Shared by Jonathan Aubrey…. Future & Present Librarians, I went down to Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park last week to find a well run free library, which had been set up by a librarian on day one of the demonstrations there, over a month ago. Users can take books, and return them when and [...]
From Christine Parker,via GSLISANN: The Queens Memory Project (QMP) is a site of digital collective memory which began here at Queens College, and in collaboration with Queens Library, as an independent study for GSLIS alumni and project director, Natalie Milbrodt. It is a digital archive, but its public face is a website featuring interviews and [...]
Great story from GSLIANN, posted by Professor Chelton: “Hello, I’m Henry!” We have a new staff member named Henry! Henry works with Mike B., a librarian at the Central Branch, and he’s a handsome fellow, yes? Service Dogs are trained to work with individuals with physical or mental disabilities including panic attacks, PTSD and depression. [...]
The ARChive of Contemporary Music and the Internet Archive of San Francisco would like to extend an offer to students studying Library and Information Science at Queens College to be involved in a joint book scanning project. The ARChive of Contemporary Music is the largest collection of popular music in America, with more than two million [...]
Interesting TED talk on the ways commercial web sites filter search results: According to Pariser, there are at least 57 ways Google filters (or “tailors”) your search results. There’s a lot of speculation about what “signals” are employed. The following blog posts provide more information: What are the 57 signals google uses to filter search [...]
NYPL Labs presents: Digital Humanities and the Future of Libraries A conversation in honor of Dr. Paul LeClerc with: Kari Kraus, Jon Orwant, Dot Porter and Doug Reside Thursday June 16, 4-6pm at The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (42nd St. and 5th Ave.), South Court Auditorium FREE and open to the [...]
Monday is the New York Public Library’s 100th birthday. Check out the festivities at the Belmont Library in the Bronx. And all you librarians, don’t miss this Sunday’s New York Times’ crossword puzzle!
Ben Alexander and recent alum Kevin Schlottman (@kevinschlottmann) will be offering an introduction to Encoded Archival Description (EAD), the XML standard for encoding archival finding aids. See Professor Alexander’s note, from GSLISANN, below: Dear GSLIS Students. I am happy to offer the below workshops focusing on EAD and its evolving relationship with web 2.0 technologies, [...]
CUNY will host the ACRL’s Scholarly Communication 101 Road Show on Friday, June 3, 2011 at Brooklyn College. As part of this event, two expert presenters will offer a presentation and workshop entitled “Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics”, which will focus on new methods of scholarly publishing and communication; copyright and intellectual property; [...]
Please Join the GSLIS Community for a Retirement Party in Honor of Dr. Virgil L.P. Blake, Dr. Marianne Cooper, and Dr. Karen Patricia Smith Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Place: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, 405 Klapper Hall Suggested Donation: $30 (payable at event) Please RSVP to QC_GSLIS@qc.cuny.edu or 718.997.3790
From GSLISANN: What’s the Skill Share Fair? The Skill Share Fair is a mini-conference designed to introduce Pratt SILS students to local leaders in a range of information professions. The goal is to give us inside looks at a range of information professions, and offer career/job search-related ideas to help us as we move forward. [...]
From GLISANN: On Wednesday, April 6, Joan Nestle will visit Queens College from 12 to 1:30 pm in the Rosenthal Library Presidential Lounge. Nestle is a Lambda Award winning writer and editor and the co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, home to the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities. [...]
Congratulations to GSLIS student Michael Messina, one of the editors of Acts of War, just published by Northwestern University Press. The collection includes the following plays: Guantanamo by Victoria Brittain & Gillian Slovo American Tet by Lydia Stryk The Vertical Hour by David Hare Prophecy by Karen Malpede 9 Circles by Bill Cain No Such [...]
From GSLIANN: May 9-10, Washington, DC – ALA needs our voices! As you recall, in mid-February U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1 that would eliminate all funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) including funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), the primary source of federal dollars [...]
From GSLISANN: ARLIS/NY and the Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art invite you to a panel discussion for students who are focusing their academic work on art librarianship and for recent graduates seeking employment. See below for more information about this exciting event! “Creating Opportunities in the Evolving Field of Art Librarianship: Career [...]
From GLISANN, On behalf of Thomas W. Galante, CEO, Queens Library: “Let’s show the world that America’s libraries have a heart and can unite to help the Egyptian people rebuild their public libraries. Two public libraries in Cairo, Egypt were senselessly destroyed this February by vandals who stole and burned the contents and left the [...]
People’s Library – Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street Archival Project
Happy Birthday – New York Public Library
Republicans Threaten Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Curriculum Space – Thursday, Dec 8
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011: Fundraiser for NYPL Correctional Services
Educause – Top Ten Articles of 2010
Meet Henry – Seattle Public Library’s First Service Dog
SUNYLA 2012: Fashioning the Library of the Future – June 6-8, 2012 – Call for Proposals
Awesome Post – Open Source Software, CUNY, and Blackboard
Annual UnConference – Darien Library – KidLibCamp
Save NYC Libraries
What’s in a Photograph? Kevin Schlottmann – April 30
JOURNEY TO 2020: A PARTICIPATORY RETREAT
Queens Memory Project Wins Outstanding Collaboration Citation Award
Librarians.
Queens Noir Author Talk – December 29, 2011
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011: Fundraiser for NYPL Correctional Services
SUNYLA 2012: Fashioning the Library of the Future – June 6-8, 2012 – Call for Proposals
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Stephanie Fazio: This looks very interesting. I am going to prepar...
Ruth Rodriguez: This sounded like an awesome event, I am sorry I m...
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A Blake: Does the library still exist?...
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