This summer, take some time to boost your scholarly profile!
In partnership with the Faculty Commons and Associate Provost Brown, City Tech Library will provide a series of seven do-it-yourself, self-paced tasks for you to update, maintain or create your online scholarly presence. By the end of the summer, your scholarship will be easier to find online and you will be on the path to stardom!
We will release a new task every week. Tasks will include how to create your Google Scholar Profile, creating your scholarly ID, using social media, and how to increase the impact of your work by adding it to CUNY Academic Works http://academicworks.cuny.edu/.
Task 1: Google Yourself!
The purpose of this task is to identify things you want to improve about your scholarly/professional profile. Throughout the summer, we will provide strategies to help you update your online presence and improve access to your scholarship. https://citytech_cuny.libapps.com/LibGuides/admin_c.php?g=464871&p=3178092
Questions? Contact Prof. Monica Berger, Library and check this webpage http://LibGuides.citytech.cuny.edu/c.php?g=464871 throughout the summer for new posts.
Wishing you a productive summer!
Prof. Monica Berger, Chair, Scholarly Communications Committee, Library
Prof. Julia Jordan, Director, Faculty Commons
Associate Provost Pamela Brown
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Don’t Get Burnt by Academic Spam Publishers
Most or all faculty get “spam” email messages asking them to to publish or present. These are usually so-called predatory publishers. Whether these publishers or conference providers are just low-quality or truly nefarious, faculty should avoid them.
I save every message that comes to my work email that is likely to be from a predatory publisher so I can use them for future workshops and other purposes. Usually the journals have ambiguous scopes and titles but not this one! When I saw that the lead journal listed was the International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, I thought “oh no, that sounds really legitimate.”
So I invite you to think about why you might not want to respond to an email sent by Addyson@ankoufor.net to publish:
What information is missing? What else seems strange about this message? There are a fair number of red herrings beyond the obvious concept that any unsolicited message like this is most likely from a predatory publisher. Learn more about predatory publishing here and take a few minutes to review our guide on publication quality and how to find the best journal to publish in!
Why you should submit your scholarship in CUNY Academic Works
There are many benefits to contributing your work to Academic Works!
Want to know more? Here is our new guide.
Ready to submit? Here are concise directions.
- MORE READERS People can and will read you. In addition to other academics or experts in your area, journalists and other members of the general public, including your students, can now read your work. Your previously published work gets a “second life” in Academic Works where it is easily found via Google Scholar and Google. When your work is freely available, your work has significantly greater potential for public good.
- MORE CITATIONS If you have more readers, you will have more citations! You can include citations to your work in your PARSE in the appendix.
- ARTICLE-LEVEL METRICS are available for your work that you can include in your PARSE. Article-level metrics are NOT available via Web of Science and Scopus.
- PRESERVATION: Your work is preserved permanently.
- STABLE URLs for linking to your work.
source: https://blog.digitalcommons.bepress.com/2016/06/09/open-access-100-stories-of-impact/
New Graphic Novels in the Library
Below is a list of the new graphic novels we ordered this
year. Our fantastic graphic novels collection is located under the stairwell going to the upper floor of the library. Want to find one of these books? Look up the call number to find specific books.
| Killing and Dying | Adrian Tomine |
| Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White | Lila Quintero Weaver |
| I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. | Arthur Flowers. Illus by Manu Chitrakar. 2010. |
| Silence of Our Friends | Mark Long and Jim Demonakos. Illus. by Nate Powell. 2012. |
| You Don’t Say | Nate Powell |
| Mike’s Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv | Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem |
| Displacement | Lucy Knisley |
| March: Book Two | John Lewis |
| Sculptor | Scott McCloud |
| First Year Healthy | Michael DeForge |
| Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel | Written by Madeleine L’Engle, Adapted and Illustrated by Hope Larson |
| The Age of Selfishness: Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis | Darryl Cunningham |
| The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel | Patti Laboucane-Benson, Kelly Mellings |
| Memetic | James Tynion, IV and Eryk Donovan |
| Undertaking of Lily Chen | Novgorodoff, Danica |
| Trashed | Derf Backderf |
| Virgil | Steve Orlando |
| Story of My Tits | Jennifer Hayden |
| Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection | Kate Beaton |
| Religion: A Discovery in Comics | Margreet de Heer |
| Fable Comics | Charise Mericle Harper and Chris Duffy |
June is Gay Pride Month
For the month of June, we wil
l be commemorating LGBT Pride month. We have books on display about LGBT families, same-sex marriage, transgender rights, LGBT education, fiction by LGBT writers, and more. Our book display is located close the library entrance, just past our electronic gates.
You may also watch videos related to these topics in Kanopy, a streaming video database. Below are select videos from the Kanopy collection:
Coming Out: Voices of Gay and Lesbian Teens and their Families
Gay Youth
For the Bible Tells Me So
Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month, May 2016
We’re having lots of fun with our thematic book displays! May 2016 celebrates Haitian Heritage month. We have books about contemporary Haiti, its history as well as books by Haitian American authors like Edwidge Danticat. There are only a few days left for this book display, so come on by the library. Our book display is located close to the library entrance, just past our electronic gates.
You can also read more in our Caribbean Literature database! Browse places and select “Haiti” to find works by 28 Haitian and Haitian emigre authors.
Library Book Sale This Wednesday, May 18th
The library is having its spring semester book sale, this Wednesday, May 18th, from 12:30pm – 2:45pm. We will have books and media items for available for purchase outside of the library on the 4th floor of the Atrium Building.
Need help? We Have Special Drop-In Research Workshops
Are you looking for research help with that final paper or assignment of the semester? If so, come to the Ursula C. Schwerin Library on these dates for our special drop-in workshops.
All sessions are room A441. No RSVP required.
Monday May 9 12:00pm – 2:00pm Student drop-in research help
Tuesday May 10 4:00pm – 6:00pm Student drop-in research help
Wednesday May 11 3:00pm – 5:00pm Student drop-in research help
Thursday May 12 10:00am – 12:00pm Student drop-in research help
Friday May 13 1:00pm – 3:00pm Student drop-in research help
Dibner Library at NYU-Poly to restrict access thru May 20
The Dibner Library at NYU-Poly will be closed to people other than NYU-Poly students and faculty during the final exam period: Sat. May 7th – Fri. May 20th
City Tech Library’s membership in ALB (Academic Libraries of Brooklyn) permits access to participating member libraries around Brooklyn, and any current City Tech student, faculty or staff member may obtain an ALB card at our library’s circulation desk. Have more questions about ALB? Post a comment here, or ask a reference librarian!
iPad Minis Now Available for Loan from the Library
The library now has 10 iPad Mini available for loan to City Tech students. You can check out the iPads from the Multimedia Resource Center, located within the library. Students can borrow the iPads for up to 3 days.
The loan policy for borrowing iPads can be found here. For more information, contact Prof. Junior Tidal.
