All About Spatial Data: Find it, Manage it, Use it
Jennie Murack, Alex Oberg
| Jan/14 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132, use a lab computer or bring a laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Before you can start a research project, you need data! Learn about the different types of spatial data, resources for accessing it, and how to understand and organize it. At the end of this workshop you will be ready to work with spatial data. This workshop is appropriate for GIS users of all levels as well as those who intend to work with spatial data outside of GIS software.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
APIs for Scholarly Resources: Research Opportunities with Text- and Data-Mining
Mark Clemente, Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian
| Jan/26 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Please email clemente@mit.edu to reserve a spot.
Limited to 35 participants
APIs, short for application programming interface, are tools used to share content and data between software applications. Many scholarly publishers, databases, and products offer APIs to allow researchers with programming skills to more powerfully extract data to serve a variety of research purposes. With an API, users might create programmatic searches of a citation database, extract statistical data, or mine full-text articles for content.
This session, offered by the MIT Libraries' Office of Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing, will give a brief overview of some of the scholarly research APIs available to the MIT community and will feature MIT faculty and students whose current research work utilizes APIs and similar tools.
Speakers include:
Christian Catalini, Assistant Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Edward Kim, PhD student, MIT Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Jorge Arturo Guzman, PhD student, MIT Sloan School of Management
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Mark Clemente, 14S-318, 617 324-4871, CLEMENTE@MIT.EDU
Arcpy: Python Programming for GIS
Daniel Sheehan
| Jan/27 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: knowledge of Python
Learn to access ArcMap commands, attribute tables, and individual geometries using the Arcpy Python module.
Prerequisites: Some experience with Python programming. If you do not have experience, take the Intro to Python for GIS workshop or one of the general Introduction to Python workshops.
Want help working on your own Python project for GIS?
Sign up for the next workshop in the series: Create Your Own Python Project for GIS
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Basic R Programming for Data Analysis
Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer
| Jan/21 | Thu | 09:30AM-12:30PM | 4-163, Bring your laptop. |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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.
Some previous experience with R is helpful.
Bring your own laptop. There are no computers in the classroom.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Basics of Obtaining a Patent 2016
Anne Graham, Civil & Environmental Engineering Librarian
| Jan/25 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 4/162 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 100 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.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, 617 253-7744, GRAHAMA@MIT.EDU
Bioinformatics for Beginners 2016
Howard Silver, Biological Engineering Librarian
| Jan/12 | Tue | 03:30PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 10:30AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants 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 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.
Register: Tuesday, January 12, 3:30 - 5 pm
Register: Friday, January 15, 10:30 - 12 pm
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Biotech Business Information for Engineers
Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/20 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
It's not brain surgery...it's market research. This session will introduce scientists and engineers to business 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.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Business information for engineers and scientists
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries
| Jan/27 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
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 20, 2016.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Confidential Research Information Management: Security and Privacy Key Concepts
Micah Altman, Director of Research & Head/Scientist, Prog on Info Science
| Jan/11 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | E25-401 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 50 participants
Prereq: none
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.
Failures of confidentiality threaten research integrity, reputation, legality, and funding. Every researcher in the social, behavioral and health sciences must understand how to manage confidential information in research. Successful management of confidential information is particularly challenging because it requires satisfying a combination of complex legal, statistical and technological constants. And the management of this information has grown increasingly challenging because of recent changes in the law, new forms of data collection, and advances in statistical methods for linking data.
The course will be presented in a half-day format. Individual consultations may be scheduled with Dr. Altman by contacting Kelly Hopkins at khopkins@mit.edu.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kelly Hopkins, E25-131, 617 253-3044, KHOPKINS@MIT.EDU
Create Your Own Python Project for GIS
Daniel Sheehan
| Jan/28 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Knowledge of Arcpy
Bring a project to class and get help working on it. You will need to share your project idea with the instructor in advance of this session.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of the Arcpy module or attendance at Arcpy: Python Programming for GIS.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Data Management: 101
Mark Clemente, Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian, Katherine McNeill, Program Head, Data Management Services; Economics Librarian
| Jan/12 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Register for this session at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2258680
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 25 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. For more in-depth coverage of some of these topics, see our other workshops in the Research Data Management Series.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Mark Clemente, 14S-318, 617 324-4871, CLEMENTE@MIT.EDU
Data Management: Data Management Plans & the DMPTool
Christine Malinowski, Library Fellow for Research Data Management
| Jan/26 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
Limited to 25 participants
Are you required to submit a data management plan (DMP) to a funder? Are you looking to create a data management plan and aren’t sure where to start or what to include? This session will run through the components of a good data management plan and introduce the DMPTool, an online (and MIT-customized) tool for crafting funder-specific data management plans.
