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App Inventor
Jennie Murack
| Jan/29 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | GIS Lab, 7-238, bring your laptop and Android phone | |
| Jan/30 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | GIS Lab, 7-238, bring your laptop and Android phone |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 6 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: Participants need an Android phone and Google account.
This is a hands-on workshop for developing Android Apps for collecting geographic information and storing it on Google Fusion tables. No programming experience is required. App Inventor lets non programmers develop apps using block programming with an intuitive visual interface. App Inventor gives you access to the sensors on your phone, including the GPS, compass, and accelerometer. This will be the same workshop offered twice. You only need to register for one workshop.
Prerequisites: Participants need a Google account, an Android phone, and a laptop computer and must install App Inventor software on their computer (instructions will be sent prior to the workshop).
Location: GIS Lab, 3rd floor of Rotch Library, 7-238
To register for the session on Tuesday, 1/29, click here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=181519
To register for the session on Wednesday, 1/30, click here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=217516
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Arts and Culture Multimedia in the MIT Libraries
Mark Szarko
| Jan/10 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Want to find out how to access over one million tracks of streaming audio ranging from classical to jazz, popular, and contemporary world music? How about over 150,000 online music scores? Streaming video of foreign films, contemporary dance, experimental theatre, and documentaries in multiple disciplines? Images of paintings so sharp you can see the brush strokes? Or panoramic views of architectural sites from around the world? Come to this session to learn how to bring these and other cultural treasures right to your desktop through the MIT Libraries.
Please register for this class.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Mark Szarko, 14S-144, 617 258-8022, SZARKO@MIT.EDU
Basics of Obtaining a Patent
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries, Jack Turner, Technology Licensing Office
| Jan/23 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 4-231 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 50 participants
Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and patent attorney Sam Pasternak, recently of Choate, Hall and Stewart and now at the TLO, discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session covers a bit of patent history and a lot about current practices, processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent; the focus is on the process used at MIT for ideas/inventions developed by the MIT community. A portion of the session is devoted to questions and answers. If you think you will ever invent something, you need to be here.
Please Register
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
BIOBASE Knowledge Library
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:30PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in finding out what's known in the scientific literature about a particular gene, disease or drug? Want to apply that information to high-throughput data analysis? Interested in finding out about transcription factors related to your research? Learn to search the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (Proteome/TRANSFAC) by topic or multi-gene data sets. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190104
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
BIOBASE's Explain Analysis Tool
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 02:30PM-04:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in microarray, ChIP-chip or ChIP-seq analysis? Biobase's ExPlain™ is a unique upstream data analysis system that combines promoter and pathway analysis tools and enables you to identify transcription factors affecting gene expression in your microarray and RNA-Seq experiments, as well as predict how they, in combination, can induce observed gene expression patterns. Come learn how to take your analysis further and gain insight into the key upstream signaling regulators influencing the activity of these transcription factors. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190105
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
BIOBASE's Human Gene Mutation Database
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 04:00PM-05:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in human inherited diseases and their associated mutations? Learn to use the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), a comprehensive database on human germ-line mutations associated with disease, to determine whether an identified gene lesion is novel, search for known mutations within a given gene, or search for a type of gene mutation within a chromosomal location. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190106
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Bioinformatics for Beginners
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family of databases is the foundation of knowledge for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several specific databases. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to or curious about bioinformatics research tools. This session is offered twice covering the same material; participants welcome at any session. Registration required.
Friday January 11th, 2013 10-11:30AM http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190090
Wednesday January 16th, 2012 3-4:30PM http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190091
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190090
| Jan/16 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:30PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190091
Biotech Business Information for Engineers and Scientists
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/30 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
It's not brain surgery...it's market research. This session will introduce scientists and engineers to information resources that cover biotechnology industries and markets. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace. Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
BrainNavigator: Hands-On Introduction and Demo
Courtney Crummett, BCS Librarian
| Jan/17 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
BrainNavigator integrates accurate content and innovative tools to improve the productivity, efficiency and quality of research. It helps locate specific areas of the brain, making visualizing and experimental planning in the brain easier. Class attendees will learn how to access high resolution images, identify coordinates and calibrate those coordinates to their own animals, link their own images to BrainNavigator atlases, count cells using the cell marker tool, overlay schematic drawing onto atlas stained sections or their own images, and use the injection planner. Please Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=191481
Sponsor(s): Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Citation Management Tools
Peter Cohn, Anita Perkins, Mathew Willmott
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Citation software (also called "bibliographic software," "citation managers," or "reference managers") helps you import citations from your favorite databases and websites, build and organization bibliographies and format citations while writing. Come to one or all of these sessions to see how you can use these tools to make writing and citing easier.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, 617 258-5596, PCOHN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/17 | Thu | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Mendeley is a free tool that can help you organize and manage your citations and PDFs. Learn how to use Mendeley to discover the latest research, collaborate with others, and automatically generate bibliographies. Registration is required for this event. You can register here.
Peter Cohn
| Jan/22 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:15PM | 14N-132 |
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is becoming more common and important in today's academic world. These software packages (EndNote, RefWorks, Zotero, & Mendeley) allow users to search databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. We'll take a look at these 4 tools. Register here
Peter Cohn
| Jan/24 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
EndNote is a "personal bibliographic software" package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from databases & other sources of published literature.
Please register for this session.
Anita Perkins
| Jan/31 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Zotero is a free, open-source program that helps you collect, manage, cite, and share your citations and files. With one click, save PDFs and citations for most articles, then cite them in Word or OpenOffice. Make a searchable PDF library and find out how to publish dynamic bibliographies and collaborate by using group collections. Bring a laptop or use one of our computers.
Please register for this session.
Mathew Willmott
Commercialize your science or engineering research
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries
| Jan/17 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 30 participants
This session will introduce scientists and engineers 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
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Creative Bookbinding
Kate Beattie, Preservation Associate, Ayako Letizia, Conservation Assistant
| Jan/08 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 14-0513 | |
| Jan/09 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 14-0513 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: Manual dexterity
Learn two bookbinding styles – pamphlet binding and flat back binding – using colorful cloths and decorated papers. A selection of blank text paper and decorated papers will be provided.
See examples at http://libraries.mit.edu//preservation/images/iap2013/
We will have tools on hand to borrow for the duration of the class.
The Wunsch Conservation Lab is located in 14-0513, in Building 14 in the basement of the Hayden Library. For directions, see
http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=14&Buildings=go
NOTE: No walk-ins allowed.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Andrew Haggarty, 14-0513, 617 253-5282, AHAGGART@MIT.EDU
Digital Forensics for Archives 101
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist, MIT Institute Archives & Special Coll.
| Jan/18 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: none
Have you heard the term "digital forensics"? Are you interested in learning what the MIT Institute Archives is doing using digital forensics to prepare files for long-term access and preservation? Come to this IAP session to hear about digital forensics, see software and tools demonstrated, and ask your questions!
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
Elevation and Hydrography Data
Jennie Murack
| Jan/28 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
Learn to read a topographic map and learn how to use a digital elevation model to create contour lines and do hydrographic analysis.
Prerequisite: Parcipants should take the Introducation to GIS workshop or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176649
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Endnote Basics
Anita Perkins
| Jan/24 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 30 participants
EndNote is a "personal bibliographic software" package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed, & other sources of published literature. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage your PDF files.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu
Energy Information: Industries and Statistics
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/14 | Mon | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Interested in researching or working in the field of energy? Want to find out how your energy project fits into the landscape of various industries? This session will give you the skills to research the business and statistical information on energy to find industry overviews, market research, news and data.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU
Energy Information: Maps and Data to use with GIS
Jennie Murack
| Jan/22 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 40 participants
Where are the power plants and pipelines? How close are they to population centers? In this session, MIT GIS Services will introduce you to energy maps and spatial data available and demonstrate GIS in action on the energy front.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176640
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Energy Sci/Tech Information: Where to Go, What to Do
Chris Sherratt
| Jan/14 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 30 participants
Information on energy is everywhere! How do you find what you need and keep on the cutting edge of what is published? Attend this hands-on session to find out.
