IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Libraries

Anna Boutin, Art & Architecture Librarian

Jan/25

Wed

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-112

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Curious about what an artists’ book is exactly? Wondering what makes it different than the other books that the Libraries has? Whether you’ve heard about them before or not, this session will go over current discussions on what exactly makes and artists’ book, and will include an interactive experience with some of the dynamic books in MIT Libraries own collections!

Please Register Here.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin, 7-238, 617-324-6600, boutin@mit.edu

Greta Suiter, Collections Archivist

Jan/27

Fri

02:00PM-03:30PM

N14-118

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Join us for a healthy alternative to the traditional power hour! Over the course of an hour librarians and archivists will rapidly present 60 shots of archival and special collections facts and tidbits showcasing items from the archival collections, rare book program, and the Lewis Music Library. Items presented will cover a variety of subjects including, but not limited to MIT department and administrative history, and the lives and accomplishments of MIT faculty. Items will range from the fantastic to the mundane, and all will be described in just one minute before moving to the next item. Please join us for a fast-paced look at the remarkable collections in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Greta Suiter, 14N-118, 617 258-5533, GSUITER@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer

Jan/30

Mon

09:00AM-12:00PM

4-231, Bring your laptop

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

This hands-on, intermediate course will guide you through a variety of programming functions in the open-source statistical software program, R. 

It is intended for those already comfortable with using R for data analysis who wish to move on to writing their own functions. To the extent possible this workshop uses real-world examples. Concepts will be introduced as they are needed for a realistic analysis task. In the course of working through a realistic project we will lean about interacting with web services, regular expressions, iteration, functions, control flow and more.

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

Bring your own laptop. There are no computers in the classroom.

Register here.

 

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

Anne Graham, Civil & Environmental Engineering Librarian

Jan/23

Mon

10:30AM-12:00PM

4-163

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

Register here

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, 617 253-7744, GRAHAMA@MIT.EDU

Georgiana McReynolds

Jan/11

Wed

11:00AM-12:30PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 30 participants

This session will help you turn ideas into products. Join this interactive time of learning and fun where you can explore what the Libraries have to offer and what's useful on the Web. Find information about companies, market research, marketing, industries, and more. Learn time saving search tips and how to navigate the complex world of business information.

Registration is required

 

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

Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh

Jan/20

Fri

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Did you ever wonder where grocery stores are located in a city? Or perhaps biotech firms? We will learn how to query several business directories and then take that information one step further by creating customized maps and finding detailed information for specific companies.

Bring your laptop or use a computer in the lab.

Register here.

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

Howard Silver, MIT Libraries

Jan/19

Thu

04:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
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 your interests are focused on bioscience, consider our related session on Biotech business information, offered January 11, 2017, 11 am - 12 pm.  

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

Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh

Feb/01

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

There are many websites and databases that include census and demographic data. How do you find them? Which is the best for your project? We’ll explore sources of US and international data and provide tips for finding additional datasets. For those interested in mapping, we’ll teach you the steps necessary for creating customized maps.

Register here.

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

Stephen Skuce, Rare Books Program Manager

Jan/20

Fri

10:00AM-11:00AM

14N-118, Please no food or drink; drop by from 10-11

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: none

Check out stuff that's cool, intriguing, and sometimes very old, as we present new additions to our rare book collection, recent accessions from the Institute Archives, and eye-popping materials from the Lewis Music Library. Get up close to objects created between the mid-16th century and the late 20th, including:

• The world's first computer program, written by Ada Lovelace in 1843
• A 1992 manuscript music score in glorious color (we defy you to hum a few bars)
• An 18th century scroll, more than a dozen feet long and handwritten on vellum
• Newly acquired papers of the first student from Japan to earn an MIT degree
• A 1553 book containing letters to Hypatia (370-415 CE), the first woman ever to teach philosophy to men
• A wax cylinder player from 1905
• A history of the NAACP inscribed by its author, Langston Hughes
• Recently received materials on the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel
• A very small book printed on multicolored silk
• 3 history plays from Shakespeare's Second Folio

... and more! Come and go, from 10-11 am.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stephen Skuce, 14N-118, 617 253-0654, SKUCE@MIT.EDU

Ayako Letizia, Conservation Associate

Jan/11

Wed

10:00AM-12:00PM

14-0513 Wunsch Lab

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Learn a non-adhesive bookbinding style known as the “Crossed Structure binding.” In this hands-on workshop you will sew a book and cover it with handmade paper. Materials will be provided. We will have tools on hand to borrow for the duration of the class.

