New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library OER Team’s weekly roundup of new and noteworthy OER. We try to include at least one OER relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting OER to share with our colleagues or would like more information about OER initiatives at City Tech.
Arts & Sciences
- My Slipper Floated Away, Lehman College, CUNY (2020). License: CC-BY-NC-ND
“My Slipper Floated Away is an anthology of fresh, compelling essays written by students at Lehman College in the Bronx. The writers are immigrants or the children of immigrants and/or POC. They grew up hearing gunshots and sirens at night, played fire escape basketball and still celebrate Thanksgiving by dancing. The stories reveal the writers’ intense longing to belong in America and their passion to succeed in this country, while dealing with myriad challenges. They bear witness, in riveting, artful narratives that will be revelatory to Americans who fear and resent immigrants or people of color.” - Voices of Virginia: An Auditory Primary Source Reader, by Jessica Taylor and Emily Stewart, University Libraries at Virginia Tech (2020). License: CC BY-NC-SA
“Voices of Virginia pulls together stories from oral history collections from across decades and archives to create an all-audio source companion… The “album” is only two hours long, but contains dozens of short oral histories from eyewitnesses to key moments in American history, from the end of the Civil War to the 1980s.” While the reader focuses on VA, stories from eyewitnesses to the Jim Crow Era, WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII could provide richness to social sciences courses outside of VA.
Professional Studies
- Community Health Maps, National Library of Medicine/Bird’s Eye View. License: Public Domain
“Community Health Maps (CHM) provides information about low/no cost mapping tools. It was originally developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and is now maintained by Bird’s Eye View. Community Health Maps is designed to facilitate the use of GIS mapping by those who understand the potential of mapping for public health but think they can’t afford it, are overwhelmed by the technology and/or are simply too busy to pursue it. It can also support those already engaged in mapping and enhance their community mapping initiatives, even if they are using other tools. The blog is a mixture of mapping apps/software reviews, best practices, and the experiences of those who have used the Community Health Maps workflow. Everything provided on this site is in the public domain and free of charge.”
- Human Nutrition: 2020 Edition, by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program (2020). License: CC BY
“This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students…The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Technology and Design
- Introduction to Design Equity, by Kristine Miller, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing (2018). License: CC BY
“Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.” - Theatrical Worlds, by Charles Mitchell, University Press of Florida (2014). License: CC BY-NC-ND
“From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.”
Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Joanna Thompson, Adjunct OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu