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617-253-5648, gcsherra@mit.edu
Exploring the Institute Archives and Special Collections: Open to All
Nora Murphy, Archivist for Reference, Outreach and Instruction
| Feb/01 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
The Institute Archives and Special Collections curates material about the Institute that tells the story of MIT's founding and its endeavors ever since. Questions about MIT's history and culture can be answered through endless stories about people, programs, and policies. Over 20 million items can be discovered and explored by any researcher. Learn how to find what you're looking for and how to use our intriguing collections.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Nora Murphy, 14N-118, 617 253-8066, NMURPHY@MIT.EDU
Fair Use & E-Reserves
Ellen Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, Roshni Gohil, Coordinator for Reserves and Student Hiring
| Jan/22 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 30 participants
Are you teaching or supporting a class this spring and want to learn more about copyright and electronic reserves on Stellar?
We’ll give you an overview of the latest understanding of US copyright law’s fair use provisions as it applies to materials posted to course management systems like Stellar. We’ll discuss the federal ruling on the Georgia State University e-reserves case and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Then we’ll share best practices for posting to Stellar, and how the Libraries can help with your e-reserves.
Staff from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing and Course Reserves Team will be available to answer questions.
Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/events
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Roshni Gohil, 14S-100, 617 253-2283, RGOHIL@MIT.EDU
Finding Research Datasets: ICPSR and the Harvard-MIT Data Center
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/23 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196874
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 20 participants
Need data to answer a research question? Interested in analyzing raw datasets with micro-level records about individual respondents? This hands-on workshop will familiarize you with the resources of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Harvard-MIT Data Center, which provide access to datasets in the social sciences and related fields. Topics will include the structure of data files, finding and downloading datasets, and understanding data documentation.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Finding the Energy in E-Books!
Chris Sherratt
| Jan/24 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Lots of energy information is available right on your desktop or mobile device. This session will highlight some of the hidden energy gems among the Libraries online books.
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617-253-5648, gcsherra@mit.edu
Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
GeneGo Trainer, Courtney Crummett
| Jan/11 | Fri | 03:00PM-05:00PM | DIRC 14N-132, Registration required |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use GeneGo, a bioinforamtics software tool licensed by MIT Libraries. GeneGo provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses with MetaCore. Learn how to work with different types of data (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data) beginning with how to upload gene lists and expression data. Use GeneGo software to: upload, batch upload, store, share and check data properties and signal distribution; extract functional relevance by determining the most enriched processes across several ontologies; emphasize the role of expression data in your analysis; visually predict experimental results, associated disease and possible drug targets; and compare data sets and work with experiment intersections. Registration Required: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=189964
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Getting Started, Getting Funded: Obtaining Research Funding
Micah Altman, Director of Research, MIT Libraries
| Jan/10 | Thu | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 14N-325 | |
| Jan/31 | Thu | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 14N-325 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Increasingly, conducting innovative research requires resources that exceed those readily on-hand to the individual scholar. You can use research funding to access a wider set of research methods, to accelerate your research project, expand its scope and depth, and increase its impact. This short course provides an overview of the types and sources of funding available for research support, and introduces the fundamental elements of planning, proposal writing, and management for "sponsored" projects. The course is geared toward junior faculty, postdocs, and graduate students (in late stages or on the job market), who are new to the funding process, are considering whether to seek funding from new sources, or who would like a systematic review of the grant writing and review process.
The course will be presented in a half-day format, followed by an individualized consulting session focused on each attendee’s research project.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Eloise Davis, 14S-216, 617.253.5655, elodavis@mit.edu
GIS Level 2
Jennie Murack
| Jan/25 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to create and edit GIS files, geocode addresses onto a map, re-project data, and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join.
Prerequisite: Participants should have taken the Introduction to GIS workshop or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176648
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Going beyond Google Scholar: Using the Web of Science and Other Citation Searching Resources to Discover Articles
Michael M Noga
| Jan/30 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Do you usually look for articles by searching keywords and authors? Try tracking ideas back and forth through time by searching citations to and from articles, reports and other scholarly literature. Citation searching started with the Science Citation Index (Web of Science) and now is part of several other information sources such as Scopus, e-journal collections, and Google Scholar. We will look at several places where you can find scholarly literature through citations. We will investigate the different results you get depending on where you search for citations.