Please register here.

 

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ayako Letizia, 14-0513, 617 253-5282, AYAKO@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer

Jan/20

Fri

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=842830

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

Phoebe Ayers, EECS & IDSS Librarian

Jan/12

Thu

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 30 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 here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2988818

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, 10-500, 617 253-4442, PSAYERS@MIT.EDU

Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian, Ece Turnator, Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian

Jan/18

Wed

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
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 for this workshop at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2980558

Following this workshop, stay for our informal drop-in hour (3-4PM) for 1-on-1 help in applying file organization practices to your own projects & files. Reserve your consultation spot here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2990449

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU

Phoebe Ayers, EECS & IDSS Librarian, Howard Silver, Biological Engineering Librarian

Jan/25

Wed

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 30 participants

Not sure how to publish and share your data? Unclear on the best formats and descriptive information for optimal data reuse? This workshop will review 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/2988814

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, 10-500, 617 253-4442, PSAYERS@MIT.EDU

Helen Bailey, Application Developer/Analyst

Feb/02

Thu

11:00AM-12:30PM

3-270

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/3000664

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU

Stacey Snyder, E-Learning Librarian

Feb/02

Thu

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/02

PubPub creator and MIT Media Lab PhD student, Travis Rich, will demonstrate this open-access platform for writing digitally native publications that are rich and highly collaborative. We will also discuss wider trends and opportunities in publishing today. This event is sponsored by the MIT Libraries' Personal Content Management team.

Please register ahead of time.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stacey Snyder, 10-500, 617 324-6024, SSNYDER@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

Jan/19

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Learn how to tell a story with your map by adding photographs and videos or creating a customized map viewer using a Web App. No coding required! We will provide sample data, however feel free to provide your own photo collection. The easiest place to store your photos for the map is in a public album on Flickr or you can reference images by the url if they are stored on your own web server.

You can bring your own laptop or use a lab computer.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963280

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

Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian

Jan/18

Wed

03:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 10 participants

Looking for one-on-one help in improving your data file organization? Want to jumpstart implementing best practices covered in the preceding File Management workshop? Register for this informal session and sit down with a member of the Data Management Services team to discuss your specific challenges and needs. 

Attendance in the Data Management: File Organization workshop is not required but encouraged. 

Reserve your individual consultation spot at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2990449

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU

Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian, MIT Libraries

Jan/18

Wed

10:30AM-12:00PM

14N-132 DIRC, bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) family of databases are filled with information for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several NCBI 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. 

Registration Required

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

GeneGo Trainer, Courtney Crummett

Jan/12

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132 DIRC, bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11

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 demonstrated.

Please register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3004139

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

Alena McNamara, Librarian for the School of Architecture & Planning, Michelle Baildon, Liaison to the Science, Technology, & Society Program, Anna Boutin, Librarian for the School of Architecture & Planning

Jan/31

Tue

01:00PM-03:00PM

2-147

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Limited to 20 participants

MIT students have been involved with activism for decades. While the most well-recorded protests are those of the 1960s and 1970s against the Vietnam War, MIT students have stood up for what they believe in throughout the Institute's history. In addition, students of color, LGBTQ students, Black students, and international students have all had to establish their claims to equal space in the Institute. The Institute Archives and Special Collections preserves documentation of the history of the Institute, including many activist efforts by students, faculty and staff. Join us to learn about the struggle for equity and inclusion inside and outside of MIT.

