CUNY Academic Commons | Alevtina Verbovetskaya | Friends Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/alevtina/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Alevtina Verbovetskaya's friends. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 8b13297cc641b43e0425506c05ae6b2f Maura A. Smale (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Graduate Center Library Blog https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=15891 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:08 -0400 Library 2nd Floor Closures 7/20-7/22 at 3:00pmThe 2nd Floor of the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library will close early at 3:00pm on Monday, July 20, Tuesday, July 21, and Wednesday, […]

]]> 0cebbe8983f9ce561ebff9214b15a219 Jill Cirasella started the topic Job Opening: Adjunct Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/job-opening-adjunct-reference-and-scholarly-communication-librarian/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:21:06 -0400 Sharing with this group in case any members are interested…or know someone who might be:

Adjunct Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian, CUNY Graduate Center

The Mina Rees Library of the CUNY Graduate Center is seeking a part-time Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian (Non-Teaching Adjunct I or III) to work approximately 12–…[Read more]

]]> e75db59e67a5e89702a08cc0e54b8c05 Jill Cirasella (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Graduate Center Library Blog https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=15881 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:45:26 -0400 Now Hiring! Adjunct Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian The Mina Rees Library of the CUNY Graduate Center is seeking a part-time Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian (Non-Teaching […]

]]> 1d564686c6684b91d7e85063ab0c248b Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5595 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:34:56 -0400 Fish shellOne upside of installing GhostBSD is that I have been introduced to the fish shell. Fish is an alternative to the bash shell. It turns out it is quite nice! I suppose I could have found this sooner, but I have never gone

]]> c068b5ecff40b89b805bf169025e4534 Gina Rae Foster replied to the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205115 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:55:48 -0400 Thanks, Luke! Great to see and very helpful.

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]]> a35e25d2946d4286d65595b274383ca4 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5549 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:20:41 -0400 GhostBSDI have been half-following some of the criticisms of systemd, the multi-purpose linux system manager. These criticisms range from technical complaints, to privacy concerns, to concerns over centralization. No doubt some of

]]> f2ea4e12380b6ca248868eca02db91af Jill Cirasella started the topic Scholarly Publishing Costs Under Scrutiny by Trump Administration in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholarly-publishing-costs-under-scrutiny-by-trump-administration/ Wed, 27 May 2026 21:29:35 -0400 There’s a nonstop firehose of articles about scholarly publishing, and we can’t read/share them all, but this seems like a very important heads-up that the Trump administration may repeal the Nelson OSTP memo (which instructed all federal agencies to develop policies ensuring immediate public access to publications and data resulting from funded…[Read more]

]]> 5a7fef59ea433af4e1b6dad3d1d8f4eb Matthew K. Gold (he/him) joined the group Test https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1172775/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:57:43 -0400 f9009ec0ecf2c9fa071effcf6fb5c60d Gina Rae Foster (she/her/hers) joined the group Artificial Intelligence in Education https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165963/ Fri, 01 May 2026 21:06:43 -0400 40f731cc51c36c5988159d0781bffebd Gina Rae Foster (she/her/hers) joined the group AI-Assisted Teaching & Learning https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165489/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:42:26 -0400 9bf69a0f78ab45b455de79149376e3b8 Stephen Francoeur (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165363/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:27:35 -0400 c60d34cf840f62393a1aba4aaec4a202 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5409 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:48:35 -0400 On credibilityThe call for papers for Code4Lib Journal’s special issue on static websites ended very recently and the results have been exceptional. The guest editors for the special issue have clearly done a good job conceptualizing and

]]> ffb2511ab527f05209aeafa2a7b74cc1 Alycia Sellie (she/her/they) wrote a new post on the site The Graduate Center chapter of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) https://psccunygc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4789 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:01:16 -0400 Adopting Demands for May Day 2026 ResolutionThe following passed by those assembled at the April 21, 2026 Graduate Center Chapter meeting: Adopting Demands for May Day 2026 Whereas, International Workers Day (May 1) is both a commemoration of past workers’ struggles and a day of action and struggle for workers around the world; Whereas, the PSC-CUNY is mobilizing this May 1 with coalition partners including the NY Central Labor Council, the New York Immigration Coalition under the slogan “We will not be silent while immigrant New Yorkers are terrorized.” Whereas, the Trump administration continues to attack and oppress working people in the United States and around the world with physical, economic, and political violence; Whereas, we recognize that the Trump administration’s current attacks on immigrants are but an escalation and extension of the U.S. government’s long history of oppression of immigrants as an underclass of residents; Whereas, our union has a proud anti-war tradition in solidarity with the international working class; Whereas, the PSC-CUNY Executive Council issued a statement condemning the US war in Iran; Whereas, our colleagues known as the Fired Four were fired in an act of political retaliation for their pro-Palestine stances and activism as part of a neo-McCarythist offensive at all levels of government and educational institutions; Whereas, one of the Fired Four has still not been reinstated to her position; Whereas, we recognize the robust connections between CUNY-wide, city-wide, national, and international politics; therefore, be it Resolved, that the assembled members of the Graduate Center and Professional Schools chapter of the Professional Staff Congress support mobilizing as many people as we can on May Day and marching as part of the PSC contingent with the following slogans: ● Down with the US imperialism in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine ● Full rights for immigrants and international students ● Re […] “Adopting Demands for May Day 2026 Resolution”

]]> 1fd9fe559cfe1541479c3ce32ea7bb98 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5369 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:04:26 -0400 New themeThe pending WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance deadlines for public colleges, at both the federal level (now postponed) and New York state level (not postponed yet, as far as I know), have me looking at our department’s

]]> c0df971cc5078875cac32c30b346193d Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5251 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:21:36 -0400 LLMs and librarianship in one's second languageMy last post led to a thread on Mastodon about the merits of LLM-assisted writing in one’s second language. There were some […]

]]> 1103677829674246d6b32ac4ac71fb74 Gina Rae Foster (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site John Jay AI Plus https://johnjayaiplus.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=827 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:48:32 -0400 Gen AI Syllabus Policy ResourcesAI Syllabus Policy Resources   Sample Syllabus Statements for Student Use of Generative AI in Coursework UT San Antonio Academic […]

]]> 2721c1e0cab38942145a411f8dfc1505 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5241 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:41:42 -0400 Seeing like my students: writing in a second languageCe billet de blogue constitue une tentative de rédaction dans ma langue adoptée. Il procède d’un désir de mieux comprendre mes étu […]

]]> 488b5024d016042c804e65c02c3f1980 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5215 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:26:38 -0400 In praise of "Practical Web Accessibility"This post is quite simply a big thank you to Ashley Firth, who has written a wonderful book called Practical Web Accessibility: A […]

]]> 538a7d643df98a80352bdb37c0da38f7 Gina Rae Foster replied to the topic Looking for examples of agent use in teaching & learning in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=200421 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:02:27 -0400 Hi Casandra,

Adam Wandt here at John Jay has been designing agents for student feedback. Exciting project!

Gina

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]]> 93452dbe925492e8e82914204e35755e Maura A. Smale (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Graduate Center Library Blog https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=15529 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:00:53 -0500 Dr. Shannon Mattern Speaks at Friends of the Library Program We in the Mina Rees Library are delighted to welcome Dr. Shannon Mattern, Director of Creative Research at Metropolitan New York Library […]

]]> a6a1363ce74a6ef80ceaf8d559c360ab Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5179 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:33:31 -0500 Blogging as an embarrassingly rough draftIf you’ve followed this blog for a while, I am honestly quite confused. This blog is not particularly insightful or well thought […]

]]> 246e0992f16c4becd2edf26613ee225d Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5135 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:55:20 -0500 Code4Lib 2026I’m currently on my way to Philadelphia to attend the last day of the Code4Lib 2026 conference. While I would have loved to attend […]

]]> 26e12c08bf35f02dc913d7258a6d9327 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5017 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:48:17 -0500 CfPThe first Call for Papers for Humanities Methods in Librarianship went out on Friday. For those of us who have been working on […]

]]> fd5345f741bf7325a658fc7991fd8819 Gina Rae Foster (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site Gina Rae Foster https://grfoster.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=239 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:32:15 -0500 New Open Publication! Flipping the Pyramid: Developing Critical Thinking Skills with GenAI Flipping the Pyramid Developing Critical Thinking Skills with GenAI by Gina Rae Foster; William Perrenod; Bruce Shenitz; and John Jay […]

]]> ebd37e741157e7cadd13825b7e1be2bf Matthew K. Gold started the topic Fwd: [DHSI] Hiring: Penn Libraries AI & Machine Learning Developer in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/fwd-dhsi-hiring-penn-libraries-ai-machine-learning-developer-2/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:38:15 -0500 ———- Forwarded message ———
From: Heider, Cynthia <heider@upenn.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Subject: [DHSI] Hiring: Penn Libraries AI & Machine Learning Developer
To: institute@lists.uvic.ca <institute@lists.uvic.ca>

Dear all,

We have an opening for AI & Machine Learning Developer on the Penn
Libraries’ Research Dat…[Read more]

]]> f0625067cf226735b8430988358053a6 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4927 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:53:35 -0500 Projectification, vibes and the libraryOne thing that programmers are very comfortable with is a project. We tend to instinctively break things down into project-sized […]

]]> be4fdf91d2c2635a905ee5bade55f4e5 Jill Cirasella started the topic Upcoming Workshops: Copyright, Creative Commons, and AI + scholarly publishing in the forum GC Events and Workshops https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gc-events-and-workshops/forum/topic/upcoming-workshops-copyright-creative-commons-and-ai-scholarly-publishing/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:28:26 -0500 This spring, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering three online workshops related to scholarly publishing. (Each workshop will occur twice: once on a Wednesday evening and once on a Friday afternoon.) All members of the CUNY community are welcome, regardless of campus. The workshops are especially well suited to faculty, graduate s…[Read more]

]]> 22f93d8b45019921aeab6643bc61d6d2 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4883 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:58:13 -0500 YeggeI had a couple of hours to kill recently so I installed Steve Yegge’s Beads. I am hoping this solves a problem for me, which is […]

]]> bf57a68985d0f59626558f0e8e451a53 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4733 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:28:07 -0500 Managerialism and the humanities in library scholarhsipWorking on the Humanities Methods in Librarianship editorial recently has me wondering (in more detail than usual) why our […]

]]> 7048d062af57561620b43d3ff1088c69 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4701 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:43:13 -0500 Humanities Methods in Librarianship: Issue 0 editorialToday, Humanities Methods in Librarianship published its Issue 0 editorial. The editorial is our initial best attempt at a […]

]]> af944c5d1e935d8c84aa44a0145fb8b9 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4653 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:21:13 -0500 NotificationsMy journey running scheduled jobs using systemd has been going fine. But one challenge I am facing is that because systemd does […]

]]> 23038d8077c2102b4f57c00c7f7992b3 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4605 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:17:56 -0500 Vibe, part 2So now that I have a subscription to Claude Code and have poked at it a bit, I felt it was time for a fully vibe-coded project. […]

]]> 1f11889b4e9e913179e7a6713ba78543 Matthew K. Gold started the topic Fwd: Event: Masahiro Shimoda & Kiyonori Nagasaki on the Reiwa Buddhist Canon project (1/21/26 12:30pm) in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/fwd-event-masahiro-shimoda-kiyonori-nagasaki-on-the-reiwa-buddhist-canon-project-1-21-26-1230pm/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:16 -0500 Hi All,

With apologies for the late notice, please join us if you can for an
in-person event tomorrow at the CUNY Graduate Center:

Masahiro Shimoda & Kiyonori Nagasaki
on the Reiwa Buddhist Canon project

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 – 12:30-2pm
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite…[Read more]

]]> 78ce7e0379348baa40eaf74aa81a7485 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4549 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:53:59 -0500 SandboxingIn my last post, I talked about how I only trust Claude Code about as far as I can throw it. Beyond what I linked in my previous […]

