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IAP 2001 Activities by Sponsor

Libraries

A Photographic Odyssey: Architecture & Space 2001
Rotch Visual Collections
Thu Jan 18, 10am-12:00pm, 7-431 AVT

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2001
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event

Camera buffs are invited to share in a roundtable forum on architectural photography. A brief instructional introduction will precede participants' informal slide presentations of 10 minutes each. Required: sharing of slides, ideas, perspectives, and convivial conversational banter. View the synchronous photography exhibit outside RVC (7-304) in January. Get some exposure!
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/rvc/iap2001.html
Contact: Katherine Poole, 7-304, x3-7098, kkpoole@mit.edu

Copyright Issues and MIT Policy
Carol Robinson , Tracy Gabridge
Thu Jan 18, 03:30-05:00pm, 1-190

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Come and hear the staff of the Office of Intellectual Property Counsel discuss the ins and outs of copyright and MIT's policies. See also the IAP activities: "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: The Patent Process" on January 25th and "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: Patent Searching Fundamentals" on February 1st.
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu

Creative Pamphlet Making
Heather Caldwell , Preservation Services Staff
Fri Feb 2, 01:30-04:30pm, 14-0513, (Basement of Hayden Library)

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 6 participants.
Single session event

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a simple, yet beautiful, book by hand? If so, please join the Preservation Services staff at the Libraries for an afternoon of creative pamphlet making. During the workshop, traditional techniques for folding pages, sewing pages together, and making a cover for a pamphlet will be introduced. We will provide a selection of blank text paper, decorated cover papers, and colored thread for participants to make two small pamphlets each. Feel free to bring collage materials to paste into your creations.
Contact: Heather Caldwell, 14-0513, x3-5692, caldwell@mit.edu

Electronic Information Resources in Engineering and Science
Deborah Helman
Wed Jan 10, 02:30-04:00pm, 2-132
Tue Jan 23, 01-02:30pm, 2-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

Learn about the databases, electronic journals and online services offered by the MIT Libraries that will help you with your research and courses. We will focus on resources available in Engineering and Science. This class will be useful for all students, faculty, researchers and administrative staff who use engineering and scientific information.
Contact: Deborah Helman, 10-500, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu

Everything You Wanted to Know about Engineering Information Resources
Deborah Helman
Thu Jan 18, 25, 02:30-04:00pm, 10-500, Barker Engineering Library

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

All students, faculty, and staff are invited to join us and discover electronic databases and journals in engineering and other online services offered by the MIT Libraries! Barker Engineering librarians will be on hand to show you what is available and how to use it - just drop in.
Contact: Deborah Helman, 10-500, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu

Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: Patent Searching Fundamentals
Carol Robinson , Tracy Gabridge
Thu Feb 1, 03:30-05:30pm, 1-190

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

While you won't come out of this session qualified to be a Patent Attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. See also the IAP activities: "Copyright Issues and MIT Policy" on January 18th and "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: The Patent Process" on January 25th.
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu

Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: The Patent Process
Carol Robinson , Tracy Gabridge
Thu Jan 25, 03:30-05:30pm, 1-190

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Come and hear patent attorney Sam Pasternak of Choate, Hall and Stewart, and Jack Turner from the MIT Technology Licensing Office as they discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. See also the IAP activities: "Copyright Issues and MIT Policy" on January 18th and "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: Patent Searching Fundamentals" on February 1st.
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu

Introduction to Beilstein CrossFire
Erja Kajosalo
Fri Jan 26, 10am-12:00pm, 14S-0645, Walk-ins OK if space permits

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the basics of finding information on organic compounds and their properties using "Beilstein CrossFire."
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/science/Subjects/Chemistry/beilstein.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu

Introduction to SciFinder Scholar
Erja Kajosalo
Fri Jan 19, 10am-12:00pm, 14S-0645, Walk-ins OK if space permits

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event

This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the basics of finding chemical information from "SciFinder Scholar", the most comprehensive chemical database.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/science/Subjects/Chemistry/scifinder.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu

More Light in the Shadows
Daniel Eppelsheimer
Thu Jan 11, 18, 25, 02-04:00pm, E53-210, \*Possible 4th meeting

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 19.00 for film, development and printing.

Photography will be introduced as an art form. Light and its controls will be demonstrated. Each participant's technical skills will be individually enhanced to a minimum professional level. A common class topic will be declared. The class members will complete the topic. The results will be critiqued.
Note: No lab work is required
Contact: Daniel Eppelsheimer, E53-100, x3-5676, dseppels@MIT.EDU

Real-time Help Software: Demo and Discussion!
Sarah G. Wenzel , Lisa R. Horowitz, Deborah Helman, Pat Flanagan
Thu Jan 25, 02-03:30pm, 3-133

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Curious about new technologies for "virtual" teaching, helpdesks, or libraries? Join us for a live demonstration of cutting-edge software for on-line real-time help such as The Libraries will soon offer -- share web pages, fill in web forms, and chat simultaneously.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/digref/
Contact: Sarah G. Wenzel, 14S-222, swenzel@mit.edu

The Hidden Sporting Sights and Scenes of Boston - Walking Tour of Harvard Stadium
Andrew Thompson
Sat Jan 13, 01-03:00pm, Meet in Harvard Sq., at Cambridge Information Kiosk

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

An introduction to one of America's oldest and most classic sports venues. In terms of aesthetic beauty, architectural significance, and old-time charm, Harvard Stadium ranks with the Yard and all the other Crimson Monuments, yet is far less prominent and somewhat off the beaten path.
Contact: Andrew Thompson, 14S-234, x3-9355, bern@mit.edu

What is DSpace?
Margret Branschofsky
Mon Jan 22, 01-03:00pm, 4-237

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This is an opportunity to find out about a joint project between MIT Libraries and the Hewlett-Packard Company to build an electronic system that captures, preserves, and communicates the intellectual output of MIT's faculty and researchers. It's also an opportunity to give us your feedback about the proposed system and its features. Faculty input is especially welcome!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/dspace
Contact: Margret Branschofsky, 10-500, x3-1293, margretb@mit.edu (prefer email)


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