid‐Century Queer Cultural Politics. The Journal of American Culture 45, 440-457. https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.13419
Anne Leonard
Leonard, Anne, and Jason Montgomery. “The City as a Learning Lab: Using Historical Maps and Walking Seminars to Anchor Place-Based Research.” Engaging Undergraduates in Primary Source Research, edited by Lijuan Xu, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, pp. 59–68.
read in Academic Works
Nandi Prince
Prince, N. (2021). Communicating to improve the lived experiences of learning during COVID-19. The Christian Librarian, 64(1), 5.
Prince, N. (2022). Women of Colour and Black Women Leaders are Underrepresented in Architectural Firms Featured in Key Trade Publications. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 17(3), 138–140. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip30180.
read in Academic Works
Prince, N. (2023). Prince, N. (2023). What’s art got to do with politics? Show me the evidence. College & Research Libraries News, 84(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.1.7
Read in Academic Works
Prince, N. 2022 PSC-CUNY Research Award recipient to fund research study: “Assessment of Students Research Practices who are Enrolled in an Evidence-Based Nursing Program.” Award #65088-00 53.
Junior Tidal
Read Ch. 1 in Academic WorksAlmeida, N., & Tidal, J. (2022). Library Wayfinding and ESOL Students: Communication Challenges and Empathy-Based Intervention. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 22(2), 453-474. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2022.0025.
Read in Academic Works
Pen by VectorsLab from Noun Project
Kel Karpinski, Assistant Professor, Information Technology & Interlibrary Loan Librarian, recently published an article: “The Iconography of an All-American Icon: Sailors, Homoeroticism, and Mid-Century Queer Cultural Politics.” The Journal of American Culture 45, no. 4 (2022): 440–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.13419
Describe your scholarship or creative work to someone unfamiliar with the field.
My research looks at sailors in the United States in the 1950s and 60s, and how the sailor has become a gay icon.
Kel Karpinski, Assistant Professor, Information Technology & Interlibrary Loan Librarian, recently published an encyclopedia article: Karpinski, K. R. (2022). Hail, Caesar! In E. J. Dymond & S. J. Murguía (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA+ Portrayals in American Film (pp. 162–167). Rowman & Littlefield.
Describe your scholarship or creative work to someone unfamiliar with the field.
This piece looks at queer characters in the Coen Brothers’ film Hail, Caesar! (2016). The film takes place during the heyday of the Hollywood film studio and draws on many films from that time period during the 1930s and 40s.
These workshops support your publishing and teach how to make yourself more visible and how to document the impact of your work.
Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for Your PARSE and CV
April 4, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Covers Google Scholar Profile for citations and Google Scholar for journal rankings, Scimago for journal rankings, Altmetric Attention Scores for social media, and download reports from Academic Works (and other repositories). We’ll also touch on finding individual journal acceptance rates as well as Journal Impact Factors. The workshop will briefly address books and book chapters as well.
Registration
Get Organized! Zotero Basics
Tuesday, April 25, 3:30-4:30 PM
Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC
Registration
Author Identifier (ORCID) for Publishing and Grantsmanship
(Express Workshop: 30 minutes)
Thursday May 4, 3:00-4:00 PM
ORCID IDs are author identifiers. They are especially helpful to authors with names that are more common but they have other benefits including speedier registration in systems for submitting articles, reviewing, and grant applications. Grantees who use their ORCID when applying for a grant help to assure that funders connect your funding program to your scholarship. ORCID also helps potential funders to efficiently review your publications.
Registration
Who Is This Weird Publisher? Avoiding Predatory Journals and Conferences
Tuesday May 16, 2:30-3:30 PM
Predatory journals and conferences are a hot topic but frequently misunderstood. We’ll debunk some myths and learn more about predatory journal and conference characteristics as well as how to thoughtfully evaluate a journal or conference before submitting. This workshop will include hands-on activities.
Registration
Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 4 PM every first Tuesday of the month. We provide one-on-one consultations as well as workshops that fit your schedule. Find more scholarly communications and publishing support from the library on our website. Questions? Contact Prof. Monica Berger mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
Jen Hoyer, Instructor, Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian published “Redesigning Program Assessment for Teaching with Primary Sources: Understanding the Impacts of Our Work” in American Archivist, the premiere journal in the specialty of archives. Her article is freely available to read in Academic Works.
In 2-3 sentences, describe your scholarship or creative work to someone unfamiliar with the field.
This article looks at instruction in archives and special collections addresses some big picture questions while also looking at exciting, program-specific findings that are hopefully replicable in other settings. The larger question framing our work was: if we redesign the assessment protocols we use to evaluate our instruction programs, will that make a difference? The answer was a resounding “yes,” and we demonstrated that by sharing a redesign assessment protocol that others can use and adapt for their own instruction work.
What makes you particularly proud of this work?
I’m proud of this work because, in the field of teaching with primary sources amongst archivists and librarians, there’s been a real desire for more serious conversations about assessment but we’ve struggled to find our footing. I hope that this work is a step forward, and a step that others can build on.
