Library Newsletter

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Eighteenth-Century Reading Room Guest Speaker Series Event

The Eighteenth-Century Reading Room, located in room C196.05 on the Concourse level of the Mina Rees Library of the CUNY Graduate Center, is proud to present a talk entitled “Jewish Biblical Interpretation in the Wake of Enlightenment: Moses Mendelssohn, Judah Ben-Ze’ev, and the Rhetoric of Religion” given by Dr. David Richter (CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College) on Friday September 28, 2007 at 2 PM in the Reading Room. Seating is limited for this free event. Please contact Caroline Fuchs at cfuchs@gc.cuny.edu or call 212.817.7085 to reserve a seat.

NYPL Faculty and Graduate Student Reception & Orientation

The Research Libraries of the New York Public Library invite you to their annual Faculty and Graduate Student Reception/Orientation

WHO: The Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, including

• The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
• The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• The Science Industry and Business Library

WHEN: Tuesday, September 18 from 7pm – 9pm

WHERE: The Celeste Bartos Forum at The Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street (enter at 42nd Street)
New York, NY 10018-2788

(For travel directions, click here:
http://www.nypl.org/research/hours/chssdir.cfm)

WHAT: Wine, hors d’oeuvres, and the opportunity to meet other faculty and graduate students in your area of study, as well as The Research Libraries’ curators and subject specialists. You’ll discover the many scholarly opportunities and services available to you in one of the world’s largest research libraries.

RSVP: If you’d like to attend, please email southcourt@nypl.org or call (212) 930-0585 and provide your name, your area of study, and your institution.

SciFinder Scholar e-seminar 9/19

Register now for a live interactive webinar, “SciFinder^®: Drawing Results from Structure Searching”, presented by CAS

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 14.00 – 15.00 U.S. Daylight Savings Time (18.00-19.00 GMT)

Rebroadcast date and times for the seminar will be:
September 25, 2007 at 6.00 EDT (10.00 GMT) and 9.00 EDT (13.00 GMT)

To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com

After you register, you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing the teleconference phone numbers.

In this session you’ll learn to use the versatile structure drawing capabilities in SciFinder. CAS staff will review: tools and functions available on the toolbars and menu system; unique effects that these commands have on SciFinder structure searching; and, some interesting examples designed to show techniques for increasing drawing speed and accuracy

For system and other technical requirements needed to participate in this event, contact WebEx:
Phone: 866-779-3239 (North America); 916-463-8262 (worldwide)
E-mail: support@webex.com

If you have technical questions, please contact WebEx at 866-779-3239 if inside the United States, at 916-463-8262 if outside the United States, or by e-mail at support@webex.com.

18th-Century Reading Room Guest Speaker Series

The Eighteenth-Century Reading Room, located in room c196.05 on the Concourse level of the Mina Rees Library of the CUNY Graduate Center, is proud to present a joint talk entitled “Mapping Rebellion: Montresor and his Map” by Prof. Angelo Angelis (Hunter College, History) and Prof. Phillip Papas (Union County College, History) on Friday May 4, 2007 at 2:00 PM in the Reading Room. Seating is limited for this free event. Please contact Caroline Fuchs at cfuchs@gc.cuny.edu or call 212.817.7085 to reserve a seat.

BOOK SALE !!

Get ready for our Big Book Sale, on Tuesday November 7th, from 10 to 4 on the first floor of the library. We have beautiful art and photography books, as well a hundreds of hardcover and paperback titles, both scholarly and general. Books will range in price from .25 up to $15.00.

Come early for the best selection. It’s never too early for holiday shopping!

18th-Century Reading Room CUNY-Wide Essay Competition

The 2007 18th-Century Reading Room annual essay competition is open to all undergraduate and masters level students attending any of the CUNY colleges.

FIRST PRIZE $500

SECOND PRIZE $300

THIRD PRIZE $200

 

Essays will be judged by the following criteria:

• Research centering on at least two resources housed in the collection of the 18th-Century Reading Room
• Originality, style, clarity and thesis
• Properly cited and formatted using current MLA or Chicago styles
• No more than 8-10 pages, double spaced, using Times New Roman 12 pt. font

Submissions will be accepting at any time until May 11, 2007. Essays may be submitted electronically as a Word attachment to Caroline Fuchs at cfuchs@gc.cuny.edu with the subject line “2007 contest submission.” Essays sent via regular mail should be addressed to Caroline Fuchs at the Mina Rees Library/CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10016. Entries may also be hand delivered to room C196.05 on the concourse level of the library. Please include contact information with your submission.

Prize winners will be honored at a Fall 2007 reception in the Reading Room, and their essays will be published on our Reading Room blog. For further information concerning our contest, please contact Caroline Fuchs at cfuchs@gc.cuny.edu or call 212.817.7085.

 

Upcoming 18th-Century Reading Room Events

The 18ht-Century Reading Room will be hosting two informal talks in October as part of our Guest Speaker Series. The talks begin at 2:00 PM in the 18th-Century Reading Room, in room C196.05 on the Concourse level of the Mina Rees Library.

• Friday, October 20, 2006 — David Kazanjian (UPenn) — “‘When they come here they feal So free:’ Liberia and the Equivocal Freedom of Return.”
• Friday, October 27, 2006 — Inna Gorbatov (LIU) — “Voltaire’s Library in Russia.”

Seating is limited, so if you would like to attend either or both events, please contact Caroline Fuchs at cfuchs@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-7085.