CUNY Academic Commons | Valerie Forrestal | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/vforrestal/activity/ Activity feed for Valerie Forrestal. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 79948d0642c40bb7c994c42e0e5e58fb Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site aberrant salience https://vforrestal.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=179 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:51:59 -0400 Desperately Seeking DopamineI guess I haven’t gotten back into the habit of writing on a regular basis, like I had hoped when I finally started blogging again. BUT it’s […]

]]> 516d7eadbf971b5d5bb9047d6e309d5a Valerie Forrestal created the site new site 3 title https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1053007/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:49:28 -0400 d841713b6f5647ea12ccde108d9e02b2 Valerie Forrestal created the site new site 4 title https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1053003/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:48:20 -0400 ea9e34d40a0f382155dd66478a3606ee Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site aberrant salience https://vforrestal.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=148 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:30:54 -0400 STONE BUILDINGS BURN TO THE FUCKING GROUND, EDDIE.Back in the blog life again…. hello friends! it has been 7 years, 10 months, and 5 days since my last blog post. and what have i been up […]

]]> db927d73243bb3b92541c4be20fe1bb8 Valerie Forrestal created the site aberrant salience https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/914390/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:22:37 -0400 151d4e558c60ce58c49d25376d14cfad Valerie Forrestal joined the group Programming Across CUNY Campuses https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/903795/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:56:59 -0500 47a70edaf91d4629caf3425c713eaff1 Valerie Forrestal started the topic library study spaces and accessibility report in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/library-study-spaces-and-accessibility-report/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:45:28 -0400 apropos of today’s meeting, this report just came across my twitter: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=lib_services_fac_pubs

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To understand the library study space needs of students with disabilities by thinking about study spaces through a disability lens and using theory-based interview…[Read more]

]]> 40d23f7fa9ab00f8a44f485e2c39a264 Valerie Forrestal joined the group LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/839228/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:41:36 -0400 f5fb72e97db78c6e191299970cda7b22 Valerie Forrestal created the site CSI Library Online Tutorials https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/749591/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:31:28 -0500 dfcee9d97eb8d08f49e423a9107f9d0c Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/04/zen-and-the-art-of-the-conference-proposal/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:24:08 -0500 (This post originally appeared on Letters to a Young Librarian, and was edited by Jessica Olin.)

Your first year as tenure-track faculty is an odd one. You’re not expected to publish right away, but it’s […]

]]> 4da1d0496e85826b4d21412d4c666f06 Valerie Forrestal commented on the post, Hacking Google Forms, on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/30/hacking-google-forms/#comment-120 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:01:06 -0400 Thanks for sharing!

]]> bec502442c048f6a607ecdef15c65dc4 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/30/hacking-google-forms/ Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:47:55 -0400 A few months back I pitched the idea of using Google forms for all the forms on the new website. Our current forms were created through a Joomla-specific add-on, and I’m not proficient enough in PHP or SQL to feel […]

]]> 557e0282ce03972f3f330ae66e0a0761 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/12/112/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:27:34 -0400 In accordance with Finagle’s corollary to Murphy’s Law, the website broke the day our sysadmin went on a 2 week vacation on another continent. What’s most surprising about this is how little it surprised me. […]

]]> 1388d5a4fb8f9290a15ab0c347774de5 Valerie Forrestal and Fumio Someki are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/217583/ Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:43:25 -0400 3ddf26a9c317fb3bf331fe55f3f2fd3f Valerie Forrestal changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/216263/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:22:49 -0400 594c747456ac8baa03dd7704e711dd5b Valerie Forrestal joined the group LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/214226/ Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:27:57 -0400 6b334e92172e6ff66a52d078193c800b Valerie Forrestal replied to the forum topic Introduce Yourself in the group CUNY CRAFTS! http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-crafts/forum/topic/introduce-yourself/#post-14294 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:13:38 -0400 Hello! I’m a librarian at the Staten Island campus, and I cross stitch and make jewelry. I post a lot of my cross stitch projects at: http://madstitchery.tumblr.com/ and just started posting my jewelry stuff […]

