Children’s literature lost a legend today: Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, died. He was 83 years old.
If you’ve never read any of his books (or have and would like to re-read them today in his honor), you’ll be glad to know the City Tech library has multiples copies of Mr. Sendak’s books. Find these books in the children’s collection across from the Circulation Desk on the 4th floor:
Mr. Sendak was considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century. He died today, May 8, 2012, after complications after a stroke he suffered four days ago. For more information on his life and accomplishments, see today’s piece in The New York Times. If you have some time, consider listening to his interviews on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. (Warning: The interview from September 2011 is a tear-jerker. I recommend having tissues nearby.)
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Data Journalism Handbook Available Free Online
Interested in learning to work with data? The Data Journalism Handbook might be a good place to start: understanding what data is and how to interpret and use it is useful to writers and researchers in all fields, not just journalism. More on the title here.
NYPL Labs Make NYC Menus Interactive
This week’s Chronicle of Higher Education has a piece on NYPL Lab’s What’s on the Menu project, an effort that has been using outsourced information to transcribe and annotate their historical menu collection.
If you’re interested in finding out, say, where you could go to find some Boneless Squab Elizabeth, or if you’re interested in participating in the project by transcribing some of the menus yourself, simply visit the What’s on the Menu website and start browsing.
Interested in getting involved with other projects like these? Check out NYPL Labs main page to see a list of ongoing projects.
Extended Library Hours
The library will be open for extended hours starting Friday, May 11th a Ex Girlfriend Dumped Me For A Rebound Relationship Do I Go No Contact nd continuing through the end of the semester.
Full schedule below:
Ex Girlfriend Dumped Me For A Rebound Relationship Do I Go No Contact
New York Trade School and the Origins of City Tech
Visit the library to see items from the college archives’ New York Trade School collections. For more information about the history of the Trade School, click on the image above for an expanded timeline, or the Heritage and History page on the City Tech website.
Library tip o’ the day!
No Cigar for Fiction at the Pulitzers.
2012’s list of Pulitzer Prizes just went live, and, for the first time in 35 years, no award for fiction was given.
If you were waiting for the Pulitzer before deciding what to read next, why not try one of the runners up, or this year’s winners in history or poetry, all of which are available at the City Tech Library! Links below.
(fiction finalists)
(winners in history and poetry, respectively)
Are you a programmer or interested in becoming one? Are you also a woman?
You don’t NEED to be a woman to attend Hacker School, but you do to qualify for an Etsy Hacker Grant, available to women who would like to spend the summer learning programming, but need financial assistance to do so.
Click here for more information about Hacker School.
Click here for more information about the Etsy Grant and an application.
On Trial: America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-2000)
America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-2000) features a timeline-based interface, divided into key eras in U.S. history—from Colonial times to Globalization and the Information Age. Each era features coverage pertaining to Government, Military and Political Events; Social and Cultural Issues; and Discoveries, Inventions and Firsts with hundreds of timeline topics available. Each topic addressed includes an overview, links to related articles and suggested search terms to continue research. Articles are labeled (pro/con piece, speech, first-hand account, battle report, etc.) to help students quickly identify content that will prove useful for course assignments and individual research.
The trial ends on Friday, May 18, 2012. Access is from on- and off-campus so try out this database today!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated in assessing trial databases. Please contact Prof. Allie Verbovetskaya at averbovetskaya@citytech.cuny.edu with your comments, questions, or concerns about America’s Historical Newspapers.
Don’t forget! All databases currently under consideration by the City Tech library are listed on the library’s website.
It’s time to JAM!
In addition to being National Poetry Month, April is also Jazz Appreciation Month!
Celebrate by listening to Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Stan Kenton, Teddy Wilson, Bessie Smith, and many other jazz and blues greats on Naxos Music Library. (Just remember to log out when you’ve reached your maximum capacity of jazz for the day! Our license only allows 3 simultaneous users so logging out ensures others have access to the database, too.)
If you’re more interested in learning about jazz and its history, consider checking out Oxford Music Online. This database lets you access and cross-search multiple music reference resources at once. Advanced search options provide powerful tools for content navigation, including biography searching, bibliography searching, and the ability to easily search within longer, multi-section articles.
Prefer to experience jazz history in person? Considering visiting the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and the Louis Armstrong House Museum, both right here in New York City.