Register for this session at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2256607
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU
Data Management: File Organization
Christine Malinowski, Library Fellow for Research Data Management
| Jan/21 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 25 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.
Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2233413
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU
Data Management: Strategies for Data Sharing and Storage
Helen Bailey, Digital Curation Analyst, Phoebe Ayers, Librarian for EECS & Engineering Systems
| Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132, DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Not sure how to publish and share your data? Unclear on the best formats and information to include for optimal data reuse? This workshop will review existing options for long-term storage and strategies for sharing data with other researchers. Topics will include: data publication and citation, persistent identifiers, versioning, data formats and metadata for reuse, repositories, cost models and management strategies.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2231360
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU
Data Visualization with D3.js
Helen Bailey, Digital Curation Analyst
| Jan/25 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
This hands-on workshop will walk participants through creating interactive, web-based visualizations using the D3 JavaScript library. Students will:
Previous experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is required. Participants should be comfortable with basic JavaScript principles, such as those covered in this tutorial, prior to attending this workshop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2255984
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU
Data Visualization: Introduction to Tools and Principles
Helen Bailey, Digital Curation Analyst
| Jan/12 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 4-163 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
This introductory session will provide an overview of concepts and tools for visualizing data. Attendees will be introduced to web-based, open-source tools that provide beginner and intermediate users with richer functionality than traditional desktop spreadsheet and graphics software. Topics will include use cases and tool selection, data processing workflows, and principles for creating effective visualizations.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2255951
*Please note there is a new location for this workshop. It will now be held in 4-163.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU
Digital Imaging 101
Jenn Morris, Digital Imaging Manager, MIT Libraries
| Jan/19 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 35 participants
With current tools like smartphones and photocopiers, digital images of paper or photographs can be captured in a snap. While these quick and easy methods might work for instant online sharing and social media, they are not the best choice for scans you want to keep long term. This class will cover basic digital imaging concepts and considerations to keep in mind when digitizing for future access. Topics to be covered will include planning your digital project, imaging specifications, equipment, simple image correction and retouching methods, storage, optical character recognition, and metadata.
Please register as space is limited.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennifer Morris, 14-0551, 617 253-7286, J_MORRIS@MIT.EDU
Finding Research Datasets in the Social Sciences
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/26 | Tue | 09:30AM-11:00AM | LIB: 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
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
From Submission to Publication: What Authors Need to Know About the Journal and Book Publishing Process
Ellen Finnie, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing, Copyright & Licensing
| Jan/26 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 60 participants
The times they are a-challenging, especially for academic authors. With submission queues stretching toward infinity and a bewildering landscape of publishing options, writing the darned article or book begins to seem like the easy part. And first-time authors in particular might find that competition for reputable publishing options is fierce.
How can authors get noticed and succeed in such an environment?
For book publishing, we will address: What sorts of projects are university press editors seeking? What selection process do they use? Should you write a specialized book for readers in your field or aim for a larger audience? Can you publish your dissertation as a book? Can you submit to more than one publisher at a time?
For journal publishing, we will address: How do you target a journal for submission? How will your article survive the peer review process at a top-ranked journal and what are the pitfalls to avoid? How do scholarly journal editors think about impact, and how can you ensure your article will have it?
In this session, MIT Press Journals Director Nick Lindsay and Books Editorial Director Gita Manaktala will answer your questions about the publishing process at their press and offer concrete strategies to help you get from proposal to publication. They will be joined by David Kaiser, author of many books, and Dpt Head of MIT's Prg in Sci., Tech., and Soc., and Sean Lynn-Jones, editor of the journal International Security.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Courtney Crummett, GeneGo Trainer
| Jan/26 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 30 participants
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use MetaCore, a bioinformatics software tool licensed by MIT Libraries. MetaCore provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses for novel biomarkers, targets, and mechanisms of action. Learn how to work with different types of data such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data. Use this tool 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. A new feature, Key Pathway Advisor (KPA) which can be used to predict upstream regulators from differentially expressed genes and help identify key pathways that they participate in with be demoed. 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
GIS Level 2
Anne Graham
| Jan/21 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: A basic knowledge of GIS using either ArcMap or QGIS
Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to manage map projections, create and edit GIS files, and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join. We will use both QGIS and ArcGIS.
