CUNY Academic Commons | Alena | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/amamonka/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Alena is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2b471493baeb0e8470cc1dfeb61b5591 Emmanuel Bawa joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/970679/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:19:07 -0500 9dba3b19d84a0986a23a15af87a047c1 X. Robert Wang (Mr) joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/967524/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:46:55 -0500 c474d01d67b235aeb597c9a7edb2f87b Beth Evans started the topic Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs in the forum E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/e-books-in-the-libraries/forum/topic/pearson-plans-to-sell-its-textbooks-as-nfts-2/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:30:50 -0400 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/02/pearson-plans-to-sell-its-textbooks-as-nfts

This has me thinking more and more about OERs.

Here is an earlier article on NFTs for books in general, puts a mostly positive spin on the trend:

NFTs for Books: How This Emerging Tech Can Reward Authors & Readers

Not a positive for libraries, though. More on that here:…[Read more]

]]> 57305e23056b356a48622b79bade90f6 Beth Evans started the topic Proposal to install spyware in university libraries in the forum E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/e-books-in-the-libraries/forum/topic/proposal-to-install-spyware-in-university-libraries-3/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:47:30 -0500 I saw this on the Library Link of the Day.

Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics

From the story:

The speaker, Corey Roach, a security officer at the University of Utah, described a plug-in that could collect “biometric data, which can be things like how quick did they type, how do they move their mouse,” in…[Read more]

]]> c972f25edf011d8325cde3ee7c983c4d gcdigitalfellows started the topic Python Users' Group (PUG) Spring Calendar in the forum E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/e-books-in-the-libraries/forum/topic/python-users-group-pug-spring-calendar-18/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:28:27 -0500 Hello all,

We are pleased to announce the Spring calendar for the Python Users’ Group (PUG for short).

The Python Users’ Group (PUG for short) is an open and informal collaborative space for experimentation and exploration with the Python programming language, where we learn, work, chat, snack and have the occasional beer. It is an…[Read more]

]]> 5b5cb8a9f2c0bd390986320198d05290 Raven Gomez joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/640628/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:50:22 -0500 476d4de50de1234df3c8e74729890818 gcdigitalfellows started the topic Python Users' Group meeting, February 11th. in the forum E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/e-books-in-the-libraries/forum/topic/python-users-group-meeting-february-11th-15/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:53:43 -0500 Dear all,

The Python Users’ Group (PUG) is back for the Spring semester. For those who haven’t been in our meetings yet, it is good to know that we promote a casual and welcoming atmosphere (usually with some snacks), where people can chat about python, work together or just hang around. We have people in different levels of expertise with lot…[Read more]

]]> 61ed83aa992fe4ab39f76b40e22a0236 John DeLooper joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/552195/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:19:04 -0500 ec8c97c174fbced01de8cffad1679e9a gcdigitalfellows started the topic Python Users' Group (PUG) meeting, October 15th in the forum E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/e-books-in-the-libraries/forum/topic/python-users-group-pug-meeting-october-15th-11/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:09:46 -0400 Python Users’ Group (or PUG for short) invites you all for our first meeting of the year! It is going to be on October 15, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the GC Digital Scholarship Lab (Room 7414). We will make sure to have some pizza.

PUG is an open and informal collaborative space for experimentation and exploration with the Python programming l…[Read more]

]]> fae3593fe31cb9b4e62c81d553d67712 michelle joined the group QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/508905/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:17:58 -0400 a18168bb10cf6f15d21a8fcadc3ed951 gcdigitalfellows started the topic Next Weds 6/20! DH Research Institute Participant Lightning Talks in the forum E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/e-books-in-the-libraries/forum/topic/next-weds-6-20-dh-research-institute-participant-lightning-talks-13/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:37:20 -0400 Hi all,

The participants of the Digital Humanities Research Institute will be presenting lightning talks next week. Come hear from this talented group of scholars, librarians, and museum and community organization leaders on their plans to expand communities of digital humanities practice at their home institutions across the cou…[Read more]

]]> da4191c7bcc156f694979d7624853bc3 gcdigitalfellows joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/471573/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:22:03 -0400 1c2f720f8dec455157e58833ad123214 michelle ehrenpreis joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/471553/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:04:22 -0400 388bffdce8b7a8143fcced40a7c3ad00 Julia Keiser joined the group QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/417678/ Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:45:19 -0400 d9a894c7f740dbbb5800b830c12da2f1 Raymond S. Solga Jr. joined the group QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/355380/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:32:08 -0400 3eeac16aaef7e3f31a328afaf25d47d0 Raymond S. Solga Jr. joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/354715/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:27:31 -0400 a548c61da97312a354a84d20ee8ded5a Linda Yau joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/341949/ Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:10:08 -0400 cded1601b734bb0afde94d4e6ceb695c Dana Ernst joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/259252/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:57:28 -0400 7439ecb34fe4ef2fc0f5de9661bf1a72 David Orenstein joined the group QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/217171/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:49:47 -0400 c5ab76a2d29aebca68de25b6805b0f40 Michael Rosson joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/214345/ Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:00:10 -0400 12db0c335ae264085b9eb7828fde519f Ilan Zelazny joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/210979/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:04:52 -0400 80ea8697a186181be8b4376e71ed4157 Stasia Pasela started the forum topic reactions to the O'Connor and Mulvaney article? in the group QCGSLIS http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/qcgslis/forum/topic/reactions-to-the-oconnor-and-mulvaney-article/ Wed, 29 May 2013 16:42:37 -0400 What’s your take on the O’Connor and Mulvaney article about ALA accreditation and ‘public accountability measures”? […]

