Late last week we installed part 1 of The Great War in Broad Outlines. The Ursula C. Schwerin Library will be showing this traveling exhibition from the Embassy of Belgium in five installments this September and October in recognition of the centennial of the First World War. City Tech is located in downtown Brooklyn, within walking distance of the Cadman Plaza greenmarket (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and Brooklyn Bridge. Come see part 1, the first six of thirty panels, between now and September 14, and make the rest of this special exhibition part of your late summer and fall.
For directions and times that the library is open, check our website here.
City Tech 75th anniversary exhibit, catch it now
The Student Government Association representatives were in the library yesterday to take some photographs with the exhibit they prepared for the City Tech 75th anniversary. Many of the materials came from the Library Archives. Catch the display before it ends this coming Monday, April 3.
1965 Voting Rights Act
The City Tech Library is commemorating the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark piece of legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. There are books on display on the voting rights act and civil rights more generally. The book display is located near the library entrance.
Also, we have videos relating to the Act in Kanopy, our video streaming database:
Freedom on my Mind – Mississippi Voter Registration in the 1960’s
Fannie Lou Hamer: Voting Rights Activist
Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Celebrate National Poetry Month
Did you know every April is National Poetry Month? Celebrate by reading some poetry. We have some great choices in the library and have a special poetry book display at the entrance of the library. Look for the National Poetry Month sign on the display!
Exquisite Corpse
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How to play
Submit a single line of poetry that will be absorbed into a collective Exquisite Corpse poem using the form above.
History of the Game
Exquisite Corpse (la cadavre exquis) is a collaborative drawing and poetry game that was invented in the 1920s by French Surrealist poets and artists.
The name “exquisite corpse” comes from the first sentence the Surrealists produced using this collaborative writing method:
The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine.
Library Exhibit: Saving Our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic
The library’s current exhibit, Saving Our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic, is displayed in the exhibit case near the library entrance. Prof. Mary Nilles, English, and Prof. Peter Fikaris, ADGA, set up the exhibit with their respective students. The exhibit will be on display from May 5th until August 29th, 2014.
Text by Prof. Mary Nilles of the English Dept.
The multi-media exhibit, “Saving our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic,” on view in the Ursula C. Schwerin Library, 5 May – 29 August 2014, has been arranged by a group of multi-disciplinary professors, staff and students. In photos, text, power point presentations and short videos, it features a timeline of important developments in the history of Jay Street, downtown Brooklyn, in particular, the blocks where City Tech is situated. Continue reading “Library Exhibit: Saving Our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic”
Celebrating Black History Month at the Library
Observe Black History Month by checking out the most recent library exhibit, which features books and posters celebrating the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman, Curated by Diane Wilson, Marta Effinger-Chrichlow and Karl Botchway. This exhibit is part of a series of events scheduled on campus this month.
Click below for a fuller reflection on Harriet Tubman by Dr. Tshombe Walker.
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Graphic Novels at the Library
Are you interested in visual storytelling, pop culture or illustration?
You’re in luck! The Ursula C. Schwerin Library has a great collection of graphic novels, many of which are currently featured in this month’s bookshelf display (look for it on the shelves that curve around the library staircase).
If you are a fan of graphic novels and want to find more, you can use CUNY+ to find Graphic Novels or Comic Books in libraries across CUNY.
If you find that you are interested in the origins of the graphic novel, you might be pleased to know that there are lots of comics in the public domain, and many can be viewed electronically or downloaded to a computer or e-reader. <a href="Sites of interest include The Digital Comics Museum and Golden Age Comics Online are both great sites to explore.
Poem in Your Pocket Day – Thursday, April 29
Tomorrow is Poem in Your Pocket Day! To take part, simply choose a favorite poem to carry with you throughout the day and share it with friends, classmates, colleagues, neighbors, and family.
This year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office is encouraging New Yorkers to participate in a Poetweet. Contribute your best short verse to @NYCMayorsOffice via Twitter. The rules are simple: keep it clean and under 140 characters.
Not sure what poem to select? Visit poets.org to browse by first line, title theme, or author, or check out a book from the library’s poetry book display near the staircase on the 4th floor.
Drawn Home – April 2010 Library Exhibit
The subjects of the exhibit include the native people, a group of utopians from New York City (members of the Western Farm and Village Association), various European settlers, and, within the past three decades, the newcomers from Bosnia, Cambodia, Mexico, Vietnam, Russia and Somalia. Exhibit arranged by City Tech English Professor Mary Nilles with historian Jean Ensch of Strassen, Luxembourg. Dr. Nilles has arranged this display through support from and collaboration with several funding sources and many individuals. Elementary and high school-level students and instructors, as well as university students and professors in Minnesota, Luxembourg, Ohio, Wisconsin, Luxembourg, and New York City (including students in her English classes at City Tech) have been partners in this research initiative for several years. A series of posters to advertise this exhibition have been created this semester by Emmanuel Duarte, a student in a Design class taught by Professor Anthony Accardo.
