Interview with Cynthia Tobar from Bronx Community College

Byline: Staff writer, OLS. Cynthia Tobar is an artist, activist-scholar, archivist, and oral historian at Bronx Community College, who is passionate about creating interactive, participatory stories documenting social change. She […]

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William Gibbons: Archivist for All Seasons 

Byline: Irene Gashurov/staff writer, OLS. As a man of faith, William Gibbons believes things happen for a reason. So, there’s an irony that he nearly missed the phone call from […]

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LaGuardia Archivist and Linguist Find New Perspective for COVID-19 Asian Oral History Project 

Byline: Irene Gashurov/staff writer, OLS. A successful collaboration between assistant professor archivist Thomas Cleary and linguistics professor Tomonori Nagano at LaGuardia Community College will ensure the pandemic stories of the […]

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Scholarly Communications Fellows Share Their Experiences

Byline: Irene Gashurov (staff writer, OLS) Libraries are leading a movement to reform scholarly publishing. They’re challenging the commercial model for scholarly publishing to make research open, freely accessible without […]

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OER Fellows Share Their Experiences of the OER Initiative  

In 2021, CUNY Office of Library Services launched a fellowship competition in two of its vital areas: Open Educational Resources and Scholarly Communications. The inaugural cohort, comprising four fellows from […]

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