Welcome to a new semester! The City Tech Library continues to adapt our services to support students, faculty, and staff whether they are on campus, working and learning remotely, or something in between.
Access Library Resources from Off-Campus
Use CUNY login credentials to access library databases, research articles, and ebooks from off campus. Use these same credentials to login to “My Library Account” on the library website.
If your preferred name isn’t associated with your library account, you can change that!
Books are Back!
Circulating books from the City Tech Library and other CUNY libraries are now available to request and borrow.
To borrow books, you’ll need to search the library catalog, login with your CUNY username and password, and submit a request in advance. You’ll receive an email notification when your books are ready to be picked up and can retrieve them from the Borrow & Return Desk in the Library with a City Tech or state issued ID.
Here’s a brief video on how to search for and request books from City Tech and other CUNY Libraries: http://cityte.ch/borrow
Return all books in the book drop box just inside the Tillary entrance on the first floor of the Library Building.
At this time, print reserve textbooks and physical multimedia are not available for borrowing, and library study areas and labs remain closed.
For questions about borrowing and returning books, email: NYCCTCirculation@citytech.cuny.edu
Need Something We Don’t Have?
Interlibrary Loan is continuing to fill article and individual book chapter requests and deliver them electronically. ILL is great for scholarly research and course assignments.
Faculty and staff can also request books not available at CUNY through ILL.
Questions? Email us: interlibraryloan@citytech.cuny.edu
Ask a Librarian 24X7 Chat Reference Service
Need help? Just Ask us!
We miss seeing you at the Ask a Librarian desk but the City Tech Library is here to help you with your research.
Connect with City Tech librarians online:
Monday – Thursday 10:00am-7:00pm; Fridays 10:00am-5:00pm
If you miss us during these hours, you can connect to other librarians 24/7. We can help your research strategy, finding sources for a project, and evaluating information, citations, and more!
Online Library Instruction for synchronous and asynchronous classes
Are you assigning papers or projects that require library research? Contact your library subject specialist to find out more and schedule an online library instruction session for your students.
Are you teaching asynchronously? Share the library’s tutorials and research guides with your students. Use the Blackboard library module, or add the library widget to your OpenLab site, so your students can access library search tools.
For questions about library instruction, contact Prof. Anne Leonard, library instruction coordinator.
Library Workshops Fall 2021
There are a variety of online workshops this fall for every audience that provide information and training to help you develop skills for success—from citing sources to creating a resume and protecting your privacy online. Explore the library virtual workshops and discover one meant for you. For additional information, please forward your inquiries to Prof. Nandi Prince.
Details, dates, and registration information for workshops are on the Library Buzz Blog.
In addition to our regular slate of workshops, we also offer scholarly publishing-related workshops and OER workshops for faculty to support faculty research, scholarship, and open pedagogy.
Support for Scholarly Publishing
Complementing our workshop series, the library provides individualized assistance. Do you need help with any aspect of scholarly publishing? Our Scholarly Publishing Clinic is available for virtual consultations. Learn how to pick the best journal or publisher for your article or book, retain rights as an author, create a Google Scholar profile or search alert, use Academic Works and citation managers, and more.
Office hours are by appointment the last Thursday of each month at 12 PM via Zoom or phone. Email Prof. Monica Berger to schedule your consultation and discuss your preferences for shared communication. Use this form to give us advance notice of your question. Don’t forget that you can also reach out to your subject liaison in the library.
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Our OER fellowship program provides faculty with opportunities to revamp curriculum and make course materials more accessible to students. Learn more about OER at City Tech and our upcoming workshops. Reach out to Prof. Cailean Cooney with questions and contact your subject liaison for support with finding or adapting open materials for your courses.
Library Collections
This fall, the City Tech library began offering electronic reserves on a trial basis. One of the chief aims of this pilot program is to assess the curricular support needs of City Tech faculty and the library’s ability to meet them.
Print reserves are still unavailable at this time. Many books and textbooks are don’t make licenses available to libraries in electronic formats and copyright restrictions prohibit us from making scans of entire texts available. We can make limited selections of textbooks available through this eReserves pilot that adhere to Fair Use guidelines.
We will be working with our existing print collection as university budgets remain precarious. We are not yet able to purchase new monographs and ebooks.
For more information, including the eReserves request form: https://libguides.citytech.cuny.edu/eReservesPilot
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your subject liaison with questions about the eReserves pilot, to help with open educational resource alternatives, or with questions about copyright and fair use.
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