Author: Editorial

Pardon our Noise!

Construction work is underway on Level 3, as we make a beautiful new home for our Special Collections and Archives.

We are sorry for the disturbance. Floor levering and bookshelf installation projects will go on through December 5, and will be noisy. Other work continues through December 16, but should not be as loud.

We remind everyone that quiet study, including Brody pods and study carrels, is available on Levels 4, 5, and 6, and is open to all our students. Thanks for your understanding as we build a better Rosenthal Library!

Lecture: The Etymologies of Identity

Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Rosenthal Library – Room 300i 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Presented by ARIA, The Association to Reunite Italian Americans at Queens College

Prof. Nicola Lucchi, Lecturer in the Department of European Languages and Literatures, will discuss Margherita Sarfatti’s 1937 travelogue. In particular, he will illustrate how Sarfatti, a major Italian intellectual and, at one point, Mussolini’s lover, considered the Italian American linguistic identity as an antidote to ideas of racial purity. This event is co-sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

Light refreshments will be served
For more information: A. de Luise, 718-997-3748
Prof. Lucchi’s current exhibition, Futurismo! The Italian Avant-Garde and its Cultural Impact, is currently on display in the Rosenthal Library Rotunda.

Civil Rights Lecture with Mark Levy, QC ’64

“The American Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Summer 1964 and Beyond.”

The Comparative Literature Department invites you to The Literature and Human Rights Lecture Series. Today’s speaker is Mark Levy, who participated in the Freedom Summer movement, taught in QC’s SEEK Program, and has written extensively on civil rights and education. Join us for a lecture that reminds us that “the movement for justice is not over.” 

Tuesday, October 22, 12:15-1:30 PM. Rosenthal Library, President’s Conference Room #2.

Workshop: An Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Queens College Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning are getting a head start on Open Access Week! On Thursday, October 17 at 4 PM, join Leila Walker, Emerging Technologies and Digital Scholarship Librarian, and Nancy Foasberg, Associate Professor and Humanities Librarian, to learn about Open Educational Resources. Students, faculty and staff are all welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is in Rosenthal Room 227, on Level 2 of the library.

For more information email Rob Garfield at rob.garfield@qc.cuny.edu or visit http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/faculty-speaker-series-oer/

Music Library Book Sale

The Queens College Music Library will hold a book sale October 30 between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm in the Atrium of the Aaron Copland School of Music. You’ll find books on music, scores, and recordings (CDs, DVDs, LPs, Cassettes, VHS tapes, etc.) Hard-cover books and scores will be $3.00, soft-cover $2.00, and recordings will be $.50 per LP/cassette, $1.00 per CD, $2.00 per DVD, and $.50 per VHS tape.
 
All proceeds fund the purchase of new books, scores, and recordings. Items in the sale are donations to the Music Library. Contact the Music Library at 718.997.3900 for additional details, or to donate materials. Please note that we are no longer able to accept donations of LPs.

Makerspace: ‘Busy’ is Our Middle Name!

The QC Makerspace is off to a roaring start this semester. The Makerspace is part of a 5 year, multimillion dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to incorporate its project-based learning into QC’s STEM classes, in order to improve undergraduate interest and retention in STEM programs. Congratulations to Head of Makerspace Nick Normal and his co-recipients!

The Makerspace also has a new team member, Student Aide Piphat “Filmy” Cheng. Filmy is in his final year studying graduate- level Photonics (Applied Physics), and is also a remarkable photographer.

All of us at the library welcome Filmy, and look forward to a great semester of new projects and events in the Makerspace. Stop by Rosenthal 101 and learn more!