Please pre-register here.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Alena McNamara, 7-238, 617 258-5593, AMCNAMAR@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack, Anne Graham

Jan/31

Tue

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

ESRI recently introduced a new GIS software, ArcGIS Pro. Learn how to use it, explore new features, and find out how it differs from ArcGIS Desktop.

This is not an Intro to GIS workshop. We will only be discussing the features of this software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963367

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

Anne Graham, Daniel Sheehan

Jan/24

Tue

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/2963336

 

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

Nora Murphy, Archivist for Reference, Instruction and Outreach

Jan/13

Fri

02:00PM-03:30PM

14N-118, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3064423
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 20 participants

International students have attended since at least the second year the MIT offered courses (1866/7). Between 1866 and 1900, almost 200 students from at least 38 countries attended the Institute as special (non-degree) or regular (degree) students. They served as conduits for cultural and academic experiences that informed and enriched both their home and host countries.

The Institute Archives and Special Collections staff has created a list of international student from 1866 to 1940 from students listed in the course catalogs and student directories. Find out who from outside of the U.S. attended MIT, which countries they called home, and how to use resources in the Institute Archives and Special Collections to gather information about some of these students. 

The first 30 minutes will be spent learning about the resources in the Institute Archives and Special Collections and other resources at MIT to find information about individual students and how to use those resources. During the last hour participants can gather information about individual students.

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Nora Murphy, 14N-118, 617 253-5690, NMURPHY@MIT.EDU

Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian

Jan/12

Thu

03:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 25 participants

​EndNote is a software package designed to help you organize citations and create bibliographies. In this workshop we'll cover how to search for citations in databases (such as PubMed and Web of Science) and library catalogs (such as Barton), import and organize them in EndNote, and build your bibliographies and inline citations in Word.

Register for this workshop at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2980712 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU

Madeline Wrable

Jan/17	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
Jan/23	Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants 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 17th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963173

For January 23rd, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963332

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/19	Thu	09:00AM-12:00PM	4-231, Bring your laptop
Jan/24	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	4-231, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants 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.

Bring a laptop to the workshop as there are no computers in the classroom. Prior to the workshop install R and RStudio.

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

January 19th, 9am-12pm 

January 24th, 1-4pm

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

Ista Zahn

Jan/31

Tue

01:00PM-04:00PM

4-237, 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.

Register here.

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

Madeline Wrable

Jan/25

Wed

01:00PM-03:00PM

7-238, 3rd floor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Are you curious about how to make use of satellite data? Come learn about satellite remote sensing and image processing. You will leave with an overview of this technology and resources for getting started.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963376

The workshop will be held in the GIS lab on the 3rd floor of Rotch Library (building 7-238). The GIS lab computers require an MIT Athena login so you must have one to participate.

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

Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

Jan/26

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

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

Are there clusters in your data? Are similar values grouped together? How are several pieces of data related? This workshop will introduce you to spatial statistics techniques in both ArcMap and Geoda.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963347

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

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

Ista Zahn

Jan/20

Fri

09:00AM-12:00PM

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.

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

Lisa Robinson, Manager, IS&T Release Engineering

Jan/17

Tue

10:00AM-11:00AM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 35 participants

Learn about LabArchives, a cloud-based electronic lab notebook (ELN). 

- Share information within the laboratory and beyond.

- Store data securely on the LabArchives servers.  Multiple redundancy ensures 24x7 availability.

- Create standard ELN formats and templates for your lab or research group.

- Available at no cost to MIT departments, labs and centers

 

Please register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3000318

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

Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian

Jan/26

Thu

04:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
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/2980742

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU

Jana Dambrogio, MIT Libraries Thomas F. Peterson Conservator

Jan/12

Thu

01:00PM-04:00PM

14-0513 Wunsch Lab

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come to the Wunsch Conservation Lab and use handmade paper, ink, wax, and seals to letterlock and bind books in three historically-accurate binding styles. Participants will learn how to paper engineer, build physical security, and add authentication enhancements into their documents in the medieval style.
The class will view original manuscripts based on archival storage systems of Italian legal and accounting documents from the 13th-17th-centuries and learn the difference between a filza, a gathered and tied binding, and a journal made with parchment tackets.

