Anna Boutin-Cooper
Jan/25 | Thu | 02:30PM-04:30PM | 5-232 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784597
Back by popular demand!
Curious about what an artist’s book is exactly? Wondering what makes it different than the other books at the Libraries? Whether you’ve heard about them before or not, this session will go over current discussions on what exactly makes an artist’s book and will include an interactive, hands-on experience with some of the dynamic art objects in MIT Libraries’ own collections. Local book artist and MIT alumna Sarah Hulsey will be our special guest for the session, and will speak about her own work featured in the Rotch Library Collections.
We'll be in room 5-232. Event image credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784597
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin-Cooper, Boutin@mit.edu
Katie Zimmerman
Jan/22 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3782012
When you publish in scholarly journals, you’re usually required to give up some rights in your work. In this workshop, librarians will show you what to look for in author contracts and ways to hold onto rights to share and reuse your work. We’ll also practice negotiating a publishing contract. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3782012
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katie Zimmerman, kbzimmer@mit.edu
Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer
Jan/23 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:30PM | 4-231, Bring a 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. Bring your own laptop and install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760107
Offered in conjuction with Data Science Services at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Daniel Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Officer
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
It has been said that content is king.
Copyrighted works – whether media, software, or art – are a major portion of the world’s creative, intellectual, and economic output. As such, copyright issues affect musicians, artists, authors, and software programmers alike.
This popular talk offers a fun and interesting look at the protection of your creative works of authorship whether developed in the lab at MIT or elsewhere.
Join Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and intellectual property expert for an overview of copyright law, its history, practice, and relevance to your world and to the MIT community.
Daniel will explore topics including: the nature of originality, Fair Use, open source, how copyrights can be licensed in the digital age, and others. All are welcomed. No prior knowledge about IP or the law is required.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries, and MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Jan/19 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 | |
Feb/02 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Daniel Dardani - MIT Technology Licensing Officer
Anne Graham
Jan/17 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784697
Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and IP Officer Theresa Latham, 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. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784697
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Anne Graham, grahama@mit.edu
Howard Silver
Jan/11 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3765548
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, hsilver@mit.edu
Georgiana McReynolds
Jan/24 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
his 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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3766042
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Georgiana McReynolds, E53-168G, 617 253-9349, GMAC@MIT.EDU
Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh
Jan/30 | Tue | 10:30AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
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: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757939
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries
Jan/18 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3765558
If your interests are focused on bioscience, consider our related session on Biotech business information.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Karen Golmer, Innovator in Residence, Deshpande Center
Jan/24 | Wed | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center has helped spur the creation of 32 spinout companies. These firms, which have raised over $600 million in capital, are developing and delivering ground-breaking products and services that not only change people’s lives today but have the long-term potential to transform key markets including energy and lighting, health care, medical research, and information technology.
Karen Golmer (Innovator in Residence) will be here to tell you what the Deshpande Center can offer you, and to help you learn more about other resources that exist on the MIT campus. Karen will also tell us how one goes about commercializing university research.
If you're an MIT researcher, you need to be here to know what options are available to you.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Ayako Letizia, Conservation Associate
Jan/09 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 14-0513 |
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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3777263
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ayako Letizia, 14-0513, 617 253-5282, AYAKO@MIT.EDU
Phoebe Ayers, EECS & IDSS Librarian, Ece Turnator
Jan/09 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Are you creating or managing research data? This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of data management topics, including file organization and naming, data security and backups, tools for collaborating with others in the lab, and data publishing, storage and sharing. We'll also cover journal publisher requirements and writing the data management plans that are required by most funders, as well as data management issues related to closing out projects and moving between institutions. Geared towards those in postdoc or research scientist roles, but all are welcome.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3758044
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, 10-500, 617 253-4442, PSAYERS@MIT.EDU
Courtney Crummett
Jan/31 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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 here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3769326
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu
Christine Malinowski, Amy Nurnberger
Jan/17 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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 both storage and backups during your research project as well as long-term storage and strategies for sharing data with other researchers. Topics will include: active data storage, 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/3770422
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu
Katie Zimmerman
Feb/02 | Fri | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783849
Sign-up by 02/02
Many laws govern collecting and using data about people, and using and sharing data responsibly includes considering the privacy implications in your work and in everyday life. This session will provide an overview of data privacy laws affecting life and work at MIT, and the intersection of data sharing and privacy. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783849
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katie Zimmerman, kbzimmer@mit.edu
Christine Malinowski
Jan/25 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 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/3770871
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu
Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian
Jan/11 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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 here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760673
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU
Phoebe Ayers
Jan/26 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Participate in the Independent Activities Period at MIT by editing Wikipedia! Experienced and beginning editors alike are welcome: experienced editors from the Libraries and Writing Program will provide an introduction to editing Wikipedia as well as assistance throughout the event.
