With the end of another school year fast approaching we thought we would look back at City Tech’s beginnings. You may recognize a few names here. This is the cover letter of Benjamin Namm’s first annual report way back in 1947. Look closely and you’ll note that he gives kudos to Otto Klitgord. Yes, Namm Hall and the old Klitgord Auditorium were named after these City Tech Founding Fathers.
A few other things worth noting are the school’s name and address. It was then 300 Pearl Street. Also, the school was originally known as the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences. These were the origins of City Tech nearly seventy years ago.
Click here for a PDF version of the letter.
Dibner Library at NYU-Poly to restrict access thru May 20
During the final exam period at NYU-Poly, the Dibner Library will be closed to people other than NYU-Poly students and faculty.
City Tech Library’s membership in ALB (Academic Libraries of Brooklyn) permits access to participating member libraries around Brooklyn, and any current City Tech student, faculty or staff member may obtain an ALB card at our library’s circulation desk. Have more questions about ALB? Post a comment here, or ask a reference librarian!
Extended Hours for Finals!
We’re happy to announce that the library will be open for extended hours this Sunday, 5/10, and next Sunday, 5/23 from noon-4:00pm. For more information about library hours, please visit our website.
Choose Privacy
Almost everything we do online leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs: our data. A lot of us don’t think twice about sharing our data with companies like Google, Amazon, or Facebook or realize how much data the United States Government collects.
While sharing data can improve our online experience–we are often delivered information and products that coincide with our interests–we often compromise our privacy for the privilege of personalization. Privacy is a political issue but it is also an important issue that can effect our personal autonomy and civil liberty. This week it’s Choose Privacy Week and the library invites you to join a national conversation about surveillance and privacy. Get informed and get involved! #chooseprivacy
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.
Fun video–NY Times Digital@CUNY
Service outage April 3 AM for off-campus access to electronic resources
Off-campus access to library electronic resources will not be available from 7:00 AM to 11:30 AM this Friday, April 3 due to necessary hardware maintenance. On-campus access will not be affected.
New Films in Media Spring 2015
New Films have been added to the library’s media collection.
Megastorm Aftermath: Investigating Hurricane Sandy – DVD 2999
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRWLhEMUDI
Continue reading “New Films in Media Spring 2015”
Megastorm Aftermath: Investigating Hurricane Sandy – DVD 2999
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRWLhEMUDI
Continue reading “New Films in Media Spring 2015”
Get Free Access to the New York Times
The New York Times online edition is available to all CUNY students, faculty and staff! CUNY’s subscription entitles all people with a cuny.edu email domain to acquire a subscription to the digital NYTimes so you must register using your City Tech email.
Once you have created an account, access from anywhere will simply require your NYTimes login. Your subscription via CUNY will be active for a year from the date you create it.
For Users:
An NYTimes Academic Pass provides you with full access to NYTimes.com and the NYTimes.com smartphone apps* for the period of time designated by your institution. Your school has set your pass to be good for 52 weeks from the date you activate it.
*Does not include e-reader editions, Premium Crosswords or The New York Times Crosswords apps. NYTimes apps are not supported on all devices. Access to archived articles within the date range 1923-1980 is limited. You must have a valid email address from a participating school. Other restrictions may apply.
Get Started: Go to nytimes.com/passes.
1. Click on “Register” to create a NYTimes.com account using your school email address.
2. At the bottom of the Welcome page, click “Continue.”
3. If your email address is from an eligible school, you will then see “Check your email.” Look for our message, Confirm Your Email Address, which should arrive within 15 minutes.
4. Click on the link in our confirmation email. This will simultaneously verify your eligibility and grant your Academic Pass, which will provide access to NYTimes.com for your campus designated period.
5. If you don’t get our confirmation email, check your spam filter. If you still do not receive it, send an email from your school email account to edu@nytimes.com
IMPORTANT: If you wish to subscribe to a CUNY academic pass and you already have a subscription (or have registered) with NYTimes Digital and you used your CUNY email on that subscription, you should change the email address on that subscription (to any email address that does not have a CUNY domain) and then use your CUNY email to get the academic pass.
Returning Users
Once you have followed the steps for first-time users and activated an Academic Pass provided by your school, it should allow you full access for 52 weeks (364 days) with no further action on your part.
However, if for any reason while on NYTimes.com you are served the message that you are reaching the limit of free articles on the site, do the following: Make sure you are logged in to NYTimes.com with your school email address. Go to nytimes.com/passes. Your pass should again be active.
Smartphone Apps
Your Academic Pass includes access to The New York Times via the NYTimes smartphone apps. To download your smartphone app, visit: nytimes.com/mobile. Once you have registered and selected your Academic Pass, you can then access nytimes.com from anywhere at any time during the life of that pass from most web capable devices.
New York Times Academic Pass Workshop
Learn to access the New York Times using your City Tech email!
To RSVP, contact Prof. Keith Muchowski
