June Newsletter: Education Program

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 June.

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.

Managing Your Citations with Zotero, Wednesday, 6/5, 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. This workshop 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.

Presenter:  Ava Kaplan, Research and Instruction Librarian

Where:  Online

Literature Reviews in the Health Sciences, Thursday, 6/6, 3-4pm

The Literature Review is a form of evidence synthesis that is impactful and popular in the health sciences. Literature reviews can broaden the readers’ understanding of a topic, highlight research gaps that warrant new primary research, and offer clinicians and health practitioners insight into the efficacy of an impact or intervention, which can inform treatment. In this workshop, we will discuss what types of reviews are best suited for qualitative and quantitative research in the health sciences; what protocols and recommendations exists to guide the review process; how to search empirical literature methodologically and systematically in health-related databases; and answer any questions you may have about conducting a literature review in the health sciences. 

Presenter: Ava Kaplan, Research and Instruction Librarian

Where:  Online

Searching Strategies, Thursday, 6/20, 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:  Ava Kaplan, Research and Instruction Librarian

 Where:  101 Russell /Online

Article Screening for Literature Reviews, Wednesday, 6/26, 3-4pm

Writing a literature review? Getting a lot of results for articles related to your topic, but now need to make sure they meet your eligibility criteria? Screening is the process of identifying studies from the literature search for inclusion in the review. In this workshop, we will share useful tips and tools for the article screening process of the literature review, including how to apply inclusion and exclusion criteria to search results and how to use digital tools like Covidence and Rayaan to make article screening more manageable and less time consuming.

Presenter:  Ava Kaplan, Research and Instruction Librarian

Where: 101 Russell /Online

Using PubMed for Research, Thursday, 6/27, 3-4pm

PubMed, created and maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine, is the premiere database of citations and abstracts on biomedical and life sciences literature. This workshop will highlight the important features of PubMed and  provide an overview of keyword searching; using filters; using the MeSH database; saving and exporting results along with other useful tips for getting the most out of PubMed. This workshop is suited for first-time users and experienced searchers looking for a refresher.

Presenter:  Ava Kaplan, Research and Instruction Librarian

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, Tuesday, 6/11, 5:30-7pm

Please join us for a special performance by Claremont Strings and Ensemble in celebration of the new art exhibition, Art from the Heart. Featrured will be classical music that is light, joyful, and loving, attuned to the spirit of the third annual multi-venu Artivism exposition.

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.

Where: 305 Russell 

Nicholas DiMaria Duet,  Tuesday, 6/25, 4-5pm

Nicholas DiMaria is a trumpeter, teacher, and composer based in New York City. He draws inspiration from multiple genres and art forms in his compositions and is continuously inspired by expressing visual art in a musical medium. His music is described by audiences as introspective, passionate, and eclectic; influenced by jazz, hip-hop, and classical music.

Nicholas has lead groups at Carnegie Hall, The Northeast Wine and Jazz Festival, The Syracuse Jazz Festival, The Central New York Pride Festival, and restaurants and clubs across New York State. He has also performed at The Great New York State Fair, The CNY January Jazz Festival, the Disneyland All-American College Band, and opened for Grammy-Winner Lalah Hathaway. Nicholas is well-adapted to playing with jazz ensembles, wedding bands, and funk groups. He currently holds a weekly performance residency at Oliva Tapas, NYC (Thursdays and Fridays from 6-8pm). Nicholas is also a faculty member at Larchmont Music Academy, where he teaches trumpet and a jazz ensemble. In 2020, he received his Bachelor's in Jazz Arts from Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Scott Wendholt, Ingrid Jensen, Jim McNeely, and Jon Faddis.

Nicholas is joined by jazz pianist Jack Gruber who is pursuing his masters at Manhattan School of Music. jack Gruber was selected out of the whole state of Maryland to be the sole pianist in the 2013 and 2014 Maryland All State Jazz Band. He also performed at the Cleveland Tri-C Jazz Fest, and received a soloist award from acclaimed Jazz pianist Orrin Evans. He has performed alongside numerous notable musicians such as Delfeayo Marsalis, Zara Larrson, Jovan Jackson, Paul Carr, and Karen Summerville, Malik Washington, Qaasim Middleton, and Erena Terakubo. He has also performed at various venues and festivals such as the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Fat Cat, Minton’s, Twins Jazz, Afro Punk, Strathmore Concert Hall, the Silver Spring Jazz Festival and the Downbeat DC Jazz Festival.

Book Displays

Book displays  are curated and designed by library staff to share the joy of books and reading, while encouraging greater awareness of available resources  and their significance to the Library and College.

