This week’s New Yorker had a great article about the Internet Archive. Jill Lepore, the author, leads this piece with the story of last year’s downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine. A Russian-backed separatist gloated via social media about downing the plane but once the news hit that the plane was not a military aircraft, the separatist deleted his post to hide the evidence. However, the Internet Archive captured the separatist’s tweet, providing that libraries and archives, whether digital or analog, play a critical role not only in preserving history but also in current events.
The article also raises many fascinating questions about how copyright affects the Internet. Lastly, check out Memento, an initiative lead by Herbert Van de Sompel–it is a Chrome extension that lets you see a website at a specific date.
Faculty/Staff Workshop: Advanced Search Techniques
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a library workshop: Advanced Search Techniques for Library and Internet Sources. Improve your research skills and go beyond the basics with Boolean operators, truncation, limiters, and other sophisticated search strategies in library databases, Google, and more.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday October 9, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Keith Muchowski at kmuchowski@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.
