Maura Smale

Biography

Maura Smale is Chief Librarian and Department Chair at the Ursula C. Schwerin Library at New York City College of Technology (City Tech). Her background includes degrees in anthropology and library and information science, and she is currently exploring how, where, and when undergraduates at CUNY do their academic work. Other research interests include games for teaching and learning, open access publishing, critical information literacy, and open instructional technologies.

EDUCAUSE Publications

  • Commuter Students Using Technology
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    A multi-year qualitative study of undergraduates at six colleges at the City University of New York focused on how, where, and when students accomplished their academic work and how the presence or absence of access to technology helped and hindered them.