 

Please register here

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jana Dambrogio, 14-0513, 617 452-4064, jld@mit.edu

Anne Graham, Ece Turnator

Feb/01

Wed

01:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop will introduce Carto as a tool for creating customized online maps and performing basic data analysis. We will learn how to find and add a historic basemap to Carto, import present-day geographic data, and analyze the data using the new Carto Builder tools. We will provide sample data, but feel free to bring your own if you have it.

Bring your laptop or use a lab computer.

Register here.

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

Ann Marie Willer, Preservation Librarian

Feb/02

Thu

03:00PM-04:30PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/02
Limited to 10 participants
Prereq: ability to handle needle & thread

Exercise your mind and your hands by learning to assemble and sew your own journal, then get in touch with your heart through a journaling exercise.

Participants will stitch a colorful pamphlet booklet to use as a blank book for journaling. Information will be shared about different writing techniques, and time will be set aside for silent journaling.

All materials will be provided, but you can bring your favorite pen or pencil if you like.

REGISTER HERE: http://176.v1.libcal.com/event.php?id=1180155

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ann Marie Willer, 14-0513, 617 253-5692, WILLER@MIT.EDU

Jennie Murack

Jan/25

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25

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.

Register here.

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

Stacey Snyder, E-Learning Librarian

Jan/30

Mon

02:00PM-03:00PM

Online, Sign up to get the WebEx link

Enrollment: Unlimited: 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.

Register here for this online session

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stacey Snyder, 10-500, 617 324-6024, SSNYDER@MIT.EDU

Daniel Sheehan, Senior GIS Specialist, Mike Foster, GIS/Data Visualization Specialist

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

This is a two-session workshop that will introduce the requirements and protocols in utilizing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS… aka Drones) for research and projects to collect data and create detailed models and maps. 

Day 1: Intro to Drone Flight

We will cover the rules and regulations of UAS flight, go over requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, introduce flight maps, planning, and the associated language, discuss the data you can collect, and talk about what you need to do to get off the ground.

Day 2: Mapping and Postprocessing

This session will discuss data collection and introduce methods for postprocessing. Attendees will be introduced to processing software like ArcGIS Drone2Map and Agisoft Photoscan. Students will get a chance to process some collected data using Photoscan, which mosaics images to create orthophotos, and, using photogrammetric methods, create point clouds that can be turned into 3D elevation models.

Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/7QnVuNe7ggyeNdlM2

Location: Room 2-105

Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Michael Foster, 9-522, 617 324-8234, MJFOSTER@MIT.EDU

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Jan/19	Thu	09:00AM-12:00PM	2-105
Jan/20	Fri	09:00AM-12:00PM	2-105

Joe Wright - Specialist, Daniel Sheehan - Senior GIS Specialist, Mike Foster - GIS/Data Visualization Specialist

Michael M Noga, Earth and Planetary Sciences Librarian

Feb/03

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

7-238

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/02
Prereq: none

Come on a fun tour of the two main map collections in the Libraries.  We will start in the Rotch Library and then travel to the Hayden Map Collection.   You will see the type of maps in the collections, how to find them, and how to use them.

Also, you can participate in a map quiz.   There will be snacks and map giveaways.

Please register ahead of time here.

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

Anne Graham, Civil & Environmental Engineering Librarian

Jan/18

Wed

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/18

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.

Wednesday, January 18, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, please register here

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, 617 253-7744, GRAHAMA@MIT.EDU

Howard Silver

Jan/19

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none

A couple hours with the Libraries' protocols and methods resources 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

Daniel Sheehan

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: a basic knowledge of ArcMap

This is a 2-day workshop. Please attend both days.

Day 1: You'll learn just enough Python scripting to work with it in ArcGIS and feel comfortable in Day 2 of the workshop.