Please register for this class.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael M Noga, 14S-222, x3-1290, mnoga@mit.edu
h4ckademic jam session: best apps for managing your academic workflows
Carol Kentner
| Jan/31 | Thu | 04:00PM-07:00PM | 14N-132, DIRC, Bring your mobile tablet. |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
h4ckademic, a project of the Harvard Library Lab, is exploring & developing academic workflows using apps on mobile tablets. You're invited to join a jam session at MIT!
A h4ckademic jam session is a blend of many things–part app-athon, part design squad, part discovery zone–but essentially it’s hanging out to riff on mutual app experiences to create something new & cool. So that's the idea–bring together students who use tablets and develop cool workflows using apps to get their academic stuff done. Anything from capturing, collecting & organizing electronic academic content to reading, annotating & note-taking.
These jam sessions will surface the best of the best in academic workflows & will contribute to a baseline of options that will be showcased in an online app gallery. The online app gallery will be a tool for new students, new mobile users or anyone who wants to expand their app use to see apps that are being used, how they are being used & what might work best for them.
What will you do at the MIT jam session?
Can’t make the session, but want to share your h4ck? Use the form to give us a list of the apps you use to manage your academic workflow.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Carol Kentner, 617-496-4799, carol_kentner@gse.harvard.edu
Integrating Map APIs into your website and Using Google Fusion Tables
Jennie Murack
| Jan/25 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | 14N-132, bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 40 participants
This session offers a hands-on opportunity for integrating online maps into your website, from both Google Maps and OpenStreetMap and using Google Fusion Tables. Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management web application that makes it easy to host, manage, collaborate, and publish data tables online. Together, they make a powerful mapping platform, allowing people to easily upload data, and publish it on a map. Students will make a Google Map from scratch, including KML files (points, lines and polygons) developed in ArcGIS, and points included in easily edited XML files. We will also talk about interacting with the map through HTML widgets. Some familiarity with HTML, XML, and any modern programming language will make this workshop easier, but is not required. You will be working in Javascript but will largely be copying lines of Javascript rather than writing original code.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176647
Note: Bring your own laptop if you have one.
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to GIS
Jennie Murack
| Jan/15 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 | |
| Jan/23 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data, and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.
For January 15th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176637
For January 23rd, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176639
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
Learn to use IPA during IAP
Courtney Crummett, IPA Trainer
| Jan/31 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attend this introductory and hands-on training session and learn how to use Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA), newly licensed by MIT Libraries and friends, for the analysis of your ‘omics data. Build complete regulatory pictures and gain a better understanding of the biology underlying a gene expression. Discover signaling cascades from predicted upstream regulators in your dataset. Predict the effect of your gene expression changes on downstream biological processes and diseases. Interrogate networks and canonical pathways and generate hypotheses in the network or pathway. Please register for this event. Need an IPA account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Managing your Information
Katherine McNeill
Enrollment: Signup required for some sessions; see: http://libcal.mit.edu/.
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Join us and let the MIT Libraries help you manage your research and personal information.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU
| Jan/07 | Mon | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-149 |
Join 5 researchers, information scientists and more in a lively discussion on the importance of sharing, managing and preserving research data.
Audience participation highly encouraged!
Amy Stout
| Jan/15 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Worried about how to store your digital documents? Unsure what kind of storage media to use or how to keep it secure over time? This session will cover guidelines and things to consider for storing all kinds of digital materials, including tips for selecting storage media and how to protect your content from theft, data loss, and other hazards of the digital world. Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196944.
Kari Smith, Helen Bailey
| Jan/16 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Personal content management tools help you get organized so you can work more efficiently and save time. Some tools help you organize all sorts of information (notes, pdfs, documents, images etc. etc.) and work more efficiently. Others let you annotate, cite, and/or share your content. In this session we'll show you tools for doing this while working solo or in a group. Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=191479
Peter Cohn, Remlee Green
| Jan/22 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:00AM | LIB: 14N-132 |
Do you manage research data here at MIT? This workshop will provide you with basic strategies for: best practices for retention and archiving; effective directory structures and naming conventions; good file formats for long-term access; data security and backup options; and metadata, tagging, and citation options. Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=199536.
