July Newsletter: Education Program
Gottesman Libraries
The Gottesman Libraries Education Program informs students, faculty and staff about the latest thinking in education, in ways that engage members of the community with one another and with a broad range of educational experts. The program also provides understanding of work being done throughout the College. Read more about offerings in July.
Workshops
Regularly scheduled instructional offerings include workshops, tours, orientations, and course-specific instruction in coordination with staff and faculty of the College.
Your Research Journey is a five-part library workshop series to help guide you in your research throughout the semester, by providing you with manageable tools and resources to use along your journey. Whether this is your first time conducting research, or you are a well-seasoned researcher and looking for a refresher, each workshop introduces fundamental information to lay a foundation of knowledge on which you can build your scholarly work. While the workshops in this series are designed to build upon each other, you are welcome to attend any workshop individually. All are held on Wednesdays, 3-4pm.
Elevate Your Research builds upon the foundational series, Your Research Journey, by presenting valuable new topics, resources, and methodologies to make you an even stronger and highly proficient researcher. Held on Thursdays, 3-4pm, this series also invites deeper, collaborative work to strengthen academic research initiatives.
Charting Your Path, Wednesday, 7/5, 3-4pm
Graduate school research may feel daunting, but this foundational workshop will address the key concepts, strategies, and tools to help develop your research skills. Charting Your Path will start with a broad overview of what library research can look like, including the terms you may come across in your journey. We will also cover how to use Gottesman Libraries and the Columbia University Libraries to access physical and digital resources; discuss reference management tools; show how to create strong keyword searches; and end with a review of strategies for better search results. Attendees will leave this workshop with the information needed to be successful in Library research across all research disciplines.
Presenter: Ralph Baylor, Head of Reference and Reader Services
Where: 101 Russell /Online
Managing Your Citations with Zotero, Wednesday, 7/12, 3-4pm
This workshop provides a quick start introduction including: downloading; tour of the interface; nuts and bolts of how to ingest references through a web connector; and different ways of citing. It will be followed by others in the Elevate Your Research series, offering more advanced features of Zotero and introductory sessions for Endnote and Mendeley -- all within ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Frames.
Instructor: Ralph Baylor, Head of Reference and Reader Services
Where: 101 Russell / Online
Making the Most of Course Resource Lists, Thursday, 7/13, 3-4pm
Course Resource Lists (powered by Ex Libris Leganto) is the Gottesman Libraries’ course reserves platform and collaborative tool for instructors and librarians to create and fulfill reading lists for degree-seeking students in courses taught each semester at Teachers College, Columbia University. Course Resource Lists are available to instructors of all active, credit-bearing courses and can be found on the left navigation menu of their courses in Canvas.
Please join us for this new workshop in which we will highlight some additional features of Course Resource Lists and offer some tips for making the most of the platform and creating lists that will engage your students and encourage usage. Faculty, course assistants, and professional staff are all welcome to attend, especially those who have already utilized Course Resource Lists.
For those new to Course Resource Lists, please be sure to visit our LibGuide, Course Resource Lists for Instructors, to attend our Introductory workshop, or to contact us.
Presenter: Roshnara Kissoon, Reserves and Support Services Librarian
Where: Online
Advanced Searching Strategies, Wednesday, 7/19, 3-4pm
How do you know you are retrieving all the relevant information needed for your research topic? Do you find your catalog and database searches are not giving you the best results? This workshop will cover the strategies and concepts needed to give you confidence that you are finding the best results in your searches and take you beyond conducting simple searches by using tools to search in a variety of contexts. The workshop host will review how to use Educat+, the catalog of the Gottesman Libraries; CLIO, the Columbia University Libraries catalog; and database providers, like EBSCO and Proquest. We will then show how you can optimize your queries by using Boolean logic and punctuation to refine your search style and retrieve exactly the resources you seek.
Presenter: Ralph Baylor, Head of Reference and Reader Services
Where: 101 Russell /Online
The Literature Review, Wednesday, 7/26, 3-4pm
The Literature Review is an essential element of scholarly inquiry, allowing researchers to understand the context and conclusions around a specific topic. A literature review can be conducted as a section in a main project such as a thesis or dissertation, or it can be a standalone project for a course or publication. For whatever reason you are embarking on your literature review process, this workshop will introduce you to the concepts and guidelines behind the three primary types of literature reviews; the narrative review, scoping review, and systematic review. We will also cover strategies for locating the sources you need for your literature review.