Prerequisite: Previous experience with GIS software is required, such as taking the Intro to GIS workshop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2239995
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Going beyond Google Scholar: Exploring the Web of Science and Scopus
Michael Noga, Collections Strategist, MIT Libraries
| Jan/21 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-123, DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: none
Google Scholar has got it. You can easily search, get ranked results, and go to the full text of articles and other writings. But, if you are doing a literature review for your dissertation, starting a new research project, or need to find older or hard-to-find references, you will benefit by using the Web of Science and its related databases, and Scopus. Come to this session to learn how to do a deeper search for scholarly literature, take advantage of citation searching, and use journal ranking tools. We will have some time to work with your specific topics.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2257137
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael Noga, 14S-222, 617 253-1290, MNOGA@MIT.EDU
Historic Letterlocking: The Art and Security of Letterwriting
Jana Dambrogio, Thomas F. Peterson Jr. (1957) Conservator
| Jan/06 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 14-0513 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 10 participants
Prereq: NA
Queen Elizabeth the First did it. Marie Antoinette did it, too. And so did William Barton Rogers.
Come spend a morning in the MIT Libraries Wunsch Conservation lab with Jana Dambrogio, the Thomas F. Peterson Jr. (1957) 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-12:00 pm
Offered: one morning session.
When: Wednesday, January 6
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jana Dambrogio, 14-0513, 617 452-4064, JLD@MIT.EDU
Historical Hooch and Fabulous Food
Dana Hamlin, Nora Murphy, Chris Tanguay
| Jan/15 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Have you ever wondered…
Bring your appetite for history and join us as we explore these topics (and more!) in the Institute Archives & Special Collections.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Dana Hamlin, 14N-118, 617 253-5705, dgoblask@mit.edu
Intermediate Python
Kareem Carr
| Jan/29 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | 4-231, Bring your laptop with Python installed |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
This course is a survey of advanced features of the python programming language that are relevant to data analysis. This includes exposure to some of the most powerful features of python, such as functional and object-oriented programming. In addition, we will learn how to use inspection to learn about the undocumented features of new modules and data structures.
Requirements:
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to Editing Wikipedia
Greta Kuriger Suiter, Collections Archivist, Phoebe Ayers, Librarian for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Jessica Venlet, Library Fellow for Digital Archives
| Jan/22 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | 14N 132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Join us for this IAP session to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the world’s largest reference work. From 2-3pm, we’ll offer an introduction to editing mechanisms and Wikipedia guidelines, and help new contributors get set up with usernames and articles. From 3-5pm, we’ll work on improving articles.
Staff from the Libraries and Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication who are experienced Wikipedians will be available to answer questions about editing, writing and researching for Wikipedia throughout the session. Both new and experienced Wikipedians are welcome. For participants fluent in multiple languages, working in any language Wikipedia is welcome and encouraged. Drop in any time during the session, and bring your questions and ideas for topics to work on! Computers will be available, but participants can also bring their own laptops. For the most up to date event details, visit our Wikipedia Meet-Up page.
Registration is not required, but encouraged. To register, visit the registration page.
Excited about Wikipedia possibilities? Join us for two other Wikipedia events for IAP: Wikipedia in the Classroom: Creating Digital Research and Writing Assignments (registration page). Writing Black History into Wikipedia (registration page).
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jessica Venlet, 14N-118, 617 715-4468, JVENLET@MIT.EDU
Introduction to GIS
Alex Oberg
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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 13th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2239949
For January 19th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2239950
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
Introduction to Python
Kareem Carr
| Jan/15 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | 56-114, Bring your laptop with Python installed |
| Jan/22 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | 4-231, Bring your laptop with Python installed |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Have you always wanted to learn a programming language, but not sure how to get started? This workshop teaches the basic grammar of the python programming language, a powerful but easy to use tool for getting more out of your computer. Little to no knowledge of python or programming is assumed.
This workshop will be offered twice. Only register for ONE workshop.
Register here for January 15th
Register here for January 22nd
Requirements:
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to Python for GIS
Daniel Sheehan
| Jan/26 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Learn just enough Python to work with Python in ArcGIS. This workshop is for people who want to take Arcpy: Python Programming in GIS, but do not have previous knowledge of Python. You will need a base knowledge of Python to use the Arcpy module effectively. If you are not interested in Arcpy, sign up for one of our general Intro to Python workshops.
Continue your knowledge of Python and GIS by signing up for one of the other workshops in this series:
Arcpy: Python Programming for GIS
Create Your Own Python Project for GIS
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to R
Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer,
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-237, Bring a laptop |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 09:30AM-12:30PM | 4-231, Bring a laptop |
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.