Katherine McNeill, Anne Graham
| Jan/29 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Is your research group having trouble tracking versions of your datasets? Are you an individual having difficulty tracking the versions of your own work? This workshop will cover techniques and software to help you manage your versions. Will include hands-on time for experimentation. Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=199540.
Anne Graham
MIT Enters a Brave New World: A Snapshot of Life at MIT in the 1960s
Camille Torres, Chomsky Project Archivist, Dana Hamlin, Archives Collections Assistant, Michelle Chiles, Chomsky Project Collections Assistant
| Jan/25 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 30 participants
In the fall of 1960, Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World) was the Carnegie Visiting Professor of Humanities at MIT. Huxley’s time at MIT coincides with sweeping changes throughout the country and within MIT. Here is your chance to see a snapshot of what life was like at MIT during the 1960s and explore what national events affected life at MIT and, conversely, how the students and faculty at MIT shaped the 1960s. Come investigate documents, photographs, and other archival materials from the 1960s, held by the Institute Archives and Special Collections, to learn about MIT's journey into this "brave new world."
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Camille Torres, 14N-118, 617 452-5137, CTTORRES@MIT.EDU
Open Data at MIT - A Conversation About The Tools, The Community, and The Potential
Sands Fish, Senior Software Engineer / Data Scientist, Sean Thomas, Program Manager, Scholarly Repository Services
Enrollment: Please sign up for each session separately via the links in the description
Sign-up by 01/24
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
From locations, to events, to students, to books. From labs, to research data-sets, to theses, to hacks. MIT has massive amounts of data, but where is it all, and how can we use it to maximum value? Better yet, how can we integrate it to make our own data more powerful? What becomes possible in a linked open data ecosystem? How can data power a Digital MIT?
This two-part IAP session will discuss open data resources and APIs, tools that can be used to gather, clean, and manipulate your own data, local barriers to opening data-sets, as well as building a community of practitioners and empowering data owners on campus to make more of what they have.
Please register for Session 1 and/or Session 2.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Sands Fish, E25-131, 617 253-2048, SANDS@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Thu | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 14N-132, DIRC |
We will present a number of tools and technologies being used to open, process, and visualize data, discuss the MIT Libraries as a data-rich environment, and explore the possibilities of integrated data across MIT. Additionally, we will have a conversation about the data that attendees hold, what they would like to do with it, and how we can work together across organizational boundaries to form a graph of data.
Sands Fish - Senior Software Engineer / Data Scientist, Sean Thomas - Program Manager, Scholarly Repository Services
| Jan/24 | Thu | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132, DIRC, Bring your data & laptop to work with if available |
Data Hack-a-thon! Gather and present your data for brainstorming and hacking, or just join the discussion with others about what is possible with theirs. Extract or transform your data, or work on opening it up to the community. We hope to make this a forum for learning about and sharing other data projects on campus.
Sands Fish - Senior Software Engineer / Data Scientist, Sean Thomas - Program Manager, Scholarly Repository Services
Patent Searching Fundamentals
Howard Silver
| Jan/16 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 40 participants
You won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, but you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patents.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Personal Records Management 101
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist, Krista Ferrante, Collections Archivist
| Jan/25 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 24 participants
Prereq: none
Do you keep a lot of stuff at home because you're not sure if you can throw it out? Do you have piles of paper or folders of digital files of old phone bills, insurance policies, tax returns, bank statements, credit card offers, and other similar kinds of paper or digital material? If so, then this session is for you! Learn how knowing what you need to keep (and for how long) allows you to get rid of all the things you don't need to keep. That's the essence of personal records management. Free yourself from the clutter and inertia of feeling like you should keep everything (and know what you should be keeping). Bring in a few items and we'll talk you through guidelines to help you at home!
