Blackboard Workshop for Students

The Department of Instructional Technology will be conducting student Blackboard workshops on the following days for the Summer Semester: 
June 5th, Thursday from 1-2pm
June 12th, Thursday from 1-2pm
June 19th, Thursday from 1-2pm
July 10th, Thursday from 1-2pm
Location: Open Lab at G604
Contact info: Julio Henriquez: 718 254-8565

Book Donations Wanted

The Library is having a spring book sale and is actively seeking used book donations. The books should be in good condition. They will be put in the book sale on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
Please bring in all donations to the Library by May 7, 2008. Contact Prof. Morris Hounion at x5491 or mhounion@citytech.cuny.edu; all donors will receive a letter of acknowledgment.

Limited Lab Hours During Spring Break

The library’s Internet Lab will be open from 12:00PM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday during spring break. The Multimedia Resource Center will be open from 9:30AM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday. We are closed on Saturday. For the hours of other computer labs on campus, follow this link.

April is Poetry Month

The Academy of American Poets features a new poem on its website every day during April.

Cherry Tomatoes
by Sandra Beasley
Little bastards of vine.
Little demons by the pint.
Red eggs that never hatch,
just collapse and rot. When
my mom told me to gather
their grubby bodies
into my skirt, I'd cry. You
and your father, she'd chide--

[read the rest at poets.org]

Welcome, Prof. Maura Smale!

Maura SmaleThe library department welcomes Assistant Professor Maura Smale. Maura comes to City Tech with an MA and PhD in anthropology from NYU, an MLIS from Pratt, and a BA from The University of Chicago. Her previous library experience includes work as an adjunct at Brooklyn College, where she was a reference and instruction librarian.
Besides teaching experience (anthropology, NYU), Maura was Project Manager/Online Editor for American Express Publishing (Food and Wine, Travel and Leisure, etc.) and Production Supervisor for Disney Online. Before that she engaged in archaeological fieldwork. She has a number of publications in print or in press–in archaeology and library resource management.
At City Tech, as Information Literacy Librarian and Coordinator of Library Instruction, Maura will lead library efforts to expand and enhance the work we do in these areas.

Check Out LibraryBuzz–News from the City Tech Library!

Be in the know! Read LibraryBuzz, City Tech Library’s new blog

Find out about

•New library acquisitions including books and dvds
•How to create table of contents alerts for your favorite ejournals
•Library exhibitions
•The latest in scholarly communication
•News in higher education: LibraryBuzz includes Inside Higher Education and The Chronicle of Higher Education News
•Library events
•New electronic resources including databases, ejournals, and ebooks
•Library workshops
•Links to valuable resources
•Photos and other media (forthcoming)
Continue reading “Check Out LibraryBuzz–News from the City Tech Library!”

April is Poetry Month

The Enkindled Spring by D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930)


Spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,
Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between
Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes.
I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration
Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze
Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,
Faces of people streaming across my gaze.
And I, what fountain of fire am I among
This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed
About like a shadow buffeted in the throng
Of flames, a shadow that’s gone astray, and is lost.
find more online verse at bartelby.com