BIOBASE ExPLAIN Training
Louisa Worthington Rogers
Thu Jan 17, 01-03:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Scientists from BIOBASE will do training on these bioinformatics databases that include Proteome, TransFac, TransPath, and ExPLAIN, with focus on the new database ExPLAIN and updates on new features for all of them. The MIT Libraries subscribes to these, and you will find them on VERA. There will be a 2 hour training session plus hands-on time to work on your own research if you wish.
Contact: Louisa Worthington Rogers, 14S-134, x3-6575, elworthi@mit.edu
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Basics of Obtaining a Patent
Carol Robinson
Wed Jan 9, 03-05:00pm, 1-390
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Come and hear patent attorney Sam Pasternak of Choate, Hall and Stewart, and Jack Turner from the MIT Technology Licensing Office discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session covers a bit of patent history and a lot about current practices, processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent; the focus is on the process used at MIT. A portion of the session is devoted to questions and answers. If you think you will ever invent something, you need to be here.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/patents
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, (617) 253-7749, csrobins@mit.edu
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Bioinformatics for Beginners
Amy Stout, Howard Silver
Thu Jan 10, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Fri Jan 18, 12:30-01:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family of databases is the foundation of knowledge for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools.
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout@mit.edu
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Book Discussion: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Mark Szarko
Thu Jan 24, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-417
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: Reading the novel
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Associate Professor in Writing and Humanistic Studies Junot Díaz, has been included on several year-end “best of” lists for fiction published in 2007. Join us for a discussion of the book that has literary circles buzzing. The first 8 registrants will receive a free copy of the novel.
Contact: Mark Szarko, 14S-103B, x8-8022, szarko@mit.edu
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Career Research: Targeting and Researching Employers
Alex Caracuzzo, Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar
Thu Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Looking for prospective employers? Preparing for a job interview? MIT Libraries can help! First, we’ll learn how to target potential employers-- established companies, start-up firms, and socially responsible corporations-- by field of interest and by location. Then, we’ll use MIT Libraries’ resources to research potential employers and uncover information that can aid our career decisions and our interview preparations. This will be a hands-on workshop. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop if possible, as seating space exceeds the number of available PCs.
Contact: Alex Caracuzzo, 253-5670, alex3@mit.edu
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Coffee + Chocolate + Fair Trade = Delicious
Ryan Gray
Fri Feb 1, 02-03:00pm, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Can we really shop our way to a better world? Sure, a Prius is easier on the Earth than a big SUV, but isn’t over-consumption itself part of the problem? Isn’t offering solutions that involve buying yet more stuff somehow delusional and counter-productive?
Rodney North – an MIT neighbor and "The Answer Man" for Equal Exchange, an organic, Fair Trade food company, will lead a debate/free-for-all discussion about the growing popularity of green and socially responsible products and the pros & cons of how this trend influences our thinking about what is needed to create a sustainable, just society.
Audience participation is encouraged, and Equal Exchange will provide free organic, Fair Trade snacks and dark chocolate for you to gorge on while you rail against the evils of consumerism.
Web: http://www.equalexchange.coop
Contact: Ryan Gray, 10-500, 3.7742, ryangray@mit.edu
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Composting at Home: with Worms!
Ryan Gray
Wed Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, 33-116
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: No
Are you an apartment dweller wishing for some backyard space to compost? Don't worry, you can compost indoors and start any time of the year! In this 2-hour workshop, you will learn how to use worms to turn your garbage into "black" gold from Cambridge's Recycling Director, Randi Mail. For the past couple years, Randi has composted food scraps in two 10-gallon plastic containers, making rich soil for her houseplants.
Web: http://www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/departments/recycle/index.html
Contact: Ryan Gray, 10-500, 253.7742, ryangray@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues
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DiscoveryGate – web-access to Beilstein and Gmelin
Erja Kajosalo, Judy Olson
Fri Jan 11, 10am-12:00pm, DIRC (14N-132)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
This session will introduce DiscoveryGate, the new web-based interface to the Beilstein and Gmelin databases and how to do (sub)structure, reaction, and factual searching of organic and inorganic compounds.
