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  • Creating an Open Educational Resource for Spanish Language Classes at CUNY

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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  • Learning to Teach Open: The Importance of Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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  • Important Updates from the Mina Rees Library | April 2026

    Mina Rees Library Spring Hours 2026 Monday-Friday: 9am-10pm Saturday: 10am-8pm Sunday: 12pm-8pm View Calendar Upcoming Events Drop-In Sessions: Zotero Drop-In Help Monday 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, and 4/27, 3:00pm – 4:00pm Stephen Klein (Digital Services Librarian) holds one-on-one Zotero virtual office hours for drop-in video consultations […]

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  • Beyond Perfection: Embracing Imperfection Through OER

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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  • Waist-deep in OER

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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    Dr. Shannon Mattern Speaks at Friends of the Library Program

    We in the Mina Rees Library are delighted to welcome Dr. Shannon Mattern, Director of Creative Research at Metropolitan New York Library Council, as our speaker at this Spring’s Friends of the Library program and luncheon. Dr. Mattern’s presentation is titled Pointing at Clouds: Indexing, […]

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  • Opening the Black Box: Teaching Machine Learning Without a Textbook

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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  • Important Updates from the Mina Rees Library | March 2026

    Mina Rees Library Spring Hours 2026 Monday-Friday: 9am-10pm Saturday: 10am-8pm Sunday: 12pm-8pm View Calendar Teaching at Another CUNY? Each CUNY campus library licenses its own set of resources, which means access varies from campus to campus. To ensure that your students are able to access […]

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  • Teaching “Race and Gender Ideologies” in the Resurgence of American Fascist Movements

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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  • Journey to an OER

    This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2026 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate […]

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