Library workshops for the week

Open Resources for LGBTQ Studies

May 12 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Teaching LGBTQ Studies depends on the availability of resources. This workshop will offer an overview to finding subject-specific resources (openly-licensed and freely accessible online), through the lens of primary and secondary sources. We will look at archival repositories (Library of Congress, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Digital Transgender Archive), OER textbooks, as

well as how to locate open access scholarship (UnPaywall, DOAJ, and more). CUNY-based resources will also be included, such as the recently released CLAGS Newsletters Archive hosted on CUNY Academic Works.

https://library.gc.cuny.edu/event/lgbtq-open-resources/

 

Open-Source Software for Scholarship

May 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am​

 

OER isn’t just text; truly open scholarship needs freely accessible tools as well. Zotero, Tropy, LibreOffice, Charted, Datawrapper… there are solutions out there for just about every scholarly need, but they may not all be right for you. We’ll conduct an overview of the open-source software world as it relates to the needs of students and teachers, and try to shed some light on what open source means and what the best open bets are for academics.

https://library.gc.cuny.edu/event/open-source-software-for-scholarship/

 

Copyright for Graduate Students

May 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Are you interested in learning more about the copyright issues that often arise for graduate students? This workshop will cover what copyright is, how to work with copyrighted material, and ways that you can manage your own copyrights. Boost your copyright confidence so that you can focus on your scholarship!

https://library.gc.cuny.edu/event/copyright-for-graduate-students/

 

Fair Use for Non-Fiction Authors

May 27 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

 

This workshop is designed for nonfiction authors of all types — including historians, biographers, scientists, and scholars of literature, theatre, art, and music — who want to know more about using copyrighted materials. The workshop will help researchers who want to do things such as:

– Include song lyrics in in a paper discussing musical trends

– Quote from a novel to analyze the author’s use of metaphors in a work of literary criticism

– Incorporate a photograph in an article about the photographer’s use of light and shadow

– Use a chart in a scientific paper critiquing a researcher’s methodology and findings

– Quote from unpublished letters in a biography or memoir

 

Join us to review principles and limitations of fair use for common situations nonfiction authors face when incorporating copyrighted works into their writings.​

https://library.gc.cuny.edu/event/fair-use-for-non-fiction-authors-2/