A Sampling of Interesting Images from Rotch Visual Collections
Jolene de Verges, Andrea Schuler, Yahya Melhem, Chris Donnelly
Wed Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 7-238 (Rotch Conf)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join the staff of Rotch Visual Collections for an hour devoted to exploring recent acquisitions - all of which are located in Dome, MIT’s digital repository. Images to be shown and discussed include recent additions to the Aga Khan Visual Archive; images of modernist architecture in India by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn (donated to the Society of Architectural Historians SAHARA project); photographs from retired architecture professor Maurice Smith’s teaching collection; images of Boston, Chicago, and the Southwest seen from the air, taken by noted photographer Alex MacLean of Landslides Aerial Photography; Augustus Pugin’s etchings from his influential 1836 book of architectural criticism, "Contrasts, or a parallel between the noble edifices of the 14th and 15th edifices and similar buildings of the present day," and historical maps.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/findingimages
Contact: Jolene de Verges, 7-238, x8-5593, jdeverge@mit.edu
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Basics of Obtaining a Patent
Carol Robinson
Tue Jan 12, 02-03:30pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and patent attorney Sam Pasternak, recently of Choate, Hall and Stewart and now at the TLO, 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 for ideas/inventions developed by the MIT community. 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, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu
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Bioinformatics Software Tool: BIOBASE
Courtney Crummett
Mon Jan 11, 02-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Learn how to use the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL) and Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) bioinformatics tools licensed by MIT Libraries. Interested in systems biology, biomarkers, drug target discovery, and high-throughput data analysis? Learn to use HGMD, a comprehensive database on human germ-line mutations associated with disease, to determine whether a newly identified gene lesion is novel, search for an overview of known mutations within a given gene, or search for a particular type of gene mutation within a specific chromosomal location.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Bioinformatics for Beginners
Erja Kajosalo
Wed Jan 6, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Tue Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 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: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Bookbinding in the Japanese Tradition
Nancy Schrock, Ann Marie Willer, Shalini Patel
Wed Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, 14-0513
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2010
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: manual dexterity
Participants will create a side-sewn soft-cover book using the techniques of traditional Japanese bookbinding. The workshop will include an overview of the history, materials, and techniques of the Japanese bookmaking tradition, which is markedly different from that used to create Western books. Each participant will complete one blank book covered in beautiful Japanese decorative paper.
See the URL below for directions to the Wunsch Conservation Lab.
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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BrainNavigator Demo: Interactive Atlas & 3D Brain Imaging Software
Remlee Green
Wed Jan 13, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join us for a hands-on demo of BrainNavigator, a new product sponsored by the MIT Libraries.
Navigating brain structures is complex—especially in small subjects like rats and mice. It’s easy to get lost as you view structures, make injections and analyze research. BrainNavigator is a collaboration between Elsevier and the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and it helps you locate the positions of structures within the brain, making visualization and understanding the brain easier.
Learn to use BrainNavigator to:
• Browse and compare diagrams
• View high-resolution images at the cellular level
• Compare rat and mouse brains using a unified nomenclature
• Compare BrainNavigator information with your own content
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/brainnav
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, x3-4088, remlee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Career Research: Targeting and Researching Employers
Alex Caracuzzo, Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar
Wed Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
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 -- 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, x3-5670, alex3@mit.edu
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Cool Tools for Science & Engineering Research
Remlee Green
Wed Jan 27, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
With so many tools on the web, how do you find the really good ones to help with your work? In this session, we’ll show a variety of online and mobile tools to help you keep current on the latest research in your field, manage your references, and share information easily with colleagues at MIT and around the world. Tools highlighted will include RSS feeds, Mendeley, WebNotes, Scivee, PubGet, and QUOSA.
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, 253-4088, remlee@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Cool Tools for Science and Engineering Research: Meet the Developers!
Howard Silver
Thu Jan 21, 04-05:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about new tools to support your research, collaboration, and personal knowledge management. Three developers will demonstrate their applications.
QUOSA Information Manager: QUOSA can help streamline your literature management. Search for articles and retrieve one or many PDFs in a single step from PubMed, Web-of-Knowledge, and other databases. Organize and manage your existing article PDF collections, and share them with your group in real time.
WebNotes Academic is the world's first research tool that allows you to annotate PDF documents and web pages, all seamlessly while online.
ResearchGATE is a scientific network that connects researchers. Find research partners, collaborate with scientists and explore journal articles.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Course reserves at the MIT Libraries
Roshni Gohil
Tue Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, Rotch Lib., 7-134A
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Are you new to teaching or TAing at MIT, or are you an Admin Assistant who supports teaching faculty? Or do you just want to learn more about course reserves and copyright?
