The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop: Maximizing minimally: Keeping current using RSS, alerts, and more. Discover how to set up RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and alerts in your favorite databases and internet sources to keep track of the latest research in journals, news sources, associations, and blogs.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
Keeping Up with Research Using RSS and Alerts
Faculty, come to a library workshop this week to learn about RSS (Really Simple Syndication). We’ll discuss setting up RSS feeds and alerts in your favorite databases to keep track of the latest scholarship from news sources, journals, and blogs.
DATE: Wednesday, March 10th
TIME: 1-2pm
Workshops are open to all City Tech faculty members. All workshops are held in our electronic classroom (Rm A540) on the 5th Fl. of the City Tech Library, Atrium Bldg (unless otherwise noted). RSVP is strongly suggested 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.
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.