The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a library workshop. Explore the resources found in Google Scholar (conference papers, preprints, journal articles, etc.). We’ll also customize Scholar preferences to facilitate full-text access from home or office computers.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday November 6, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Monica Berger at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Encouraging Good Googling
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a library workshop. How can we help students learn to evaluate internet sources, and to distinguish the good from the bad (or the ugly) online? We’ll discuss strategies to boost students’ evaluation skills and help them find credible information on the internet.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday September 25, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
Faculty Workshop: Good Googling
Faculty, come to a workshop in the City Tech Library and learn about encouraging your students to practice good Googling. There are millions of websites out there on the internet. How can we help students learn to distinguish the good from the bad (or the ugly)? In this workshop we’ll discuss strategies to boost students’ evaluation skills and help them find credible information on the internet.
Date: Wednesday, March 9th
Time: 1 – 2 pm
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty and staff. All workshops are held in our small classroom (Rm A441) on the 4th Fl. of the City Tech Library, Atrium, unless otherwise noted. RSVP is strongly suggested to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
For more information, view our full list of faculty workshops.
Faculty Workshop Tomorrow!
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop. There are millions of websites out there on the internet. How can we help students learn to distinguish the good from the bad (or the ugly)? In this workshop we’ll discuss strategies to boost students’ evaluation skills and help them find credible information on the internet.
This workshop will be held TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 29, 1-2 pm in the Library, Rm. A 441 (small library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
Faculty workshop Wed. Oct. 28: Finding Scholarly Information with Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a useful tool for finding scholarly information on the web, including articles and books. In this workshop, we’ll explore Google Scholar and investigate the types of search results (conference papers, preprints, anthology chapters, journal articles, and more). We’ll also customize Scholar preferences to facilitate full-text access from home or office computers. Time permitting, we’ll explore Google Books.
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty members.
DATE: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
VENUE: Rm. A441, 4th Floor, City Tech Library (Atrium Bldg.)
TIME: 1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
http://library.citytech.cuny.edu
RSVP is encouraged to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
Faculty Workshop: Web 2.0 Happy Hour
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, invites all faculty to:
Web 2.0 Happy Hour
Tuesday, May 5
5:30-7:00pm
Faculty Lounge A632 (Atrium Bldg)
Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues, and learn about online technologies for teaching and scholarship:
– Twitter: a microblogging service for conversation and announcements
– Delicious: a website for organizing and sharing your bookmarks
– Google Docs: a service for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations
– RSS Feeds: receive journal publication alerts and read blogs and news websites
RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
Finding Books in Other Libraries/Google Books – A Workshop for Faculty
All City Tech faculty are invited to attend a library workshop on finding books in other libraries and Google Books. This workshop will cover the use of Google Book Search, other e-text collections, and the many other options available for getting books that are not available in this library, including Interlibrary Loan and CLICS (CUNY Libraries Inter-Campus Services). Explore the bibliographic universe beyond the shelves of the City Tech library!
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 17, from 10-10:45am in the library classroom, A540. Please RSVP to Anne Leonard at aleonard[at]citytech.cuny.edu
The complete schedule of faculty workshops for the Fall 2008 semester can be found here.
