IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Libraries

Matthew Bernhardt, Web Developer, MIT Libraries

Jan/14

Tue

01:00PM-02:30PM

56-114

Enrollment: Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=489770
Limited to 60 participants

Digital fabrication has changed considerably over the last few decades. Barriers to use have fallen, and technologies that were once the purview of specialized researchers are now sold in retail outlets like Sears, Staples and the Microsoft store. Schools and libraries have even begun getting into the act, from NC State to the Chicago Public Library.

Applications include producing prosthetic hands for accident victims, manufacturing replacement parts for hard-to-source components, or even mapping word frequency across the history of a given journal and printing time series histograms.

But what about here at MIT?

This session will discuss the range of fabrication technologies now available, as well as those available at MIT, for sale, for rent, and (for a limited time, experimentally) through the Libraries—as part of this session, the Libraries have acquired a MakerBot Replicator 2 that is capable of producing objects in PLA plastic!

Plus, participants will have the opportunity to see a 3D-printer in action and even design their own objects—submit a printable file, generated by the free MakerWare software, by Thursday, January 10th. Up to five submissions will be selected for production before the discussion (provided the designs are producible!).

(Hint: You can try turning a photo into a 3D model with 123D Catch.)

Please register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Randi Shapiro, (617) 324-4988, shapiror@mit.edu

Patsy Baudoin

Jan/13

Mon

11:00AM-12:00PM

14E-304

Enrollment: Sign up w/Patsy Baudoin at patsy@mit.edu
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 25 participants

Join Ta-Nehisi Coates for a conversation about reading, writing, and libraries. He's senior editor at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He's also the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle (2009). Curious beforehand? Check out: http://www.theatlantic.com/ta-nehisi-coates. He’ll be teaching writing again at MIT in spring 2014. 

With the support of the Committee on the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion of the MIT Libraries

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Patsy Baudoin, patsy@mit.edu

Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian

Jan/14

Tue

01:00PM-02:15PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14

Co-sponsored by Urban Studies & Planning Professor Anne Whiston Spirn and the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing,  this session will offer an overview of the reasons many book authors are choosing independent publishing and what services are out there to support them.   Professor Spirn will discuss her own independent publishing experience and share what she has learned;  Scholarly Communication Librarian Katharine Dunn will provide a brief overview of some of the major book publishing services available, such as Amazon's "Createspace," "Lulu," "Smashwords," and "Dogear," and provide a look at a new Libraries’ guide to these services.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253 9879, khdunn@mit.edu

Jennie Murack

Jan/13

Mon

10:00AM-11:30AM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Do you need to analyze data, but are not sure which program to use? Have you been using one statistical software package for a while and are curious about others? This class is for you. We will learn the strengths and weaknesses of some statistical software programs, see a brief demonstration of each, and learn how to access them at MIT.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483102

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Library staff

Jan/29

Wed

10:00AM-11:30AM

14N-132

Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=487705

This hands on class will take you through the ins and outs of BartonPlus. Come learn tips and tricks for getting the best results from the Libraries’ unique search tool. If you like Google or Google Scholar, you'll like BartonPlus.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Georgiana McReynolds, E53-168G, 617 253-9349, GMAC@MIT.EDU

Howard Silver, MIT Libraries, Jack Turner, Technology Licensing Office

Jan/29

Wed

02:00PM-03:30PM

4-163

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 60 participants

Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and patent attorney Sam Pasternak 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.

 

Please Register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU

Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian

Jan/23

Thu

01:00PM-04:30PM

14N-132 DIRC, Lunch Provided

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23

Interested in finding out what's known in the scientific literature about a particular gene, disease or drug? Want to apply that information to high-throughput data analysis? Interested in finding out about transcription factors related to your research? Learn to search the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (Proteome/TRANSFAC) by topic or multi-gene data sets. Lunch Provided!

Please register for this class.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian

Jan/08	Wed	03:00PM-04:30PM	14N-132 DIRC
Jan/10	Fri	10:00AM-11:30AM	14N-134 DIRC

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

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 and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several specific databases. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to or curious about bioinformatics research tools. This session is offered twice covering the same material; participants welcome at either session. Registration required.

Wednesday January 8th 3-4:30PM Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=488456.

Friday January 10th 10-11:30AM Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=488785.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian

Jan/15

Wed

04:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 30 participants

It's not brain surgery...it's market research. This session will introduce scientists and engineers to information resources that cover biotechnology industries and markets. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace. Please register for this event.

If you're not interetsed in biotechnology a companion session will feature resources and examples geared for the engineering sciences:

Business information for engineers and scientists  Tuesday Jan 28  4:00PM-5:00PM 14N-132 (DIRC)

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Howard Silver, MIT Libraries

Jan/28

Tue

04:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/28
Limited to 30 participants

This session will introduce engineers and scientists to business information resources that will help you understand the commercial potential for your ideas, how to find partners, and sources for financial support.  We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace.

Please Register for this class.

If you're specifically interested in biotechnology, a companion session; Biotech business information for engineers and scientists will feature resources and examples that are geared for the life sciences business sector, offered January 15, 2013. 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU

Kate Beattie, Preservation Associate, Ayako Letizia, Conservation Assistant

Jan/07	Tue	10:00AM-12:30PM	14-0513
Jan/08	Wed	10:00AM-12:30PM	14-0513

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: Manual Dexterity

Learn two bookbinding styles – pamphlet binding and flat back binding – using colorful cloths and decorated papers. A selection of blank text paper and decorated papers will be provided. We will have tools on hand to borrow for the duration of the class.

NOTE: No walk-ins allowed. Open to the MIT community.

Directions:   http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=14&Buildings=go

Limited to 12 participants per day

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kate Beattie, 14-0513, 617-253-5282, knb@mit.edu

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer

Jan/16

Thu

01:00PM-04:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Familiarity with Stata (such as the Intro. workshop)

This class will introduce common data management techniques in Stata.  Topics covered include basic data manipulation commands such as: recoding variables, creating new variables, working with missing data, and generating variables based on complex selection criteria.  Participants will be introduced to strategies for merging datasets (adding both variables and observations), and collapsing datasets.

Prerequisite: This workshop is intended for users who have an introductory level of knowledge of Stata software.

For current MIT students, faculty, and staff only. Athena login required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=480189

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Anita Perkins

Jan/08

Wed

05:00PM-06:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

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.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486711

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu

Jennie Murack

Jan/16

Thu

01:00PM-02:30PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 40 participants

Where are the power plants and 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.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472354

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Chris Sherratt

Jan/14

Tue

03:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

Information on energy is everywhere! How do you find what you need and keep on the cutting edge of what is published? Attend this hands-on session to find out.

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617-253-5648, gcsherra@mit.edu

Molly McInerney, DOT Liaison and Course Support Librarian

Jan/22

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Advance sign-up required. Register at http://libcal.mit.edu/events
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 20 participants

Are you teaching or supporting a class this spring and want to learn more about copyright and electronic reserves on Stellar?

We’ll give you an overview of the latest understanding of US copyright law’s fair use provisions as it applies to materials posted to course management systems like Stellar. We’ll discuss the federal ruling on the Georgia State University e-reserves case and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Then we’ll share best practices for posting to Stellar, and how the Libraries can help with your e-reserves.

Staff from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing and Course Reserves Team will be available to answer questions.

Please register for this class.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Molly McInerney, 10-428G, 617 253-1837, mcinerne@mit.edu

Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing

Jan/30

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20

Test the Libraries' new fair use quiz in its 'beta' version and, if you are one of the first 10 undergraduate or graduate students to register, get an Amazon gift certificate for providing feedback.  There will also be a drawing for two other Amazon gift certificates.

The quiz is brief -- just a few questions. It is intended to shed light on some key concepts regarding use of other people's images under US copyright law's fair use provisions, and related legal issues about use of images on your website, blog, or social media.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU

Katherine McNeill

Jan/23

Thu

09:30AM-11:00AM

14N-132

Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196874
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 40 participants

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 Dataverse Network, 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.

Please register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu

Courtney Crummett, GeneGo Trainer

Jan/22

Wed

03:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22

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. Please register. Need a GeneGo Account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu

Dr. Micah Altman, Director of Research, MIT Libraries

Jan/23	Thu	10:00AM-01:00PM	66-154
Jan/28	Tue	09:00AM-01:00PM	E25-117

Enrollment: Sign up at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=545416
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

Increasingly, conducting innovative research requires resources that exceed those readily on-hand to the individual scholar. You can use research funding to access a wider set of research methods, to accelerate your research project, expand its scope and depth, and increase its impact. This short course provides an overview of the types and sources of funding available for research support, and introduces the fundamental elements of planning, proposal writing, and management for "sponsored" projects. The course is geared toward junior faculty, postdocs, and graduate students (in late stages or on the job market), who are new to the funding process, are considering whether to seek funding from new sources, or who would like a systematic review of the grant writing and review process. The course will be presented in a half-day format, followed by an individualized consulting session focused on each attendee’s research project. Schedule individual consultations with Randi Shapiro at shapiror@mit.edu.

Please register for the Jan 23 class; the Jan 28 class is full.

About Micah Altman: Dr. Micah Altman is Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science for the MIT Libraries, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Altman is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Randi Shapiro, (617) 324-4988, shapiror@mit.edu

Jennie Murack

Jan/24

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap

Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to create and edit GIS files, geocode addresses onto a map, re-project data, and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join.

Prerequisite: Participants should have taken the Introduction to GIS workshop or have previous experience using ArcGIS.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472483

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Heather McCann

Jan/30

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Learn about newer Google geo-tools. A brief introduction and examples of projects using the tools will be followed by hands-on time experimenting with Google Maps Engine, Google Maps Engine Lite,  & Panoramio and possibly others. 

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=479855

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer,

Jan/17

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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.  This is an introductory workshop appropriate for those with little experience with graphics in Stata.

Prerequisite: a general familiarity with Stata (such as taking the Introduction to Stata workshop).

Current MIT students, faculty, and staff only. Athena login required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483121

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Jana Dambrogio, Thomas F. Peterson (1957) Conservator

Jan/28	Tue	10:00AM-03:00PM	14-0513, Bring your lunch
Jan/29	Wed	10:00AM-03:00PM	14-0513, Bring your lunch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: NA

Queen Elizabeth the First did it. Marie Antoinette did it, too. And so did William Barton Rodgers.

Come spend a day in the MIT Libraries Wunsch Conservation lab with Jana Dambrogio, the new conservator and letterlocker-in-residence, learning about the 4,000-year-old tradition of writing a letter on papyrus, parchment, or paper and folding it to function as its own envelope.

Participants will make several types of locked letters with varying levels of built-in security based on historic examples. They will view historic manuscripts and learn how conservators preserve them.

If you identify yourself as an origami maker, paper engineer, letter-writer, secret keeper, or anti-tamper device master, this is the course for you.

Course size: 10

10:00 am-3:00 pm, with breaks. 

 Offered: Two separate day-long sessions.

 When: Tuesday, January 28 or Wednesday, January 29.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jana Dambrogio, 14-0513, 617 452-4064, JLD@MIT.EDU

Michael Noga, Collections Strategist, MIT Libraries

Jan/29

Wed

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none

Did you ever wonder how certain books end up on the shelves of the MIT Libraries?  Did you ever wonder why you can access certain e-books and not others?   Come to this session and learn how MIT subject librarians select books in print and electronic formats for the MIT Community.   We will look at some groups of books on specific subjects, and you can identify which books you would select and compare them to the library selections and the selections of other attendees.

Suggest subject areas to the organizer when your register.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael Noga, 14S-222, 617 253-1290, MNOGA@MIT.EDU

Charlie Whittaker, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility Research, Jingzhi Zhu, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility Researcher

Jan/27

Mon

09:00AM-11:00AM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/27
Limited to 40 participants
Prereq: This session is open to Researchers affiliated with Koch Ins

The Koch Institute Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility provides researchers with support for various computational recourses. These resources include a Linux compute cluster, extensive data storage and a wide range of applications. Please sign up for this session if you are a researcher affiliated with the Koch Institute, MIT Biology Department, MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences or MIT Biological Engineering and are interested in learning how to get the most from the support we provide. We will cover IT-related topics such as cluster usage and storage access as well as provide general examples of bioinformatics analytical pipelines.

Registeration Required.

Note: This session is open to Researchers affiliated with Koch Institute Member Laboratories, MIT Biology Department, MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences or MIT Biological Engineering.

Sponsor(s): Biology, Biological Engineering, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/30

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: basic knowledge of ArcGIS

Learn about GIS tools for surface water analysis and modeling. Apply ArcGIS tools that pre-process data for HEC-RMS and pre- and post-process data for HEC-RAS model results.

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of ArcGIS

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=479826

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/27

Mon

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: basic knowledge of ArcGIS

Do you have a set of points that you measured on your trip?  You can’t measure a phenomenon at every point in your field area but you can estimate the values between your samples with various interpolation techniques.  We will cover Inverse Distance Weighting and Spline interpolations and talk a look at geostatistical techniques (Kriging).  Bring your own data if you have it.

Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of Arcmap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472491

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist

Jan/17

Fri

03:00PM-04:00PM

14N 132 DIRC, Create an Evernote account prior to class

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: None

Do you like to jot notes on the go?  Do you want to include photos with your notes?  Do you like to draw diagrams as much as typing notes?  Are there webpages you don't have time to read now but would like to capture the content as more than a bookmark?  If yes, then Evernote and Skitch may be an option for taking, organizing, and sharing notes.

During this introductory session, we will cover the basics of Evernote options, capabilities, multi-platform use and synchronization across devices.  Sign up for an Evernote account in advance to make the most of the session.  Bring your laptop or use one of the machines in the DIRC teaching lab.

Please register at:  http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=489473

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/15	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
Jan/21	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data, and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.

For January 15th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472425

For January 21st, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472426

Note, this is the same workshop offered twice. Only register for one workshop.

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer,

Jan/23	Thu	09:00AM-12:00PM	1-115
Jan/23	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, install and load R packages, conduct basic statistical analyses, and create common graphical displays. This workshop is appropriate for those with little or no prior experience with R.

For current MIT students, faculty, and staff only. Athena login required to access the software.

This workshop will be offered at two times. Only register for one time.

Register here for the 9am workshop: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483122

Register here for the 1pm workshop: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483144

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn

Jan/30

Thu

01:00PM-04:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Familiar with saving/importing data, data types, data frames

This introduction to the popular ggplot2 R graphics package will show you how to create a wide variety of graphical displays in R. Topics covered included aesthetic mapping and scales, faceting, and themes. This is an intermediate level workshop appropriate for those already familiar with R.

Prerequisites: Participants should be familiar with importing and saving data, data types (e.g., numeric, factor, character), and manipulating data.frames in R.

For current MIT students, staff, and faculty only. An Athena login is required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483223

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer,

Jan/16

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Get an introduction to SAS, one of the more frequently used statistical packages in business. With hands-on exercises, explore SAS's many features and learn how to import and manage datasets and and run basic statistical analyses. This is an introductory workshop appropriate for those with little or no experience with SAS.

Current MIT faculty, students, and staff only. An Athena login is required to acccess the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=480198

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/14

Tue

01:00PM-03:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This class will provide a hands-on introduction to Stata. You will learn how to navigate Stata’s graphical user interface, create log files, and import data from a variety of software packages.  We will also share tips for getting started with Stata including the creation and organization of do-files, examining descriptive statistics, and managing data and value labels. This workshop is designed for individuals who have little or no experience using Stata software.

For current MIT students, faculty, and staff only. Athena login required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483107

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

IPA Trainer, Courtney Crummett

Jan/13

Mon

02:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants

Attend this introductory and hands-on training session and learn how to use Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA), newly licensed by MIT Libraries and friends, for the analysis of your ‘omics data.  Build complete regulatory pictures and gain a better understanding of the biology underlying a gene expression.  Discover signaling cascades from predicted upstream regulators in your dataset.  Predict the effect of your gene expression changes on downstream biological processes and diseases. Interrogate networks and canonical pathways and generate hypotheses in the network or pathway. Please register for this event. Need an IPA account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu

Camille Torres Hoven, Noam Chomsky Project Archivist

Jan/24

Fri

02:00PM-03:30PM

14N-118

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

The beaver was chosen as MIT’s mascot because of its engineering and mechanical skills and in 1955 the Alumni Association established the Bronze Beaver award. The Bronze Beaver is given every year in recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and/or its Association of Alumni and Alumnae. Here is your chance to see a snapshot of life during the 1950s at MIT and to see why awards like the Bronze Beaver were created. Come investigate documents, photographs, and other archival materials, held by the Institute Archives and Special Collections, to learn about how national events affected life at MIT and, conversely, how the students and faculty at MIT shaped the 1950s.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Camille Torres Hoven, 14N-118, 617 452-5137, CTTORRES@MIT.EDU

Peter Munstedt, Music Librarian

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Come help welcome the Lewis Music Library's new piano!

• Sing or perform an instrument – solo or ensembles
• Bring your own music or use some from the library (we've got lots!)
• Jam, improvise, sight read, rehearse, enjoy...
• Or come and just listen to the music
• Refreshments provided

 

First come, first served. Everyone welcome. Help transform the Music Library into Library Music!

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Munstedt, 14E-109, 617-253-5636, pmunsted@mit.edu

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Library Music! Open Mic in Music Library

Jan/10	Fri	12:00PM-01:00PM	14E-109
Jan/24	Fri	12:00PM-01:00PM	14E-109

Jennie Murack

Jan/28

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Do you want to make a map of your data, but don’t have time to learn how to use GIS software? Learn how to use free, online tools to visualize geographic data and make maps. We will explore programs that allow you to upload your own data, like CartoDB, MapBox, and ArcGIS Online and programs that are pre-loaded with data, such as Social Explorer.

Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475862

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Michael Noga, Jennie Murack, Heather McCann

Jan/31

Fri

10:00AM-11:30AM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Not all maps and data are online! Learn about the print map collection at MIT and how to work with it in a GIS. We will visit the Hayden map room, view urban maps from Rotch Library, and do a hands-on georeferencing exercise in ArcMap GIS software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=489234

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Dr. Micah Altman, Director of Research, MIT Libraries

Jan/15

Wed

10:00AM-01:00PM

66-148

Enrollment: Sign up at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=489658

This tutorial provides a framework for identifying and managing confidential information in research. It is most appropriate for mid-late career graduate students, faculty, and professional research staff who actively engage in the design/planning of research. The course will provide an overview of the major legal requirements governing confidential research data; and the core technological measures used to safeguard data. And it will provide an introduction to the statistical methods and software tools used to analyze and limit disclosure risks. Dr. Altman will be available for individual consultations after the session; schedule these with Randi Shapiro at shapiror@mit.edu.

Please register for this class.

About Micah Altman: Dr. Micah Altman is Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science for the MIT Libraries, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Altman is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. Prior to arriving at MIT, Dr. Altman served at Harvard University for fifteen years as the Associate Director of the Harvard-MIT Data Center, Archival Director of the Henry A. Murray Archive, and Senior Research Scientist in the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Randi Shapiro, (617) 324-4988, shapiror@mit.edu

Peter Cohn, Anita Perkins

Jan/14

Tue

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages (EndNote, Mendeley, & Zotero) 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. We’ll take a look at these 3 tools.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486712

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu

Peter Cohn, Helen Bailey

Jan/23

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Mendeley is a free tool that can help you organize and manage your citations and PDFs. Learn how to use Mendeley to discover the latest research, collaborate with others, and automatically generate bibliographies.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486714

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, x8-5596, pcohn@mit.edu

Courtney Crummett, Biology and Biosciences Librarian

Jan/17

Fri

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16

Missing a PMCID? Can't figure out why a paper isn't in compliance? Lost in NIH manuscript system? Join us for a problem solving session. 

This session is designed to provide an opportunity for hands on problem solving in the systems that need to be navigated in the process of submitting and authorizing manuscripts and reporting progress on NIH Funded Grants (eRA Commons; NIHMS, and MyNCBI). Please bring your NIH compliance problems to this session to work through together. Registration encouraged. 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Howard Silver

Jan/14	Tue	04:00PM-05:00PM	14N-132 (DIRC)
Jan/24	Fri	12:00PM-01:00PM	14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

You won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, but 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.

Please register for one session:

January 14, 4:00-5:00 pm

January 24, 12:00-1:00 pm

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU

Howard Silver

Jan/16

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 25 participants
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 that introduces attendees to resources that support bioscience bench research.

Please register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU

Katherine McNeill

Jan/16

Thu

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475979
Sign-up by 01/14
Limited to 20 participants

Interested in studying public opinion in the U.S. and other countries? This workshop will teach you how to find data from public opinion polls, both summary statistics and individual response-level data files that you can analyze yourself. Covers the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and other resources on topics such as government, the economy, and much more.

Please register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu

Jennie Murack

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Scripting in Python is an efficient method of automating analysis in ArcGIS. Learn to write simple code that accesses Arcgis tools to process your data. This workshop involves writing programs using the Python language and ArcObjects.

Particpants must attend sessions on BOTH days.

Prerequisites: Experience with ArcGIS. An understanding of programming concepts is useful, but not required. You may bring your own data for analysis.

Participants may bring their own laptop computer with Arcgis 10.1 and Python 2.7 installed or use the GIS Lab computers.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475875

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

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Python for GIS: Day 2

Jan/30

Thu

09:30AM-12:30PM

7-238 - GIS Lab

Daniel Sheehan

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Python for GIS: Day 1

Jan/31

Fri

09:30AM-12:30PM

7-238, GIS Lab

Daniel Sheehan

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer,

Jan/24	Fri	09:00AM-12:00PM	1-115
Jan/24	Fri	01:00PM-04:00PM	1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: a basic familiarity with R

This hands-on, intermediate R course will guide users through a variety of programming functions in the open-source statistical software program, R.  This workshop covers blocks, loops, program flow, functions,S3 classes and methods, and debugging in R. This workshop is intended for those already comfortable with using R for data analysis who wish to move on to writing their own functions.

Prerequisite: basic familiarity with R, such as acquired from an introductory R workshop

Current MIT students, faculty, and staff only. Athena login required to access the software.

This workshop is being offered two times. Only register for one workshop.

Register here for the 9am workshop: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483161

Register here for the 1pm workshop: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483162

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn

Jan/30

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: basic familiarity with R

This hands-on, intermediate R course will demonstrate a variety of statistical procedures using the open-source statistical software program, R.  Topics covered include multiple regression, multilevel models, and multiple imputation. We expect that users enrolled in this course are already familiar with the statistical processes that we cover and are interested in learning how to run these procedures in R.

Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with R, such acquired through an introductory R workshop.

For current MIT students, staff, and faculty only. An Athena login is required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483222

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Michael Toler, Archnet Digital Library Content Manager

Jan/28

Tue

03:00PM-05:00PM

3-133

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

The Arab Spring is the term given to the wave of demonstrations and protests that began in Tunisia in December 2010.  To date this massive wave of popular protests has toppled authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.  There have also been significant demonstrations in other countries, some of which have led to meaningful reforms, while others have led to civil war and strife.  In such times of crisis, music can be particularly important as a tool of communication and education that builds community, boosts morale, and rallies people to the cause.  One thing is clear, this is a revolutionary moment, and every revolution comes with a soundtrack. 

The still evolving soundtrack of the “Arab Spring” is a fascinating blend of local and international influences ranging from classical Chaabi music from North Africa to the electronic sounds of Rap.  Genres that have largely been robbed of their subversive power by the commercial music industry in the West, still pack a radical punch on the streets of the Middle East and North Africa.  Performers have been beaten, jailed, and even killed as part of government efforts to suppress popular uprisings.  This program will dive into the music of the Arab Spring and its antecedents through audio, video, texts, and multimedia resources.

Come discover the musicians that emerged as heroes of these protest movements and join a discussion of what the future might hold, given the rapid political and social changes in the region.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael Toler, 7-238, 617 253-2955, MTOLER@MIT.EDU

Audrey Pearson, Special Collections Cataloging Librarian

Jan/10	Fri	10:30AM-11:00AM	14N-118
Jan/10	Fri	11:15AM-11:45AM	14N-118

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: none

There are many fish in the sea, and there are many rare books in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Get up close and personal with some of our most attractive books. Library staff matchmakers will be on hand to introduce you to some very special materials in quick succession. Find a volume you’d like to get to know more intimately? Make a date to come back and spend even more time with it. Please note: the dating is with the materials, not the people. A must-do for bibliophiles.

Please register for one session:

10:30am-11:00am

11:15am-11:45am  

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Audrey Pearson, 14N-118, 617 715-4466, PEARSONA@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn

Jan/17

Fri

09:00AM-12:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: a general familiarity with Stata and linear regression

This hands-on class provides a comprehensive introduction to estimating the linear regression model using ordinary least squares in Stata. Topics for the class include multiple regression, dummy variables, interaction effects, hypothesis tests, and model diagnostics.

Prerequisites: a general familiarity with Stata, including importing and managing datasets and data exploration, the linear regression model, and the ordinary least squares estimation.

Current students, faculty, and staff only. An Athena login is required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=482980

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Katherine McNeill

Jan/09

Thu

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483115
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 35 participants

Do you manage research data here at MIT?  This workshop will provide you with basic strategies 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; and metadata, tagging, and citation options.

Please register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU

Katherine McNeill

Jan/22

Wed

10:00AM-11:00AM

14N-132

Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=481373
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 30 participants

Do you struggle with organizing your research data?  Wonder if there’s a better way to arrange and name your data files to optimize your work?  This workshop will teach you practical techniques for organizing your data files.  Topics will include: file and folder organizational structures and file naming.   Will include hands-on exercises to apply the concepts to your particular data project.

Please register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/28

Tue

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Experience with GIS software is helpful, but not required.

Geospatial data is often extremely costly and difficult to access, but there are an increasing number of free and open GIS datasets that can be just as suitable and useful as their expensive, proprietary counterparts. We will explore specific sources and strategies for discovering this data. Examples of sources covered include OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth Data, the Database of Global Administrative Areas, and others. Some experience with GIS may be helpful.

Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475863

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/22

Wed

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap

In this workshop you’ll learn how to apply the principles of regression analysis to spatial data. Find out how to discover the relationship of predictors to your variable of interest. We’ll use both ArcMap and Geoda.

Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472482

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/17

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap

Are there clusters in your data? Are similar values grouped together? What about outliers? This workshop will introduce you to spatial autocorrelation, a statistical technique that helps you identify patterns of similar and different values in your data. We will use both ArcMap and Geoda.

Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=472479

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Peter Cohn, Helen Bailey

Jan/15

Wed

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Personal content management tools help you get organized so you can work more efficiently and save yourself time. Some tools help you organize all sorts of information (notes, pdfs, documents, etc.) and work more efficiently. Others let you annotate, cite, and/or share your content. In this session we’ll show you tools for doing this while working solo or in a group.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486713

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu

Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, Mikki Simon MacDonald, Metadata archivist

Jan/31

Fri

01:00PM-02:15PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Prereq: none

This session will cover the required specifications for submitting your thesis, and review some common copyright questions related to theses, including whether you need permission to use certain figures in your thesis, and what is involved when you want to publish parts of your thesis before or after the thesis is submitted.

Offered by Mikki Simon MacDonald from the Institute Archives, who oversees thesis processing, and Ellen Finnie Duranceau, from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, who handles copyright and publishing questions for the MIT community.

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU

Sarah Desautels, Resource Sharing Assistant

Jan/15

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

DIRC (14N-132)

Enrollment: Advance sign-up encouraged, but not required!
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 50 participants

Did you know you can access a universe of resources? Don’t let your research end with MIT’s holdings—this workshop will show you three trajectories to borrowing from non-MIT collections. We’ll explore the different benefits of these trajectories, so you can take your research "to infinity—and beyond!”

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Sarah Desautels, 14-0551, 617 253-7386, SDESAUTE@MIT.EDU

Alex Caracuzzo, Sloan, Management, and Finance Librarian/Manager, Lily Zhang, Career Development Specialist

Jan/15

Wed

02:00PM-03:00PM

3-133, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Sign up on CareerBridge
Limited to 40 participants

Do you know what you want to do when you leave MIT (or for the summer), but are not sure what companies do that type of work?   Do you want to work in a specific part of the world?  Don’t you wish there was just a list of companies you might be interested in, including vital statistics about that company?  Come learn how to use article databases and other resources to reveal the secrets that you might be missing from your job or internship search.  Participants are asked to bring their own laptop or tablet as the MIT Libraries, in collaboration with GECD Career Services, will go step by step and teach how these effective tools can provide information that may be the key to finding the right company or organization for you.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development, Libraries
Contact: Lily Zhang, 12-170, (617) 253-4733, lilyz@mit.edu

Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing

Jan/10

Fri

01:00PM-02:15PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Prereq: none

This session will provide information about how to assess whether use of a particular image requires permission or is “fair use,” how to find images already flagged for reuse, and will touch briefly upon good practices for citing images.  Directed at authors of theses, journal articles, blogs, and other scholarly writing.

Presented by Ellen Finnie Duranceau, copyright contact and Program Manager for Scholarly Publishing & Licensing in the MIT Libraries.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/29

Wed

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Experience with ArcMap

Many people use buffers in a GIS to estimate distances from a place or event, but buffers don’t allow for the fact that we usually travel on paths and roads, not as the crow flies. The Network Analyst extension in ArcGIS gives you the capability of creating buffers based on travel time or distance along roads and finding optimal routes using existing road networks. Experience with ArcGIS is required.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475868

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Michael Graves

Jan/23

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

GIS Lab, 7-238

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: working knowledge of HTML and JavaScript

Learn how to create interactive maps on the Web with OpenLayers. In this workshop you'll learn how to use this full-featured, open source JavaScript library. We'll look at a number of different ways to add data to your map and how you might customize the user experience through additional tools like jQuery.

Prerequisite: You should have a working knowledge of HTML and JavaScript.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486969

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Michael Graves

Jan/24	Fri	10:00AM-12:00PM	GIS Lab, 7-238, if using your own laptop, install TileMill
Jan/29	Wed	10:00AM-12:00PM	GIS Lab, 7-238, if using your own laptop, install TileMill

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

Do you love maps? Oh, let's be honest, who doesn't? In this workshop you'll learn how to create your own maps using the open source tool, TileMill. We'll cover the basics of using TileMill and then delve into the particulars of using CartoCSS to style your maps.

Prerequisite: The computers in the GIS lab already have TileMill installed. If you are bringing your own, make sure you have TileMill (>=0.10.0) installed.

Register here for the workshop on Friday, 1/24: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486973

Register here for the workshop on Wednesday, 1/29: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=544504

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/21

Tue

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Zotero is a free, open-source program that helps you collect, manage, cite, and share your citations and files.  With one click, you can save PDFs and citations for most articles, then cite them in Word or OpenOffice.  Make a searchable PDF library and find out how to publish dynamic bibliographies and collaborate by using group collections.  In this hands-on session, learn tips and tricks on how to use Zotero more efficiently to save you time and energy.  Bring a laptop or use one of our computers.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486997

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU