CUNY #libraries with @mnylc and @US_IMLS are figuring out how library workers can manage physical books and eventually re-open spaces safely and sanely after #COVID19@CUNYLibrarians
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CUNY & BCC purchased &will be distributing some loaner laptops to those who either do n ot already have a BCC issued device, or don't have access to a personal computer. For more info visit Laptop Request & Distribution page. https://t.co/IUHgYJ7SnC #bcccuny#distancelearning
In order to continue servicing #MedgarEversCollege students during this period of remote learning, the Learning Center will now be accessable remotely.
If you're a CUNY student who needs a laptop or tablet for distance learning this semester, please check our list of who you can contact at your college. https://t.co/J2cGC3yrha #CUNYContinuity
It's not only STEM literature that we need now, openly available, permanently, but yes - "scientific publishers [asked] to make their publications accessible without charge ... in efforts to tackle the crisis." #openaccess#covid19
How many deaths are needed to open access to scientific publications and data?
So, since when should articles on cancer and other deadly diseases be in #OpenAccess ? https://t.co/PF1NBaijhY
All the arguments we have put forward in favour of #OpenAccess to scientific publications over the last 15 years are now being rediscovered in a matter of days. The price to pay? A pandemic of #covid19. Hopefully this will also extend to #OpenData . https://t.co/nnLiotg89h
#BREAKING: I will sign an Executive Order mandating that 100% of workforce must stay home, excluding essential services.
This order excludes pharmacies, grocery stores, and others.
For everyone's health and safety, yours and ours, we have suspended in-person reference at the GC library. Reference help is still available! As always, we offer 24/7 online chat, the first link under SERVICES on the library's home page. @GC_CUNY