The theme is "Engineering Wikipedia": help improve coverage of all things engineering on Wikipedia, with the help of MIT Libraries resources. This includes writing about underrepresented engineers, engineered structures and objects, and engineering concepts. Everyone is welcome and you don't have to be an engineer (either by discipline or MIT affiliation) to participate - engineering is everywhere! Editing in multiple languages is welcome.
Bring your laptop or use the computers in the room. Snacks will be provided. Help us engineer Wikipedia to be more inclusive, comprehensive and accurate!
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3775283
More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Engineering_Wikipedia_2018
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, psayers@mit.edu
Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian, MIT Libraries
Jan/18 | Thu | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3758522
Sponsor(s): Biology, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Anna Boutin-Cooper
Jan/22 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784230
Looking to liven up your presentations, papers, and class work with images? Join Librarian for the SA+P, Anna Boutin-Cooper, on Monday, January 22nd in the DIRC to learn more about the image resources available to you. We will explore MIT’s own image collection, in addition to Artstor and some free, online image resources. We will also briefly explore image permissions.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784230
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin-Cooper, boutin@mit.edu
Charlie Whittaker, Research Scientist
Jan/31 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 - DIRC |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) is a freely available tool developed at the Broad Institute that allows analysis of groups of genes in the context of gene expression experiments. The groups of genes under investigation can include thousands of functionally associated, positional or other types of sets annotated in the the MsigDb collections or custom gene sets relevant to an experiment. In this IAP, the rationale for GSEA will be reviewed and hands-on instruction in input data setup, execution of analyses and assembly and interpretation of results will be provided. Single-sample GSEA variant will be demonstrated and the application of GSEA to different data types will be discussed. Example datasets will be provided but attendees are encouraged to bring their own data.
Eligibility: MIT researchers affiliated with the Koch Institute, the Biology Department, the Center for Environmental Health Sciences or the Department of Biological Engineering.
Register HERE:
http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3758507
Sponsor(s): David H. Koch Inst. for Integrative Cancer Researc, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummet, crummett@mit.edu
Alena McNamara, Ece Turnator, Anna Boutin-Cooper, Sofia Leung
Jan/18 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 2-139 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784597
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.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784575
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Alena McNamara, amcnamar@mit.edu
Anne Graham, Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable
Jan/19 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:30PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
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/3757709
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Madeline Wrable, Jennie Murack
Jan/10 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 | |
Jan/18 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Learn the basics of visualizing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary mapping and GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn how to read and interpret maps and data and use basic cartography principles to create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.
For January 10th, register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757699
For January 18th, register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757702
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
NaLette M Brodnax
Jan/24 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:30PM | 3-270, Bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: bring your laptop with Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6
This workshop introduces the basic elements of Python that are commonly used for data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and other applications. Participants will also learn how to set up a “development environment” for Python on their personal computer. This workshop is intended for social scientists who are new to programming. No experience is required.
Bring your own laptop and install the Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6 (www.continuum.io/downloads) prior to the workshop. If you are having trouble installing this version of Python, please contact data science services at help@iq.harvard.edu.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760187
Offered in conjuction with Data Science Services at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer
Jan/19 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:30PM | 2-105, Bring a laptop | |
Jan/22 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:30PM | 4-237, Bring a 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.
You must bring a laptop. Install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.
This workshop will be offered at two times. Register for one time.
Register here for 1/19/18: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760040
Register here for 1/22/18: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760097
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Ista Zahn
Jan/25 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:30PM | 4-231, Bring a 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 your own laptop and install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760118
Offered in conjuction with Data Science Services at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Madeline Wrable
Jan/30 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | GIS lab, 7-238 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Come learn about satellite remote sensing, and an overview of the many ways to process satellite imagery. There will be demos in ENVI and ArcGIS software, both of which are available in the GIS Lab.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783325
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Madeline Wrable, mwrable@mit.edu
Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable
Jan/23 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: a basic knowledge of ArcMap or QGIS
Are there clusters in your data? Are similar values grouped together? How are several pieces of data related? This workshop will introduce you to the spatial statistics techniques of point patterns analysis and spatial autocorrelation in both ArcMap and Geoda.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757823
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap or QGIS, 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
NaLette M Brodnax
Jan/29 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:30PM | 4-231, bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 60 participants
Prereq: some familiarity with Python
An application programming interface (API) is a tool that allows computers to communicate and share information. For social scientists, APIs can be useful for accessing data or services from firms, organizations, or government agencies. This workshop will introduce the use of APIs to obtain data from sources such as Survey Monkey, Twitter, or Data.gov.
