Miriam B. Deutch

Associate Librarian for Access Services/ Art Specialist
Library

Location: 412 Library
Phone: 718.951.5221
Fax: 718.951.4557
Email:

Miriam Deutch is Director, Open Educational Resources Initiative, Librarian and Art Historian. Curator, Library Exhibits and Permanent Art Collection.

Show Scholarly Activities and Professional Accomplishments

Education:

M.A., Brooklyn College - 1992 (Art History)

M.L.S., University of Missouri - Columbia - 1982 (Library Science)

B.A., University of Missouri - Columbia - 1974 (History )

Areas of Expertise:

Open Educational Resources, Open Access, Library Administration. Scholarly Communications, Digital Scholarship and Art History.

Books and Publications

Deutch, Miriam and Jill Cirasella. "From Art on the Wall to Something for All: How an Academic Library Turned Its Art Collection Into a Campus Attraction." Journal of Library Innovation 3.1.
http://academicworks.cuny.edu/bc_pubs/2/ (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012

Flam, Jack and Miriam Deutch Primitivism and Twentieth-Century Art: A Documentary History. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2003

"Paging a Library Collection: The Brooklyn College Library Experience." Collection Building 20.1: 25-31. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

Deutch, Miriam, Beth Evans and Lori Scarlatos. "A Distance Education Collaboration: The Learning Cafe Experience." Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 3.5. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

"A Practical Guide to the Planning and Administration of an End User Search Service." Tennessee Librarian 39, Summer: 13-20. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1987

Library Lectures: Numbers 34, 35, and 36. Knoxville: University of Tennessee. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 1985

"Images from Columbia's Past: An Exhibit of Historical Photographs." Show-Me Libraries 33, July: 22-26. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1982

"The Water Disaster at Kirtley Library, Columbia College." Show-Me Libraries 33, June: 17-20. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1982

Images from Columbia's Past: 1865-1945. Columbia, Mo.: Waters Publications, Inc. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 1982

Creative Work

Curator, ref-u-gee exhibit, Paintings by Audrey Frank Anastasi, Oct. 15, 2022-Jan. 15, 2023. 2022

Curator,
"A New Deal for Artists: Connecting Brooklyn College to Its Past, Present, and Future" exhibit, November 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019. 2019

Co-Curator with Professors Mona Hadler and Alberto Bursztyn. RESPOND BC! Exhibit held in conjunction with President Anderson's series, We Stand Against Hate: Enhancing Understanding and Compassion at Brooklyn College. 2017

Curator, "Ruth Gruber/Photojournalist" October 1, 2015 - December 15, 2015. 2015

Creator and producer, Library Art Award, 2008-present. 2014

Creator and producer, Spring Seminar, 1999-2009. 1999

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

New York State, OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative, Author, $210,000 awarded. 2023 (Grants and Fellowships) 2023

Brooklyn College Award for Outstanding Faculty Service, 2022. (Awards and Honors) 2022

New York State, OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative, Author, $210,000 awarded. 2022 (Grants and Fellowships) 2022

New York State, OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative,Author, $234,500 awarded (Grants and Fellowships) 2021

Wolfe Institute Digital Humanities Fellow at the Brooklyn College Library, Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Grant, Author, $6,000 awarded. (Grants and Fellowships) 2021

New York State, OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative, Author, $234,500 awarded (Grants and Fellowships) 2020

New York State, OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative, Author, $260,000 awarded (Grants and Fellowships) 2019

New York State OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative, Author, $198,000 awarded (Grants and Fellowships) 2018

New York State, OER/Zero Textbook Cost Initiative, Author, $269,125 awarded (Grants and Fellowships) 2017

Brooklyn College President's Open Educational Resources Pilot Project Grant, Author, $25,000 (Grants and Fellowships) 2015

Secured a $13,000.00 grant from a donor for the Ruth Gruber exhibit. (Grants and Fellowships) 2015

American Library Association 2014 Best of Show Award for Special Programs, Exhibits and Events for the Library Art Award. (Awards and Honors) 2014

Submitted a proposal to the Brooklyn College Foundation to restore 13 Works Project Administration damaged paintings and support an exhibit of the paintings. The Class of 1964 awarded the project $46,762.00 (Grants and Fellowships) 2014

Pace University High School/College Library Project, 1997. (Grants and Fellowships) 1997

Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Department of Commerce, for "The Learning Café Project." Principal Investigator, Barbra Higginbotham; coordinator, Miriam Deutch. $650,000; 1997-2000. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/tiiap/index.htm. (Grants and Fellowships) 1997

Pace University High School/College Library Project. (Grants and Fellowships) 1995

PSC-CUNY Research Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 1995

James E. Ward Library Instruction Award, Tennessee Library Association. (Awards and Honors) 1985

Boone County Community Trust, Boone County Bank. Columbia, Mo. (Grants and Fellowships) 1982

The Missouri Committee for the Humanities, NEH. (Grants and Fellowships) 1979

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"Digital Tools for Students as Producers of Public Scholarship," New York City Digital Humanities Week, Feb. 4, 2021. Virtual Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2021

"Zero Cost, Infinite Possibilities: OER, Digital Tools, and the Funding to Make It All Happen," Faculty Day Conference, Brooklyn College, May 19, 2021. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021

COVID One Year On: What Have We Learned, What Comes Next?" The Gotham Center for New York City History, The CUNY Graduate Center, May 4, 2021. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021

"Digital Tools for Students as Producers of Public Scholarship," Panel Presentation,
CUNY Coordinated Undergraduate Education Conference and CUNY OER Showcase, OER to Open Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Empowered, October 29, 2020, Virtual Conference. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020

"Documenting the Pandemic Experience in NYC," Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, New York Archives Week, Oct. 28, 2020. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020

"Digital Toolbox for Open Pedagogy" CUNY & SUNY Open Educational Resources Showcase, March 22, 2019, Baruch College, City University of New York (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019

"Open Educational Resources and Open Pedagogy," Workshop, Writing Across the Curriculum Fellows,Brooklyn College, November 9, 2018 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018

"Open Resources, Open Pedagogy," Faculty Day, Brooklyn College, May 23, 2018 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018

"Unleashing the Power of OERs at Brooklyn College," CUNY & SUNY Open Educational Resources Showcase,
March 23, 2018, Baruch College, City University of New York (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018

"Alternative Textbook Initiative at Brooklyn College. Technically Speaking Symposium, Brooklyn College, April 27, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

CUNY Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Council Retreat, January 17, 2017, Hostos Communicty College,
Panel Discussion (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017

Miriam Deutch, Jean Amaral, Cailean Cooney and Megan Wacha. "Reclaiming Knowledge as a Public Good: Librarians Leading Campus OER Initiatives." Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017. Contributed paper. Baltimore, March 22-25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017

"Publishing Alternative Textbooks" Brooklyn College Faculty Day Conference, May 25, 2016. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Miriam Deutch, et. al. "CUNY Libraries' Open Educational Resources," Lehman College, April 6, 2016 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016

Miriam Deutch, Megan Wacha, Scholarly Communications Librarian, et. al. CUNY/SUNY OER Conference.
"OER Project Showcase and Roundtable," April 25, 2016. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016

Sharing Digital Assets: Media Management at CUNY," CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College, December, 2016. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Miriam Deutch and Megan Wacha et. al. "Opening CUNY: Academic Works at Work." CUNY IT Conference. John Jay College. New York, December, 2015.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

"A Game Changer: Open Education Resources." Core Conference. Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

"Open Access Textbooks." Faculty Day Conference. Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

"Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement." Core Conference, Brooklyn College. June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

"Breaking the Mold: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You," METRO Conservation/Preservation Advisory Council Program, May 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 1995

Professional Leadership

Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities, Hess Scholar in Residence 2021-2022 Selection Committee (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021

Completed the Creative Commons Certification Course. Awarded the Creative Commons Certificate which recognizes expertise in open licensing, December, 2018 (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2018

CUNY Digital Initiatives Working Group (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015

Shared Shelf Content Management Users Group (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015

Director, Brooklyn College Open Educational Resources Pilot Project. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014

Member, City University of New York Electronic Resources Marketing Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014

Member, College-wide Strategic Planning Working Group, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, Scholarly Communications Committee, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Coordinator, Brooklyn College Sexual Harassment Advisory Panel, 2001-2015. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2001

Chair, Library Committee on Communications, 1999-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 1999

Member, board of directors, Brooklyn College Auxiliary Enterprises Corporation, 1999-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 1999

Member, executive board, Faculty Circle, 1999-2004. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 1999

Chair, Presidential Advisory Committee for Library Art Selection, 1998-2004. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 1998

Member, Library Senior Management Team, Brooklyn College. 1997-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 1997

Member, 504/ADA Advisory Committee, 1994-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 1994