The MIT Libraries can help! We'll help you navigate through the ins and outs of print and electronic courses reserves, and provide an overview of "fair use" and other copyright restrictions for course materials. We'll also cover details about submitting required textbook information so that it can be displayed for students in Stellar.
Reserves staff from around the MIT Libraries will be available to answer questions.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please sign-up through the URL below to help us gauge attendance.
Web: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdCSFNKbVJwNmZlZ1BkTktNZ29jeFE6MA
Contact: Roshni Gohil, 10-500, x3-2283, rgohil@mit.edu
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Data Management in Stata
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Fri Jan 22, 10am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2010
Limited to 23 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiarity with Stata (such as the Intro. workshop).
Learn techniques for data management using Stata. Perform hands-on exercises and learn how to create cross-sectional, time-series, and panel datasets from several data files. Topics include importing data into Stata, labeling data and variables, converting data from string to numeric format, appending and merging datasets, and collapsing and reshaping a dataset.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Demystifying Fair Use – an interactive workshop for users of copyrighted content
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Jay Wilcoxson
Wed Jan 27, 01-02:15pm, 1-150
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session is for anyone who wants to know more about Fair Use, which allows for reuse of copyrighted content, whether in publications, student work, or for personal use. Offered by an intellectual property specialist in the General Counsel’s office and the copyright contact in the MIT Libraries, the session will explain Fair Use in US copyright law, and provide an opportunity for attendees to apply the concept to real and hypothetical cases. There will be ample time for individual questions.
Offered by:
Jaren Wilcoxson, J.D., Office of the General Counsel, MIT
Ellen Duranceau, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing Consultant, MIT Libraries
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14S-216, x3-8483, efinnie@mit.edu
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EndNote Basics
Peter Cohn, Howard Silver
Wed Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
Tue Jan 19, Mon Jan 25, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132
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: Peter Cohn, 7-238, x8-5596, pcohn@mit.edu
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Finding & Using Historical Newspapers
Michelle Baildon
Tue Jan 26, 04-05:00pm, 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 a creative writing project, 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
Thu Jan 14, 01-02:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2010
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 the structure of data files, finding and downloading datasets, and understanding data documentation.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Courtney Crummett
Tue Jan 5, 09:30am-12:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use GeneGo, a bioinforamtics software tool licensed by MIT Libraries. GeneGo provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses with MetaCore. Learn how to work with different types of data (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data) beginning with how to upload gene lists and expression data. Use GeneGo software to:
upload, batch upload, store, share and check data properties and signal distribution;
extract functional relevance by determining the most enriched processes across several ontologies;
emphasize the role of expression data in your analysis;
visually predict experimental results, associated disease and possible drug targets; and
compare data sets and work with experiment intersections.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Graphics in Stata
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Fri Jan 29, 10am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 26-Jan-2010
Limited to 23 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiarity with Stata (such as the Intro. workshop).
This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to graphics in Stata. Topics for the class include graphing principles, descriptive graphs, and post-estimation graphs.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists
Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar, Alex Caracuzzo
Fri Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 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
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Introduction to R (Statistical Software)
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Mon Jan 25, 10am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2010
Limited to 23 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, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Introduction to Regression Using Stata
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Wed Jan 27, 10am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2010
Limited to 23 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiarity with Stata and the OLS 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, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Introduction to SAS (Statistical Software)
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Thu Jan 28, 10am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 26-Jan-2010
Limited to 23 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: No previous experience with SAS is required.
Get an introduction to SAS, a powerful statistical software package available on Athena. With hands-on exercises, explore SAS's many features and learn how to import, manage, and analyze data.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Introduction to Stata (Statistical Software)
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Wed Jan 20, 10am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2010
Limited to 23 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 analyze datasets.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
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Keeping Current: Using RSS Feeds to Stay Ahead in Your Research
Darcy Duke
Fri Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 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 in your field of research. This will be a hands-on session on Windows PCs, but you are also welcome to bring your own laptop. No pre-registration, but space is limited so come early!
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy@mit.edu
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Lablife Tutorial
Amy Stout
Tue Jan 26, 12:30-01:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
LabLife (www.lablife.org) provides free lab management software to biologists. Learn how LabLife can help you organize your lab materials, coordinate lab ordering, analyze DNA sequences, and more! Also, meet the MIT alums behind the software.