Presenter: Ralph Baylor, Head of Reference and Reader Services
Where: 101 Russell /Online
Open Access, Thursday, 7/27, 3-4pm
Open Access (OA) describes a set of principles and publishing practices through which scholarly literature can be distributed digitally, free of charge, often including the removal of barriers to copying or reusing those aforementioned works. This workshop will cover all aspects of OA including the ethics and copyright around OA; the use of digital tools for locating resources; and searching for articles in various databases, digital repositories, and journals. Finally, we will review the process for publishing your work as an Open Access resource.
Presenter: Ralph Baylor, Head of Reference and Readers Services
Where: 101 Russell / Online
Live Music
The Everett Cafe Music Program sponsors performances by TC student and affiliated musicians. Come enjoy a variety of genres and styles! Please contact us if you are interested in playing! We welcome solos, duets, and trios.
Claremont Strings and Ensemble, Thursday, 7/27, 4-5:30pm
The Claremont Strings and Ensemble features music for classical strings, from the symphonies of Mozart and Haydn, to well known arias from the operas of Puccini and Bizet. You may hear a selection of continental Viennese waltzes and French cabaret. Musicians of The Claremont Strings Ensemble have performed collectively at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and throughout the Northeast, playing a diverse range of symphonic and chamber music, eclectic jazz, and gypsy swing. Wadsworth Strings, emanating from the Washington Heights area, is a division of Claremont Strings, founded by Vivian Penham, a graduate of the Juilliard School and Columbia University.
News Displays
Need to keep current, look to the past, teach a topic? The Everett Cafe features daily postings of news from around the world, and also promotes awareness of historical events from an educational context. Be sure to check the Cafe News postings on the library blog.
Introducing Spam, Wednesday, 7/5
To Kill a Mockingbird Is Published, Tuesday, 7/11
Remembering Jane Austen, Tuesday, 7/18
Book Displays
We curate collections to encourage reading, use of library resources, and awareness of interesting, relevant themes. Book displays are hosted in Everett Cafe and the second floor collaboration space throughout the year and support programs of the College, as well as the Gottesman Libraries' Education Program.
Everett Cafe: Eco Fashion: Sustainability, Ethics, and Education
Education and awareness about the impact of fast fashion on the environment and society help us understand the benefits of sustainable fashion, an alternative to fast fashion, or inexpensive clothing driven by the latest trends and produced rapidly by mass-market retailers. Moving at warp speed to satisfy consumer want and lucrative business has a hefty price tag, often leading to overproduction and waste, poor labor practices, and environmental threats, particularly for chemically treated clothing.
However, there are inherent challenges in transitioning to a carbon neutral fashion industry, and one that is also attuned to social justice and ecological integrity. While textile fibers materials like cotton and polyester require substantial amounts of water and energy to produce, more sustainable materials, like organic cotton and recycled polyester, are costly and more scarce -- driving up competition and consumer prices.
Eco-fashion, or clothing and other goods made from recycled materials otherwise produced by methods that are kind to and respectful of the environment, includes recycling clothing by designing, sourcing, and producing products so that they can be used more effectively. It can be as simple as mending jeans; handing down clothes, or using thrift shops.
We may ask how fashion can practically be more green, clothing more sustainable, and wearables more meaningful for society, the environment, and our economy. Eco Fashion: Sustainability, Ethics, and Education explores the overarching need for a smarter, more ethical, and slower approach, while also looking at the history and future of fashion.
Where: Offit Gallery
Note: Everett Cafe will resume opening hours in the Fall.
At Everett Cafe you'll find a new book collection every few weeks that relates to current events, education, or learning environments. Be sure to check out the online display!
Staff Picks: Threads: Our World Through Clothing
"This selection of children’s books captures the complete lifecycle of our clothing. Readers will learn about the creation of materials and garments, how we might wear our clothes and what meaning those choices hold, the joys and challenges of mending, and the beauty of sharing or handing down our wardrobes.