This workshop will be offered at two times. Register for one time.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to R Graphics
Ista Zahn
| Jan/25 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-231, Bring your laptop. |
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.
Bring a laptop. There are no computers in the clasroom.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to Stata
Ista Zahn
| Jan/28 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 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.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
LaTeX/BibTeX & citation management tools
Christine Malinowski, Library Fellow for Research Data Management
| Jan/28 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC, Bring your laptop with LaTeX installed |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/28
Limited to 25 participants
Are you using LaTeX to create your documents? Are you looking for more guidance on integrating Zotero or Mendeley into your workflow? Do you keep running into issues with your citations or your .bib files? If you have a working knowledge of LaTeX and are looking to optimize how you manage citations and integrate your favorite citation management tools like Zotero, Mendeley or JabRef, this is the workshop for you!
Note, this is not an introduction to LaTeX or BibTeX – a working knowledge of LaTeX is assumed. Bring your laptop with your LaTeX setup to follow along.
Register for this session at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2256749
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU
Make an Online Map in Minutes
Jennie Murack
| Jan/20 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Learn how to make a basic, online map that you can include in publications, papers, or host on a website. We'll discuss a variety of web-based tools for creating maps, such as CartoDB and ArcGIS Online, and how to find data to use in these programs. Then you will have a chance to create your own web-based map.
There will be computers available to use or you can bring a laptop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2239964
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Manage your PDFs and Citations: Zotero & Mendeley
Peter Cohn
| Jan/25 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 50 participants
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is common and important in today’s academic world. These tools will help you to save citations from your favorite databases and websites, store related PDFs or attachments, and quickly build a bibliography for your papers and publications. We’ll review Zotero and Mendeley and show how to use them together to help your manage your PDF’s and citations.
Pre-register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2256018
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Darcy Duke, 617.953.5977, darcy@mit.edu
NIH Public Access Compliance Hands-on Working Session
Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/27 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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
Online workshop: Manage your PDFs & citations: Zotero & Mendeley
Peter Cohn
| Jan/13 | Wed | 04:30PM-05:30PM | Online |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is common and important in today’s academic world. These tools will help you to save citations from your favorite databases and websites, store related PDFs or attachments, and quickly build a bibliography for your papers and publications. We’ll review Zotero and Mendeley and show how to use them together to help your manage your PDF’s and citations.
This is an online workshop.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Patent analysis with PatSnap
Anne Graham, Civil and Environmental Engineering Librarian
| Jan/20 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Danielle Eades with PatSnap will lead a webinar to illustrate the use of the PatSnap analysis platform to gain global market insights through patents.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, 617 253-7744, GRAHAMA@MIT.EDU
Patent Searching Fundamentals 2016
Anne Graham, Civil & Environmental Engineering Librarian
| Jan/22 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
This session will enable you to successfully find patent references from all over the world, and obtain patent text and diagrams. This hands-on session will help de-mystify the patent literature and show key resources for finding patents.
Friday, January 22, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, please register here
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, 617 253-7744, GRAHAMA@MIT.EDU
Protocols and Methods: Recipes for research
Howard Silver
| Jan/19 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none
A couple hours in the Library can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Need to know how to do Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans? 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
Public Opinion Data Resources
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/27 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:00AM | LIB: 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2252551
Sign-up by 01/27
Limited to 40 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
R Regression Models
Ista Zahn
| Jan/26 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-231, Bring your laptop. |
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.
Bring a laptop. There are no computers in the classroom.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Research Funder Open Access Requirements from NASA, NSF, DOE and Other Federal Agencies
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Pub., Copyright, & Licensing, Michelle Christy, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Katherine McNeill, Program Head, Data Management Services
| Jan/13 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 30 participants
Do you or your colleagues get or seek federal funding for your research? Want to stay up-to-date on rules to get your next grant, or help others with managing their grant requirements? Come to this session and learn about new requirements from the federal government for open access: in 2013, the White House directed all large federal agencies to develop requirements for open access to publications and data created through research they fund. These requirements are now being implemented.
In the session, staff from the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Libraries will:
• provide an overview of the new requirements that have been issued from major agencies including NASA, NSF, and the Department of Energy.
• describe services at MIT that can help you comply with these requirements
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
Scholarly Reputation Management for Early Career Researchers
Michal Altman, Ph.D., Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Info Sci
| Jan/25 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | E25-111 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 125 participants
Prereq: none
In the rapidly changing world of research and scholarly communications researchers are faced with a rapidly growing range of options to publicly disseminate, review, and discuss research—options which will affect their long-term reputation. Early career scholars must be especially thoughtful in choosing how much effort to invest in dissemination and communication, and what strategies to use.
In this talk, Dr. Altman briefly reviews a number of bibliometric and scientometric studies of quantitative research impact, a sampling of influential qualitative writings advising this area, and an environmental scan of emerging researcher profile systems. Based on this review, and on professional experience on dozens of review panels, Dr. Altman suggests some steps junior researchers may consider when disseminating their research and participating in public reviews and discussion.
Location: E25-111
Click here to register for this IAP class.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kelly Hopkins, E25-131, 617 253-3044, KHOPKINS@MIT.EDU
The Doctor Is In: Medical Information at MIT Libraries
Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/22 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
We may not have a medical school, but the Libraries is full of medical information to support your research. Need to find an efficacy study on a drug or treatment protocol? Need to understand the physiology of the nervous systems? Need to better understand the screening and prevention of a particular disease or disorder? This hands-on workshop will demonstrate how our collections can help you find these answers. Registration required.
Sponsor(s): Biology, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Theses@MIT: specifications and copyright issues
Ellen Finnie, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing, Copyright,& Licensing, Mikki Simon MacDonald, Metadata archivist
| Jan/20 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 25 participants
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, from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, & 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
Two Bookbinding Styles
Kate Beattie, Preservation Associate, Ayako Letizia, Conservation Assistant
| Jan/07 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 14-0513, Open to the MIT community |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 12 participants
Learn two non-adhesive sewn bookbinding styles – Secret Belgian binding and Crossed Structure binding – using colorful boards, papers, and thread. Materials will be provided. We will have tools on hand to borrow for the duration of the class.
Please sign up for the class at http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2254132.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Rebecca Meyer, 14-0513, 617 253-5282, MEYERRL@MIT.EDU
Using Digital Forensics to Understand Your Digital Material: BitCurator
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivisit
| Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 2-105, Bring your laptop to load software |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: Knowledge to install software on your computer.
Join the Libraries' Digital Archivist in learning about how digital forensics tools and techniques can help you learn about your files. For the hands-on workshop, you will bring your laptop and we will install the BitCurator environment. We will use tools such as a disk imager, BulkExtractor, ExifViewer, and other tools to understand if there is PII in your files. We will explore what's in your files and how to use digital forensics tools to view, extract, and report on files.
This workshop will require your personal laptop using VMware or VirtualBox. We will be loading software onto your computer, so you need permissions to do this. You may bring a small capacity external USB drive (1GB or smaller) that we can image for the class. We will also provide a USB drive with files from the Personal Digital Archiving course.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2264788
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
Using images in your work: A look at copyright, open licensing, and fair use
Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian
| Jan/19 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 25 participants
Directed at authors of journal articles, blogs, theses, and other scholarly writing, this session will help you assess whether using a particular image requires permission or can be used under "fair use," provide suggestions about how to find images already flagged for reuse, and touch upon good practices for citing images.
Presented by Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian in the Office of Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, & Licensing in the MIT Libraries.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2247191
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU
Vintage Musical Sound: Audio Technology from 100 Years Ago
Timothy Peng
| Jan/28 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 14E-109, Lewis Music Library |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Come hear how music sounded over 100 years ago. Timothy Peng of Duo-Art Music will demonstrate the Lewis Music Library's Edison wax cylinder player from ca.1905 and Victor V 78 player from ca.1910. Light refreshments provided.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Munstedt, 14E-109, 617-253-5636, pmunsted@mit.edu
Visualizing and Accessing Genomic Data Using Publically Available Genome Browsers and Databases
Charlie Whittaker, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility Researcher, Duan Ma, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility Researcher, Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/29 | Fri | 09:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
There are extensive genomic data available in public databases and these data are readily accessible using resources such as the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics tools, cBioPortal and the Broad Institute’s Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV). This hands-on session will demonstrate some common workflows that are possible with these applications including bulk sequence extraction, powerful queries and the sharing and visualization of large datasets. This session will be taught by Charlie Whittaker and Duan Ma of the KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility
Eligibility: MIT researchers affiliated with the Koch Institute, the Biology Department, the Center for Environmental Health Sciences or the Department of Biological Engineering. Registration required.
