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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: LMS Transition- email for faculty
by James Lowry 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Colleagues, Please see below for the timeline and resources regarding the college’s move from the Blackboard to the Brightspace learning management system. Given the disastrous consequences of the website “soft launch” and earlier email “cut over”, I’d encourage faculty to download and save any content they have in Blackboard and may wish to reuse in future. Best, James Dear Faculty, As you have heard by now, Queens College will be transitioning from the Blackboard LMS to Brightspace in 2024. The Queens College ITS team and CETLL will coordinate efforts to provide in-depth, hands-on workshops; training resources; virtual office hours; and individual appointments. You will also have access to training opportunities and other resources through CUNY. The timeline for this transition is as follows: Fall 2023 * All courses are taught in Blackboard. * Brightspace training begins for instructors. * Courses in Blackboard from 2021-2023 are converted and transferred to Brightspace. This conversion will be done by the CUNY Brightspace administrators and will include course content only, not student data. Courses prior to 2021 must be converted manually by faculty. Spring 2024 * All courses are taught in Blackboard. * Instructors will gain access to the Brightspace environment. * Course development by instructors begins. * Access to My Courses (Blackboard) will end at the end of Spring 2024. Summer/Fall 2024 * Students will have access to Brightspace starting May 2024. * All Courses and Organizations will be conducted through Brightspace. Please note that this timeline applies to Queens College. If you also teach at another CUNY campus, please consult their website for their transition timeline. If you have any questions, please contact the Queens College Brightspace Transition Team at Brightspace(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:Brightspace@qc.cuny.edu> You can also sign up for the Brightspace Transition – Faculty Support<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngRnwL33jRQJmvFhz7W6Jtpi0Qe0D9tIhsa5rxY65s0…> MS Teams Channel where you can post questions to the Brightspace Transition team or engage with other faculty about Brightspace. You will need to join it independently; ITS and CETLL will not assign you to the group. For more details, visit Brightspace Transition at Queens College<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/brightspace/> and/or CUNY’s LMS transition website.<https://www.cuny.edu/academics/brightspace-transition/#2023> Dr. Soniya Munshi (she/they) (hear my name<https://namedrop.io/soniyamunshi>) Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/> (CETLL) Associate Professor of Urban Studies Queens College, CUNY

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Gslisadjuncts FW: Textbook Compliance Report
by James Lowry 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Hi all, If your class regularly does NOT use a required text (other than the APA style guide), please let me know (course code and title) so I can send a list to Maria. This should help reduce those pesky Akademos emails. Best James From: Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Monday, November 27, 2023 at 1:42 PM To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs(a)CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Svetlana Dodobayeva <Svetlana.Dodobayeva(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jamie Arizmendy <Jamie.Arizmendy(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Brittany Smith <Brittany.Smith(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Susana Arellano <Susana.Arellano(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jeanne Chan <Jeanne.Chan(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jennifer Yang Tang <jyangtang(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Danielle Lord <Danielle.Lord(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Timothy Short <Timothy.Short(a)qc.cuny.edu> Cc: Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Re: Textbook Compliance Report Hello everyone, Please send me a list of any courses offered by your department that repeatedly to do not require textbooks such as Independent Studies, research courses, etc. I will supply a master list to our Akademos point person who will managed those each semester. Again, this is only for courses that never require textbooks. The sooner I get the information, the sooner I can submit the list. This will greatly improve our compliance rate. Also, as a correction to my last email, the deadline is 11/30/23 not 11/20. Apologies for the typo. Thank you. Maria Maria DeLongoria, Ph.D. Associate Provost [Interim] Queens College | CUNY From: Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 at 5:51 PM To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs(a)CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Svetlana Dodobayeva <Svetlana.Dodobayeva(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jamie Arizmendy <Jamie.Arizmendy(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Brittany Smith <Brittany.Smith(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Susana Arellano <Susana.Arellano(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jeanne Chan <Jeanne.Chan(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jennifer Yang Tang <jyangtang(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Danielle Lord <Danielle.Lord(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Timothy Short <Timothy.Short(a)qc.cuny.edu> Cc: Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Textbook Compliance Report Hello all, The updated adoption report for Akademos has been shared. We currently have very low adoption stats although they are trending in the right direction. School Adoption Rates at Point in Time 27-Oct 3-Nov 13-Nov 20-Nov CUNY Queens College 15.8% 25% 34% 37% Please follow-up with your faculty. Adoptions are due next week, 11/20/2023. If anyone needs assistance, please reach out to: cunybooks(a)vitalsource.com<mailto:cunybooks@vitalsource.com>. I have reached out to our representative about the issues of the sections that never carry textbook adoptions such as some of the research sections. I will provide an update as soon as I hear back. Thank you for your support in this effort. Have a great Thanksgiving, if you observe. Enjoy the time in whatever way feeds your spirit if you do not. Maria Maria DeLongoria, Ph.D. Associate Provost [Interim] for Academic and Faculty Affairs Queens College | CUNY No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free. -Assata Shakur [Professional Staff Congress | Queens College]