This workshop is intended for social scientists who are new to working with APIs, but have some familiarity with Python or have attended the Introduction to Python workshop.
Bring your own laptop and install the Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6 (www.continuum.io/downloads) prior to the workshop. If you are having trouble installing this version of Python, please contact data science services at help@iq.harvard.edu.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760210
Offered in conjuction with Data Science Services at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Madeline Wrable
Feb/01 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | GIS lab, 7-238 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Come hear an overview of virtual reality (VR) hardware and software, and learn different ways to get started with this technology. There will be demos of current applications ongoing in the Geographic Information System (GIS) lab using an HTC Vive.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783392
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Madeline Wrable, mwrable@mit.edu
NaLette M Brodnax
Jan/26 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:30PM | 3-270, Bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: some familiarity with Python
Web scraping is a method of extracting and restructuring information from web pages. This workshop will introduce basic techniques for web scraping using the popular Python libraries BeautifulSoup and Requests. Participants will practice accessing websites, parsing information, and storing data in a CSV file.
This workshop is intended for social scientists who are new to web scraping, but have some familiarity with Python or have attended the Introduction to Python workshop.
Bring your own laptop and install the Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6 (www.continuum.io/downloads) prior to the workshop. If you are having trouble installing this version of Python, please contact data science services at help@iq.harvard.edu.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760192
Offered in conjuction with Data Science Services at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Christine Malinowski, Research Data Librarian
Jan/23 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-231, Bring your laptop with your LaTeX setup |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: a working knowledge of LaTeX
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 here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3770622
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, E53-100, 617 324-6394, CMALIN@MIT.EDU
Jana Dambrogio
Jan/10 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 14-0513 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Come to the Wunsch Conservation Lab and use handmade paper, ink, sealing wax, and your brass rats to letterlock like the sixteenth-century queen. Participants will learn how to paper engineer, build physical security, and add authentication enhancements into their paper-based correspondence. The class will view original locked manuscripts from 17th–20th centuries.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3777630
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jana Dambrogio, jld@mit.edu
Ece Turnator
Feb/02 | Fri | 04:30PM-06:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
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 a few of 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: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3758064
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Jennie Murack
Jan/17 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-231, Bring a laptop if you want to follow along |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 60 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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757944
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Stacey Snyder, Christine Malinowski
Jan/10 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | WebEx |
Enrollment: https://mit.webex.com/mit/k2/j.php?MTID=t027680f7e5bb8cf9286feef25e5c763a
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 PDFs and citations.
Register here: https://mit.webex.com/mit/k2/j.php?MTID=t027680f7e5bb8cf9286feef25e5c763a
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stacey Snyder, 10-500, 617 324-6024, SSNYDER@MIT.EDU
Phoebe Ayers, Helen Bailey
Jan/24 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Do you write software in the course of your research? Have you been required by funders or publishers to share your code, or do you want to make it accessible to others to use? Documenting, sharing and archiving your research software can make your research more transparent and reproducible, and can help you get credit for your work. This workshop will go over reasons to share your software, and will cover some best practices and considerations that will help you document your software and make it citable. We'll also go over options for archiving and publishing research software, including software papers and managing software with associated data sets, and some best practices for citing and documenting all of the software that you use.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3774937
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, psayers@mit.edu
Sofia Leung
Feb/02 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3895591
Sign-up by 02/02
People across the world and at MIT have been using the OpenStreetMap platform to give their time to relief efforts for communities in need. We will select a project to work on as a group. No prior mapping experience necessary. No knowledge of local terrain is necessary. The first half hour, will feature an OpenStreetMap training, which will be livestreamed for remote participants via WebEx. You are free to come and go as you need! Snacks provided!
