Category: Workshops

Here is our schedule of workshops for Fall 2022 related to scholarly publishing. These workshops introduce tools, resources, and important knowledge that help faculty make informed choices about their scholarship and how to maximize the impact of their work.

Leveraging the Literature Review
October 7, 12-1 PM  
Learn how to find target journals for publishing your work; get a quick bird’s eye view of your topic; review basics of using the library for the literature review; effectively use Google Scholar, citation managers, and link resolvers; quickly assess a journal and avoid predatory journals.
Faculty Fridays: Registration via Faculty Commons 

Academic Works Demystified
Nov. 2, 4-5 PM
What is Academic Works and how does it benefit you as a scholar? You will learn more about how and why publishers allow you to contribute to Academic Works and the many benefits to sharing your scholarship openly to you, your students, and the public.
Registration

Get Organized! Zotero Basics
Dec. 5, 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

Google Scholar Profile
Dec. 13, 11 AM -12 PM
Google Scholar Profiles provide an easy way for you to showcase your individual scholarship and, more importantly, easily examine who is citing your work and find citation counts.
Registration

Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 3 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, Library, at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu

Who is this Weird Publisher? Avoiding Predatory Journals and Conferences
Monday May 16, 2022, 4-5 PM
Predatory journals and conferences are a hot topic but frequently misunderstood. We’ll debunk some myths and learn more about predatory journal and conference characteristics as well as how to thoughtfully evaluate a journal or conference before submitting. This workshop will include hands-on activities.
Registration

Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 4PM every last Thursday 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

Increasing your Visibility as a Scholar (Faculty Fridays)
Friday, May 13, 2022, 12-1:00 PM
Learn how to improve the impact of your scholarship or creative works and your overall profile as an academic. We’ll cover how you can increase your visibility using Google Scholar Profiles, Academic Works and other open access platforms to share your work, and ORCID IDs. We will also touch on using personal websites and social media to promote your scholarship.
Registration from Faculty Commons

Get Organized! Zotero Basics
Tuesday May 3, 2022, 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

Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 4PM every last Thursday 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

Zotero 6.0 has some great new features including a PDF reader that pops open a pdf associated with your citation for you to easily annotate. There is also, finally, an app for ios (ipad and iphone). Read more on Zotero’s blog!

Join the library for our Zotero workshop on May 3, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for your PARSE and CV (Express Workshop)
Wednesday April 6, 2022, 11-11:30 AM
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.
Registration 

Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available on-demand and during our office hour at 4PM every last Thursday 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

Get Read … Get Cited! with Academic Works (Express Workshop: 30 minutes) 
March 16, 12-12:30 PM
What is Academic Works and how does it benefit you as a scholar? You will learn more about how and why publishers allow you to contribute to Academic Works and the many benefits to sharing your scholarship openly to you, your students, and the public.
Registration