Introduction to PressForward (afternoon)
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn this introductory workshop, new users will participate in a hands-on introduction to PressForward. The workshop will cover accessing PressForward from the WordPress Dashboard, adding feeds, selecting content to review, and organizing and publishing curated content. Attendees will also explore the editorial practice of group curation, and consider how PressForward might be integrated into a range of projects inside and outside the classroom at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
PressForward: Train the Trainers and Community Building Brainstorm
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn this “Train the Trainers” workshop, participants with some experience using PressForward (including those who attended the Introduction to PressForward workshop and who wish to stay) will look at examples of PressForward’s use across a range of institutions, explore how to organize and activate communities of users, explore methods for recruiting and training new users, and learn how to engage with PressForward’s active support community and forums.
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Library But Were Afraid to Ask
Library Room C196.05Join us for an introduction to the Graduate Center Library! Come with questions for your librarians, who will be presenting: an overview of the library website tips for navigating subject-specific databases and searching for archival and primary sources an introduction to citation management sample search queries […]
Intro to Zotero for Citation Management
Library Room C196.05Join us for a hands-on introduction to managing citations with Zotero, a free and open source research tool that makes organizing your research and creating bibliographies a breeze. Have a laptop? Bring it with you so our instructors can help you get started on your […]
Researching Publishing Opportunities for Beginners (Afternoon)
Library Room C196.05This workshop will overview the industry of academic publishing by highlighting keywords commonly used and its associations. Participants will uncover, overview, and define the scope of their own research and research networks and detail how this may reveal prospective publishing opportunities. Participants will walk away […]
Researching Publishing Opportunities for Beginners (Evening)
Library Room C196.05This workshop will overview the industry of academic publishing by highlighting keywords commonly used and its associations. Participants will uncover, overview, and define the scope of their own research and research networks and detail how this may reveal prospective publishing opportunities. Participants will walk away […]
10/17: (Radical) Keywords for (Reference) Librarianship
C198 (Concourse Level) The Graduate Center, CUNYThis year AK Press published Keywords for Radicals: The Contested Vocabulary of Late-Capitalist Struggle, exploring the some of the language that shapes & informs our political & socioeconomic landscape. We have invited the authors of Keywords entries & librarians to engage in conversation on select […]
10/20: Research for MALS Students (Reprise)
Library Room C196.05In this workshop we will discuss research at a graduate level. Topics to be covered include: How to search for resources Choosing a topic Evaluating sources Avoiding plagiarism Paper formatting Attendees will come away with strategies for taking their research to the next level. WHEN Thursday, […]
10/24: Research & Citation Management with Zotero: An Introduction
Library Room C196.05This workshop will provide an introduction to research using our library's resources and services, with a special focus for HLBLL students--first-year and continuing. This portion will cover effective research using the library's database offerings and provide an introduction to services and partnerships that are available […]
10/25: Archival Research: The Basics
Library Room C196.05Learn the basics of archival research in this hands-on workshop. We’ll cover what archives are and how they are arranged, where and how to look for sources, and what to expect when you visit an archival repository. Bring your laptop to follow along. This workshop […]
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Stephen Zweibel is Digital Scholarship Librarian at The Graduate Center. 