Join us in person or online via Slack and WebEx.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Sofia Leung, sofial@mit.edu
Katie Zimmerman
Jan/22 | Mon | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3782039
Take advantage of your rights! Bring your CV or list of publications to this drop-in clinic where we’ll help you determine how to make your already-published papers open and accessible. We’ll show you how to: check author rights and determine what is allowed by journals you’ve published in, upload your papers to open repositories, and make an open profile so your work is discoverable. Drop in anytime during the session to work one-on-one with copyright librarians and experts in open research. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3782039
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katie Zimmerman, kbzimmer@mit.edu
Courtney Crummett, Nick Albaugh
Jan/24 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Demystify the patent literature and learn resources for finding patents. Learn about and search for patents from all over the world. This hands-on session will help demystify the patent literature and show key resources for finding patents.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3761222
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu
Anne Graham
Feb/01 | Thu | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
PATSTAT contains bibliographical and legal status patent data from leading industrialized and developing countries. This is extracted from the European Patent Office’s databases and is either provided as raw data or can be consulted online. Learn how to access and use this data purchased by the MIT Libraries.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3808229
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anne Graham, grahama@mit.edu
Anne Graham
Jan/26 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784751
Patents are unique documents that provide detailed information about inventions. This session will introduce you to the types of information you can find in patents, and where and how to search for them. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784751
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Anne Graham, grahama@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 Python in ArcGIS and feel comfortable in Day 2 of the workshop. Work will include using commands for both vector and raster data processing.
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.
Prerequisite: a basic knowledge of ArcMap
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784581
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu
Jan/16 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 | |
Jan/17 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Daniel Sheehan
Christine Malinowski, Amy Nurnberger
Jan/08 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Do you have data? (Who doesn't?!?) Learn about the five basic things you can do now to manage your data for future happiness. These tools and techniques support practical data management and you can start using them immediately. Work with your personal data or research data, but start working now to ensure a future you who is secure in the existence, understandability, and reusability of your data!
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760733
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu
Ista Zahn
Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:30PM | 4-163, Bring a 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 your own laptop and install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3760112
Offered in conjuction with Data Science Services at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Anna Boutin-Cooper, Alena McNamara
Jan/09 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Rotch Library 7-238 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Heard of the Rotch Limited collection? Curious to know what lives behind those glass walls in Rotch Library? Stop by to take a look at a sampling of the rare and historic materials within the collection - including books on art, architecture, and urban planning! This session is a companion to the Artists’ Books @ MIT session, where we will be exploring these contemporary art forms hands-on.
No advanced sign up is required - please just drop by anytime during the event hours! Exact location is to be announced, stay tuned! More info here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784394
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin-Cooper, boutin@mit.edu
Kate Beattie
Jan/11 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | Wunsch Lab, 14-0513 |
Enrollment: sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783288
Limited to 6 participants
Prereq: Manual dexterity
Learn a non-adhesive sewn bookbinding style using colorful boards and thread. Materials will be provided. We will have tools on hand to borrow for the duration of the class. No walk-ins allowed. Prerequisite: Manual Dexterity. Open to the MIT Community. Limited to 6 Participants.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783288
Directions: http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=14&Buildings=go
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kate Beattie, Wunsch Lab, 14-0513, knb@mit.edu
Viqar Hussain, MTA/ Technology Licensing Associate Officer, Andrew Moomey, Technology Licensing Associate, Janine Gilkes, Technology Licensing Associate
Jan/26 | Fri | 11:45AM-12:45PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
Are you a researcher? Do you utilize and share biologics, chemical compounds, and/or devices?
Come join Viqar, Andrew, and Janine to learn how to:
Lunch will be served at the beginning of the session. Viqar, Andrew, and Janine will be happy to answer any specific questions following the presentation.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Dr. Rozzeta DOLAH, Post Doctoral Fellow
Jan/25 | Thu | 01:30PM-04:30PM | 14N-132, Bring a Windows laptop or use a lab computer |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 21 participants
Prereq: None, Open to all MIT affiliates
Hosted by MIT-PDA Professional Development Committee
MINITAB is a powerful statistical software for process optimization and research enhancement. It provides Zero-Defects and optimum yield for product and process in science and engineering field. MINITAB is a simple, effective way to input statistical data, identify trends and patterns, problem’s troubleshooting, and extrapolate answers to the problem at hand. During this workshop, you will learn how to:
-Optimize process through response optimizer
-Assure process robustness
-Control variation and correlate process parameters
Prerequisite: none
Date and Time: Thursday, January 25, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: 14N-132
Link for download and installation of MINITAB18 (FREE 30 days trial) will be provided after registration. Use a lab computer or bring your own laptop to the workshop. A window-based computer is required.
