Need a Book Recommendation for Spring Break?
LACUNY has sponsored programs on technology, information literacy, instruction, publishing and so on. The professional development of its members is, of course, an important charge of the Association. For a long while now, however, I have also wanted to have a program in which we actually invite an author and have a book discussion. The LACUNY Multicultural and Diversity Committee selected Roya Hakakian's book after agreeing that we would be interested in a discussion about a book from the Middle East. Her memoir about growing up in Iran seemed like an excellent choice. As a Brooklyn College graduate, Roya was eager to address our group. Thanks to Sharon Swacker for suggesting,
Journey from the Land of No, for LACUNY's first book discussion program.
I am pleased to announce this event which is open to CUNY librarians and the Hunter College community:
LACUNY's Multicultural and Diversity Committee
invites you to a reading and discussion
by
Roya Hakakian
Author of
Journey from the Land of No: a Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
Crown, 2004Journey from the Land of No is an immensely moving, extraordinarily eloquent, and passionate memoir. Its author begins what one may
prophesy as a major literary career." -- Harold Bloom
[Hakakian is] a lyrical storyteller . . . Her moving narrative swings from funny to sad, capturing idyllic scenes of her parents, aunts, and uncles picnicking and interacting with Muslim friends.
The Washington Post
ROYA HAKAKIAN's
Journey from the Land of No, a memoir of growing up as a Jewish teenager in post-revolutionary Iran, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and Elle Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2004. Her columns and essays appear in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere, and she has worked as a television journalist and documentary film-maker. Her poetry in Persian appears in many anthologies.
When: Friday, April 20
Time: 2 p.m.
Where: 8th Floor Faculty Lounge, Hunter West
Please RSVP to Tess Tobin, ttobin@citytech.cuny.edu by April 18
This lecture is made possible by the Office of the President, the Ann Bass Schneider Lecture Fund of the Jewish Social Studies Department, and LACUNY .
Labels: books, memoirs, Roya Hakakian
Next meeting of the Virtual Reference SIG to discuss VoIP reference
The subject of the next meeting of the
Virtual Reference SIG will be the use of VoIP (voice-over internet protocol) software for reference services. Colin Bain from the
Queensland University of Technology will speak about how his library has been
using the Windows Messenger software to talk online with their patrons and answer their questions. As is usually the case with meetings of the Virtual Reference SIG, at least half the meeting or more will feature discussion and debate over the topic of the day.
The Virtual Reference SIG is sponsored by the
Metropolitan Library Council of New York.
DATE: April 6, 2007
TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
COST: free
LOCATION: Newman Library, Room 415, Baruch College, 151 East 25th Street, New York, NY
RSVP: stephen_francoeur (at) baruch (dot) cuny (dot) edu
MORE INFO:
http://vrsig.pbwiki.com/2007%20April%206%20MeetingLabels: digital reference, METRO, VoIP reference
Technology Conference at Princeton
I went to the conference last week at Princeton - Technology and Library Services: Meeting Today's Users' Needs. CUNY's Beth Evans, Rhonda Johnson & Kate Lyons participated. The theme is similar to this year's LACUNY Institute. There was an interesting discussion on labeling - net gen's, gen X , baby boomers, etc. I think, especially within CUNY, that we serve many different populations so we need to find a balance with our services. What ever happened to inter-generational communication?
The sessions from the conference were recorded and these audio recordings, along with the PowerPoint presentations, are now available on the symposium website,
http://library.princeton.edu/conferences/techlibservices/agenda.php.
Labels: technology
Congratulations to Beth Evans!
Brooklyn College's own Beth Evans has rightly been selected as one of
Library Journal's "2007 Movers and Shakers" for her excellent work in developing a
MySpace profile for her library. Bravo!
Labels: awards, Brooklyn College, library 2.0
