Peer observations
As our peer observations of our information literacy workshops are informal, most have not been documented. Here is a sample observation.
Kudos, thank yous, and student reflections
Thank you notes for information literacy workshops
ENG1101 and ENG1121 16-S22 :: student essays about my Eng1101 workshop, C. Harris, F22
COM1330, Graham
COMD1112, Digital Media Foundations, Bauer
COMD 3504, Communication Design Theory, Kilkelly
HMGT1101, Intro. to Hospitality Management 15-20
HMGT3502, Research Seminar, 15-20, S21+S23
ENG3407, Gothic Literature, Guest lecture, Garcia
PHYS2443ID, Guest lecture, Kezerashvili
Scholarly communications
Assessment for faculty workshops
In Spring 2023, I created a simple survey for my solo faculty workshops (see below) to provide assessment.
Attendees were asked:
- The main learning objective for this workshop is as follows: XXXX. Rank how successfully we met this objective from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.
- Please share your feedback about today’s workshop.
- What suggestions do you have for future workshops?
In addition to managing Academic Works, I support and teach faculty about publishing before, during, and after publication.
- The City Tech Faculty Satisfaction and Initiatives (2019) acknowledges many of the initiatives I developed and/or partnered with other campus stakeholders :: email, M. Smale
- Praise and thank yous, Faculty Publication Support Workshop Series [formerly, Mid-Career Faculty Publication program]
- note from Provost Brown re. my posting an article about giving and receiving effective peer reviews
- M. Duddy (Arch.) post Levering the Lit Review re. predatory publishers
- Provided successful information about publication opportunity for K. Goodlad and S. Phillip, Oct. 1, 2020 + Message from K. Goodlad and S. Phillip upon publication of their book chapter re. my assistance
Academic Works
- City Tech has contributed the highest number of publications (non-dissertations and OERs) to Academic Works of all CUNY Campuses for 21-22.slide from M. Wacha, CUNY Scholarly Communications Librarian, presentation to Council of Chief Librarians, Dec. 12, 2022
- E. Sung (CTTE), support for Academic Works
- C. Stewart (Hospitality Management) wrote me a lovely email about how much she appreciates having her scholarship in Academic Works and seeing her works on the Academic Works download map.
Workshops
- Google Scholar Profile, F22, thank yous
- Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for your PARSE and CV, formerly, Freely Available Scholarly Metrics, thank yous (Adomaitis, Biehl, Leonard, Xu)
- Zotero workshops
- J. Kim (Social Sciences) and P. Childers (COMD)
- Predatory workshop
- S. Smith, 20-22
Publishing and other scholarly communications support
- D. Smith (Entertainment Tech), advised on citation practices
- S. Scanlan (English), advised on journal publishing best practices for his journal, NANO, applying knowledge attained from Library Publishing Coalition curriculum
- A. Sowder (Construction Management/Civil Engineering Technology), helped with copyright question and creation of permalink so her paywalled editorial could be shared by CUNY Communications
- T. Zimmerman (Hospitality Management), strategies for research and publication
- M. Duddy (Architecture), publisher guidance for his monograph
- P. Spellane (Chemistry): In-depth support related to his book contract, authors rights, and questions about types of publishers for his varied research Thank you letter + copyright guidance re. reproduction of archival photos for his monograph, Spellane, copyright
- R. MacDougall, advice related to selection of a publisher and authors rights
- E. Boone (African American Studies), support related to subvention funds. Provided handouts and further guidance related to documenting publication impact, evidence for PARSE
- L. Kwong (English), Assisted with increasing his scholarly visibility and identifying evidence of publication impact.
- R. Abreu (Hospitality Management): Researched and gave feedback about a textbook publisher who contacted her Abreu, textbook publisher solicitation
- R. Shapiro (English): Gave feedback re. journal peer review practices experienced by R. Shapiro as an author
- L. Bradley (Nursing): Query about a journal
- P. King (Architecture) One-on-one Zotero workshop and Q & A,
- S. Davide (Dental Hygiene) assistance related to page charges
- M. Razani (Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering Technology): Consultation relating to book publishing
- G. Zylstra (Soc Sci), publishing advice
- Z. Zheng (Humanities), advice on journal selection april 2020 and may 2019
- Assisted J. Reitz (Mathematics), explaining a publication’s peer review policies
- K. Goodlad (Hospitality), advice on avoiding a predatory conference
- L. Bradley (Nursing), support re. research and publishing