Grace-Ellen McCrann Lecture Series

In honor of the late Grace-Ellen McCrann (CCNY), LACUNY sponsors an annual Grace-Ellen McCrann Lecture series to spotlight research by LACUNY members.

2019 LACUNY Grace-Ellen McCrann Lectures / Fall Membership Meeting

Friday, October 25, 2:00PM - 4:00PM

CUNY Graduate Center, rooms C201 & C202

• Elvis Bakaitis, Graduate Center: A (Mini) History of Bluestockings Bookstore
• Linda Miles & Kate Lyons, Hostos CC: Gamifying Media Literacy Instruction
• Lee Ann Fullington, Brooklyn College: Pick out the jams: Curation and independent record shops
• Joan Jocson-Singh and Julie Turley, Lehman College & Kingsborough CC: Snare Drum at My Womb: The Role of Rock and Heavy Metal Mothering
• Kate Angell & Elvis Bakaitis, Graduate Center: Advocating Open
• Nicole Williams, Bronx CC: Expansion of Cinematic Racial Character Tropes: The White Tour Guide
• Madeline M. Ruggiero, Queensborough CC: Words to Images the Paintings of Carlo Levi
• Amy Beth, Guttman CC: Cultivating Practitioner Intersections: Social Scientists, Architects, and Librarians 

2018 LACUNY Grace-Ellen McCrann Lectures / Fall Membership Meeting

Friday, October 26, 2:00PM - 4:00PM

https://lacuny.org/event-3096949

• Frans Albarillo (Brooklyn) American-Style Research a study of cultural perceptions of libraries and educational transitions
  
• Robin Brown (BMCC) Claiming our space: A quantitative and qualitative picture of disabled librarians 
  
• John Carey & David Donabedian (Hunter) Collection development in Armenian academic libraries: A conversation with librarians and faculty
  
• Anne Hays (CSI) Liaising by listening: LGTBQ student usage of the library
  
• Miriam Laskin (Hostos) Rocket your research: Hostos Library's one-on-one research consultation program
  
• Ajatshatru Pathak & Sarah Johnson (Hunter) Use and awareness of reference management software among community college students
  
• Ryan Phillips (Baruch) Evolving company disclosure: Environmental, social, governance data and reporting
  

2017 LACUNY Grace-Ellen McCrann Lectures / Fall Membership Meeting

Friday, December 08, 2017, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

https://lacuny.wildapricot.org/event-2433419

• Limitations of the Gender Field in the Name Authority File - Kimberly R. Abrams, Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian, City Tech
  
• Utilizing Effective Collaboration Strategies to Implement New Academic Systems - Anthony Bishop, Assistant Professor of Instructional Design/Librarian, BMCC
  
• Researching Fashion: What They Wore and How it was Made - Wanett Clyde, Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian, Graduate Center
  
• Teaching Humorous Accounts of Fake News – and Why They're Not so Funny -  Lane Glisson, E-learning and Instruction Librarian / Assistant Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
  

• Library Information and Resource Sharing: Transforming Services and Collections - Beth Posner, Associate Professor, Head of Library Resource Sharing, Graduate Center

• Why Connecting Underrepresented College Students to Public Libraries Matters - Maureen Richards, Assistatnt Professor and Electronic Resources Librarian
  

• Archival Curation at the Graduate Center Library: From Display to Collaborative Exhibition - Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Assistant Professor, Head of Reference, Grad Center

2016: December 9, New York City College of Technology

Electronic Resource Management with YOURLs - Kimberly Abrams (City Tech)

Infinite Narratives: Librarians as Authors, Libraries as Inspiration - William Blick (QCC)

Cultural study of Citation Practices and Academic Integrity in Japanese Academic Institutions - Yoko Inagi Ferguson (City College)

When YOU Are in Charge: Reflections on Managing Staff in the Library - Trevar Riley-Reid (City College)

Personal Information as Property - Tony Doyle (Hunter)

Zine Author’s Attitudes about Inclusion in Public and Academic Libraries - Anne Hays (College of Staten Island)

2015: December 17, Bronx Community College

Researching Queen of The Underworld, a Biography of Sophie Lyons - Barbara Gray
Roger H. McDonough: Librarian, Politician and Historian - Robin Brown
Lau Kar Leung and the Shaw Bros. Studio in Hong Kong - Eric Pellerin
Bronx Faces and Voices - Janet Butler Munch
The Architecture of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum and Patient Experience in the 1860’s - Leslie Ward
Counter culture: A Brief Oral History of Independent Record Shops - Lee Ann Fullington
Mission work, Conversion and the Italian Immigrant in Turn-of-the-Century New York City: the Story of the Anson Phelps Stokes Italian Free Library - Alexandra de Luise
The Preservation Moment - Jeffrey Kroessler
Studies in the history of anthropology in the United States - Jay Bernstein
African American Diaspora in the Island of Hispaniola: From Oral History to Written History - Reabeka King
When It Turns Out the Subject of Your Study has Plagiarized - Amy F. Stempler
Women and the policing of criminal abortion services in Progressive Era New York City - Ellen Sexton

2014: December 11, 2014, LaGuardia Community College

• Michael Adams, Graduate Center, “Anti-Communist Films and Genre“
• Monica Berger, City Tech, “On Being a Rock and Roll Librarian“
• Bill Blick, Queensborough, “Pulp Poets and Superhero Prophets: A Case for a Credit Bearing Information Literacy/Popular Culture Class“
• Nancy Foasberg, Queens, “Randall Munroe’s What If as a Test Case for Open Access in Popular Culture“
• Helen Georgas, Brooklyn, “Underwater New York” (Submerged video)
• Stephanie Margolin, Hunter, “Popular Culture: A Memoir, with Questions“
• Eric Pellerin, Medgar Evers, “Grindhouse Distribution of Kung Fu Films and Their Influence on Breakings’ Development”
• Beth Posner, Graduate Center, “Traditional and Binary Images of Librarians: What Are They, Why Do They Exist…and Who Cares?”

Previous Years

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