Web: http://www.lablife.org
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout@mit.edu
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Linked Data
Robert Wolfe
Wed Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
A current internet buzzword is "linked data". The idea of linked data is closely aligned with the goal of exposing rich data sources on the web, and it represents a next step in efforts to build a semantic web. How is linked data different from the links in hypertext? How can it be applied to the publication of MIT's scholarly research data and the integration of MIT's content management systems (for example,Stellar, OCW, and DSpace)? What is its relation to Semantic Web technologies like RDF, OWL, and URIs? This session will answer these questions and discuss current linked data applications. We will consider how linked data principles may be applied to the publication of MIT's scholarly research data and how MIT organizations can collaborate to create, publish, and share linked data.
Contact: Robert Wolfe, 14E-210B, x3-0604, rwolfe@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 video production, 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 nice but not required.
Contact: Kris Brewer, NE48-308, (617) 452-3157, brew@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Academic Media Production Services
A Focus on Shooting and Lighting
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering the basics of shooting & lighting.
Fri Jan 8, 01-02:00pm, DIRC - 14N-132
A Focus on Audio
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering the basics of audio and microphones.
Thu Jan 14, 11am-12:00pm, DIRC - 14N-132
A Focus on Digital Video Editing
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering the basics of digital video editing.
Fri Jan 22, 10-11:00am, DIRC - 14N-132
A Focus on Compression and Posting to the Web
Kris Brewer
In this session, we will be covering the basics of compression and on how to compress and post your video on the web.
Thu Jan 28, 10:30-11:30am, DIRC - 14N-132
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Managing Research Data 101
Amy Stout, Anne Graham, Kate McNeil
Tue Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Tue Jan 26, 10-11:00am, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
For researchers struggling to manage their data, basic strategies will be provided for
-- best practices for retention and archiving
-- effective directory structures and naming conventions
-- good file formats for long-term access
-- data security and backup options
-- metadata, tagging, and citation
-- other relevant issues
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/data-management
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Mathew Willmott, Remlee Green
Mon Jan 11, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 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: Mathew Willmott, 14S-134, 617.324.5855, willmott@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Middle East Blogsphere: Who Are They? Where Archived?
Omar Khalidi, Yahya Melhem
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 7-238 (Rotch Conf)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2010
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Who are the main bloggers in the Middle East. How are they changing the culture of communication in the region? Where are the blogs archived. Come and hear this exciting presentation that shows the dynamics of change in the Middle East in blogsphere.
Contact: Omar Khalidi, 7-238, x8-5597, okhalidi@mit.edu
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Offline Image Viewer for Presentations with Images
Jolene de Verges, Peter Wilkins
Wed Jan 6, 12:30-01:30pm, DIRC (14N-132)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Looking for an alternative to Powerpoint for presenting images? The Offline Image Viewer (OIV), developed by ARTstor, is an alternative tool for giving offline classroom presentations. OIV allows users to download much larger images from ARTstor or import local images, at up to 3200 pixels on the long side. There is public access to this software. Users may combine ARTstor images with their own content to create digital slide show presentations that feature side-by-side comparisons, zooming and panning, and the ability to customize text on the slides. ARTstor's Offline Image Viewer (OIV) enables instructors to give reliable classroom presentations using both high-resolution ARTstor images and local content without being connected to the Internet.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/findingimages
Contact: Jolene de Verges, 7-238, x8-5593, jdeverge@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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Patent Searching Fundamentals
Darcy Duke, Howard Silver
Wed Jan 20, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Thu Jan 21, 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. No pre-registration, but space is limited so come early!
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/patents
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Power Up!: Strategies for Getting Energy Information
Angie Locknar, Chris Sherratt
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 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
Cosponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Power up with Maps! GIS and Energy Resources
Anne Graham, Lisa Sweeney
Mon Jan 11, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Where are the power plants and the pipelines? How close are they to population centers? In this session, MIT GIS Services will introduce you to energy maps and spatial data available, and demonstrate GIS in action on the energy front.
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, x3-7744, grahama@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Power-up!: Energy Industry Resources
Katherine McNeill
Wed Jan 13, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Interested in researching or working in the field of energy? Want to find out how your energy project fits into the landscape of various industries? This session will give you the skills to research the business and statistical information on energy to find industry overviews, market research, news and data.