Day 2: This day will focus on using Python to automate map making. With the ArcPy mapping module you can easily create and update map layers and content to create customized maps that can be exported for presentations and reports. Whether you need to create 10 or 1000 maps, you'll learn how to save time by using Python.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2963365

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of ArcGIS, such as taking the Intro workshop

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

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Jan/30

Mon

01:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Daniel Sheehan

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Jan/31

Tue

01:00PM-04:00PM

14N-132

Daniel Sheehan

Ista Zahn

Jan/23

Mon

09:00AM-12:00PM

1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to graphics in Stata.  Topics for the class include graphing principles, descriptive graphs, linear regression, factor variables, and post-estimation graphs.  This is an introductory workshop appropriate for those with only basic familiarity with Stata.

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

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

Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=842832

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

Ista Zahn

Jan/31

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

4-163, 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.

Register here.

 

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

Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian, MIT Libraries, Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, MIT Libraries

Jan/24

Tue

11:00AM-12:00PM

2-146

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

If you receive federal funding for your research, you may need to learn about public access requirements for your publications and data. This session presented by MIT Libraries will include:​

• an overview of the White House directive & examples of federal funder requirements for your publications and data;
• information on MIT Libraries services in support of these requirements, including the new Public Access Quicksubmit deposit page and the DMPTool;
• time to answer your questions about federal funding requirements.

 

Please register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3000390

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

Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian

Jan/19

Thu

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2984875
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 30 participants

Many researchers promote and share their publications on sites like Twitter, Facebook, ResearchGate, or Academia.edu. Come to this IAP session to learn about how sharing on these sites relates to copyright and open access, as well as how the sites compare to institutional and subject repositories like DSpace@MIT or arXiv.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2984875 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU

Katie Zimmerman, Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian, Mikki Simon Macdonald, Collections Strategist for Institute Publications

Jan/23

Mon

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

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

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.

 Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3000113

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Mikki Simon Macdonald, 617 253-7146, mssimon@mit.edu

Kate Beattie, Preservation Associate

Jan/10

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

14-0513, Wunsch Lab

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 6 participants

Make a blank book to fill with mementos from all your travel adventures. Add a pen loop for your favorite pen to write thoughts of the day wherever you are. Today we’ll make the basic design.

Variations? Pockets can be included within; different styles of closures can be used - the sky’s the limit.

Materials provided including an MIT Libraries pen. Bring your favorite pen, if you’d like to use that instead.

Please register ahead of time.

 

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine Beattie, 14-0513, 617 253-5282, KNB@MIT.EDU

Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Katie Zimmerman, Scholarly Communications & Licensing Librarian

Jan/31

Tue

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2986581
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, and Katie Zimmerman, Scholarly Communications & Licensing Librarian, from the Scholarly Communications & Collections Strategy department of the MIT Libraries.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2986581 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU

Charlie Whittaker, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility, Duan Ma, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility

Feb/03

Fri

12:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132 DIRC, bring your laptop

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/01
Prereq: See Eligibility

There are extensive genomic data available in public databases and these data are readily accessible using resources such as the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics tools, the Broad Institute’s Integrative Genomics Viewer and cBioPortal. This hands-on session will demonstrate some common and powerful workflows that are possible with these applications including bulk sequence extraction methods, powerful genomic-range overlap queries and the sharing and visualization of large datasets.

Eligibility: MIT researchers affiliated with the Koch Institute, the Biology Department, the Center for Environmental Health Sciences or the Department of Biological Engineering.

Please register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3000250

 

Sponsor(s): Biology, David H. Koch Inst. for Integrative Cancer Researc, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, CMS/W

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Recent events have caused us to question, more than ever before, the validity of information gathered from the web. But Wikipedia, now in its 15th year, remains an online space where accuracy, neutrality, and fair representation matters. Growing the network of volunteer editors to contribute to Wikipedia (the largest collaborative writing project in history!) is one way to ensure that high quality information is freely available to all.

Students:

- Would you like to build solid research skills?
- Get practice communicating complex ideas to a broad audience?
- Improve access to quality information and knowledge?

Faculty & Instructors:

- Would you like to support knowledge transfer in your courses?
- Build students’ confidence in reading and analyzing complex texts?
- Increase students’ proficiency in communicating technical content?