Instructor: Judy Olson, Product Manager, Elsevier
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/crossfire/index.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
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EndNote Basics
Howard Silver, Peter Cohn, Mat Willmott
Thu Jan 17, Wed Jan 23, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Wed Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
EndNote is a "personal bibliographic software" package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references.
Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed, & other sources of published literature. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage your PDF files.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
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Fiddle-Dee-Dee During IAP
Cate Gallivan
Thu Jan 10, 17, 02-04:00pm, Lewis Music Library
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2008
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Able to play traditional music
Join in a Traditional Folk Session at the Lewis Music Library! Participants will bring their own folk instruments and play from a list of common session tunes - it's fun, it's casual, it's free!
Contact: Cate Gallivan, 14E-109, (617) 253-7389, categal@mit.edu
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Finding & Using Historical Newspapers
Michelle Baildon
Wed Jan 30, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Whether for research or for fun, reading historical newspapers gives us a fascinating view of the past. This hands-on workshop will show you how to find and use newspapers (online and otherwise) going back as far as the 17th century. Focus will be on U.S. papers, though international papers will also be covered.
If you need to gather facts and primary sources for papers and reports, want background information for your latest short story, or are just curious how much the critics liked your favorite classic book or movie, this session is for you!
Bring your Boston Public Library card number, if you have one.
Contact: Michelle Baildon, 14S-222, x3-9352, baildon@mit.edu
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Finding Research Datasets: ICPSR and the Harvard-MIT Data Center
Katherine McNeill-Harman
Tue Jan 15, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Need data to answer a research question? Interested in analyzing raw datasets with micro-level records about individual respondents? This hands-on workshop will familiarize you with the resources of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Harvard-MIT Data Center, which provide access to datasets in the social sciences and related fields. Topics will include finding and downloading datasets and understanding data documentation.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, 253-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Flavors of Citation Searching
Michael M Noga
Mon Jan 28, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Have your ever used the Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Perhaps you have used citation links in journal articles. This session will explore the different ways you can use citation searching to identify literature on a subject. The concept of citation searching has been around for over 50 years, but it has evolved with the technology. Several methods will be explored including the Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, Google Scholar, Research Index (CiteSeer), ScienceDirect, PROLA, GeoScienceWorld, and Citation Bridge (US Patents). Come and share your own citation searching methods.
Contact: Michael M Noga, 14S-134, 253-1290, mnoga@mit.edu
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Floating Color: The Art of Marbling Paper
Nancy Schrock, Ann Marie Willer, Mary Broadway
Fri Jan 18, 09:30am-12:00pm, 14-0513, Wunsch Lab
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2008
Limited to 8 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Marbling is the ancient art of floating colors on thickened water, swirling patterns, and transferring the design to paper. Today marbled patterns are found on fabric, inside boxes, and on notepaper. This workshop will reveal the mysteries of this once secretive art. Participants will learn about the history of marbling, see a demonstration, and have an opportunity to try their hand at the craft. Each participant will make 2 or more sheets of marbled paper which they can pick up the following Tuesday. See the URL below for directions to the Wunsch Conservation Laboratory.
NO WALK-INS ALLOWED.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/preservation/aboutus.html
Contact: Nick Szydlowski, 14-0513, x3-5282, nick_s@mit.edu
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Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists
Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar, Alex Caracuzzo
Mon Jan 14, 04-05:15pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
You may be a skilled investigator on the topic of science or engineering, but what do you know about business research? This session will introduce you to library-supported databases that cover company and industry information. We will use hands-on exercises to demonstrate strategies for researching two key components of a business plan: competitors and industry trends.
Contact: Stephanie Hartman, 10-500, x3-9361, hartman@mit.edu
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Introduction to DOME and Stellar Images
Elizabeth Phipps, Jolene de Verges, Andrea Schuler
Thu Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 01-03:00pm, 7-304, Rotch Visual
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
DOME is the libraries’ D-Space repository for images and special collections (dome.mit.edu). Images in DOME primarily consist of the built environment and works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries. DOME is used by librarians, faculty, staff and students for images needed for lectures, papers and beyond! In our introductory sessions we will go over the content of DOME, how the images get into DOME, how to search in DOME, how these images are used and where Stellar Images fits in. Faculty, staff and students welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
Contact: Elizabeth Phipps, 7-304, x3-2955, ephipps@mit.edu
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Introduction to R (Statistical Software)
Ernest Sergenti, Data Fellow, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Fri Jan 25, 10am-12:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: No previous experience with R is required.
Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics available on Athena. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, and generate figures.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, 253-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Introduction to Regression Using Stata
Nealia Khan, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Wed Jan 30, 01-03:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 28-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiarity with both Stata and the linear regression model.
This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to estimating the linear regression model using ordinary least squares in Stata. Topics covered include: multiple regression, dummy variables, interaction effects, hypothesis tests, and model diagnostics. In addition, instructors will explain the substantive interpretation of regression outputs.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, 253-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Introduction to Stata (Statistical Software)
Nealia Khan, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Wed Jan 23, 10am-12:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: No previous experience with Stata is required.
Interested in learning a statistical analysis software package? Get an introduction to Stata, the software available on Athena and commonly used in many departments across MIT. With hands-on exercises, explore Stata's many features and learn how to import and manage datasets and do statistical analysis.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Keeping Current: Using RSS Feeds to Stay Ahead in Your Research
Darcy Duke
Wed Jan 30, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
What's an RSS feed? How can I use it to keep up with new information in my field? We'll show you how RSS and other current awareness tools can help you stay up to date!
This will be a hands-on session on Windows PCs. You are also welcome to bring your own laptop.
Contact: J. Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy@mit.edu
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Little Tools with Big Impact: Firefox Extensions, Library Betas, Web Apps, and More
Remlee Green, Courtney Crummett
Wed Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Make the Libraries work where you do! Search the MIT Libraries from your Facebook or Google page. Learn how the LibX library toolbar can speed up your research. Discover resources at your own pace with web tutorials. Increase Firefox capabilities with cool tools, tips, and tricks.
Come hear about some new web tools that may help you work more efficiently. Learn to organize and share your references, and search seamlessly between library resources and other web sites.
We will demo: del.icio.us, Facebook, Zotero, library-relevant Firefox extensions, and more.
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, x3-4088, remlee@mit.edu
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MIT TechTV & U
Kris Brewer
Fri Jan 11, 11am-12:00pm, 9-151, Kaufman Room
Thu Jan 17, 12-01:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
Wed Jan 23, 01-02:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
Tue Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
1001 uses of MIT TechTV in support of education, research, activities, and outreach!
MIT TechTV is MIT’s free video posting and hosting service, specializing in science, engineering, and MIT-related videos. Any member of the MIT Community can use MIT TechTV to post video content for the world to see. In this seminar, you’ll learn how you can use MIT TechTV to accomplish your goals and support your group whether it's a class, lab, student organization, sport team, or department.
Questions and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.
Web: http://techtv.mit.edu/
Contact: Kris Brewer, NE48-308, (617) 452-3157, brew@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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Make a Difference! Use Your Skills and Interests to Help Developing Countries
Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown
Tue Jan 15, 04:30-05:30pm, 10-500, Media Room
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
When you read or hear news about developing countries do you feel inspired to make a difference? Come hear how one MIT staff member, and native Honduran, organized volunteer groups and shipped donations of educational material, computer equipment, and medical equipment to Honduras and other Central American countries. Learn about her latest experience working in Honduras, and how you can get involved!
Dessert and drinks provided.
Contact: Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown, 14S-134, x3-5680, olimpia@mit.edu
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Makin' Bacon! Sustainable Livestock Farming and You!
Ryan Gray
Wed Jan 23, 01-03:00pm, 32-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This workshop is designed for people interested in economic and environmentally sustainable farming. Chestnut Farms is committed to humanely raising great-tasting meat while strengthening connections to the local community. Former educator and livestock farmer Kim Denney and her husband Rich Jakshtis own and operate a 106-acre farm in Hardwick, MA. They raise grass-fed cattle, pastured pigs, lamb and free-range poultry which are pre-sold to CSA members throughout MA. In this workshop, participants will learn the real scoop on creating, running and nurturing a sustainable livestock farm in the Northeast. Animal selection and care, regulatory issues, marketing for profit and perpetuity as well as the humane care and feeding of CSA members will be addressed.
Contact: Ryan Gray, 10-500, x3-7742, ryangray@mit.edu
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Making Your Own Videos for the Web & MIT TechTV
Kris Brewer
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: basic computer knowledge
Web video is suddenly everywhere. From YouTube to MIT’s own MIT TechTV, it seems like everyone is creating and posting video on the Internet. Now you can join the club. In this seminar, you’ll learn the basics of digital video editing and how to post your finished piece on sites such as MIT TechTV. No experience necessary. A laptop loaded with some kind of digital editing software (Apple iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Windows MovieMaker, etc.) is desirable but not required.
Contact: Kris Brewer, NE48-308, (617) 452-3157, brew@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Academic Media Production Services
The Entire Process
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering all of the basics (shooting & lighting, audio, editing and compression) of how to create a video for the web from beginning to end.
Mon Jan 7, 11am-12:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
A Focus on Shooting & Lighting
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering all of the basics (shooting & lighting, audio, editing and compression) but will spend a little more time on the actual shooting of video as our highlight.
Thu Jan 10, 11am-12:00pm, 9-151, Kaufman Room
A Focus on Audio
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering all of the basics (shooting & lighting, audio, editing and compression) but will spend a little more time on how to properly record audio on your set as our highlight.
Wed Jan 16, 12-01:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
A Focus on Digital Video Editing
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering all of the basics (shooting & lighting, audio, editing and compression) but will spend a little more time on the digital video editing process as our highlight.
Tue Jan 22, 01-02:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
A Focus on Compression and Posting to the Web
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering all of the basics (shooting & lighting, audio, editing and compression) but will spend a little more time on how to compress and post your video on the web as our highlight.
Mon Jan 28, 11am-12:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
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Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Remlee Green, Mathew Willmott, Howard Silver
Tue Jan 15, Thu Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
Mon Jan 28, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages allow users to search databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. But which software package should you use, and how do you get started? This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT. We will include a discussion comparing and contrasting the three softwares, and we will introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each program.
20 computers are available; first-come first-served. Attendees are welcome to bring their laptops.
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, (617) 253-4088, remlee@mit.edu
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Methods for Large-scale Statistical Computing in the Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences
Micah Altman, Senior Research Scientist Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard U.
Mon Jan 28, 10am-01:00pm, E53-220, Individual consulting: 1-4pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 24-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiar with fundamentals of statistical model estimation.
This course will help researchers performing large or complex statistical analyses to identify and analyze computational problems and thus improve performance, accuracy and reliability. Topics will include: fundamentals of computer arithmetic; computing architecture and performance; statistical benchmarking; principles of performance tuning; timing and profiling statistical codes; large database management; high-performance libraries; and distributed computing approaches.
The course is offered in a one-day mixed format. The morning portion of the class will be devoted to lecture and discussion. During the afternoon, the instructor will be available to offer one-on-one consulting on projects in either the planning or active stages. Please contact the instructor in advance to reserve a specific afternoon consulting time slot.
Contact: Micah Altman, Senior Research Scientist, (617) 496-3847, micah_altman@harvard.edu
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Patent Searching Fundamentals
Darcy Duke, Howard Silver
Wed Jan 16, 05:30-06:30pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Tue Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
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. The session will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patents through free resources available on the web.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/patents
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy@mit.edu
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Power Up! 2.0: Energy Industry Information from the MIT Libraries
Alex Caracuzzo, Katherine McNeill-Harman, Chris Sherratt
Fri Jan 25, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 27 participants.
Single session event
Learn how to use MIT Libraries' databases and the Internet to uncover energy-related industry overviews, market research, and country statistics.
Contact: Alex Caracuzzo, E53-100, x3-5670, alex3@mit.edu
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Power Up!: Strategies for Getting Energy Information
Angie Locknar, Chris Sherratt
Tue Jan 15, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Information on energy is everywhere! How do you find the scientific and technical information you need and keep on the cutting edge of what is published? Attend this hands-on session to find out.
Contact: Angie Locknar, 14S-134, x3-9320, locknar@mit.edu
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PowerPoint Institute for Advanced Study
Craig Thomas
Tue Jan 29, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: PowerPoint Reform School or experience building presentation
So you've got the basic PowerPoint presentation down pat. Are you ready to go beyond static bullet points? Interested in adding animations and transitions? Want to go behind the scenes and customize the default slide designs -- or build your own? Do you crave sound and video? We'll cover these topics (and more) in a hands-on workshop session. (When you sign up via email, please indicate any other topics you'd like to see covered.)
Contact: Craig Thomas, clthomas@mit.edu
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PowerPoint Reform School
Craig Thomas
Tue Jan 22, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Experience creating PPT shows (preferably in PP 2003)
Sure, most of us can hammer out a few slides in PowerPoint and call it a presentation. But some PowerPoint shows look crisp and professional, while others look like amateur hour. What are the telltale signs of a not-ready-for-prime-time presentation -- and how can you fix them? In this hands-on session, we'll haul a delinquent presentation before the bar of PowerPoint justice, enumerate its crimes, and rehabilitate it. We'll use PowerPoint 2003. (Note: This session is not for PowerPoint beginners.)
Contact: Craig Thomas, clthomas@mit.edu
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Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright Policies
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Tracy Gabridge
Fri Jan 18, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Addresses what copyright means to you as an author, how you can assess a publisher's copyright policies, and how you can use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access publishing models and the use of the MIT amendment to alter standard publisher agreements will also be discussed.
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14E-210A, x3-8483, efinnie@mit.edu
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RefWorks Basics
Howard Silver, Mark Szarko
Wed Jan 16, Tue Jan 22, Thu Jan 31, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you to organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts, and makes it easy to write papers, or post your results to web pages.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
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Rotch Library Film Series
Ann Whiteside, Jolene deVerges, Jennifer Friedman, Heather McCann
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Did you know that Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning maintains an impressive DVD collection, with new titles added regularly? Join the library staff as we explore the scope of the collection. Each week of IAP, we will highlight a different theme in the collection, including video art, architecture and urban development & planning. Brief, informal discussion will follow each each day's films.
Contact: Heather McCann, 7-238, (617) 253-7098, hmccann@mit.edu
Video Art Week - Heart and Ashes Day
Jennifer Friedman
Films to be shown: Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart; William Kentridge: Art from Ashes
Mon Jan 7, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Video Art Week - The Inexpressible Day
Jennifer Friedman
Films to be shown: Expressing the Inexpressible: Shirin Neshat; The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
Wed Jan 9, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Video Art Week - Cityscapes and Senses Day
Jennifer Friedman
Films to be shown: HC Gilje: Cityscapes; Gary Hill: Transcending the Senses
Fri Jan 11, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Urban Planning and Community Development Week - Water Day
Heather McCann
Films to be shown: Drowned Out / Fanny Armstrong (Follows the Jalsindhi villagers through the protests as a result of the plan to fill the Narmada Dam.); Lost City of New Orleans / a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production (Weighs the pros and cons of rebuilding New Orleans in its current location.)
Mon Jan 14, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Urban Planning Week and Community Development- Urban Sprawl Day
Heather McCann
Films to be shown: Cities / directed and produced by David Springbett, Heather MacAndrew (A look at how the increasing population affects our daily life and the environment. Uses multiple cities around the world to illustrate the ideas.); Subdivide and conquer : a modern western / Red Oak Films (Addresses the causes and effects of sprawl, with a western US focus)
Wed Jan 16, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Urban Planning and Community Development Week - Neighborhood Day
Heather McCann
Films to be shown:
Designing a great neighborhood : behind the scenes at Holiday / Sustainable Futures Society (Follows the design /implementation of a US community designed by its future residents); Farmingville / Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini (This film offers an even-handed look at the social/community implications for a suburban New York town that experiences a large influx of immigrants.)
Fri Jan 18, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Potluck Week
Jolene deVerges and Ann Whiteside
Films to be shown: Design E2: The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious and Desert Cities
Wed Jan 23, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Potluck Week
Jolene deVerges and Ann Whiteside
Films to be shown: Style Wars
Fri Jan 25, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Architecture Week
Ann Whiteside and Jolene deVerges
Films to be shown: Renzo Piano: Piece by Piece and Touch the Earth Lightly: the Architeture of Glenn Murcutt
Mon Jan 28, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Architecture Week
Ann Whiteside and Jolene deVerges
Films to be shown: Great Expectations and Brasilia: Monumental Triumph and its cost
Wed Jan 30, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
Architecture Week
Ann Whiteside and Jolene deVerges
Films to be shown: The Once and Future Pariser Platz: a Berlin Square Comes Back and The Weissenhof Siedlung, 1927
Fri Feb 1, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-314A
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SciFinder Scholar - chemical properties and other new features
Erja Kajosalo, Marie Sparks
Fri Jan 25, 10am-12:00pm, Your office!, online via WebEx
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about how to find chemical properties and other new exciting features in SciFinder Scholar by attending this hands-on virtual lab! Go to the following link to join the session, or see more information about the training session, including its agenda.
