Students! Are you working on a research assignment? This week and next the City Tech Library will offer drop-in help to students in any course who are working on research assignments. Please come prepared with a copy of your assignment and any questions you have about the research process.
Stop by and speak with a librarian to:
FINE-TUNE RESEARCH STRATEGIES
USE DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC COLLECTIONS
NAVIGATE THE LIBRARY CATALOG & DATABASES
FIND AND EVALUATE USEFUL WEB RESOURCES
DISCOVER HELPFUL LIBRARY TOOLS
Visit room A441 in the library (on the 4th Floor of the Atrium) with questions about your research. Librarians will be standing by!
Wednesday May 7, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Thursday May 8, 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Monday May 12, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Tuesday May 13, 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Wednesday May 14, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Thursday May 15, 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Image by Cory Doctorow.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Introduction to Citation Managers
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Looking to streamline and manage the research you do using internet or library sources, or a tool that your students can use to keep track of their research? Learn about citation managers — including RefWorks, EasyBib, Zotero, and Mendeley — that can help organize and cite references as well as share and discuss scholarship with colleagues at City Tech or beyond.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 1:00-2:00pm in Rm. A441, Library (Atrium, 4th Floor). RSVP to Prof. Keith Muchowski at kmuchowski@citytech.cuny.edu or Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu. For more information, download the flyer.
Missed a workshop this semester?
Looking for a workshop we didn’t offer this semester?
Consider requesting a custom workshop for faculty or staff groups.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Research Beyond the City Tech Library
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. You may be familiar with interlibrary loan for resources not available here at City Tech, but did you know that we participate in consortia that permit access to research libraries around New York City? Participants will also learn how to make the most of browser add-ons and other online tools to help identify, locate, and connect with resources from other libraries.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 1:00-2:00pm in Rm. A441, Library (Atrium, 4th Floor). RSVP to Prof. Monica Berger at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu or Prof. Anne Leonard at aleonard@citytech.cuny.edu.
Visit our website for our full schedule of faculty and staff workshops
Tech Happy Hour Presentation and Handout
We had a great turnout at our Tech Happy Hour on Tools for Your Tablet a couple of weeks ago, and are delighted to share the slides and handout from the program.
Interested in more faculty and staff workshops at the library? Check out our schedule of workshops for this semester, or consider requesting a workshop for your department or group.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Getting Started with Instructional Web Design
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Learn to design web pages for instructional use, including layout and navigation, color and graphics, and developing effective content. We will look at beginner HTML, the basics of creating and posting on WordPress-based sites, and other online alternatives.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday March 5, 1:00-2:00pm in Rm. A441, Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Junior Tidal at jtidal@citytech.cuny.edu.
Tech Happy Hour: Tools For Your Tablet
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Do you have a tablet computer, either an iPad or Android device? Curious about how you can use it for more than watching movies or playing games? Join your colleagues for wine and cheese at this library workshop and learn about apps and strategies you can use to supercharge your tablet for your research, teaching, and productivity.
Our workshop will be held on Thursday February 27, 5:00-6:30pm in Rm. A632, Faculty Lounge, Atrium 6th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Copyright/Fair Use in Digital Teaching
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Do you know how copyright and fair use applies to web-based teaching? Are you interested in making material available to students online? Learn about the tools and guidelines available for your use.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday February 19, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Bronwen Densmore at bdensmore@citytech.cuny.edu.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Using Photoshop to Create Graphics for Instruction
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a library workshop. Are you interested in creating graphics for your class or resizing your digital photographs? Learn how to use Photoshop, including the toolbar, layers, cropping, image filters, text, special effects, and more.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday November 13, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Junior Tidal at jtidal@citytech.cuny.edu.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Finding Scholarly Information with Google Scholar
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a library workshop. Explore the resources found in Google Scholar (conference papers, preprints, journal articles, etc.). We’ll also customize Scholar preferences to facilitate full-text access from home or office computers.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday November 6, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Monica Berger at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Open Access For the Arts
Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues at our Open Access Happy Hour!
Using or producing creative works online requires artists and scholars to work with a nuanced (and
complicated) copyright, license, and use guidelines. Find out ways to use public domain
and open access resources in your creative work, and how to protect the rights of artists
in online environments.
Our workshop will be held on Thursday October 24, 4:00-5:30pm in the Faculty Lounge, Atrium 632. RSVP to Prof. Bronwen Densmore at bdensmore@citytech.cuny.edu.
This workshop is being offered as a part of Open Access Week (October 21-27). For more information about open access publishing visit http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.
