So many things to learn, so little time.
My #1 University is the ICP Library, where intelligence is carried to me daily, to my awe and delight.
I also try to learn new things, when I can, outside of ICP.
Here are some recent classes and workshops I have attended:
2016
Digital Privacy: Fundamental Concepts and Hands-on Tactics and Tools [METRO]
What the Experts Won't Tell You: Wikipedia and the Mirror of Research [METRO]
Getting Started with Digital Image Collections [Library Juice Academy]
Elementary Italian 3-4 [Hunter College]
All About Preservation Site Surveys [Preserve This]
Unlocking the Transparent Archive: Digitisation of Negatives & Slides [Picturae]
The Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME): Development, vocabulary and tools [METRO]
Project Management [ARLIS/NA]
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons from Why to Edit [ARLIS/NA]
Elementary Italian 2 [Hunter College]
Command Line Basics [METRO]
2015
Webinar: Managing a Successful Enterprise Digital Asset Management Project [Canto]
Clean Collections: Using OpenRefine to Manage Messy Metadata [METRO]
Webinar: Linked Open Data in Libraries and Archives [METRO]
Going CLIR: Recent Hidden Collections Cataloging Projects in New York [METRO]
Elementary Italian 1 [Hunter College]
Preservation Metadata: The Cornerstone of Long-Term Digital Preservation Practices [METRO]
Zotero: Train the Trainers [METRO]
Teaching Library Research Strategies [Canvas Network]
2014
Getting Started with Digital Preservation [METRO]
Keeping Up With Copyright [METRO]
Tools for Managing Digital Collections: Archivespace [METRO]
The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends [San Jose State University via Canvas Network]
Using XML in Libraries [METRO Metropolitan New York Library Council]Â
Software Carpentry Bootcamp [METRO & NYPL]
Philosophy and Film [Shoreline Community College via Canvas Network]
Tools for Managing Digital Collections: Adobe Lightroom [METRO]
Management Institute [The Management Center at METRO]
Project Management [Special Libraries Association and METRO]
Between 1985-1995, I non-matriculated promiscuously, thanks to support from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where I was employed. Here is a sample of some of what was studied & where:
Paper-making [Parsons]
Digital-Weaving [Parsons]
Decorative Wall-Painting [Parsons]
History of Textiles I, II [FIT]
Regional Textiles [FIT]
Costume History I, II [FIT]
Art History Seminar with Richard Martin [FIT]
Japanese [MOA]
German Reading [CUNY]
German I [Columbia]
Watercolor [Art Students League]
Oriental Carpets [Parsons/Cooper Hewitt]
Bookbinding (various classes) [Center for Book Arts]
Book restoration [Center for Book Arts]
Clamshell boxes [Center for Book Arts]