Author: Editorial

How We’re Working Now

We still love print materials, too.

As you may know, library staff are working remotely, just like our students and colleagues throughout QC. We’ve been improving our digital presence, connecting with classes, and supporting student and faculty research. And at the end of each day, we’re browsing our shelves at home, looking for distraction, solace, and inspiration through books. Perhaps some of you are, too. We’re excited to have this newsletter to share what’s going on in our work, and hope you enjoy this peek at what our staffers might read or listen to next.

Can you spot the library book? Someone tell our Chief to get that returned!

We’ll use this newsletter to remind all our users of the various ways the library can help. Our new FAQ page puts answers you’re looking for in one place, along with all the avenues for asking us questions online.

We have connected with so many of you through our Instagram posts, showing off our pet coworkers (so many good girls and boys!) and sharing important updates as our services continue to change and new resource become available. We will continue to update you there, on Twitter, and here on our website.

Our super-organized Head of Makerspace keeps a pretty tidy bookshelf at home, too.

This is a confusing and stressful time for all members of the QC community, but we feel very proud of our students, faculty, and staff for all of their hard work and perseverance this semester. We hope you stay in touch with us and let us know what we can do to best support your teaching, learning, and scholarship.

 

Postponed: Wikipedia Women’s Edit-a-Thon

The Wikipedia Women’s Edit-a-Thon, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 11, is postponed.

The event organizers made this decision out of an abundance of caution, after evaluating the most recent public health recommendations regarding Coronavirus and the nature of the event.

We look forward to hosting a wonderful Edit-a-Thon as soon as we can, and will keep you informed of our plans moving forward.

New Armenian Studies materials

Visitors to Rosenthal Library’s Level 3 will notice a new display of books on Armenian Studies. These books were purchased through the generous donation of Hratch Zadoian, professor of political science and retired administrator at Queens College.

Associate Professor James Mellone’s new Armenian Studies research guide has comprehensive information about the new books. Please visit to learn more or to set up a research consultation.

 

New Armenian Studies materials

by Asif Alam

Visitors to Rosenthal Library’s Level 3 will notice a new display of books on Armenian Studies. These books were purchased through the generous donation of Hratch Zadoian, professor of political science and retired administrator at Queens College.

Associate Professor James Mellone’s new Armenian Studies research guide has comprehensive information about the new books. Please visit to learn more or to set up a research consultation.

Eyeglass Donation Program Begins

The Library is working with students from Future Healers of America-Queens College and the QC Optometry Club to help you do some good with your old eyeglasses.

We are collecting donations of gently used eyeglasses at the library’s Borrowing Desk. Items will be sent to New Eyes for the Needy, a 501(C)(3)charity that accepts, recycles, and distributes glasses to those in need.

Does your QC student club want to learn how the library’s spaces and staff can help support your projects? Talk to us!

Workshop: Collaborative Annotation

Tuesday, March 3. 12:15-1:30 PM. Rosenthal Classroom 225.

What do your students learn from their assigned reading? How do you know? In this workshop, Emerging Technologies and Digital Scholarship Librarian Leila Walker will show how collaborative annotation tools can help cultivate critical reading habits and develop close reading skills, and indicate where students might need extra guidance to understand the material.

Faculty will leave the workshop with a basic understanding of the tools and a draft lesson plan involving collaborative annotation.

Great Books for Black History Month

by Asif Alam | February 2020

Africana Studies Librarian and Professor James Tasato Mellone has curated a special display of important works on African-American history and culture. Check them out on Level 3, near the Research Office, and bring one home!

The Library has extensive collections in African-American studies. You can learn more about what’s available by visiting the Research Office, consulting the Africana Studies Guide, or contacting Prof. Mellone at james.mellone@qc.cuny.edu