By Michael Schoch, LEC Writing Specialist Most MCNY students are adult learners who commute to school, work jobs, and raise families—characteristics that label them “non-traditional” college students. But, as Madeline St. Amour observes in a recent article in Inside Higher Ed, this demographic will soon represent the majority of higher education students. This is [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support MCNY students are smart, passionate, driven, dedicated. They go to classes, work demanding jobs, and care for their families. Last semester, when coronavirus abruptly changed the nature of [...]
Today By Natalia Sucre, Digital and Instruction Services Librarian As the pandemic continues, we have to adjust not only to unprecedented circumstances, but to the loss of family, friends, neighbors, losses which we cannot honor according to our [...]
Research Tip of the Day By Natalia Sucre, Instruction and Digital Services Librarian Sometimes the best way to move research forward is to step back, away from the screen, away from all your screens (after you [...]
Research Tip of the Day By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian The Internet Archive, a longstanding non-profit dedicated to providing “Universal Access to All Knowledge,” has recently announced its National Emergency Library initiative, a digital collection of [...]
Research Tip of the Day By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian The library’s own Tina Callender has some excellent leisure reading suggestions below to help you take a break from the hard work of finishing the semester during this global pause. [...]
By Kate Adler, Director of Library Services At this time, more serious and more strange than any of us may ever know, we need deeply to rely on one another. Our communities – in whatever form – [...]
By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian As we acclimate to the new demands of social distancing and online learning, working, and living, the library will be reaching out and checking in with students [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support As MCNY begins its two-week test period for moving all courses online in light of the COVID-19 situation, the LEC would like to offer some practical advice for [...]
