News from the City Tech Library
If you couldn’t make it to our faculty workshop on Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author during Open Access Week, never fear! Here’s a copy of our handout and presentation for you to share, use, and remix as you’d like.
Presentation
Handout
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask a librarian! We’re happy to help with any and all questions about open access publishing and strategies for keeping your rights as an author.
Happy Open Access Week! In celebration of this annual, international event, The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a program:
You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, and author?
Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues at our Open Access Happy Hour and learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, from 5:30-7pm
WHERE: Rm A632, Faculty Lounge, City Tech
Space is limited! RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, is pleased to announce a workshop in celebration of Open Access Week!
You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, and author? Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues at our Open Access Happy Hour and learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, from 5:30-7pm
WHERE: Rm A632, Faculty Lounge, City Tech
Space is limited! RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
How can microblogging tools like Twitter and Tumblr be used to complement instruction? Less formal, and easier to set up than a course page or personal website, these can be used on their own or linked to existing pages or accounts. During this workshop, we’ll walk through the process of setting up an online presence and discuss using web tools to share ideas – no previous experience necessary!
Join us in the library’s room A441 on Wednesday October 3 @ 1-2pm
RSVP: Prof. Maura Smale, Information Literacy Librarian, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu, x5748
Did you know the City Tech Library has over 270,000 eBooks? They’re all available 24/7 and can be accessed using your computer, smartphone, e-reader, or tablet. Learn how to find eBooks in the library, discover how easy it is to download and use them, and find out how eBooks can be assigned as reading material for your students.
Workshop is open to all City Tech faculty and staff.
DATE: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
VENUE: Rm A441 in the City Tech Library, Atrium Bldg.
TIME: 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
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Are you interested in creating digital content? Did you know that there are free and open source tools that will allow you to produce and organize all kinds of media? Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues and take a look at some of the freely-available software that can be used for teaching, scholarship, and exploration. Technical expertise not required!
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty and staff.
RSVP to Professor Maura Smale
DATE: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
TIME: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
VENUE: Rm A632 in the Faculty Lounge
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The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop. Doing research using internet or library sources? Interested in what other researchers in your field are reading? Learn how to use the free web-based tools Zotero and Mendeley to organize and cite your references, and to share and discuss scholarship with colleagues at City Tech or beyond.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop: Maximizing minimally: Keeping current using RSS, alerts, and more. Discover how to set up RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and alerts in your favorite databases and internet sources to keep track of the latest research in journals, news sources, associations, and blogs.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
UPDATE:The room has changed from A540 in the library to the Small Library Classroom on the 4th floor of the library. This room is located left of the entrance of the library, against the far wall.
The library will have a basic Photoshop workshop for City Tech faculty. The workshop will be held next Wednesday, February 8th ,at 1:00 pm. We will cover how to use the toolbar, open and saving files, altering sizes, and adding text to graphics. Participants will have hands-on experience in this interactive workshop.
Please send your RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale.
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.
Tuesday, October 25, 3:30-5pm
LOCATION: Rm A543, City Tech Library
RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
Open Access Week is October 24-30 – learn more at http://openaccess.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