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Practically Genomic
Charlie Whittaker, AJ Bhutkar, Courtney Crummett, Sebastian Hoersch
Mon Jan 25, Wed Jan 27, Fri Jan 29, 11am-01:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Genomics, microarrays, and massively parallel applications such as next generation sequencing have made biology research a highly quantitative field. As a result, many biologists face the challenge of mastering computers and computational methods. Our sessions are designed to begin the process. We will provide an overview of some of the bioinformatics tools and methods mandated by modern biological research. Practical examples will be used to introduce powerful aspects of the Unix operating system, Perl, R, Excel and MySQL. We will also instruct attendees on the usage of bioinformatics tools for genomics, phylogenetics and microarray data analysis. Topics to be covered include the UCSC genome browser, GALAXY, Argo, GenePattern, Bioconductor, ClustalX, and a variety of functional annotation methods.
Web: http://luria.mit.edu/Jan_10_IAP/
Contact: Charlie Whittaker, E18-366, x4-0337, charliew@mit.edu
Cosponsor: David H. Koch Inst. for Integrative Cancer Researc
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Protocols and Methods: Recipes for successful research
Howard Silver
Tue Jan 12, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Prereq: none
A couple hours in the Library can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Don't waste your time reinventing the gelatin sponge-choriallantoic membrane assay. Improve your efficiency by learning strategies for finding published research protocols and methods. This session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent introduction to resources that support bioscience bench research.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
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Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright Policies
Ellen Finnie Duranceau
Tue Jan 12, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Intended for graduated students or other interested MIT authors, 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, the new MIT Faculty Open Access Policy, 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
Anita Perkins, Georgiana McReynolds
Thu Jan 21, 04:30-05:30pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, easily cite references as you write your paper, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts.
Contact: Anita Perkins, E53-100, x2-1510, perkins@mit.edu
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Rotch Library Film Series
Heather McCann, Allison Benedetti, Jolene de Verges
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Selections from the Rotch Library Film collection. Join us for a movie, with a discussion to follow. Feel free to bring refreshments.
Contact: Heather McCann, 7-238, (617) 253-7098, hmccann@mit.edu
Brooklyn Matters (2007 - 50 min)
Heather McCann
Brooklyn Matters is an insightful documentary that reveals the fuller truth about the Atlantic Yards proposal and highlights how a few powerful men are circumventing community participation and planning principles to try to push their own interests forward.
Thu Jan 7, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Crips & Bloods: Made in America (2007 - 83 min)
Heather McCann
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Fri Jan 8, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Shigeru Ban: An Architect for Emergencies (2007 - 52 min)
Jolene de Verges
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (1957–) is usually referred to as an “ecological architect.” His reputation has grown steadily in recent years, not only because of the heightened concern about global ecology and the increased practice of recycling, but also because he is interested in the development of prefab, low-cost housing for the victims of natural disasters and other emergencies, of which there have been many.
Mon Jan 11, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature (2004 - 59 min)
Jolene de Verges
The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) is one of the great figures of modern architecture, ranked alongside Gropius, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. This film analyzes Aalto’s uniquely successful resolution of the demands and possibilities created by new technology and construction materials with the need to make his buildings sympathetic both to their users and to their natural surroundings.
Thu Jan 14, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2005 - 68 min)
William Helman
Cut from the footage of over 100 media activists, a film that captures the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. An intensely political and emotional account of a week that changed the world.
Fri Jan 15, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry? (2008 -71 min.)
Allison Benedetti
Viewers learn about land use planning and the water needs of cities in the Southwest, and how climate change may impact water levels on vital sources such as Lake Powell, Hoover Dam's Lake Mead, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system, the Rio Grande and the Colorado River.
Thu Jan 21, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
A Snowmobile for George (2008 - 94 min)
Allison Benedetti
Curious about why President Bush reversed regulations to phase out the two-stroke snowmobile, the filmmaker travels to look at other acts of de-regulation: political manipulation that caused the death of Klamath River salmon, suppressed water rules resulting in a range war between Wyoming ranchers and oil companies, and suppression of environmental regulations after 9-11 with health consequences for New York workers.
Fri Jan 22, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
2 films: Walks with an architect: Shanghai & Taj Mahal: Heaven on Earth
Omar Khalidi
1. (2005 - 26 min) French architect Martin Robain conducts a tour of Shanghai, a modern city "developing apace in a 21st century architectural style."
2. (2009 - 25 min) Famous for its beauty, The Taj Mahal is also charged with historical & spiritual meaning. This program ushers viewers into its architecture while illustrating its origins and its implications for modern India.