This three-day workshop will train participants to become competent Wikipedia editors, and along the way they will cultivate a greater understanding of how to evaluate a range of sources, from the popular news media, to institutional archives, to peer reviewed journals.

Please bring your laptop!

To reserve your spot, please contact Amy Carleton (amymarie@mit.edu) and Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze (rtb@mit.edu).

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Writing and Communication Center, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, E18-233, 617-253-3090, RTB@MIT.EDU

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Introduction to Wikipedia

Jan/17

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

4-251, Bring your laptop

Introduction to Wikipedia community philosophy and guidelines. Participants will learn about ways to contribute, including how to enhance diversity of content. Also, create user account, make your first edit, and begin brainstorming your first article.

Amy Carleton - Lecturer, CMS/W, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze - Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W

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What makes a good Wikipedia article?

Jan/18

Wed

10:00AM-12:00PM

4-251, Bring your laptop

What makes a good Wikipedia article? Learn about best practices and common pitfalls. Get started on research and initial drafting of your first article.

Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze - Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W, Amy Carleton - Lecturer, CMS/W

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Wikipedia Editing Salon

Jan/19

Thu

01:00PM-05:00PM

4-251, Bring your laptop

Editing Salon with MIT Libraries and Archives -- an in-person editing session focused on training new editors and improving Wikipedia articles. Continue working on your article or start a new one, and work with others to improve Wikipedia. Stop by anytime throughout the session.

Amy Carleton - Lecturer, CMS/W, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze - Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center & CMS/W, Phoebe Ayers - Librarian, Greta Suiter - Collections Archivist

Greta Suiter, Collections Archivist

Jan/19

Thu

01:00PM-05:00PM

4-251, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Women_In_Politics_IAP

The Wikipedia community, as a body, is well aware that it is missing the diversity of perspectives necessary to meet their mandate to curate and share the sum of all human knowledge with all people, the world over. In the last six years or so, a number of outreach initiatives and WikiProjects have emerged within the Wikipedia community to address this systemic problem. One such project is WikiProject Women in Red -- an ongoing project dedicated to increasing articles about notable women from a wide range of professions.

Inspired both by this project and the tremendous strides women in politics have made this year (e.g., Hillary Clinton’s historic run for president, and Kamala Harris, Maggie Hassan, and Catherine Cortez Masto were newly elected to the U.S. Senate in November, 2016), MIT Libraries and CMS/W are sponsoring this Women in Politics edit-a-thon.

Sign up for the event via the Wikipedia Meetup page.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Greta Suiter, 14N-118, 617 258-5533, GSUITER@MIT.EDU

Cate Gallivan, project assistant, Lewis Music Library

Jan/26

Thu

12:00PM-01:30PM

14E-109, Bring your instrument

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Prereq: none

The Lewis Music Library invites you to come join us!

Hang out, bring your instrument, or play our piano

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Catherine Gallivan, 14E-109, 617 253-7389, CATEGAL@MIT.EDU

Rhonda Kauffman, Bibliographic Metadata Associate, MIT Libraries

Jan/10

Tue

04:00PM-06:00PM

4-253, Bring writing/art/supplies

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 25 participants

Zines (rhymes with “beans”) are independently- and often self-published, photocopied, cut and paste publications created for passion rather than profit. They have roots in 1950s sci-fi, punk rock, riot grrrl, and underground scenes. They are made for trading, communicating and sharing and cover any topic under the sun, including Dr. Who’s Authority Record, cats, social justice, cooking, parenting, and Morrissey.

In this workshop, we will explore the instructor's personal zine collection from the 1990s to today, and learn about the history of zines, their use in academic research, current trends in zine librarianship, the mechanics of making zines, and, of course, we’ll make a zine!

Attendees are encouraged to bring writings/art/craft supplies, etc. that can be used to create a zine. The instructor will provide supplies (paper, stamps, markers, stickers, old magazines, craft paper, pens, staplers, glue sticks).

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3004993

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Rhonda Kauffman, 14E-210, 617 253-0695, RHONDA@MIT.EDU