On 10 April 2012, the World Bank made an announcement declaring a new open access policy for access to WorldBank information and products. This is a tremendous step in increasing a high level of financial and […]

Just a very quick post.  The World bank has adopted an open access policy, created an Open Knowledge Repository, and adopted some creative commons licenses (Find out more).  This policy change helps to increase […]

We recently concluded the inaugural event of out 21st Century Research@ Hunter College Libraries event. This event focusing on “Managing and Sharing your Digital Research”, was a remarkable success. The turnout( […]

This project is the result of a initiative that a colleague and I began over a year ago.  The Information Resource Project is a early attempt to create an open digital collection development project.   The initial  idea was to create a place where anyone can post a resource that they found interesting.  At first, the intent of the […]

Colleges and Universities have all recognized the need for students to master these skills as an essential part of their education.  In order to help students navigate  the cacophony of  information in the contemporary world classroom faculty have appealed to the library and vice-versa. That is where I come in.  I see the work that we […]

It seems that the research journal  that I developed has been catching on with librarians and classroom faculty here at Hunter College.  I am pretty excited about the prospects.  By keeping it open and flexible, users have been able to to take the format and concept and tweak it to their needs. Recently, I have […]

Just thought I would post this here as well: Free RefWorks Workshop September 15, 2011 at 3PM–The semester is just getting started, start your research off on the right foot with RefWorks! RefWorks is a web based Citation Management tool that can help to manage and organize your research.  Use RefWorks as you search library […]

Helping researchers improve their research  is a fundamental part of my job.  That mission can be taken on in multiple forms.  One of the ways in which I’ve approached the matter is to make a new product, this research journal prototype. This form is a the product of two diverse inspirations.  First, the process comes from […]