Communication and Collaboration in Library Technical Services: A Case Study of New York University in Abu Dhabi

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 294-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Parrott
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
New York University ◽  
Technical Services

Ghosts in the Machine: A Virtual Choral Performance as Hauntological Praxis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Clare Lesser
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
New York University ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Karlheinz Stockhausen ◽  
Choral Director ◽  
Sense Of Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Audio Mixing

An interwoven reading of the issues surrounding a performance – rehearsed and recorded remotely and hosted virtually – of Sxip Shirey and Coco Karol’s The Gauntlet: Far Away, Together, for 15 voices and electronics (given at New York University Abu Dhabi in March 2021, in which I was choral director), and Jacques Derrida’s Specters of Marx (1993/2006). I examine the impact that COVID-19 had on realising this performance – which had originally been intended for a ‘live’ and fully immersive and interactive presentation – and consider how earlier models of hauntological praxis in works by Karlheinz Stockhausen have parallels with performing during the pandemic. I explore the ways in which working in isolation, with little sense of time or location, foster a sense of ‘aporia’ or perplexity, overturning the binary opposition of time and space, and how the use of the SPAT immersive audio mixing tool to electronically process single voices into multiple, spatially realised echoes (ghosts) of themselves, truly gives us ‘ghosts’ in the machine.

Friends with Benefits

2015 ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Beth Daniel Lindsay ◽  
Ilka Datig
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Testing ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
New York University ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Friends With Benefits ◽  
Advisory Groups

Students are a primary part of any academic library's community of users. However, students' voices are often left out of the conversation when libraries develop policies, services, and resources. One option for libraries which would like to consider students' opinions and needs more closely is the formation of a Student Advisory Group (SAG), a group of students who meet with library staff on a regular basis to discuss and provide advice on library policies, resources and strategies. Academic libraries can use SAGs for assistance with communication, collection development, focus group testing, and more. This article explores the logistics of creating, maintaining and assessing a SAG, along with concrete examples from the SAG at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). Student Advisory Groups have the potential to enrich any academic library's outreach and community-building efforts, and should be considered as an option by any library looking to become more student-centered.

scholarly journals Review of Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University by Matthew Brim (Duke University Press)

Lateral ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Switzer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Queer Studies ◽  
New York University ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Staten Island ◽  
Career Training ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Duke University ◽  
The University

The review focuses on the practical work of Poor Queer Studies. Rather than retheorize queer studies from the class perspective of "rich" and "poor," Brim makes a case study of his work as a professor of queer studies at the College of Staten Island (CSI). Insisting on the particularity of his and his students’ relationship to queer studies, Brim makes an example of the work they do together in the classroom, and the ways they live their studies on public transit, at home with their families, and in their part-time jobs. This review questions the extent to which poor queer studies differs from the modern university’s reduction of all education to career-training. Brim’s praxis of poor queer studies is always undertaken with individual students in specific socio-economic circumstances—a particularity that makes it different than market-driven job-training. This review also raises questions about the general applicability of this case study. Would poor queer studies work elsewhere as it does at CSI? Berlant’s idea of exemplarity is helpful in answering this question. Unlike examples that confirm a norm, there are examples that change norms. Brim’s example of poor queer studies works to exemplarily change what counts as normal. Practically, this means no longer thinking of queer studies as operating without class distinction—and reclaiming part of the work of the discipline from seemingly classless rich queer studies at places like Yale and New York University.

The Integration Of Engineering And Business Education In A Global-Network University

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-152
Author(s):  
Harold P. Sjursen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
New York University ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
Baccalaureate Degrees

AbstractNew York University characterizes itself as a global-network university. It currently offers (or soon will) engineering and business/management curricula leading to baccalaureate degrees on campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai. The programs are designed to be interoperable, i.e., students (and faculty) can move from campus to campus while staying on track in their particular course of study. This objective of interoperability raises interesting issues regarding the internationalization of engineering and technical education. Additionally, at Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, the engineering and business management programs are tightly integrated with classical, western liberal arts education. This paper will explore the variety of educational and philosophical issues of this approach. The paper will offer a favourable assessment of the approach while acknowledging the profound challenges it entails.

Book Reviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 697-701
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New York ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
New York University

Yaw Nyarko of New York University and the Division of Social Sciences, New York University Abu Dhabi, reviews “The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence,” edited by Ernest Aryeetey and Ravi Kanbur. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Twenty-three papers analyze and assess the challenges facing Ghana's economy, covering major macroeconomic and sectoral issues, as well as social issues.”

Surviving Sandy

2018 ◽  
pp. 1016-1039
Author(s):  
Sushan Chin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
York City ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
New York University ◽  
Disaster Plan ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Major Disaster ◽  
The Right

This chapter offers a case study on how the New York University medical archives, located in New York City, recovered from Superstorm Sandy and resumed operations. The importance of having the right tools, such as a disaster plan and business continuity plans, are emphasized. With the right tools, institutions can recover from disasters of most magnitudes. Experiences shared in this chapter include working with a disaster recovery company, implementing digital technology to provide access to library and archival collections, and utilizing social media and other Web 2.0 technology to improve communications between staff and patrons. These experiences will assist archivists, curators, and special collections managers in preparing for and recovering from a major disaster.

EpiPolicy

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Anh Le Xuan Mai ◽  
Miro Mannino ◽  
Zain Tariq ◽  
Azza Abouzied ◽  
Dennis Shasha
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
New York University ◽  
Increasing Demand

COVID-19 brought along an increasing demand for research toward combating epidemics. A group at New York University Abu Dhabi developed a tool, EpiPolicy, to explore and visualize the effects and costs of intervention plans.

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