Mon Jan 25, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
One night in Bhopal (2005 - 60 min)
Omar Khalidi
The world knows too little about what happened in the Indian city of Bhopal on December 3, 1984. This program provides a chilling reconstruction of the Union Carbide methyl isocyanate disaster and details its horrific and protracted consequences.
Thu Jan 28, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Good Food (2008 - 73 min)
William Helman
This lively tour of various Washington state farms and ranches that have adopted healthier organic methods in raising their products offers several lucid arguments in favor of smaller, more efficient farms, and purchasing locally grown crops. Still, none are as convincing as the marvelous bounty laid before our eyes in this film.
Fri Jan 29, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
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SciFinder on the Web
Erja Kajosalo
Tue Jan 5, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
If you are a researcher in chemistry, or chemistry related subjects like chemical engineering, materials science, environmental science, biological sciences, etc., then you should know about SciFinder, the most comprehensive chemical information database! This hands-on workshop will show you the basics of SciFinder!
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/scifinder
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-132, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
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Searching for Light in the Shadows
Daniel Eppelsheimer
Sat Jan 9, 16, 23, 01-05:00pm, E53-212
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2010
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Must bring a DSLR to each session
Fee: 99.00 for to cover model, printing and portfolio costs
The Saturday sessions are workshops of progressive lighting control.(Please note: There are four sessions to this class: Jan. 9th, Jan. 16th, Jan. 23rd, and Jan. 30th. All sessions will meet in E53-212.) 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 fee covers model, printing and portfolio costs. This course is being offered for the 10th time. Contact me with any question(s).
Contact: Daniel Eppelsheimer, E53-100, 253-5676, dseppels@mit.edu
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The International Music Score Library Project and the Future of Digital Repositories
Edward W. Guo Harvard University
Fri Jan 22, 02-03:30pm, 14E-109 (Music Lib)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 75 participants.
Single session event
The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was started in 2006 by Edward W. Guo. According to the IMSLP website:
"It is a project for the creation of a virtual library of public domain music scores, based on the wiki principle, but it is also more than that. Users can exchange musical ideas through the site, submit their own compositions, or listen to other people's composition, which makes it an ever-growing musical community, by music lovers for music lovers."
Mr. Guo will talk about the IMSLP and his role in establishing this significant online music resource. He will also discuss other prominent digital repositories and their possible use in the future.
Web: http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Contact: Peter Munstedt, 14E-109, x3-5636, pmunsted@mit.edu
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Tips & Techniques for Searching for Images Online
Jolene de Verges, Chris Donnelly, Andrea Schuler, Yahya Melhem
Thu Jan 14, 02:30-03:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Searching for visual content in online environments is often confusing even for those who are quite experienced with text-based searching. An effective search and discovery method for images requires that one become more visually literate. In fact, because of the current proliferation of images visual literacy has increased in importance during the 21st century. This session will focus on strategies for finding images in image repositories. Tips will be offered to help you construct an effective search. Unidentified images will be projected and participants will analyze and “interpret” the images in order to understand how to retrieve them in the digital environment. Participants will have an opportunity to practice searching through challenging hands-on exercises.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/findingimages
Contact: Jolene de Verges, 7-238, x8-5593, jdeverge@mit.edu
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Using NCBI's BLAST
Courtney Crummett, Amy Stout
Tue Jan 19, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Want to know more about how BLAST works and how to use it more effectively in your research? Then this class is for you! Learn how to use NCBI resources and optimize your BLAST protein searches to get the most out of your results. Attendance at Bioinformatics for Beginners and familiarity with BLAST are recommended.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Using Wikipedia to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences
Barbara Williams
Wed Jan 13, 10-11:15am, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 21 participants.
The purpose of this session is to provide an understanding of how Wikipedia can be used to create meaningful learning experiences. As a result of participating in this activity, participants will understand why it is important for academia to contribute to this body of literature, and how to add a reference to a Wikipedia article.
Contact: Barbara Williams, 10-500, 253-5666, barbaraw@mit.edu
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Writing and formatting your thesis: don't let WORD get you down
Lourdes Aleman
Wed Jan 13, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Are you writing your thesis this year? This one-hour interactive tutorial led by a recent PhD graduate will illustrate some simple shortcuts you can take in Microsoft Word to make thesis formatting a breeze (automatically generating/updating table of contents, applying consistent formatting throughout the document, etc.), saving you many precious hours. Room where the workshop will be held has 20 PC's available on a first-come first-serve basis or you can bring your own laptop.
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, NE48-308, 715-5348, laleman@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Biology
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