Brooklyn College Campus Constituencies


  • Faculty Day

    On May 25, 2004, Jane Cramer and Sally Bowdoin hosted the Author's Corner, displaying all books published by Brooklyn College faculty and staff in 2003. Supported by Alex Rudshteyn and the Library Systems staff, Professor Beth Evans made a multimedia presentation about the Russian librarians who visited our campus in the autumn 2003 as part of the Open World Program.

  • The Expert/Research Databank
    In the 2002-2003 academic year, Public Relations decided to revive the College's experts databank, a pool of information about faculty and staff expertise designed to be used when the media call. New purposes were also envisioned Grants and Research could use the databank to apprise members of the College Community about grant-writing opportunities; faculty and staff could determine who else on campus shared their interests. As of spring 2004, the committee assembled to work on this project is creating and testing a campus survey; Judith Wild's role has been to provide input on the structure of the thesaurus of subject terms that describe faculty interests. Much remains to be done.

  • Middle States Periodic Review Committee
    The chief librarian serves on the Colleges Middle States Periodic Review Steering Committee and co-chairs its Technology Subcommittee with ITS Director Mark Gold. The subcommittee submitted its final report on May 18, 2003, responding to Middle States recommendations and suggestions related to technology and outlining technological accomplishments at the College during the last five years. Throughout the 2003-2004 academic year the chief librarian participated in Middle States PRR meetings and the spring 2004 review of the College's final submission.

  • Teaching-Learning-Technology Roundtable
    In the spring 2002 the College established a College-wide roundtable, composed of faculty, staff, and students, modeled on the Teaching-Learning-Technology Roundtables that have worked well at other institutions. The roundtable, which meets several times each year, works on policy issues for academic technologies. Membership includes key players from the campus's various technology committees, so that the TLTR is a useful communications forum. This year the TLTR adopted the College policy for the purchase and upgrading of software. Its members received valuable presentations on the University's new intellectual property policy, copyright, and the TEACH act by Library and Academic IT staff, well-represented by Barbra Higginbotham, Howard Spivak, Nicholas Irons, and Sylvie Richards.

  • Learning Communities
    Sylvie Richards has met with both Kathleen Gover and Richard Stremme about the Learning Communities Freshman Year cohorts and reviewed the FIPSE project pre-proposal for the strategic implementation of technology for these students. Should we be lucky enough to be invited to submit a full-fledged proposal, the Library will be a part of the project. We are focusing our attention on English 1 at the moment, and Mr. Stremme is compiling a list of topics that are common on all English 1 syllabi. One goal is to build an English super-site. Dr. Richards has produced a "best practices" grid for evaluating outcomes assessments of freshman year courses, and researched and evaluated rubrics makers.

  • The CUNY Student Technology Fee Committee
    The chief librarian and ITS Director Mark Gold are co-sub-chairs of this committee, which is run by the provost. They compile, review, and make recommendations on all proposals.

  • Committee on Faculty Diversity
    Chief Librarian Barbra Higginbotham serves on this committee whose mission is to increase faculty diversity at Brooklyn College.

  • College Review Committee
    Associate Librarian for Collection Development Susan Vaughn served on CRC.

  • Committee on Distinguished Professors
    Associate Librarian for Collection Development Susan Vaughn served on the Committee on Distinguished Professors.

  • Committee on Space Allocation
    Barbra Higginbotham served on the College's Space Allocation Committee which submitted its report in the late spring. It was some time before the committee came together in its thinking. At the outset there were strong feelings from one quarter about the advantages of centrally scheduling all campus space, the sanctity of classroom space über alles, and great debate about who should actually make campus space decisions.

    The committee eventually concluded that there is danger in over-simplifying space decisions, lest the College reap more pain than it gains benefits. Space decisions require:

    A) A broad understanding of the College's many types of space needs B) An appreciation of the need for a variety of types of spaces C) Detailed information about any given space's special features.


    Classrooms, offices, and laboratories represent important space needs. However, there are many other types of space, including what one might think of as special use space (concert space, technology-rich space, seminar space, and so on), all important to the life of the College. These special spaces and their capabilities should be publicized as broadly as possible, to ensure maximum use. At the same time, there must be an understanding that these spaces probably will not be used 100% of time, nor need they be to justify their existence and availability. (If every space on campus were scheduled as an office, a lab, or a classroom, there would be no spaces for concerts, lectures, seminars, workshops, teleconferences, presentations, receptions and so forth the many events beyond classroom instruction that enrich student and faculty lives at Brooklyn College and underscore our belief that the liberal arts education extends far beyond the classroom.)