This workshop is FREE for MIT affiliates. Refreshments will be served.
REGISTER HERE
About Instructor: Dr. Rozzeta Dolah is a post doctoral fellow at Prof. Karnik Lab, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has extensive experience in industry as a process engineer, where she uses MINITAB in various Black Belt Six Sigma projects, problem solving for defects, and variation elimination. As a MINITAB trainer, she builds quality into product design through the implementation of robust Taguchi Method (Robust Quality Engineering), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Lean Six Sigma.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Dr. Zhen CAO, NE46-608, (860)-771-3080, zhencao@mit.edu
Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
Jan/29 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783447
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 30 participants
Many researchers promote and share their publications on sites like ResearchGate and 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. We'll also discuss recent ResearchGate controversies and lawsuits. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783447
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine
Jan/31 | Wed | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-133 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
In this session you will learn about The Engine, the new initiative that MIT put into motion to support tough-tech startups with capital and other resources.
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine, will also talk about the general early stage venture capital funding in Boston and how to think about that. Over the last seven years, Reed has invested into more than 100 companies in Boston - as an angel, at Techstars, Project 11, and now at The Engine.
We will have time for interactive feedback and advice on your companies & plans as well.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Tod Woolf, MIT Technology Licensing Officer
Jan/17 | Wed | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Novel therapeutic platforms usually go through the phases of initial enthusiasm, followed by a trough of disappointment to meet the initial hype, and then after years of solving the technical challenges commercial clinical success is achieved.
Nucleic acids drugs targeting RNA and the genome provide excellent examples of these cycles.
Tod Woolf (Technology Licensing Officer) will describe work of his biotech teams and other biotechs in the area of antisense, RNAi and therapeutic editing that reflect phases of these boom bust cycles, with an emphasis on how chemical modification of nucleic acid drugs contributed to the enablement of nucleic acid therapeutic platforms.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries. Food will be served.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Dan Lilly, SBIR Advisor
Jan/24 | Wed | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
The Federal SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Provides R&D funding to small businesses.
The program helps small businesses engage in R&D with potential for commercialization.
Dan Lilly (SBIR Advisor) will provide an overview of the SBIR program, including information on the program’s purpose, eligibility and sources of funding and ideas of what is necessary to succeed.
The seminar is designed to provide enough information to determine if the program is right for you and if you would like to seriously pursue SBIR proposal development.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
About SBIR:
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based program, SBIR enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. Click here for more.
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Katie Zimmerman, Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian, Mikki Simon Macdonald, Collections Strategist for Institute Publications
Jan/19 | Fri | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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. This session is part of the "Intellectual property lunch and learn series" cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3777568
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katie Zimmerman, kbzimmer@mit.edu
Peter Bebergal, Use of Name & Trademarks Licensing Officer
Jan/29 | Mon | 12:30PM-01:30PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
MIT is one of the most widely respected and known Trademarks in the world. This class will examine MIT’s use of name policy as well as general ideas of trademarks and higher education.
This interactive Q&A will also offer guidance on how MIT’s start-ups and other student businesses can use MIT’s name. There will be plenty of time given to questions.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Daniel Sheehan, Joe Wright, Carmen Bazzano
Jan/11 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 4-231 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
This workshop has two components: (1) An introduction the resources and tools available at MIT to fly drones and process photographs into geospatial formats useful in a GIS along with some examples of how drone imagery has been used at MIT. (2) A primer on the rules and regulations of small UAS flight. We will cover requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, and introduce software tools for flight planning.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784330
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries, Lincoln Laboratory
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu
Courtney Crummett, Howard Silver
Jan/30 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
MIT is full of research and collaboration opportunities. Learn how to discover those opportunities beyond your personal network using tools and resources that will give you a better picture of MIT and other complex organizations.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3773490
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu
Christopher Noble, MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement, Tod Woolf, MIT Technology Licensing Officer
Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Chris Noble (MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement) and Tod Woolf (MIT Technology Licensing Officer) will give you the inside scoop on getting a patent (and if you need to) and how to negotiate with the TLO and with your investors to spin out your startup.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries. Food will be served.
Wednesday, January 24, 10:00am - 11:30am EST
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Rhonda Kauffman
Jan/19 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 2-103 |
Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757941
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 examine zines from the 1990s to today, hear about 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/3757941
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Rhonda Kauffman, rhonda@mit.edu
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