Anyone Can Blog (And So Can You!): How To Create Your Own Blog and More
Blogs (web logs) are continuing to change how ideas are expressed and exchanged. Wednesday, May 7th, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM, the library will present a workshop on blogging. The workshop will be in the library’s electronic classroom on the 5th floor of the library.
Participants will be learn how to create their own free blogs using WordPress or Blogger. We will demonstrate how you can create and maintain your own blog. Prior computer programming skills are not required.
Continue reading “Blogging Workshop – May 7th”
Living Off the Land in Space Presentation – May 1st
DATE: Thursday, May 1, 2008
TIME: 12:45-2:30 p.m.
PLACE: A632 (Faculty/Staff Lounge)
The Ursula C. Schwerin Library will host a presentation by Physics Professor Gregory L. Matloff and Brooklyn artist C Bangs on the Library’s current exhibit Living Off the Land in Space.
Dr. Matloff and former NASA Fellow Bangs will discuss both the exhibit and their book of the same name co-authored with NASA manager Les Johnson.
Please feel free to bring your lunch – light refreshments will be provided.For further information, contact Prof. Morris Hounion at mhounion@citytech.cuny.edu
Book Donations Wanted
The Library is having a spring book sale and is actively seeking used book donations. The books should be in good condition. They will be put in the book sale on Thursday, May 8, 2008.
Please bring in all donations to the Library by May 7, 2008. Contact Prof. Morris Hounion at x5491 or mhounion@citytech.cuny.edu; all donors will receive a letter of acknowledgment.
Limited Lab Hours During Spring Break
The library’s Internet Lab will be open from 12:00PM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday during spring break. The Multimedia Resource Center will be open from 9:30AM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday. We are closed on Saturday. For the hours of other computer labs on campus, follow this link.
Save the date: Brooklyn GreenWalk, May 1
May 1st, City Tech students will lead a walking tour for the general public and the college community that will explore environmental sustainability. The 1 ½ hour tour begins at 12:30 at the southeast corner of Jay and Tillary. Stops include a paper recycling plant, a “green” performative space, the Borough Hall greenmarket, Recycle-a-Bicycle, and more. From 2-2:30 Professor Reggie Blake will present on green roofs and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Namm 1023. Refreshments will be served. Please see attached brochure for more information. All are welcome.
Project Euclid math and statistics ejournals
Project Euclid is expanding its content. Duke University Press and the Cornell Libraries are partnering. Project Euclid has fully and partial open access journals in math and statistics. About 75% of its content is open access. For details, see this list. The library does not subscribe to Project Euclid.
April is Poetry Month
The Academy of American Poets features a new poem on its website every day during April.
Cherry Tomatoes by Sandra Beasley Little bastards of vine. Little demons by the pint. Red eggs that never hatch, just collapse and rot. When my mom told me to gather their grubby bodies into my skirt, I'd cry. You and your father, she'd chide--
[read the rest at poets.org]
RSS feeds and table-of-contents services from off-campus
Please be aware that for electronic resources, if you are off-campus, you will often need to login into the library’s website using your library barcode in order to access content posted to you via RSS or a table-of-contents alerting email.
New JSTOR interface & related webinars
JSTOR recently underwent a redesign. Here is a PowerPoint . JSTOR is also offering these webinars:
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/507861435
Using the JSTOR Interface Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/780793020
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/469266764
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/401053120
Using the JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680252260
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/958097487
New eresources: SpringerLink and GreenFILE
SpringerLink is a very large ejournal collection in a variety of disciplines including science, technology and medicine.
GreenFile (EBSCO) covers green issues for the lay person. It is an index.
Both GreenFILE (Ebsco) and SpringerLink are now accessible on-campus. LibraryBuzz readers will be updated when both are available off-campus and SpringerLink is added to the Find-It function and our ejournals A to Z list (Serials Solutions).