    Centralized scheduling of space, while desirable for classrooms, is undesirable in other cases. For example, it is highly impractical to have one unit schedule space, while another is responsible for its set-up, upkeep, staffing, and maintenance/repair costs. Those responsible for the care and upkeep of spaces should schedule these areas. (This is a critical tenet for technology-rich spaces.)

    Finally, space is one of the three principal resources available to the College administration (the other two are dollars and staff). That the administration might seek counsel about certain space issues is understandable, but it is hard to see the soundness of sending every space decision to a committee.

  • The Search for a Chair for the Department of History
    In conjunction with the Department of History, the Library delivers the Minor in Archival Studies and Community Documentation. This year as the College searched for a new chair for the Department of History the chief librarian and the staff of the Archives met with each candidate and submitted comments.

  • Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee
    Barbra Higginbotham continued to serve on the College's Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee, as well as its Institutional Effectiveness subcommittee.

  • Faculty Council's Committee on the Library
    "The Brooklyn College library and its staff provide absolutely essential support for the academic and scholarly activities of the College's students and faculty. We are pleased to report that the beautifully renovated and modernized Library continues to draw through its doorway increasing numbers of users from the College community. Because the Library is used extensively by all departments, and by both undergraduate and graduate students, it is paramount that it receive funding commensurate with the services it provides. A concern to all members of this committee is the decrease in funding being made available for the Library budget. Compounded by sky-rocketing fees for electronic journal subscriptions, the cuts in spending have prevented the purchase of books necessary for maintaining a current and adequate collection. We recommend that the Library be shielded from any future budget cuts, and that the $167,000 held back from its budget in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 be restored in 2004-2005. The Library is the foundation on which Brooklyn College can build towards academic excellence and its objective of creating a student-centered campus. We strongly encourage that the Library be supported financially to the fullest extent possible." Faculty Council's Committee on the Library, Annual Report 2003-2004

    Chaired by Professor Theodore Muth (Biology), Faculty Council's Committee on the Library was of great help to us in 2003-2004. The committee's views and recommendations on a variety of topics appear throughout this document. In addition to chair Theodore Muth, the committee included Professors Angelica Nuzzo (Philosophy), Bruce MacIntyre (Music), and Roseanne Schnoll (Health and Nutrition Sciences).

  • New Faculty, Fall 2003
    A New Faculty welcome and introduction to Library services was held on October 21.

  • Teaching
    Anthony Cucchiara and Barbra Higginbotham contribute their personal time to the College, each teaching a gratis course. Professor Cucchiara teaches Archival Mangement (History) and Dr. Higginbotham teaches Landmarks of Literature (English and Core Curriculum).

  • The Library Representatives & Technology Representatives
    Each fall, the Library asks every academic department to choose both a Library Representative and a Technology Representative as its liaisons to the Library and Academic IT programs. Library Reps work with their departments' subject specialists to shape collections and services, while Tech Reps serve as their departments' interface with Academic Information Technologies.

    Annually, the Library and AIT invite both groups of Reps for the "state of the union" lunch, our opportunity to share with them new developments and to listen to their ideas and concerns. This event was held on September 25, 2003. The agenda included collection development issues, off-campus access to electronic resources, the Library instruction program, Aleph, copyright guidelines, Academic Information Technologies, scheduling rooms, and a demonstration of the Library auditorium's technology.

    In 2003-2004 the academic departments' subject specialists, Library Reps, and Tech Reps were:

    SUBJECT SPECIALISTS & LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVES 2002-2003

