It’s true, we’e got a lot scheduled for Open Access Week today. If you’re free at 12:45, why not come to the library for our screening of RIP: A Remix Manifesto. All are welcome to attend.
For Faculty, we’ll be hosting a Web 2.0 Happy Hour at 5:30 in Room A632, where you’ll have the opportunity to hear about some of the ways your colleagues have been integrating Open Access materials and technologies into their classes. Descriptions of both events after the jump. Continue reading “Two Open Access Week Events Today!”
Enhancements to MathSciNet
The American Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the latest
version of MathSciNet. The new release includes the following enhancements
and features:
– Improved display of mathematics using MathJax, an open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all modern browsers (http://www.mathjax.org)
– Direct links to books, book chapters, and series using DOIs registered
by publishers
– Bibliographic entries and direct links for Ph.D. theses in mathematics,
applied mathematics, and statistics from the ProQuest Dissertations &
Theses database
For more information please see: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/about.html
Thanks to everyone who came to…
Thanks to everyone who came to our Open Access program yesterday!
Today’s Open Access Week Event: Open Access Scholarly Publishing
Join us to explore the practical consideration of OA publishing for faculty. We’ll discuss identifying OA peer-reviewed hournals, using Creative Commons both to license your work and use works that others have licensed, and Open Journal Systems: a free, open source platform for publishing scholarly journals.
Coffee & cookies will be served.
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty members.
Today, Tues Oct 19th from 3:00-5:00pm
Rm A632, Faculty/Staff Lounge
Open Access Week is Here!
(From the Open Access Week Blog, here)
Faculty: The Open Access movement has threaded its way into many avenues of human culture. Creators of literature, music, film and art are acknowledging the rich heritage that has enabled their own creative thinking and in turn are offering their productions to the greater community at no charge. Academic publishing has situated itself in the open access arena. The output, online, open-access scholarly literature, measures up to the same standards as other peer-reviewed and removes the economic and logistical barriers to access.
Throughout the week of October 18-24, 2010 we will be offering exciting programming at two locations to open your sensibilities to the benefits and practices of a open access information sharing. Read more below for a list of events happening here at City Tech, or check the blog for a comprehensive listing of all planned events.
Continue reading “Open Access Week is Here!”
We’re on Facebook!
It’s true! We’ll be posting over at City Tech Library. Join us for announcements about library events and services, links to items of interest, or log in to say hello or ask us a question. See you there!
Semaphore Translation via scoutnet.org
We love Graphic Novels
And so do you. We put out many of our newest graphic novels in the display under the bookcase and have noticed they’re being borrowed! And when they come back from you, they often go into the stacks, aka our regular books collection.
If you want to browse more graphic novels, go upstairs to the literature section of the library and browse call number PN6727. That’s where many of our graphic novels are located. You can also search CUNY+ using the keywords “Comic books” or “Graphic novels.”
Illustration source: J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah
Happy Birthday, P.G. Wodehouse!
Described by Douglas Adams in his introduction to Sunset at Blandings as “the greatest musician of the English language”. P.G. Wodehouse published 96 novels during his lifetime, and is the man we have to thank for introducing the world to Jeeves and Wooster, one of the most potent comedy pairings literature has ever known. He would have been 129 today. Cheers!
Research Appointments Available
Students!
Do you know that library faculty are available for research appointments? The end of the semester can be tough, but library faculty are here to help you! If you’d like to sign up for a session to develop a research question or search strategy, learn about available resources, or talk about how to incorporate research into your projects, you can sign up for individual appointments with library faculty who can help you get started or help you polish off your citations. To sign up for an appointment, just fill out the Research Appointments form.
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
New in the library: European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
This database is not full-text. It indexes European works that relate to the Americas. Topics include the history of European exploration, portrayals of native American peoples, disease outbreaks and slavery. more information
