On Monday, April 10, 2017, between 9 AM and 2 PM, there will be a scheduled library system maintenance.
You will not be able to use the CUNY Catalog to search for items, check your library account, or request items for delivery via CLICS. You can use CUNY OneSearch to look up library items but note that their availability status (i.e., “Available,” “Checked out,” “On order,” etc.) may be out-of-date. Access to full text of articles and e-books will also be impacted during this maintenance window.
If you can’t connect to an online resource or you can’t tell if a print book is available, please contact your library for help (as there may be other options).
Talking with students about Open Education
To mark international Open Education Week, we set up a little table in front of the Library entrance and talked with students about their experiences with required course materials. We all acknowledged how expensive textbooks can be. We talked about instructors’ efforts to assign affordable course materials and specifically about the Library’s program to work with faculty on developing cost-free open educational resources (OERs) as replacements to textbooks.
Knowledge sharing is a fundamental principle of education at its core. OERs can be powerful tools for advancing knowledge access and inquiry because they are free to share, modify, and customize.
We have 22 City Tech faculty working on this Library initiative – representing 17 disciplines at the college. Learn more about their excellent work here.
City Tech 75th anniversary exhibit, catch it now
The Student Government Association representatives were in the library yesterday to take some photographs with the exhibit they prepared for the City Tech 75th anniversary. Many of the materials came from the Library Archives. Catch the display before it ends this coming Monday, April 3.
Scholarship is a Conversation: Be a Part of It!
Our Academic Works posting parties are a special opportunity for us to meet faculty. Yesterday, I met Claudia Hernandez from Architectural Technology. She and Ting Chin presented a paper at the national conference related to first year students in design and architecture, National Conference of the Beginning Design Student.
They wrote a wonderful paper ANALOG:DIGITAL, The Digital Spine: A 1 x 1 Strategy for Integrating Digital Tools in Foundation Design Studios. The problem is that the paper is only available as part of an entire book for sale on Lulu.com.
Not only is it hard to find their article, no one can read their work unless they buy the ebook. And their work isn’t preserved for perpetuity.
But now that their article in Academic Works, they are part of the conversation of scholarship. Other architecture and design instructors interested in pedagogy will find their work and it will rise towards the top in a Google Scholar search. We look forward to learning more about any new opportunities that arise out of Claudia and Ting sharing via Academic Works.
Remember, Academic Works helps amplify the impact of your scholarship whether it is published in a traditional journal or not. For work that isn’t easy to find or isn’t freely online, Academic Works is your best opportunity to get out there! And, as a bonus, you get monthly reports of how many times your work has been downloaded which is evidence of the impact of your work.
Academic Works Posting Party, 3/29/17 3-4 pm
Learn how CUNY’s institutional repository can help maximize your research impact. We will demonstrate how to post your scholarly work to Academic Works and talk more about your rights as an author. Bring your files on a flash drive, including conference presentations, and we’ll guide you through the process of posting your work. The final, peer-reviewed version of an article (not the published version) is best but feel free to bring what you have.
Open to all City Tech Faculty
DATES: March 29, 3-4:00
VENUE: Library Eclassroom, Atrium 540
http://library.citytech.cuny.edu
RSVP and questions to Prof. Monica Berger mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
Attention Students! Join the Faculty/Student Library Advisory Committee!
Are you reading this from a computer in the library, on your mobile device, or from home?
If you are reading this, chances are good that you care about the City Tech library. Help us by volunteering to join the Faculty/Student Library Advisory Committee (F/SLAC).
Serving on F/SLAC is a great opportunity to advocate for library improvements. Meeting twice per semester, this committee of faculty and students team up to ensure that the City Tech community can utilize library research resources to their full extent. Let’s consider new ideas and the best ways to advocate for the library together!
This committee brings faculty and students together to advocate for the improvement of the library. We want to hear from students from all schools and majors.
Your input is valuable, and we want to make the City Tech library a better place for everyone. Step up and help us out!
If you are interested in joining F/SLAC, contact Suraya Choundhury.
SGA in the Archives
Representatives from the City Tech Student Government Association were in the Library Archives earlier this week searching for materials to put into the display they are creating in recognition of the college’s 70th anniversary. What was then the New York State Institute of Applied Arts & Sciences began offering classes in the 1947-47 school year.
College and library closed tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14th
Because of the expected weather emergency, the College will be closed tomorrow, March 14 and no classes will be held. Only designated emergency staff need should report. Please continue to watch the College website for updates, and please stay safe.
#BeBoldForChange on International Women’s Day
City Tech Library is celebrating International Women’s Day all month with a book display featuring books by and/or about women. This year’s IWD theme is Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030 with the hashtag #BeBoldForChange. The theme encourages everyone to take groundbreaking action that will drive change for true equality. Please feel free to join the conversation and hashtag what you have done or plan to do to promote equality.
Also, please check out our Kanopy videos on International Women’s Day and women’s rights in general:
Half the Road – The Passion, Pitfalls and Power of Women’s Professional Cycling
To Educate a Girl – Empowering Women and Girls in the Developing World
Quilts in Women’s Lives
Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?
Social networking services for academics are great for networking and getting feedback but at what cost to your privacy? How are these services monetizing you and your work? “Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?” in the Times Higher Education is truly eyeopening! And don’t forget that Academia.edu is not an .edu and should be a .com.
There are many other ways to share your scholarship including depositing your work in Academic Works and subject pre-print repositories.
