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The Essence Of Urban Academic Librarianship, Barbara Dunlap
The Essence Of Urban Academic Librarianship, Barbara Dunlap
Urban Library Journal
A reference librarian discovers the essence of urban academic reference librarianship in serving a growing population of non-traditional students in a milieu where both resources and time are never sufficient.
Libraries Of New York: The Bronx Institute Archives Of Lehman College Library, Janet Butler Munch
Libraries Of New York: The Bronx Institute Archives Of Lehman College Library, Janet Butler Munch
Urban Library Journal
The Bronx Institute Archives is a unique collection of primary and secondary sources assembled to document the history and development of the Bronx. This article describes its various collections, outreach and publicity methods, library support and collection use.
Cuny Librarians And Faculty Status: Past, Present, And Future, John Drobnicki
Cuny Librarians And Faculty Status: Past, Present, And Future, John Drobnicki
Urban Library Journal
Librarians in the City University of New York system have held faculty ranks since 1965, but their faculty status dates back two decades further. How did they achieve faculty status and faculty ranks? What role did their professional association (LACCNY, later known as LACUNY) play? Is their status secure?
Library Instruction And The Underprepared College Student, Jean Kolliner
Library Instruction And The Underprepared College Student, Jean Kolliner
Urban Library Journal
Examines the need for library instruction for underprepared undergraduates enrolled in remedial or developmental courses in reading, writing and study skills.
Introduction, Sally Bowdoin, Beth Evans
Introduction, Sally Bowdoin, Beth Evans
Urban Library Journal
The editors revies the historic contributions to LACUNY's peer-reviewed journal, Urban Library Journal.
Memoirs Of A Not So Young Ex-Cuny Librarian, Edwin Terry
Memoirs Of A Not So Young Ex-Cuny Librarian, Edwin Terry
Urban Library Journal
The author reminisces about his 40 years as a librarian in New York.
Faculty Status For Librarians: Retrospect And Prospect, E. Josey
Faculty Status For Librarians: Retrospect And Prospect, E. Josey
Urban Library Journal
The article examines the history of faculty status for academic librarians and the attempts to relieve them of this status.
Communication With Classroom Faculty, Elysabeth Kleinhans
Communication With Classroom Faculty, Elysabeth Kleinhans
Urban Library Journal
After surveying City University of New York librarians the author concludes that if librarians spoke out a little more, many problems between faculty and librarians could probably be avoided. They should communicate more about what they would like professors to do for them as well as advertise what they can do for the professors.
Some Personal Reflections On Multiculturalism, Stanton Biddle
Some Personal Reflections On Multiculturalism, Stanton Biddle
Urban Library Journal
Discusses multiculturalism as one of the many tools that we have to combat the violence that is being doen to our youth by a curriculum that over-emphasizes the European nature of contemporary American history, life, and culture.
Does A Book Locator System Save Time? A Critical User Study, Judi Pitch
Does A Book Locator System Save Time? A Critical User Study, Judi Pitch
Urban Library Journal
Examines using the CLSI circulation system as an automated book locator for patrons.
A User Study Of The Hunter College Library Online Catalog System, John Bhagwandin
A User Study Of The Hunter College Library Online Catalog System, John Bhagwandin
Urban Library Journal
Discusses the online catalog at the main Hunter College Library.
The New York State Library Experience—Serving The Patron At A Remote Location, Toni Risoli
The New York State Library Experience—Serving The Patron At A Remote Location, Toni Risoli
Urban Library Journal
Discusses early database searching at the New York State Library.
Advocacy Begins At Home: Methods Of Promoting Faculty Awareness Of Open Access Publishing At The Brooklyn Campus Of Long Island University, Edward Keene
Urban Library Journal
The paper reports on efforts of the Periodicals Librarian at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, a mid-sized urban institution, to measure the awareness of open access (OA) publishing among faculty and document methods that proved effective in raising awareness of the advent of, and debate over, OA publishing. The author reports his survey findings; interprets their implications; reports on the means available at LIU to promote OA and those that proved worthwhile; notes the departmental and committee relationships integral to the process; proposes ideas for future initiatives at LIU/Brooklyn. The findings in the paper will add to the body of …
Scholarly Publishing & Open Access Within Cuny: One Faculty Looks At Changing The Paradigm, Philip Pecorino
Scholarly Publishing & Open Access Within Cuny: One Faculty Looks At Changing The Paradigm, Philip Pecorino
Urban Library Journal
The author reports on what brought him as a CUNY faculty member to the position that he holds on Open Access as a new paradigm for scholarly publication and dissemination of information, knowledge and creations. He relates his experiences in bringing this topic to the attention of his CUNY colleagues and his understanding of what may happen in the future at CUNY as a response to the open access model. He will also relate his current efforts related to the archiving of the academic creations of faculty and of governance materials.
He presents his views on tenure and promotion review …
Open Access And The Public Library Of Medicine, Summary Of A Presentation By Dr. Harold Varmus, Michael J. Miller
Open Access And The Public Library Of Medicine, Summary Of A Presentation By Dr. Harold Varmus, Michael J. Miller
Urban Library Journal
Dr. Varmus opened his comments with a vignette regarding his own foray into the publishing world. Based upon his exposure to Cornell's arXiv.org, (the evolutionary result of Ginsbarg's "e-print archives" for electronic research publications for physics materials), he eventually pursued similar means of electronic research publishing in the areas of biology and medicine. Though challenged by the academy, these efforts guided by accompanying constructive criticisms led to the development of PubMed Central(tm). ...
Open Access And The Association Publisher, Summary Of A Presentation By Dr. Martin Blume, Jill Cirasella, Martha Corpus
Open Access And The Association Publisher, Summary Of A Presentation By Dr. Martin Blume, Jill Cirasella, Martha Corpus
Urban Library Journal
The American Physical Society (APS) publishes eight titles along with Physical Review Focus (a free service that provides lay-person explanations of selected articles from the other APS journals) and two open access journals, Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams (funded with institutional sponsorship) and Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research (funded by author charges). ...
Scholarly Publishing & Open Access Within Cuny: One Faculty Looks At Changing The Paradigm, Summary Of A Presentation By Philip Pecorino, Lisa Finder
Urban Library Journal
Professor Philip Pecorino reports on what led him to embrace Open Access (OA) as a nxew paradigm for scholarly publication and describes his experiences bringing the topic of OA to the attention of CUNY colleagues. ...