Our exploration of clothing and dress in our Juvenile and Curriculum collections was inspired by the “Wearable Art For a Purpose” exhibit and the Eco Fashion: Sustainability, Ethics, and Education book display which can both be viewed in the Gottesman Libraries Offit Gallery from June 2 - July 28th. In addition to this book display, we encourage you to explore the Offit Gallery (3rd floor Russell Hall) and consider your role in fashion, consumption, and sustainability."
--Anna Leuning, Circulation and User Experience Librarian
Threads: Our World Through Clothing is curated by Anna Leuning, Circulation and User Experience Librarian and designed by Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler, Library Associate / Art and Design.
Staff Picks is curated and designed each month by the Gottesman Libraries' staff to highlight resources on educational topics and themes of special interest.
New and Now: Award-Winning Children's Books
Looking for a new read? Integrating exciting titles into your lesson plans? Building a curriculum for today's young learners? Blast off with the latest and greatest! Books on our "Rocketship" shelves are all award-winning and honoree titles for children's, middle grade, and young adult readers to bring into your orbit.
Where: Reading Room, Second Floor
Highlighted Databases: History and Education
July marks several federal holidays in countries around the world: Canada Day on July 1st, in recognition of the The Constitution Act, 1867 (originally the British North America Act, 1867); Independence Day, in the United States, when Congress passed the Declaration of Independence, ending rule by England on July 4, 1776; Bastille Day, the beginning of the French Revolution and end of French monarchy on July 14, 1789; and Nelson Mandela Day, created in 2009 by the United Nations and celebrated since 2010 to honor the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela through participation in voluntary work and community service.
In July we highlight databases and research resources of relevance to study and research in History and Education. Through an historical lens we can explore broad questions in education and apply them to salient topics of today, as we continue to make history and impact change.
Read more on the Library's news feed.
Exhibit: Artivism: Wearable Art For a Purpose
Wearable Art For a Purpose aims to spark conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and other commercial and environmental concerns that will set you thinking before you make your next fashion purchase. While clothing and accessories inform our relationship with nature, the environment, and each other, they also express our identity and values in an increasingly vulnerable and fragile world. Textiles, beads, and embroidery may be organic, hand produced, recycled, or passed down, showing conscious tendencies toward sustainability of our resources and care for our planet. Face coverings and other artworks lend insight into our personal experiences and life journeys -- not only what we learn or see, but how we feel or project from "behind the mask" -- while reminding us of pressing human, societal, and global issues, among them, pain, death, women's and children's rights; gender equality; labor injustice, and climate change. Made by artivists from all over the world, these pieces contribute to our understanding of ourselves, our place in the world, and the positive impact we can make through art -- with a call to fight the status quo and know what our purchasing power is truly buying.
This multi-venue exhibition is supplemented by the book display, Eco Fashion: Sustainability, Ethics, and Education, curated and designed by the staff of Gottesman Libraries. It is part of the Everett Cafe book display series in which you'll find a new book collection every few weeks that relates to current events, education, or learning environments.
Artivism: The Power of Art Social Transformation is jointly sponsored by Adelphi University, Sing for Hope, and the Gottesman Libraries. A movement with committed social artivists, it aims to generate community through multidisciplinary teamwork for a more dignified and meaningful coexistence. The overarching goal is to nurture confidence in taking continuous action from wherever we are by means of reciprocity.
Where: Offit Gallery
When: June 2 - July 28
Artivism: The Power of Art Social Transformation, grew out of Illuminations of Social Imagination: Learning From Maxine Greene, (Dio Press, 2019), edited by Teachers College alumni Courtney Weida and Carolina Cambronero-Varela, and Dolapo Adeniji-Neill, of Adelphi University. "The concept for this book is inspired by the late Maxine Greene (2000), who described her enduring philosophical focus and legacy of social imagination as “the capacity to invent visions of what should be and what might be in our deficient society, on the streets where we live, in our schools” (p. 5). The purpose of this volume is to examine and illuminate the roles of community organizers and educators who are changing lives through public art and community arts projects. This research originally emerged from a well-attended 2018 conference presentation and exhibition at Teachers College, Columbia University, engaging with the local and international community of arts education and arts administration."
-- Publisher's Description
