You don’t NEED to be a woman to attend Hacker School, but you do to qualify for an Etsy Hacker Grant, available to women who would like to spend the summer learning programming, but need financial assistance to do so.
Click here for more information about Hacker School.
Click here for more information about the Etsy Grant and an application.
Spring Break Hours
Happy Spring Break! In case your plans include catching up on your studying or research, the library is OPEN during Spring Break, April 6-15, from 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (closed on Saturdays).
And of course you can use library resources online anytime! Just visit our website at http://library.citytech.cuny.edu
Image by gawnesco.
National Poetry Month
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Stay tuned throughout the month for announcements about poetry celebrations in Brooklyn and beyond.
1940 Census Available to Researchers!
This is the week that the 1940 US Census becomes available to researchers. You can begin investigating here, or get some more information about how to use this information in the following video from the National Archives:
Internet Archive Adds 35mm Stock Footage to Public Domain Video to Collection
CC-BY-2.0 Click on video for more information.
The End of an Era
The publishers of the Encyclopedia Britannica, (which first appeared in Scotland in 1768) have announced that they will no longer be publishing physical books, and will now offer all content digitally. Never fear! You can still access print and digital copies of it through the library.
Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday, March 11
Remember to set your clocks forward an hour on Saturday night (or Sunday morning), because this weekend marks the beginning of daylight savings time.
Interested in why we have daylight savings time? Click on the image to the right to read the pamphlet that William Willet published that stared it all.
Hot Off the Presses! Print Your Own Books at the Brooklyn Public Library
If you’ve ever wanted to print and publish your own work, or have your very own copy of one of the many public domain titles scanned into the Google Books collections, now is your chance! The BPL has recently obtained an Espresso Book Machine, now located in the Central Library’s lobby.
LibX Update
LibX – NYCCT Library Edition has been updated to a new edition. Unlike the previous updates, this time we upgraded to the new Libx 2.0 version.
What’s New?
– Google Chrome lovers can also use LibX now.
– This latest edition of LibX will be detected by Firefox and Google Chrome and either automatically install it (Google Chrome) or prompt to update (Firefox).
– LibX toolbar will be displayed on the upper right corner of the browser navigation bar, and it can be toggled between a Full View and a Simple View.
However, if you are still running LibX on Internet Explorer, LibX will not be compatible with versions higher than v.7(until further notice from the LibX developers).
Installation:
For Google Chrome: http://libx.org/releases/gc/libx2-latest.crx?edition=B5039614
For Firefox (compatible with Firefox up to v. 10): http://libx.org/releases/ff/libx2-latest.xpi?edition=B5039614
For more information, please visit our updated LibX page on the library website:
http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/instruction/how/libX.php
Celebrating David Foster Wallace’s 50th Birthday.
Check out this list of recommended reading over at the Awl, and then explore CUNY collections, or the contents of the David Foster Wallace Archive, located at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Image by BjorneOfDanmark (CC BY 2.0) More info here.