Everett Cafe: Thinking, Acting, and Learning: On Student Activism

Student activism plays a major role in motivating others for political, economic, social, or environmental change. It may be expressed through marches, sit ins, walk outs, vigils, rallies, boycotts, strikes, letter writing, petitions, or publications, with the most common form being demonstrations and protests. Acknowledging respect for the freedom of students and their right to free speech, activism also serves to develop skills in communications, relationship building, and critical thinking -- skills that grow leaders. It is both a learning experience and an opportunity for more traditional forms of leadership to examine and address concerns on many levels, including those that relate to campus life, culture, and administration.

In Thinking, Acting, and Learning: On Student Activism we explore different facets of student activism, from its historical example in the United States, to its reach and influence across the globe, with compelling narratives drawn from Europe, Asia, and Africa. This book display complements the archival book display, Student Voices in Print and Perpetuity, in the Third Floor Reading Room cabinets, as well as the adjoining Offit Gallery art exhibition, Artivism: Art from the Heart.

At Everett Cafe, you'll find a new book collection every few weeks that relates to current events, education, or learning environments.

Rocket Display:  Award-Winning Children's Books

Every Spring we are proud to present our newest books acquisitions in the field of fictional and non fictional children's literature, award winning and notable works that represent the best of the best. Covering a wide range of topics and interests, there is something for everyone. Whether you prefer picture books, young adult novels, historical fiction, science fiction, biography, poetry, folklore, fantasy, fairy tale, or another genre, be sure to stop by.  They check out quickly but are soon replaced by additional award winning publications that come to the library on standing order.

Where: Rocket Cases, Second Floor

Cabinet Display: Student Voices in Print and Perpetuity

Student Voices in Print and Perpetuity showcases an extraordinary range of Teachers College student publications from the early 1900s to the present day, with examples of yearbooks, literary and art magazines, newsletters, bulletins, and books – all of which show the vital role that students play; they inform their peers and community about campus events and occurrences; raise political, economic, and socio-cultural concerns; and share their creative talents, often built upon the curriculum. They learn to think, create, and act upon their values, opinions, beliefs, and perspectives while becoming leaders for change. In representing both the individual and collective perspective and actions of students within the context of education, the student voice serves to awaken us to the complexities of ourselves, our societies, and our world, as their publications provide a tangible record.

Read more here.

Where: Curiosity Cabinets, Third Floor Reading Room

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.

World Environment Day, Wednesday, 6/5

Eulalie Spence Is Born, Tuesday, 6/11

First Day of Summer, Thursday, 6/20

Protecting the Bald Eagle, 6/28

Databases

Every month we draw attention to select databases that strengthen learning, teaching, and research in academic areas and their relevance to current offerings and programs.

In June, we draw attention to research resources that inform the literature of conflict resolution, with appreciation for the diverging thoughts, opinions, and actions of our time.  As students, parents, teachers, researchers, citizens,  we emphasize the value of negotiation, mediation, cross cultural awareness, fairness or impartiality, and receptiveness, so that this important process is both educational and attainable.

Read more on the library's news feed.

Exhibits

Educational exhibitions are mounted in partnership with the Teachers College community and others with an interest in displaying unique and innovative educational materials, while also regularly showcasing Teachers College's Historical Art Collections. 

The library has several spaces in Russell Hall to exhibit diverse materials, and also features digital and web-based exhibitions when possible. 

Artivism:  Art from the Heart

Often the responsibility demanded by our relationships with others leads to a larger understanding and appreciation of one's responsibility to the world. Through love, we learn that what we give to one another is more important than what we may receive in return. And, by investing in our love and care for others,  selfless relationships become more special, deep or meaningful.

The annual exposition of Artivism focuses on artwork created in the spirit of love and generosity, as we close the seventh season of programming for weekly talks that connect us to each other -- building community, while raising awareness of significant issues that affect our lives and humanity  --  sustainability, health, equity, justice, and peace, to name a few. Through a variety of mediums, and with open hearts and minds, we also provide the unique opportunity for artists, including students, teachers, and others, to gift their work to a charity or organization for a good cause. 

Art from the Heart complements Student Voices in Print and Perpetuity, archival materials on display in the adjacent Third Floor Curiosity Cabinets; Thinking, Acting, and Learning: On Student Activism, a new Everett Cafe book display; and the recent interactive art installation, Spectrum of Togetherness.

Where: Offit Gallery

When:  May 30th - July 26th

Reception: Tuesday, June 11th, 6:00-7:30pm (305 Russell / Offit)

Special Performance by Claremont Strings & Ensemble, Tuesday, June 11th, 5:30-7pm (305 Russell)