Scholarship for the Public Good: Paths to Open Access Online
Thursday, February 9, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Open access scholarly literature—roughly, scholarly works that are online and free of charge for all—has developed over the past 20 years from wild idea to widespread reality. Open access journals, books, and repositories are now established parts of the scholarly ecosystem, and many consider near-universal open access to be inevitable.
But publishing itself is not cost-free, so how can open access be achieved? There are many possible paths, some now common, some more experimental. Which of these paths align with our values as researchers, and with the mission of the Graduate Center and CUNY as a whole? Which empower the research community? Which should we pursue, and which should we eschew?
The first event in the “Scholarship for the Public Good” series (learn more below) will explore various paths to open access. The event will feature three experts:
• Peter Suber (Harvard University) will describe the institutional open access policies passed by the faculties of Harvard and many other universities.
• Heather Paxson (MIT) will discuss the transition of society journal Cultural Anthropology from subscription-based to open access, and its ongoing quest to fund publication without article processing charges (APCs).
• Leslie Chan (University of Toronto) will examine high-profit publishers’ problematic approaches to open access (high APCs, vertical integration, and more).
Scholarship for the Public Good Event Series
“We believe that knowledge is a public good.” This statement of institutional values is emblazoned on the Graduate Center website. But there are many ways to interpret the statement, and many ways to enact the belief. How can we move from words to action—or to greater action—in the context of our scholarship?
• How can we ensure that the public, as a matter of course, has cost-free access to scholarly works authored by Graduate Center researchers?
• What changes could we collectively bring about if we centered our values in decisions about where we publish, peer review, and serve in editorial roles?
• How can the library and institution as a whole support these efforts and resist high-profit publishers’ exploitative practices?
• How might we reimagine “impact” and rework systems of evaluation and reward?
• How does considering these questions and contributing to these changes benefit our students, our colleagues, our fields, and the public?
Hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library and the Provost’s Office, the “Scholarship for the Public Good” event series will examine these questions and more, and explore possible ways that everyone in the Graduate Center community—faculty, students, staff, and administrators—can foster a positive, public-minded ecosystem of scholarship.
I recently noticed that the automated numbering of records for new items in Academic Works was approaching the 1000 threshold. On a whim, this afternoon I checked to see how many works were posted and today is the day we hit 1000! A mathematics article helped us achieve this goal.
With her permission, I added Generalization of bi-canonical degrees, co-authored by Dr. Laura Ghezzi (Mathematics), earlier today. Before adding Dr. Ghezzi’s article, we met and had a great conversation about the value of Academic Works as a means to increase the discoverability of one’s publications.
Although Dr. Ghezzi shares her publications on arXiv, a widely used subject repository for physics, computer science, astronomy, and mathematics, we decided that adding this article to Academic Works could potentially bring her new readers and potential citations. We discussed how the version in arXiv is very, very close to the version published formally by Springer so there would be no issue with the version of record (the article formally published by Springer) being meaningfully better than the preprint in arXiv.
City Tech added the most items to the Publications and Research series in Academic Works for 2021-22 of all CUNY campuses. THANK YOU to all the faculty and undergraduate researchers who contributed their scholarship to Academic Works!
Traditionally, holidays are times when families, friends, and communities come together, with food playing an essential role in celebrations. In New York City, people from many different cultures celebrate the winter holidays with unique foods. This first of three posts covering Hannukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, will help a “give a taste” of the diverse dishes being served this season. Here are just a few holiday highlights, as well as a selection of e-cookbooks available through the library.
The post below is an excerpt from this blog originally published in December 2021.
Hannukah
Hannukah 2022 starts at sunset on December 18. Hannukah is an eight-day festival of lights commemorating the miracle when—after the Second Temple was desecrated then rededicated—one day’s worth of sacred oil for the altar’s eternal lamp lasted eight days. The eight-night celebration of Hanukkah is therefore supposed to include fried foods at the festive meal that is preceded by lighting the menorah, a eight- or nine-branched candelabrum. In Central and Eastern Europe, latkes (potato pancakes) were fried in schmaltz (poultry fat) because potatoes were plentiful while December was the season for slaughtering goose and ducks. Today, many people choose to make their latkes with vegetable oil.
Other Hanukkah foods reflect the ethnic diversity of Judaism. For example, Sephardic Jews (Mediterranean Jews) prepare elaborate vegetarian dishes with cheese while many Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews eat roasted brisket as a main dish.
Jelly donuts, or sufganiyot, another food deep-fried in oil, are a Hanukkah tradition from Israel popular with Americans. Jalebi, a treat enjoyed by Iraqi Jews, is basically a funnel cake, made out of a flour-based dough then deep fried and soaked in a sugar syrup. One exception to fried desserts is rugelach, an Eastern European pastry, which are crescent-shaped dough cookies filled with fruit preserves, poppy seeds, or chocolate and nuts. Hanukkah Sweets and Treats is a kid-friendly introduction to making these and more. The Kosher Baker is an excellent resource for dairy-free desserts.
Happy Winter Holidays!
This post was co-authored by Rachel Jones.
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