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Gslisadjuncts FW: CUNY SP24 Adoption Report 11/13/23 & WEBINAR NEWS!
by James Lowry 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

From: Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 5:03 PM To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs(a)CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Svetlana Dodobayeva <Svetlana.Dodobayeva(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jamie Arizmendy <Jamie.Arizmendy(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Brittany Smith <Brittany.Smith(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Susana Arellano <Susana.Arellano(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jeanne Chan <Jeanne.Chan(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jennifer Yang Tang <jyangtang(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Danielle Lord <Danielle.Lord(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Timothy Short <Timothy.Short(a)qc.cuny.edu> Cc: Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: FW: CUNY SP24 Adoption Report 11/13/23 & WEBINAR NEWS! Good evening all, My apologies for the late notice but I just received this last night. Below is a training webinar for Akademos. Please share with your faculty. I am also going to ask if the sessions will be recorded. If it is I will share. Maria Maria DeLongoria, Ph.D. Associate Provost [Interim] Queens College | CUNY From: Ko, Weeli <Weeli.Ko(a)vitalsource.com> Date: Monday, November 13, 2023 at 5:11 PM To: Dennis Slavin <dennis.slavin(a)baruch.cuny.edu>, Cheryl Smith <Cheryl.Smith(a)baruch.cuny.edu>, Luis Montenegro <luis.montenegro(a)bcc.cuny.edu>, Michele Siegel <michele.siegel(a)bcc.cuny.edu>, abedford <abedford(a)brooklyn.cuny.edu>, Lea Honigwachs <LeaH(a)brooklyn.cuny.edu>, Tony Liss <tliss(a)ccny.cuny.edu>, Martin Moskovits <provost(a)ccny.cuny.edu>, Teresa Scala <tscala(a)ccny.cuny.edu>, SWANG <SWANG(a)HOSTOS.CUNY.EDU>, sbrennan <SBRENNAN(a)hostos.cuny.edu>, Manoj Pardasani <manoj.pardasani(a)hunter.cuny.edu>, HTR provost <provost(a)hunter.cuny.edu>, Patricia Price <patricia.price(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Linda Beller <lb1219(a)hunter.cuny.edu>, Phyllis Curtis-Tweed <Phyllis.Curtis-Tweed(a)qcc.cuny.edu>, Edward Molina <EMolina(a)qcc.cuny.edu>, Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Victor Quezada <Victor.Quezada(a)bcc.cuny.edu>, Arthur Corradetti <ACorradetti(a)qcc.cuny.edu>, Derrick Brazill <dbrazill(a)york.cuny.edu>, Reginald Madden <rmadden(a)york.cuny.edu> Cc: Nip, Michelle <Michelle.Nip(a)vitalsource.com> Subject: CUNY SP24 Adoption Report 11/13/23 & WEBINAR NEWS! * This email originates from a sender outside of CUNY. Verify the sender before replying or clicking on links and attachments. * Hi All! I wanted to inform you all we are holding an Adoption Training WEBINAR for all CUNY faculty this week! 🙂 Akademos will send out an email to all faculty with the link provided to join the webinar. Can you please send out an email to all staff members including coordinators and remind them to attend one of the webinars this week. We will review the benefits of the adoption platform, why early adoptions are important, and the simple process of submitting adoptions within the portal. There will be two webinar sessions held: Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 11AM: https://akademos.zoom.us/w/82436821452?tk=lVfubbP6vVyYt8xYmPXeQT9peqwAlEqfw… Thursday, Nov. 16 at 12PM: https://akademos.zoom.us/w/88696815841?tk=vV_nRLDF7EEVv_ma661WmEv7C2n9uszJQ… --- Spring 2024 adoption report<https://vitalsourcetechnologies-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/renee_mils…> Adoptions DUE November 30, 2023. Please have faculty reach out via cunybooks(a)vitalsource.com if they need assistance with their adoptions. Thank you! Kind Regards, Weeli Ko | Customer Success Manager m | 203.857.9153 get.vitalsource.com | [cid:891c975d-300d-479f-96a8-c8fe44935f38] [cid:f80af129-c30a-4ecf-be95-cd1b1e25d945] <https://get.vitalsource.com/> [A picture containing text, clipart Description automatically generated]