Sponsor(s): David H. Koch Inst. for Integrative Cancer Researc, Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Voices from the Archives
Liz Andrews, Myles Crowley, Nora Murphy, Institute Archives & Special Collections
| Jan/08 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 30 participants
One of the interesting things about archival records is that it’s not just about “famous” people. Materials in the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections are original and unique and can give voice to many stories or pieces of stories. This session is informal and hands on– we’ll have a variety of examples for you to look at, examine, and listen to so you can “meet” people who were at MIT before you. Your story could be here in the future. Come and see what we have.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Liz Andrews, 14N-118, 617-253-5690, landrews@mit.edu
What kind of visualization lab do you need?
Christine Malinowski, Library Fellow for Research Data Management, Daniel Sheehan, Senior GIS Specialist
| Jan/13 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
The MIT Libraries strives to meet the varied needs of the MIT community. Over the past 14 years, we’ve supported and seen considerable use of the MIT GIS Lab. We’re now exploring potential additional services, including visualization software and a visualization lab. Join us for this informal discussion and share your ideas of what a visualization lab might need to look like to meet your needs. All MIT community members are welcome. Your ideas will help inform our services and will be shared with the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of Libraries at MIT.
Register for the January 13th discussion: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2254609
Register for the January 20th discussion: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2254616
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU
What's Old is New: Recent Additions to our Special Collections
Stephen Skuce, Rare Books Program Manager
| Jan/22 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-118 Archives |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
This year the Institute Archives and the Lewis Music Library have added some very cool things to their special collections. Lewis Music has acquired a 15th century chant book that's got to be the biggest volume you've ever seen. For balance, they've acquired a teeny tiny miniature book to go with it. The Archives has some "new" acquisitions too: want to see a 4,000 year old cuneiform tablet? How about a second-folio copy of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar from 1632? If you prefer something more recent, we'll have a mid-20th century lab notebook from a founding member of the Center for Cancer Research. Come get an up-close look at these treasures and several others. Drop in between 10 and 11 am.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stephen Skuce, 14N-118, 617 253-0654, SKUCE@MIT.EDU
Wikipedia in the Classroom: Creating Digital Research and Writing Assignments
Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
| Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N 132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 30 participants
When Wikipedia was founded in 2001, its difference from the traditional print model of encyclopedic writing was perhaps most apparent, but the fact that its content was generated by an alternative model—a non-centralized cadre of volunteer editors—offered the most significant difference. Almost overnight, there was an online reference tool that outpaced resources like Microsoft’s Encarta, and students and educators alike took notice. But not in a good way. Many instructors (myself included) made sure to include a clause in their syllabi that read: “Wikipedia does NOT count as a valid source.”
Fast-forward more than a decade and Wikipedia is the 7th most visited website in the world, containing well over 36 million articles in all its language editions. It now has high quality standards and a rigorous gatekeeping system in place. And another thing: many educators and academics now teach and collaborate with Wikipedia, often using best practices and resources developed by the Wiki Education Foundation.
In this workshop, will discuss how Wikipedia has evolved over the last decade and how it can be integrated into classroom instruction as a research tool and as a vehicle through which students can gain experience in writing for a public audience.
Please register via the registration page.
Immediately following this session we are hosting an Introduction to Editing Wikipedia event starting at 2:00 PM. Join us!
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jessica Venlet, 14N-118, 617 715-4468, JVENLET@MIT.EDU
Writing Black History into Wikipedia
Greta Kuriger Suiter, Collections Archivist, Phoebe Ayers, Librarian for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Jessica Venlet, Library Fellow for Digital Archives
| Jan/29 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
In anticipation of Black History Month 2016, join us for an edit-a-thon to update and improve Wikipedia articles about African Americans in STEM fields (STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics.) We will look at the Blacks at MIT History Project for inspiration and resources from the MIT Libraries will be on hand.
Staff from the Libraries and Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication who are experienced Wikipedians will provide a short introduction and overview of editing Wikipedia and will be available to answer questions throughout the session. Drop in any time during the session, and come with questions and ideas for topics! For those fluent in multiple languages, working in any language Wikipedia is welcome and encouraged. Computers will be available, but participants can also bring their own laptops.
Learn more about this event on our Wikipedia Meet-Up page.
Registration is encouraged, but not required. Resigter online via the Libraries website.
Excited about Wikipedia possibilities? Join us for two other Wikipedia events during IAP: Wikipedia in the Classroom: Creating Digital Research and Writing Assignments. Visit the registration page for more details. Introduction to Editing Wikipedia. Visit the registration page for more details.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jessica Venlet, 14N-118, 617 715-4468, JVENLET@MIT.EDU
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