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LACUNY International Relations Roundtable (IRRT)

REFORMA Northeast Chapter

Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos

Present

An Open Forum with

Dr. Eduardo Torres Cuevas, Director

José Martí National Library of Cuba

Dr. Torres Cuevas will give an overview of Cuba’s National Library, describing its historic Special Collections and innovative services to the disabled.  He will also discuss library services and education in Cuba.  His remarks will be interpreted into English.

Friday, November 6, 2009

2:30 – 4:00 PM

Hunter College Library

Browser’s Lounge – 3rd floor

695 Park Avenue – East Building (68th Street)

RSVP to:  Stephanie Tetro, 212-772-4143

stetro@hunter.cuny.edu

Attachment and dynamic practice : an integrative guide for social workers and other clinicians BF723 .A75 B73 2007

Smooth sailing or stormy waters? : family transitions through adolescence and their implications for practice and policy BF724.2 .H37 2007

Strategies of qualitative inquiry H61 .S8823 2008

The practice of social research H62 .B2 2007

The mixed methods reader H62 .M534 2008

Foundations of mixed methods research : integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioral sciences H62 .T294 2009

Economics for social workers : social outcomes of economic globalization, with strategies for community action HB171.5 .P727 2000

Women and men at work HD6060.5 .U5 R47 1994

Work and well-being : the occupational social work advantage HD7654 .W67 1993

Human behavior in the social environment : interweaving the inner and outer worlds HM1033 .U73 2008

Stories of transformative leadership in the human services : why the glass is always full HM1261 .B85 2010

Race, class, & gender : an anthology HN59.2 .R32 2007

Intimate partners : patterns in love and marriage HQ734 .S37643 1987

The neo-Vygotskian approach to child development HQ767.9 .K363 2005

Feminist theory : the intellectual traditions of American feminism HQ1154 .D63 1985

Web-based education in the human services : models, methods, and best practices / Robert J. MacFadden HV11 .W43 2005

Communication skills for health and social care HV29.7 .M67 2008

Social work : an empowering profession HV40 .D78 2008

Social work diagnosis in contemporary practice HV40 .S6178 2005 (more…)

When people hear the word “library” they generally think “books.” That makes sense, since  libraries have traditionally dealt in print materials. Heck, the word library is even descended from the Latin “librarius” which means “of books.”

But a twenty-first century library like ours has so much more to offer. Yes, we still have books – a LOT of them. These days, though, you can’t judge a library by the number of books it contains. In fact, it is a gross underestimation of the scope and breadth of our collections to limit it to one number. I digress – that’s a topic for another day.

Reading materials aside, the Hunter College Libraries also allow you to check out and use other things. Below are three examples of the non-book variety. Check them out – because you can!

1) At three of the Hunter Libraries (Main (Wexler) Library, Social Work, Health Professions), you can check out laptop computers. There are some that check out for a three-hour period within the library, and there are some that check out for a whole day, so you can take them out of the library! At the branch campuses, only the three-hour loan is available. Follow the link above for more information and policies.

2) The Main (Wexler) Library and the Health Professions Library (Brookdale Campus) will be offering graphing calculators for check out as well. The calculators, which are Texas Instruments model TI-83 Plus, will be available for use within the library for a three-hour period for all your graphing calculation needs. Check the library policies page for the most current information.

3)  Thanks to a generous donation from the Class of 2009, the Main (Wexler) Library is now the site of the Hunter College Charging Station. What does that mean?? It means that there is an area of the library on the 2nd Floor that is designated for the charging of electronic devices such as laptops, cell phones and MP3 players. Look for the signs with the yellow triangles and lightning bolts. But it’s more than just outlets – the Legacy Gift from the Class of 2009 allowed for the purchase of 7  “charge pods,” which are devices that allow you to charge up to six gadgets at once. Having trouble picturing it? See the images below from the dedication ceremony. You can check out the charge pods at the Reserve Desk on the 2nd Floor. Policies and forms can be found here. Thanks to the Class of 2009 for keeping Hunter energized!!

Dedication of the Hunter College Charging Station

The charge pod, in the charging area.

The charge pod, up close and personal.

This week, October 19-23, 2009, is the first international Open Access Week. What is open access?

Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. (http://www.openaccessweek.org/about-the-oa-movement/)

So, a whole week?

Open Access Week is an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public. (http://www.openaccessweek.org/about-the-week/)

Where can you find quality OA content? Here at Hunter, we list the Directory of Open Access Journals in our list of databases. It is one of the few in our list that you can access without having to log in, because it’s free – that’s the big idea of OA. Free access to scholarly publishing.

If you are interested in learning more about the open access (OA) movement, check out the links above. We’d all like to have more quality publications available online. Some people think OA is the wave of the future; others disagree. What do you think?

If you are doing research on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) concepts and applications, consider using these databases, all available on the Hunter College Libraries databases page:

• GEOBASE
  Geobase is the best database for finding articles about GIS as it pertains to research in the geographical sciences
• GeoRef
  GeoRef features articles on GIS, particulary as it relates to geology.
• Web of Science
  Web of Science features articles on GIS and its relationship to the wider world of scientific research.
• Inspec
  Inspec is a computer science database and includes articles on GIS from a programming perspective