Students, do you need to find library sources for your research paper, project, or speech? We’re here to help! No matter what type of research project you have – research paper, annotated bibliography, speech, presentation, or multimedia assignment – please join us for the final Library Research Basics workshops of the semester! This week’s workshop will take place this Thursday, April 3. The workshop will be repeated next Thursday, April 10. Both from 1-2pm in L540, the library classroom.
Faculty Workshop, April 2 – Introduction to Pressbooks
Introduction to Pressbooks Workshop
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 11:00AM-12:00PM
with Andrew McKinney, Director of Research and Publishing Strategy, CUNY
Join the OER Team to learn more about Pressbooks, a digital authoring and publishing platform at CUNY, built on the popular WordPress platform. Pressbooks users can create a book, starting from scratch or importing an existing book. You can also clone a book from the Pressbooks network, to edit and customize to your teaching context.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.
If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact Joshua Peach, OER Librarian
Faculty Workshop, March 24 – OER and Peer Review
OER and Peer Review Workshop
Monday, March 24, 2025 from 2:00PM-3:00PM
In this workshop, we will explain the differences between open and traditional peer review models, share existing examples of review processes for open educational resources, and discuss the needs and wants of faculty as they relate to review of OER.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.
If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact Joshua Peach, OER Librarian
Library Research Workshops in March and April
Students, you are invited to learn the basics of library research from a librarian! No matter what type of research assignment you have – an annotated bibliography, literature review, informative speech – librarians are here to help you find information sources for your project. Research workshops take place on Thursdays at club hour (1-2pm) from March 6 through April 10. All workshops are held in person and begin promptly at 1pm. Here’s the full schedule:
March 6 in L540 (Wed schedule)
March 13 in L441A (small library classroom)
March 20 in L540
April 3 in L540
April 10 in L540
Faculty Workshop, February 19, Introduction to Open Educational Resources
Wednesday, February 19th, 11:00am-12:00pm
This workshop will provide an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and related topics such copyright, Creative Commons licensing, Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), and where to find free and open materials in your discipline.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Participants are encouraged to bring questions to the sessions; no level of familiarity with the topic is required. Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.
If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact Joshua Peach, OER Librarian
Spring 2025 Open Educational Resources Workshops
The Open Educational Resources team at City Tech Library would like to invite you to learn more about free and open educational resources (OER) and how they can support instruction and student access to course materials in your classes. From the basics of OER to more advanced topics, workshops will be offered over the Spring semester on the following topics
- Introduction to Open Educational Resources workshop
Wednesday, February 19th, 11:00am-12:00pmThis workshop will provide an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and related topics such copyright, Creative Commons licensing, Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), and where to find free and open materials in your discipline.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- OER Tune-up workshop
Wednesday March 5th, 11:00am-12:00pmAre you refreshing your open course materials for next term? The City Tech OER Team can help you make revisions with a focus on accessibility, ensuring that your OER is useful for the long-term. Topics will include formatting and design considerations for accessibility, as well as OpenLab specific accessibility tips. Bring your teaching materials and any questions you may have to this working hour.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Participants are encouraged to bring questions to the sessions; no level of familiarity with OER is required. Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.
If you have any questions about these workshops, please contact Joshua Peach
For questions about other OER initiatives at City Tech, please contact Anne Leonard
Spring 2025 Scholarly Publishing Workshops
These workshops support your publishing and teach you how to make yourself more visible and how to document the impact of your work.
Art and Alternative Scholarship Panel
April 4, 12:45 – 2:00 PM
This panel will explore the shifting landscapes of socially engaged and experimental art and research practices and how these shifts have the potential to transform institutional paradigms around scholarly impact.
Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for Your PARSE and CV
Tuesday, April 8, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Covers Google Scholar Profile for citations and Google Scholar for journal rankings, Scimago for journal rankings, Altmetric Attention Scores for social media, and download reports from Academic Works (and other repositories). We’ll also touch on finding individual journal acceptance rates as well as Journal Impact Factors. The workshop will briefly address books and book chapters as well as other ways we can demonstrate the value and impact of our work.
Registration
Get Organized! Zotero Basics
May 5, 4:00-5:00 PM
Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC
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Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 4 PM every first Tuesday of the month. We provide one-on-one consultations as well as workshops that fit your schedule. Find more scholarly communications and publishing support from the library on our website. Questions? Contact Prof. Monica Berger mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
Faculty Workshop, November 20, Peer Review & OER
Wednesday, November 20th, 11am-12pm
In this workshop, we will explain the differences between open and traditional peer review models, share existing examples of review processes for open educational resources, and discuss the needs and wants of faculty as they relate to review of OER.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Participants are encouraged to bring questions to the sessions; no level of familiarity with the topic is required. Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.
If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact Joshua Peach, OER Librarian, at jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Workshop, Dec. 4, Get Organized! Zotero Basics
Get Organized! Zotero Basics
Dec. 4, 4-5 PM
Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC
Registration
Call for Applicants: January 2025 Open Educational Practices Institute for Part-Time Faculty
The OER Team at City Tech Library is seeking applications for the January Open Educational Practices Institute for Part-Time Faculty. (Chairs and full-time faculty, please recommend to your part-time colleagues!) The Institute provides asynchronous and synchronous virtual training on using free and openly-licensed materials for courses and foregrounding student-centered pedagogical approaches.
More specifically, participants will learn and discuss:
- How to identify OER and other free and open resources
- How copyright, open licensing, and fair use works in the context of course materials
- How to make your course materials more accessible
- How to bring student-centered pedagogy into your open educational practices
As a culmination to the intensive, participants will redesign a class activity or assignment using free and open resources that incorporate student-centered pedagogical principles. To qualify as a zero-cost OER, faculty can select course materials that are:
- Open educational resources that are Creative Commons (openly) licensed, including, but not limited to, open textbooks
- Public domain materials
- Freely available web resources that do not violate copyright
- Library-licensed digital resources, including articles and eBooks
Eligibility
Part-time faculty members at City Tech in any discipline with an active appointment are eligible to apply.
Faculty commitments/compensation
Participants will be compensated with a $1200 stipend for a commitment of 20 hours of project work, including asynchronous work and synchronous virtual training sessions. Participants will need to be available to attend all four synchronous sessions to receive the stipend. The final project must be completed by Friday, February 14, 2025.
Institute Dates
- Thursday, January 9th, 2025, 10am-12pm
- Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, 10am-12pm
- Thursday, January 16th, 2025, 10am-12pm
- Tuesday, January 21st, 2025, 10am-12pm
Please fill out the OEP Institute application by November 25, 2024. If you have questions about the Institute or application process, please contact Joshua Peach, OER Librarian