https://casevents.webex.com/casevents/k2/j.php?ED=90618307&UID=528470787
Training session password: mitscholar
Teleconference: Call 866-469-3239 (Tollfree in US/Canada) or 650-429-3300 (US/Canada Direct)
Session Number: 665 905 421
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/index.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
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SciFinder Scholar - chemical reaction searching
Erja Kajosalo, Marie Sparks
Fri Jan 18, 10am-12:00pm, Your office!, WebEx teleconference
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about chemical reaction searching in SciFinder Scholar by attending this hands-on virtual lab! To attend this WebEx session with CAS trainer, go to the following link to see more information about the training session, including its agenda, or to join the session.
https://casevents.webex.com/casevents/k2/j.php?ED=90618292&UID=528470012
Training session password: mitscholar
Teleconference: Call 866-469-3239 (Tollfree in US/Canada) or 650-429-3300 (US/Canada Direct)
Session Number: 661 033 867
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/index.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
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Searching for Light in the Shadows
Daniel Eppelsheimer
Sat Jan 12, 19, 26, 2, 12-04:00pm, E51 (Wong)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2008
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Must bring DSLR to each session
Fee: 129.00 for Production of the member's portfolio
The Saturday sessions are workshops of progressive lighting control. Photography as an Art form is integrated into Digital Image Capture and Workflow. Class member skills will be enhanced to a minimum professional level. The goal for each is the production of a portfolio. The fees cover those and other costs. This course has been offered for the 9th time. Contact me with any question(s).
Contact: Daniel Eppelsheimer, E53-100, 253-5676, dseppels@mit.edu
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Where's YOUR food from? How Your Food Choices Affect Your Community
Ryan Gray
Tue Jan 22, 01-03:00pm, 56-114
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: n/a
Join the Harvest Co-op and Red Fire Farm to learn about Community Supported Agriculture.
CSA is an arrangement where individuals buy into the farm a the start of the growing season and in exchange receive a share of the farm's harvest. Receive a weekly share of fresh produce either at the farm or delivered to locations in Greenfield, Springfield, Jamaica Plain, Somerville, Cambridge, or Montague. Shares are distributed each week throughout the season.
Harvest Co-op Markets is a community-owned market with two stores in the greater Boston area. Harvest specializes in organic, natural and wholesome food choices.
We sell organic, natural, gourmet and conventional products.
Harvest supports sustainable agriculture, certified organic, fair trade, and local and small family farms in our buying practices.
Contact: Ryan Gray, 10-500, 3.7742, ryangray@mit.edu
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Where's the Money? Information Sources for Awarded Research Funding
Courtney Crummett
Thu Jan 24, 11am-12:00pm, DIRC 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Are you curious about already-awarded grants in your field of study? Wondering where grant money goes and what for? Want to know what grants NASA, NSF or NIH are funding? This hands-on session will covers the primary web resources of grant funding in the sciences. Attendees will find out what information these resources cover, what data they contain, and how to navigate them. Although this session will not cover how to write a grant, knowing where the money goes will improve your research and grant writing skills.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 324-8290, crummett@mit.edu
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Your MIT
Kris Brewer
Fri Feb 1, 02-03:00pm, 9-057, LiNC Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
MIT is home, school, and work place to a rich and diverse community of students, faculty and staff. Each member of this community sees MIT through their own unique lens. “YourMIT” is a compilation of photos and video clips, contributed by the community, that reflect the diversity of experience and the tapestry that is MIT. Please join us by sending in your photos and videos and then for the premier viewing of “YourMIT”. We will also discuss how this program can evolve throughout the year to reflect the changing seasons of the academic year.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/techtv/yourmit/
Contact: Kris Brewer, NE48-308, (617) 452-3157, brew@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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