The visual culture of the Great War

We added a computer with a rotating wheel of two dozen images to the Great War exhibit currently on display in the library. We intend to change the images each time we change the panels over the course of the exhibit’s run throughout September and October. This series is top heavy with photographs from 1914, keeping in spirit with the first six panels currently on view. Come check out part 1 between now and September 13. After that, we will put up installment number 2. The exhibit is open to the public during regular hours.

 

The Great War in Broad Outlines, part one

Late last week we installed part 1 of The Great War in Broad Outlines. The Ursula C. Schwerin Library will be showing this traveling exhibition from the Embassy of Belgium in five installments this September and October in recognition of the centennial of the First World War. City Tech is located in downtown Brooklyn, within walking distance of the Cadman Plaza greenmarket (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and Brooklyn Bridge. Come see part 1, the first six of thirty panels, between now and September 14, and make the rest of this special exhibition part of your late summer and fall.

For directions and times that the library is open, check our website here.

1965 Voting Rights Act

voter-rights_1The City Tech Library is commemorating the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark piece of legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.  There are books on display on the voting rights act and civil rights more generally.  The book display is located near the library entrance.

Also, we have videos relating to the Act in Kanopy, our video streaming database:

Freedom on my Mind – Mississippi Voter Registration in the 1960’s

Fannie Lou Hamer: Voting Rights Activist

Barber of Birmingham:  Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

Exquisite Corpse

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Submit a single line of poetry that will be absorbed into a collective Exquisite Corpse poem using the form above.

History of the Game

Exquisite Corpse (la cadavre exquis) is a collaborative drawing and poetry game that was invented in the 1920s by French Surrealist poets and artists.
The name “exquisite corpse” comes from the first sentence the Surrealists produced using this collaborative writing method:

The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine.

Library Exhibit: Saving Our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic

The library’s current exhibit, Saving Our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic, is displayed in the exhibit case near the library entrance. Prof. Mary Nilles, English, and Prof. Peter Fikaris, ADGA, set up the exhibit with their respective students.  The exhibit will be on display from May 5th until August 29th, 2014.

Prof. Nilles and students in front of the display.
Prof. Nilles and students in front of the displayed exhibit.

Text by Prof. Mary Nilles of the English Dept. 

The multi-media exhibit, “Saving our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic,” on view in the Ursula C. Schwerin Library, 5 May – 29 August 2014, has been arranged by a group of multi-disciplinary professors, staff and students. In photos, text, power point presentations and short videos, it features a timeline of important developments in the history of Jay Street, downtown Brooklyn, in particular, the blocks where City Tech is situated. Continue reading Library Exhibit: Saving Our History, Saving the Klitgord Mosaic

Celebrating Black History Month at the Library

Observe Black History Month by checking out the most recent library exhibit, which features books and posters celebrating the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman, Curated by Diane Wilson, Marta Effinger-Chrichlow and Karl Botchway. This exhibit is part of a series of events scheduled on campus this month.

Click below for a fuller reflection on Harriet Tubman by Dr. Tshombe Walker.

Continue reading Celebrating Black History Month at the Library

Graphic Novels at the Library

Are you interested in visual storytelling, pop culture or illustration?

You’re in luck! The Ursula C. Schwerin Library has a great collection of graphic novels, many of which are currently featured in this month’s bookshelf display (look for it on the shelves that curve around the library staircase).

If you are a fan of graphic novels and want to find more, you can use CUNY+ to find Graphic Novels or Comic Books in libraries across CUNY.

If you find that you are interested in the origins of the graphic novel, you might be pleased to know that there are lots of comics in the public domain, and many can be viewed electronically or downloaded to a computer or e-reader. The Digital Comics Museum and Golden Age Comics Online are both great sites to explore.

Poem in Your Pocket Day – Thursday, April 29

Tomorrow is Poem in Your Pocket Day! To take part, simply choose a favorite poem to carry with you throughout the day and share it with friends, classmates, colleagues, neighbors, and family.

This year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office is encouraging New Yorkers to participate in a Poetweet. Contribute your best short verse to @NYCMayorsOffice via Twitter. The rules are simple: keep it clean and under 140 characters.

Not sure what poem to select? Visit poets.org to browse by first line, title theme, or author, or check out a book from the library’s poetry book display near the staircase on the 4th floor.
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