]]> faad24425647f54603b146dc8adf49a8 Stasia Pasela joined the group QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/208291/ Wed, 29 May 2013 15:54:24 -0400 2917fe48105f339e321c5d3ae88c07bb Philip G. Swan joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207953/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:33:23 -0400 e3dca24de88a6d112632da6471de53f2 John Carey joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207948/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:22 -0400 087aa2bf509cd6cb47dbb169af3552d8 Margaret Bausman (she/her/hers) joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207748/ Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:40 -0400 fa839087b25f1ab37e1df1f8656d1977 Jean-Jacques Strayer joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207747/ Thu, 23 May 2013 13:58:39 -0400 45a866575ea25672e5eb107977041659 Jeff Allred (he/him/his) joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207679/ Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:55 -0400 1cd218ef4a3ed000b043b83c3568c4be Kate (She/Her) joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/190063/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:40:28 -0500 f0880360ff55ff25eeb4b2129c085f3b Luis H. Llanos G. joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/185953/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:30:51 -0500 e7f2356bc425d5531bef8347465360c1 Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz joined the group QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/625912/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:22:51 -0500 21205ee327e43c635784ffa58d39ace5 james watson joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/118227/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:57:56 -0500 d6a2548d28b68e8c0f16da6d81a979c1 Stephen Klein joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/118046/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:34:13 -0500 c0a5ced940ecdf0703ea423a2b1e79e1 Robin Camille Davis joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/82590/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:56:08 -0400 122bdc026daab67b6c6292316deebce1 Scott Voth wrote a new blog post Bronx Community College's New Library in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/09/22/bronx-community-colleges-new-library/ Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:51:26 -0400 Here are pictures of the new North Hall library that officially opened this Thursday at Bronx Community College, including some shots of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.  Thanks go to Qianli Hu, adjunct librarian, who […]

]]> 44ba0e59a3ddc822db3da173dc3d751b Kanu A. Nagra (She/Her/Hers) joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/78398/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:49:02 -0400 38b8fff4d0112189e74e70864982ee6d Scott Voth wrote a new blog post Annual UnConference - Darien Library - KidLibCamp in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/07/03/annual-unconference-darien-library-kidlibcamp/ Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:56:29 -0400 ThumbnailFor the third year in a row, Darien will be hosting our KidLib Camp, an opportunity for youth librarians and library professionals to “unconference” about the world of youth services.

This year’s conference […]

]]> fd42c4f5a9775d80ff0c5a76b226939c Scott Voth wrote a new blog post Save NYC Libraries in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/06/03/save-nyc-libraries/ Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:26:16 -0400 99aa90a405d9d3b95db1df8f3e73a3ea Giulia Guarnieri joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/74124/ Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:44:50 -0400 d5893beeb5e814f817b6921072f38181 Scott Voth uploaded the file: GSLIS Gazette - 2012 to QCGSLIS https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/72554/ Fri, 11 May 2012 13:57:23 -0400 6376c2482fae54a8a3c0928957de90da Scott Voth wrote a new blog post What's in a Photograph? Kevin Schlottmann - April 30 in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/04/26/whats-in-a-photograph-kevin-schlottmann-april-30/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:08:36 -0400 ThumbnailA Brief Introduction to Photo Identification and Preservation
The Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at QC is proud to present a lecture  by Kevin Schlottmann on Monday April 30, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at […]

]]> d4c561eedf83691721410a3aa721a7b1 Scott Voth wrote a new blog post JOURNEY TO 2020: A PARTICIPATORY RETREAT in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/03/11/journey-to-2020-a-participatory-retreat/ Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:15:02 -0400 ThumbnailQUEENS COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
JOURNEY TO 2020: A PARTICIPATORY RETREAT
March 30, 2012, 9:30-1:00 –  President’s Conference Room –  Rosenthal Library

“In this race to the […]

]]> 361d83858423d99c897abfd2f613c777 Michael Parascandola joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/65687/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:43:58 -0500 3fa7239129d1820690dbe1b84a7ef84b Scott Voth wrote a new blog post Queens Memory Project Wins Outstanding Collaboration Citation Award in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/01/20/queens-memory-project-wins-outstanding-collaboration-citation-award/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:24:02 -0500 ThumbnailFrom Elaine Yontz, Chair
ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation Award Jury

Dear GSLIS Colleagues and GSLIS Community.

I am delighted to share the below.  The Queens Memory Project has been awarded […]

]]> 5a6868571c712a441f0b76ee1809dda5 Scott Voth wrote a new blog post Librarians in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/12/22/librarians/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:35:36 -0500 Thumbnail

]]> 46f25dd36e54217f6bee9249f346b383 Lee Hachadoorian joined the group E-Books and E-Readers in the Libraries https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/61088/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:45:37 -0500 fa879db7a333f02682c9cc4e6c6e3de4 Scott Voth wrote a new blog post Queens Noir Author Talk - December 29, 2011 in the group QCGSLIS http://qcgslis.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/12/19/queens-noir-author-talk-december-29-2011/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:36:31 -0500 ThumbnailJoin us for a literary celebration featuring noir writers Denis Hamill, Shailly Agnihotri and Ken Wishnia as they discuss their craft and writing about Queens!

Crimes occur every day behind the purview of […]

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