]]> 347c446f9d548cf1125c5be48d0d6564 Valerie Forrestal commented on the post, Spring cleaning your LibGuides, on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/22/spring-cleaning-your-libguides/#comment-116 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:13:02 -0400 Thanks for sharing your code! Right now I only have css styling the font and link colors. I really have to get in and tweak some more stuff. I’m afraid to run a link-checker on our guides. I have a feeling the […]

]]> ab5da0f1d802b165d739211c6c852654 Valerie Forrestal and Robin Camille Davis are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207571/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:31 -0400 39bbc8fa5b20333a6f9cb7c61613fa19 Valerie Forrestal joined the group CUNY CRAFTS! https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/207559/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:33:54 -0400 db01c5170036d6fde00bd98f7b21af18 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/22/spring-cleaning-your-libguides/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:51 -0400 ThumbnailI’m in the process of revamping my library’s LibGuides, and I’ve come across a few small changes you can make to your guides that make a world a difference for design and usability. First of all, as far as […]

]]> e85298a82e29e402a772577baea77384 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/16/mission-libguides/ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:50:33 -0400 I’ve been tasked by my director to somehow wrangle our LibGuides implementation into shape. Apparently the library subscribed to the software sometime last year, and librarians have slowly been migrating their […]

]]> 3a097c8d94619e62627395a6ad4e8833 Valerie Forrestal commented on the post, List of Data Storage - iCloud, on the site Jetmir Troshani's Blog @CUNYCommons #LAGCC #CUNY http://jtroshani.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/11/list-of-data-storage-icloud/#comment-86 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:37:35 -0400 I use SugarSync to backup my computers, and to automatically sync my home and work computers, so I have access to my files from either computer, or via the web (or my phone, through the app.) It costs about […]

]]> d6bfe3a06895ba20217b5a3590d33c2d Valerie Forrestal and Stephen Zweibel are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/198494/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:56:35 -0400 8c95a8bdc46a596e76695a72db102a62 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/28/open-access-is-easier-than-you-think/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:35:51 -0400 ThumbnailI recently attended a talk by Jill Cirasella, a librarian at Brooklyn College, on open access publishing (check out the slides here: http://www.slideshare.net/cirasella/cuny-oa-ir-york). I kind of went as a […]

]]> 5dff21997dfb67e0250d90ba4fbcb901 Valerie Forrestal and Ewa Dzurak are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197382/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:41:54 -0400 52f8db75a1080a72b31fb7808155af04 Valerie Forrestal and Amy F. Stempler are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197369/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:16:25 -0400 ef855f252ed53858a7c5dae86f6fc449 Valerie Forrestal posted an update: My publications are now freely available in E-LIS: […] https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197348/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:15:51 -0400 My publications are now freely available in E-LIS: http://t.co/nqdO19FbQv

]]> 133727ee641f7ced05fec3d4cf0cb615 Valerie Forrestal replied to the forum topic My first Deposit! in the group Open Access Publishing Network @ CUNY (OaPN @ CUNY) http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/oapn/forum/topic/my-first-deposit/#post-13310 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:14:00 -0400 Jill’s presentation inspired me, and both my articles were accepted into E-LIS! I am so glad I went to that talk… so helpful!!! http://t.co/nqdO19FbQv

]]> e9aa0cca62f2dadf533ab3f6c1346a6d Valerie Forrestal and Jonathan Cope are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197097/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:51:24 -0400 c7be73221997286da71eff252edcbed5 Valerie Forrestal and Jill Cirasella (she/her) are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197021/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:08:11 -0400 9c861a4fb58ec642af47686cddd06444 Valerie Forrestal commented on the post, The Data Left Behind, on the site from the Library of Maura http://msmale.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/10/the-data-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:05:20 -0400 Many moons ago I got a degree in audio production, and we learned about notes contained in music that are outside the range of human hearing. Students in the class wondered why producers would bother leaving those […]

]]> bee96e2341f412d729d459c172a4ba17 Valerie Forrestal joined the group CUNY Technology Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/196967/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:53:04 -0400 9bc6eb59a817a3712fdf18462a9625ce Valerie Forrestal joined the group Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (Public Group) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/196966/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:52:22 -0400 78e6e5cc68c23d38407bb1d06771e0d2 Valerie Forrestal joined the group CUNY Eportfolio Symposium https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/196965/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:51:16 -0400 637f0c646686600bc8b1901bdd4582ed Valerie Forrestal posted an update: @cirasella Thanks for the presentation today! I found out […] https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/196964/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:31:27 -0400 @cirasella Thanks for the presentation today! I found out that I’m allowed to post both my published articles in a repository (just not the publishers copy.) Now I’m running around telling everyone about RoMEO. 🙂 Also, I bundled the links from your talk here: http://bitly.com/bundles/scwlibrary/5 Thanks again!

]]> a26f608da4c3bb0443bc24f023c49d8f Valerie Forrestal joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/196947/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:23:58 -0400 a3df94c08af90bb084066ea0e56a7229 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/08/moar-linkz/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:12:00 -0500 ThumbnailWell it’s a snowy Friday, and I thought I’d take some time today to compile and post the links I’ve collected since my last link post. Cuz I’m nice like that. UR WELKUM. ☺Library StuffFrom Wikipedia to our […]

]]> 18ce9cf9ebd1e1bedf3aa4ba7075b645 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/06/crappy-image-maps-messing-with-my-mind/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:19:00 -0500 ThumbnailPlease, for the life of Brian, give adequate thought to creating image maps (images that contain multiple links, mapped to different areas of the image.) While they can be useful, and even creative, they can also […]

]]> 0dc0f72c02fc44da0189cabc2b39afe0 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/25/forked/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:57:00 -0500 The list of library tech peeps was starting to get a bit unwieldy, so I forked it! Sheet 1 of the list is website and user experience types, while sheet 2 is digital projects/eResources/systems/repository types. I […]

]]> bb1b4448b90adab3e2ab7f109648fc83 Valerie Forrestal joined the group LACUNY Mobile Technology Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191984/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:57:06 -0500 d351c2d0e95b2793088c262281c81619 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/21/catching-up-on-the-world-of-library-webtech/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:20:00 -0500 So, I thought myself fairly knowledgeable in the area of library technology. Turns out, every aspect of library technology has its own communities, its own published body of knowledge, its own go-to gals and guys. […]

]]> 6d5f4bb9e2149e4c43e5fcc5a28ad49d Valerie Forrestal and Tinamarie Vella are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191144/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:33:31 -0500 5b1d89ec37ae4fb8ca68c66887831e05 Valerie Forrestal posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191065/#acomment-191105 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:10:30 -0500 thank you!!! i’m so excited to join the cuny team! 🙂

In reply to - Valerie Forrestal became a registered member ]]> 8f9368591d036a1d2509deae9883840c Valerie Forrestal and Maura A. Smale (she/her) are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191075/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:32:17 -0500 607c52a015404885fb227f1f7cbc53da Valerie Forrestal and Stephen Francoeur (he/him) are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191068/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:56:21 -0500 b5f09ccb2f362bf686293cb6c97c63ab Valerie Forrestal changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191067/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:55:30 -0500 820eb8833df16a37446b95f78c611a21 Valerie Forrestal became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191065/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:53:26 -0500 6492732516f4a304c61ae90efc5c7b44 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/13/lllllliiiiiinnnnnnkkkkkkkksssss/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:35:00 -0500 My dear friend and partner-in-crime, Lisa Rabey, commented the other day that I have been hot and heavy with the link-posting of late. Admittedly, I’m in an odd position here at my new job, as our director is on […]

]]> da60453fc6d14994cd422679f0ba9936 Valerie Forrestal wrote a new post on the site Aberrant Salience http://valerie.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/05/just-one-more-thing/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:58:00 -0500 ThumbnailOne thing I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post on Harvard’s library site… They have a really sleek user feedback system. When you click on the “Tell Us” button at the top of the page, you get the following […]

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