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Gslisadjuncts FW: Guidance regarding unauthorized individuals in classrooms
by James Lowry 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

From: Patricia Price <patricia.price(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:43 PM To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs(a)CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein(a)qc.cuny.edu> Cc: Desirae Colvin <Desirae.Colvin(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Judith Massis-Sanchez <judith.massis-sanchez(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Gina Fini <Gina.Fini(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Guidance regarding unauthorized individuals in classrooms Dear Chairs and Deans: Pursuant to recent incidents where unauthorized individuals entered class sessions in-progress, Chief of Staff to the President, Desirae Colvin, and I have worked with QC Legal to develop the attached guidance for managing such situations. Please note - this is guidance consisting of recommendations and best practices, not policy or required actions. Please distribute to your full-time and part-time faculty. We wish to recognize and thank those deans and faculty who reviewed earlier drafts of these guidelines, which are posted on the Office of the Provost website<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/provost/> under "Resources" for full-time and adjunct faculty. Thank you, Desirae Colvin, Chief of Staff to the President Patricia Price, Interim Provost Patricia Price, PhD (she/her/hers) Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Queens College, City University of New York [Professional Staff Congress | Queens College]

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Gslisadjuncts FW: Academic Freedom at CUNY -- Virtual Discussion
by James Lowry 13 Nov '23

13 Nov '23

From: Announce outcomes of deliberations and share information with full-time faculty <CIS-UFS(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> on behalf of Matthew Cotter <Matthew.cotter(a)CUNY.EDU> Date: Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:18 AM To: CIS-UFS(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU <CIS-UFS(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Subject: Academic Freedom at CUNY -- Virtual Discussion Academic Freedom at CUNY Virtual Presentation and Discussion Friday, December 8, 11am-12 noon Please join us for a presentation and discussion led by the University Faculty Senate Academic Freedom Committee. The topics will include the following: 1. What is academic freedom (AF)? 2. Why should everyone care about AF? 3. Why is AF important at CUNY? 4. Historic examples of AF violations 5. AF and students (undergrad/grad) 6. AF violations: what to do? There will be opportunity for Q&A. We encourage all faculty, particularly Department Chairs, to attend. We look forward to seeing you there! Zoom login information is below. University Faculty Senate, Academic Freedom Committee (AFC) For more information please contact Douglas A. Medina, AFC Chair: douglas.medina(a)guttman.cuny.edu<mailto:douglas.medina@guttman.cuny.edu> ----------- Topic: Academic Freedom at CUNY Presentation - 12/5/23, 11am-12noon Time: Dec 8, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81045623227?pwd=Y3Z0TzBzTE85elMrMVFUdk04UFBPdz09<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81045623227?pwd=Y3Z0T…> Meeting ID: 810 4562 3227 Passcode: 458903 ________________________________ Access the CIS-UFS Home Page and Archives<https://listserv.cuny.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=CIS-UFS> Unsubscribe from the CIS-UFS List<https://listserv.cuny.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4ODY3IEphbWVzLkxvd3J5QFF…>

