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October 5, 2011

Faculty Workshop: Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Teaching Environment

The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop. Do you know how copyright and fair use applies to online courses, class blogs and other web-based teaching tools? Are you interested in making material available to students online, but aren’t sure how to do so legally? Do you have questions about intellectual property and the responsibilities and rights that you and your students have when posting class work online? In this workshop we’ll discuss these issues and look at some of the tools and guidelines available for your use.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.

September 26, 2011

Mark Your Calendars for Open Access Week

It’s still a few weeks away, but the City Tech Library is already getting ready for International Open Access Week. Please save the date for two great faculty workshops we have planned:
Using Open Educational Materials in Your Courses
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
3:30-5:00pm
Rm A543, City Tech Library (Atrium Building)
High-quality open access curricular materials are increasingly available online, and can provide an alternative to traditionally-published, high-priced textbooks. In this workshop we’ll discuss strategies for incorporating freely-available open access and public domain resources into your courses. Bring your syllabus or assignment and we will work together to add resources to your course website on Blackboard, the City Tech OpenLab, or other online platforms.
Coffee & cookies will be served.
Open Access Happy Hour: Your Rights as an Author
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
5:30-7:00pm
Rm A632, Faculty Lounge (Atrium Building)
You know what you write, but do you know your rights? Copyright is a bundle of rights that apply to work you produce in any medium. How can you choose a publisher and negotiate your contracts to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, author, and creator? Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues and learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.

September 16, 2011

Faculty Workshop: Finding Scholarly Info with Google Scholar

The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop. Google Scholar is a useful tool for finding scholarly information on the web, including articles and books. In this workshop, we’ll explore Google Scholar and investigate the types of resources the search results include (conference papers, preprints, journal articles, and more). We’ll also customize Scholar preferences to facilitate full-text access from home or office computers.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.

August 30, 2011

Advanced Photoshop Workshop

Participants in this faculty workshop will learn about advanced skills such as layer manipulation, layer properties, text effects, and image adjustment. Previous experience with Photoshop is highly encouraged, but not necessary. This is a follow-up workshop of the Basic Photoshop Workshop from the Spring 2010 semester. Please note that the Basic Workshop will be offered in Spring of 2012.

April 15, 2011

Anyone Can Blog or Twitter (And So Can You!)

Please join us on Wednesday, April 27th from 1:00-2:00pm in the Library for a workshop in which you will learn how to set up and use WordPress and Twitter.
To RSVP for this event, please contact Professor Maura Smale via email or at 718-260-5748.

April 6, 2011

Photoshop Workshop for Faculty

Faculty, come to a workshop in the City Tech Library! Are you interested in creating graphics for your class? Would you like to learn how to resize your digital photographs? This workshop will focus on the basics of Adobe Photoshop. Participants will have a better understanding of the toolbar, layers, cropping, image filters, text, special effects, and more.
Date: Wednesday, April 13th
Time: 1 – 2 pm
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty and staff. All workshops are held in our small classroom (Rm A441) on the 4th Fl. of the City Tech Library, Atrium, unless otherwise noted. RSVP is strongly suggested to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
For more information, view our full list of faculty workshops.

March 30, 2011

RefWorks Workshop for Faculty

Faculty, come to a workshop in the City Tech Library and learn how to streamline your research with RefWorks, a bibliographic citation management tool available to all City Tech faculty. Import references from online databases, organize your references into folders by topic or project, and generate a bibliography formatted in a variety of citation styles.
Date: Wednesday, April 6th
Time: 1 – 2 pm
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty and staff. All workshops are held in our small classroom (Rm A441) on the 4th Fl. of the City Tech Library, Atrium, unless otherwise noted. RSVP is strongly suggested to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
For more information, view our full list of faculty workshops.

March 10, 2011

Web 2.0 Happy Hour: Ereader Petting Zoo

The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to this semester’s Web 2.0 Happy Hour. Electronic readers are becoming increasingly popular for reading books, news, articles, and more. How are these devices changing the landscape of reading, and what are the implications for scholars, students, and libraries? Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues, discuss the future of reading, and play with a few of the latest devices.
Date: Tuesday, March 15th
Time: 5:30 – 7 pm
Location: Faculty Lounge, A632
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty and staff. RSVP is strongly suggested to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.

March 9, 2011

Library Workshop for Faculty: Today!

There are millions of websites out there on the internet. How can we help students learn to distinguish the good from the bad (or the ugly)? In this workshop we’ll discuss strategies to boost students’ evaluation skills and help them find credible information on the internet. Today (wednesday, March 9th) in the library, room A441.

March 3, 2011

Faculty Workshop: Good Googling

Faculty, come to a workshop in the City Tech Library and learn about encouraging your students to practice good Googling. There are millions of websites out there on the internet. How can we help students learn to distinguish the good from the bad (or the ugly)? In this workshop we’ll discuss strategies to boost students’ evaluation skills and help them find credible information on the internet.
Date: Wednesday, March 9th
Time: 1 – 2 pm
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty and staff. All workshops are held in our small classroom (Rm A441) on the 4th Fl. of the City Tech Library, Atrium, unless otherwise noted. RSVP is strongly suggested to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
For more information, view our full list of faculty workshops.

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