Data.gov: Unlocking the Federal Filing Cabinets

Faculty using raw data may find this article in yesterday’s New York
Times of interest.

Summer Technology Workshops for Faculty and Students

ALL WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN G-604
(Back classroom in the General building, behind the 6th floor open lab)
Blackboard workshops for faculty:
Monday June 1st: 2:00-3:30pm
Wednesday June 3rd: 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday June 4th: 1:00-2:30pm
Tuesday June 9th: 1-2:30pm
Thursday July 9th: 1-2:30pm
Grade Center workshops for faculty:
Monday June 8th: 1-2pm
Tuesday June 9th: 5-6pm
Wimba workhsops for faculty:
Tuesday June 2nd: 3-4pm
Wednesday June 10th: 12-1pm
Blackboard [...]

Extended hours this week!

We’re extending our hours this week during finals:
Tuesday May 19 through Thursday May 21 the library will be open from 9:00am-10:30pm.
Friday May 22 the library will be open from 9:00am-8:00pm.
Good luck to all!

Get a $5 gift certificate to the bookstore

The Ursula C. Schwerin Library will conduct usability tests on our redesigned websites. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to contact Prof. Junior Tidal if interested. Participants will recieve a $5.00 gift certificate to the City Tech bookstore. All testing is confidential.

Library Website is Back

The library website is back up again. Visit us at http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/
Thanks for your patience!

Library Website is Down

The library website is currently down due to technical difficulties.
In the meantime, click here to search the CUNY+ library catalog, and access CUNY-wide library databases from here. (Note that the City Tech Library subscribes to several unique databases that you will be unable to access from this page.)
We’ll post an update as soon as we [...]

ERIC Documents on Microfiche Digitized

Recently announced by ERIC (Education Resources Information Center):  more than 192,000 documents are now freely available online from the ERIC microfiche archive of 340,000 documents.  This is more than 55% of the archive. More details can be found here.

Short story collections on display

May is not officially any sort of short fiction recognition month, but taking a quick break to enjoy a short story or several makes perfect sense for those of us facing finals, papers, and other end-of-year projects. Several works of short fiction are on display on the library’s new books shelf, near the stairs. You [...]

Wireless Network Access Requirement

Dear City Tech Library Wireless Network Users:
To access City Tech wireless network, you are required to have the most updated anti-virus software installed on your computer. If your anti-virus software is dated, please update it before you access the wireless network.
If you do not have any anti-virus program installed on your computer, you can download [...]

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 [...]