Public Group active 3 months ago

LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee

The LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee is dedicated to collaborative exploration of technologies that further the CUNY libraries’ missions. Through workshops, hack days, demoes, and other meetings, CUNY librarians learn new skills from each other and cultivate a community of openness, sharing, and encouragement.

Admins:

Back to Library

Summary of 2013–14 activities

You are currently viewing a revision titled "Summary of 2013–14 activities", saved on August 14, 2014 at 9:11 am by Robin Camille Davis
Title
Summary of 2013–14 activities
Content
Ahh The LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee held a number of events this year open to all librarians within CUNY. Workshops and hack days were all led by CUNY librarians.
  • Python + MARC Workshop, Sept. 23, 2013, led by Steve Zweibel. We had a guided, hands-on workshop learning basic Python programming techniques to analyze MARC data from a selection of books.
  • HTML + CSS for Web Services Workshop, Oct. 29, 2013, led by Allie Verbovetskaya & Robin Davis (workshop materials). We learned enough HTML and CSS to start customizing our LibGuides, using Aleph’s smart URLs, and embedding search boxes.
  • Demo Day, Nov. 19, 2013, open to all (links to some projects). Librarians were invited to share their emerging tech projects with the group.
    • Jean Amaral (QCC) — Guide on the Side (which has since become a CUNY-wide project)
    • Amy Ballmer (GC) & Jennifer Poggiali (Lehman) — Avalanche Magazine Index
    • Steve Zweibel (Hunter) — RFID in library books
    • Yoko Inagi (CCNY) — Using macros in Aleph
    • Robin Davis (JJ) — CollectiveAccess and Gephi
  • Data Viz Hack Day, February 18, 2014, led by Robin Davis (resources). We explored using Gephi software and Scopus data to visualize research networks at our colleges.
  • Usability Workshop, February 24, 2014, led by Stephen Francoeur (handouts). We went over usability basics and details, then worked in groups to come up with a usability testing plan for our web projects.
  • Python + Regular Expressions Hack Day, March 28, 2014, led by Steve Zweibel (useful resource: Regexr). We learned how to use regular expressions in Python to analyze a collection of acquisitions data.
  • Video Tutorials Workshop, April 18, 2014, led by Julia Pollock (handouts). We walked through storyboarding a successful, engaging video tutorial and reviewed some of the major screencasting software available.
  • Makerspace Tour + Happy Hour, May 2, 2014, hosted by NYC Resistor. We BYOB’d and toured a makerspace dedicated to providing a place for learning and exploring technology. (See photo.)
The Emerging Tech Committee will meet again in the early fall semester to plan workshops and hack days for 2014-15. Stay tuned! Robin Davis (JJ) Steve Zweibel (HC) Allie Verbovetskaya (OLS) LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee Co-chairs
Excerpt
Footnotes


Old New Date Created Author Actions
August 14, 2014 at 1:11 pm Robin Camille Davis