]]> 44753ca357d793c8a9517712aa1c65e5 Matthew K. Gold (he/him) and Colin McDonald (he/him/his) are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1135447/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:29:33 -0500 c9532e935df17fde631261be3256e9fe Alycia Sellie (she/her/they) wrote a new post on the site The Graduate Center chapter of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) https://psccunygc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4681 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:02:09 -0500 Know Your Weingarten Rights Flyer Please save, use and distribute this flyer on Weingarten Rights created by GC member Aliqae Geraci:

]]> dc233922a2e8948ef42aa11bc113d88f Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4515 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:10:38 -0500 Claude codeI’m looking forward to this semester’s vibe coding workshop for librarians. I was notified that I was accepted into the program […]

]]> 81210c540f2301fadc18557ee07d5bbf Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4483 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:56:49 -0500 SystemdIn a previous post, I talked about using systemd to schedule jobs, specifically, in my case, running a Teams bot and a dependency […]

]]> 470ae3b528e52da7039b26a4fbc4e11b Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4459 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:39:23 -0500 VibeI have applied to what I’ve been calling the “vibe coding workshop,” which is more officially known as the Agentic AI […]

]]> 842965ecdaeb25b0b2c6be82e39579a1 Alycia Sellie (she/her/they) wrote a new post on the site Graduate Center Library Blog https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=15347 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:17:42 -0500 Electronic Arts Intermix: Seeking CUNY Feedback! Librarians from CUNY libraries have been collaborating with the local arts nonprofit Electronic Arts Intermix to provide access to their […]

]]> ac75176cd303087fc1eb3f4b649050db Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4421 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:10:32 -0500 RenovateI’ve posted previously about how I want to move away from GitHub and toward Gitea and the tildeverse. But GitHub, in its […]

]]> eac9b1f3c59c00a809fee4321844eaa9 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4389 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:55:08 -0500 Thanksgiving challenge: articles editionIn past years, I’ve done what I’ve called the Thanksgiving challenge, where I just hole up by myself at home and code for the […]

]]> 39fa2159cb3ddda0d8e8eabb313c3ac5 Gina Rae Foster (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site John Jay TLC Faculty Resources https://faculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1567 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:43:21 -0500 News and Events December 1-20What’s On? Check John Jay’s Faculty Professional Development Calendar! Click here. 3rd Annual CUNY-Wide Teaching and L […]

]]> acd4a30bc605827d02a8f8cde45fe464 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4341 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:34:40 -0500 Teams botAs many posts on this blog can attest, I am generally very pro-bot. Bots needn’t produce spam and influence campaigns; instead, […]

]]> e6bf9efc3c86a9083015532e0c2764b5 Gina Rae Foster (she/her/hers) wrote a new post on the site John Jay AI Plus https://johnjayaiplus.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=647 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:50:24 -0500 AI and Immigration: Recommended ReadingWe support our immigrant communities! These readings provide information on the impact and potential impact of AI on immigration and […]

]]> 706da21be9aec599afc897456d71480b Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4265 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:49:52 -0500 LLM malaiseYou may have seen my previous posts about my initial attempts to code with LLMs. At the time, they seemed promising. But in the […]

]]> cf5463839a3473aabcd6cf7585da5ec3 Mark Eaton wrote a new post on the site Library Technology at Kingsborough https://kingsboroughlibtech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4233 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 01:55:57 -0500 ManifoldOur new journal, Humanities Methods in Librarianship, is now on Manifold. We invite you check out the new site and let us know […]

]]> 48a1fec5c5e324bb5d53c2b76f5e84b9 Jill Cirasella started the topic Scholarly Communication Horror Stories in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholarly-communication-horror-stories/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:49:44 -0400 I know there have been a ton of great webinars to choose from lately thanks to Open Access Week, but this one next Tuesday (3pm ET) seems especially fun:

Scholarly Communication Horror Stories

Join us for a virtual Halloween event where authors share real-life tales of academic publishing nightmares, data management mishaps, and copyright…[Read more]

]]> c97f9d1dd6b66a01a0387661e338bb69 Stephen Francoeur (he/him) changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1109181/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:19:43 -0400 00abb3c0f0d57c8906d78cc64a91a418 Matthew K. Gold (he/him) and Aankit Patel (he/him/his) are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1105785/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:12:00 -0400