      SUBJECT SPECIALISTS LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVES TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTATIVES
    AFRICANA STUDIES BETH EVANS LYNDA DAY PRUDENCE CUMBERBATCH
    ANTHROPOLOGY MARIANA REGALADO SOPHIA PERDIKARIS ARTHUR BANKOFF
    ART MIRIAM DEUTCH MICHAEL JACOFF RONALDO KIEL
    BIOLOGY IRWIN WEINTRAUB CHARLENE FOREST JOHN BLAMIRE
    CHEMISTRY IRWIN WEINTRAUB IRA LEVINE JAMES HOWELL
    CLASSICS FRED BOGIN CHRISTOPHER BARNES CHRISTOPHER BARNES
    COMPUTER SCIENCE JAMES CASTIGLIONE ROHIT PARIKH LORI SCARLATOS
    DOCUMENTS/LAW JANE CRAMER    
    ECONOMICS JAMES CASTIGLIONE TAIWOO AMOO YEHUDA KLEIN
    EDUCATION MARTHA CORPUS LINDA LEWIS BARBARA ROSENFELD
    ENGLISH WILLIAM GARGAN NANCY BLACK LILIA MELANI
    ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IRWIN WEINTRAUB MICHA TOMKIEWICZ  
    FILM STUDIES JOCELYN BERGER-BARRERA FOSTER HIRSCH VINIT PARMAR
    GEOLOGY IRWIN WEINTRAUB DAVID LEVESON WAYNE POWELL
    HEALTH & NUTRITION SCIENCES IRWIN WEINTRAUB GERALD OPPENHEIMER JEAN GROSSMAN
    HISTORY JOCELYN BERGER-BARRERA MARGARET KING KC JOHNSON
    HONORS ACADEMY     ROBERT SCOTT
    JUDAIC STUDIES SUSAN VOUGHN JONATHAN HELFAND JONATHAN HELFAND
    LIBRARY SCIENCE MARIANA REGALADO   HOWARD SPIVAK
    MATHEMATICS JAMES CASTIGLIONE ATTILA MATE MARVIN KOHN
    MODERN LANGUAGES & WILLIAM GARGAN FABIO GIRELLI-CARASI FABIO GIRELLI-CARASI
    MUSIC HONORA RAPHAEL BRUCE MACINTYRE GEORGE (SKIP) BRUNNER
    PERSONAL COUNSELING WILLIAM GARGAN SALLY ROBLES GREGORY KUHLMAN
    PHILOSOPHY PARASKEVA DIMOVA ANGELICA NUZZO ROBERT LURZ
    PHYSICAL EDUCATION MARTHA CORPUS VANESSA YINGLING VANESSA YINGLING
    PHYSICS/ENGINEERING IRWIN WEINTRAUB VICTOR FRANCO TODD HOLDEN
    POLITICAL SCIENCE MARTHA CORPUS SAM FARBER MOJUBAOLU OKOME
    PSYCHOLOGY MARTHA CORPUS LARAINE McDONOUGH ANDREW DELAMATER
    PUERTO RICAN & LATINO BETH EVANS MARIA PEREZ Y GONZALEZ MARIA PEREZ Y GONZALEZ
    RELIGIOUS STUDIES SUSAN VOUGHN ANTHONY STEVENS-ARROYO  
    SEEK WILLIAM GARGAN WENDY HALL MALONEY MAURICE WATSON; WENDY HALL MALONEY
    SOCIOLOGY JOCELYN BERGER-BARRERA   TIMOTHY SHORTELL
    SPEECH JOCELYN BERGER-BARRERA SUSAN LONGTIN MICHAEL BERGEN
    THEATER WILLIAM GARGAN CHARLES McNULTY DANIEL MUFSON
    TV-RADIO JOCELYN BERGER-BARRERA FREDERICK WASSER CHEONG YOUNG
    WOMEN'S STUDIES BETH EVANS BARBARA WINSLOW  

  • Sexual Harassment Advisory Panel
    http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/mkframe/mkframe.htm?frontURL=http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/policies/sexh.htm

    Miriam Deutch was reappointed for another term as the coordinator of the College's Sexual Harassment Advisory Panel. As the coordinator, Professor Deutch is responsible for reviewing all complaints of sexual harassment under the University's policy, adopted by the Board of Trustees at its July 26, 1995 meeting.

  • Information Technology Services
    ITS is our partner for many initiatives, including technology planning. We are delighted to have them with us in the new Library building.

  • The Author Party
    http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/040203.htm

    This year's April 29, 2004 event was our best ever. Held in the student union building's penthouse (there is no space in the new Library large enough to hold the crowd), the party was enhanced by Provost Matthews' presence and remarks. George Bonn of Metropolitan Food absolutely outdid himself with his new Tuscan theme.

    BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY AUTHOR PARTY HONOREES, APRIL 29, 2004



    Test, Evaluate, and Improve Your Chess: A Knowledge-Based Approach.New Windsor, NY: USCF Press, 2003
    Department Author Title
    Art Patricia Mainardi Husbands, Wives, and Lovers: Marriage and Its Discontents in Nineteenth-Century France. . New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003
    Art Patricia Cronin The Domain of Perfect Affection, 1993-2003. . Buffalo: University at Buffalo Art Gallery, 2004
    Computer and Information Science Danny Kopec Chess World Title Contenders and Their Styles. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2002
    Computer and Information Science Yedidyah Langsam, Moshe J. Augenstein, Aaron Tenenbaum Data Structures Using Java. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2003
    Economics Robert Bell Beurbedrog:The Stock Market Sting. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers, 2003
    Economics Nakata Hirakubo Nikkei BP MBA Series: MBA Marketing. Tokyo: Nikkei, 2001

    Marketing: Management's Guiding Philosophy. Tokyo: Nihon Jitsugyo, 2000
    Economics Nakata Hirakubo and K. Matsumae The New Consumerism: Current Trends in American Advertising. Tokoyo: Nihon Jitsugyo, 2002
    Economics David Minars EZ-101 Study Keys. 2nd ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2003
    Education Joe L. Kincheloe and Danny Weil, eds. Critical Thinking and Learning: An Encyclopedia for Parents and Teachers. Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 2004
    Education Joe L. Kincheloe Critical Pedagogy Primer. New York: Peter Lang, 2004

    Multiple Intelligences Reconsidered. Peter Lang, 2004
    Education Joe L. Kincheloe, Alberto Bursztyn, Shirley Steinberg, eds. Teaching Teachers: Building a Quality School of Urban Education. New York: Peter Lang, 2004
    Education Manuel Martinez-Pons The Continuum Guide to Successful Teaching in Higher Education. New York and London: Continuum, 2003
    Education Karel Rose and Joe L. Kincheloe Art, Culture and Education: Artful Teaching in a Fractured Landscape. New York: Peter Lang, 2003
    Education Shirley Steinberg and Joe L. Kincheloe, editors 19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2004
    English Leonard Ashley A Garland of Names: Selected Papers of the Fortieth Names Institute. East Rockaway: Cummings & Hathaway, 2003

    Language and Modern Society. Leeds: Wisdom House, 2002

    The Complete Book of Sex Magic. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 2003
    History Margaret King The Renaissance in Europe. New York: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2003
    History Stuart Schaar and Marvin Gettleman The Middle East and Islamic World Reader. New York: Grove, 2003
    Modern Languages Luigi Bonaffini Selected Poems of Carlo Felice Colucci. (Luigi Bonaffini, ed. and trans.) Stonybrook, NY: Gradiva Publications, 2003

    Earthly and Heavenly Journey of Simone Martini, by Mario Luzi. (Luigi Bonaffini, trans.) St. Pau, MNl: Green Integer Press, 2003

    Orphic Songs, by Dino Campana. (Translation, introduction, and notes by Luigi Bonaffini) Boca Raton: Bordighera Press, 2003
    Modern Languages Luigi Bonaffini with F.Consonii Clark and C.J. Schmitt Schaum's Easy Outlines: Italian. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004
    Philosophy Angelica Nuzzo System. Verlag: Bielefeld, 2003
    Political Science Sally Avery Bermanzohn Through Survivors' Eyes: From the Sixties to the Greensboro Massacre. Nashville: Vanderbuilt University Press, 2003
    Political Science Steven Keslowitz The Simpsons and Society: An Analysis of Our Favorite Family and Its Influence in Contemporary Society. Tucson: Hats Off Books, 2003
    Physics Viraht Sahni Quantal Density Functional Theory. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 2004
    Sociology Sharon Zukin Point of Purchase; How Shopping Changed American Culture. New York and London: Routledge, 2003

    After the World Trade Center; Rethinking New York City. New York: Routledge, 2002
    Television and Radio Katherine Fry Constructing the Heartland: Television News and Natural Disaster. Cresskill: Hampton Press, 2003
    Television and Radio George Rodman and Ronald B. Adler Understanding Human Communication. 8th ed. New York: Oxford Press, 2003
    Theater Samuel Leiter Kabuki Plays on Stage Series: Volume 4: Restoration and Reform. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003