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Protests in Kiely Hall tomorrow
by James Lowry 12 Nov '23

12 Nov '23

Begin forwarded message: From: Ekaterina Pechenkina <ekaterina.pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: November 12, 2023 at 12:30:44 EST To: Larissa Swedell <Larissa.Swedell(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Stephen Grover <Stephen.Grover(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Shige Song <Shige.Song(a)qc.cuny.edu>, "Qianyun (Ivy) Huang" <Qianyun.Huang(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Julia Sneeringer <juliasneeringer(a)gmail.com>, Zadia Feliciano <Zadia.Feliciano(a)qc.cuny.edu>, James Lowry <james.lowry(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Francois Pierre-Louis <Francois.Pierrelouis(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Melissa Checker <Melissa.Checker(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Protests in Kiely Hall tomorrow Dear All, Several student protests are planned in and around Kiely Hall tomorrow, at noon. At this time please alert your faculty members to planned protest activity around noon and encourage everyone - faculty, students, staff - to use their judgement as events unfold. For now classes as scheduled. I'll keep you all posted if that changes. Sincerely Kate Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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Gslisadjuncts Absences and cancelled classes today
by James Lowry 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

GSLIS community, In view of the Shut Down for Palestine<https://www.shutitdown4palestine.org/actions> today, faculty have been asked not to penalize student absences from class, and to make class materials available to students who are absent. Faculty who cancel class today as a matter of conscience, please communicate this to your students in advance through Blackboard. With thanks, James Dr. James Lowry (he/him) Associate Professor Chair and Director, Information Studies, Queens College<https://sites.google.com/view/qcgslis> Ellen Libretto and Adam Conrad Endowed Chair in Information Studies City University of New York<https://www.cuny.edu/> https://us02web.zoom.us/my/jlowrycuny

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Gslisadjuncts Absences from class tomorrow - Nov 9
by James Lowry 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Colleagues, Given the Shut Down for Palestine<https://www.shutitdown4palestine.org/> tomorrow, November 9th, I plan to write to the students tomorrow morning and let them know that absences from class will not be penalized. I’d be grateful if you would make class materials available to any absent students, and consider holding catch up sessions if there is a high number of absences. With thanks, James

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Gslisadjuncts Needed: Faculty news for the GSLIS website & newsletter
by Johnathan Thayer 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Dear GSLIS faculty, The GSLIS Communications Committee is working on the department newsletter for Fall 2023. We are requesting any news of scholarship and professional accomplishments from GSLIS faculty. Additionally, if you know of any student or alumni accomplishments, please send them our way! You can respond directly to this email OR please note that you can send your news to us anytime by emailing Yi-Chun Wu at yichun.wu(a)qc.cuny.edu. Wishing you all a smooth second half of the semester. Johnathan Chair, Communications Committee Johnathan Thayer, PhD, MLS (he/him) Assistant Professor Vice Chair (acting) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<https://sites.google.com/view/qcgslis> Queens College, City University of New York

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Gslisadjuncts FW: recruiting for chief librarian at City Tech
by James Lowry 05 Nov '23

05 Nov '23

Colleagues, please forward this opportunity to anyone you think might be qualified and interested. Best James I am wondering if you know of any academic librarians who have held a faculty position who might be interested in our Chief librarian position<https://cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/chief-librarian-associate-professor-or-profes…>. Maura helped transform our department into a high-functioning and collegial group and there are many excellent aspects of working at City Tech. thanks, Monica New email address! Monica Berger Professor Instruction and Scholarly Communications Librarian Ursula C. Schwerin Library New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay St. Brooklyn, NY 11201-1909 718 260-5488 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu<http://library.citytech.cuny.edu/> MONICA.BERGER11(a)citytech.cuny.edu Increase the impact of your scholarship with Academic Works<https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny/>! Ask me how. Keep up with news from us<https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/> and follow @citytechlibrary on Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/citytechlibrary/> & Twitter<https://twitter.com/citytechlibrary?lang=en> Have a question? Ask a Librarian 24/7!<https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/help/ask/index.php>

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