Presenters: Krista Ferrante, Collections Archivist; Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
Protocols and Methods: Recipes for research
Howard Silver
| Jan/23 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none
A couple hours in the Library can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Don't waste your time reinventing the gelatin sponge-choriallantoic membrane assay. Improve your efficiency by learning strategies for finding published research protocols and methods. This session is a hands-on practicum that introduces attendees to resources that support bioscience bench research.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Public Opinion Data Resources
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/30 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196878
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 20 participants
Interested in studying public opinion in the U.S. and other countries? Want to gauge how the electorate stands on issues in in the wake of the 2012 election? This workshop will teach you how to find data from public opinion polls, both summary statistics and individual response-level data files that you can analyze yourself. Covers the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and other resources on topics such as government, the economy, and much more.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Putting interactive maps on the web using OpenLayers
Jennie Murack
| Jan/30 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | GIS Lab, 7-238 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 6 participants
Prereq: A basic understanding of HTML and Javascript
OpenLayers is an open source, full-featured Javascript library for web mapping. In this hands-on workshop we'll go over the fundamentals of the OpenLayers API and highlight some of the functionality available. We'll work through some examples of creating a map on a web page and adding data and interactivity.
Prerequisites: You should have a basic understanding of HTML and Javascript.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=194518
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Python Programming in ArcGIS: an introduction to scripting for geographic analysis systems
Jennie Murack
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 6 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Scripting in Python is an efficient method of automating analysis in ArcGIS.This workshop involves writing programs using the Python language and ArcObjects.
Dates: 1/31/2013 9:30am-12:30pm AND 2/1/2013 9:30am-12:30pm. Particpants must attend sessions on BOTH days. The link below will register you for both days, even though only the date of the first session is listed on the registration form.
Prerequisites: An understanding of programming concepts is useful; an intermediate knowledge of ArcGIS is very helpful. You may bring your own data for analysis.
Participants may bring their own laptop computer with Arcgis 10.1 and Python 2.7 installed or use the GIS Lab computers.
Location: GIS Lab, 3rd floor of Rotch Library, 7-238
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=181506
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
| Jan/31 | Thu | 09:30AM-12:30PM | GIS Lab, 7-238 |
Daniel Sheehan
| Feb/01 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | GIS Lab, 7-238 |
Daniel Sheehan
(CANCELED) Rare Books 101: Discover MIT's Rare Book Collections
Stephen Skuce, Program Manager for Rare Books
| Jan/18 | Fri | 10:30AM-11:30AM | 14N-118 Archives, No food or drink please |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 25 participants
The MIT Libraries are home to thousands of thrilling rare books, by Boyle, Newton, Galvani, Faraday, Einstein, and many more. This overview will introduce you to a variety of important volumes, some of them beautiful, many of them groundbreaking, some of them just plain surprising. Come see masterworks of science up close! Limited to 25; registration required.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stephen Skuce, 14N-118, 617 253-0654, SKUCE@MIT.EDU
Reading Programming Code as a Cultural Object
Patsy Baudoin, Liaison to the Media Lab + Art, Culture & Technology program
| Jan/09 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14E-311 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Prereq: None
So much around us is driven by programs and written in code, in one or several computer languages. We use algorithms to visualize data, interpret behaviors, read trends, and drive decisions. Programs and algorithms are culturally determined objects, often observable as aesthetic works or philosophical gestures. It's time to think more about the cultural aspects of code and what goes on "under the hood" of digital manifestations. How is code written and by whom? Under what conditions? How does code circulate? Where do the creative aspects of programming lie? What do porting code and natural language translation have in common? How do we understand the obsolescence of computer languages? Let's talk about what it means to start reading code differently, as cultural objects and statements. Let's raise the questions that need to be raised.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Patsy Baudoin, 14S-230, 617 253-4979, PATSY@MIT.EDU
SciFinder: Advanced Tips & Tricks for Finding Chemical Information
Amy Christuk, Senior Instructor, Erja Kajosalo, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Librarian
| Jan/18 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: None
Improve you SciFinder searching skills tips and tricks of searching SciFinder as you enjoy your breakfast on us! You’ll learn about synthetic planning tool called SciPlanner; how set up alerts called Keep Me Posted; how to find quickly experimental reaction procedures and property data, and more:
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=185410
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, 617 253-9795, KAJOSALO@MIT.EDU
Spatial Statistics: Looking for spatial patterns in your data
Jennie Murack, Geospatial Data Librarian
| Jan/17 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: a basic knowledge of ArcMap
How do you begin to examine your data? This workshop will teach you how to use the ArcMap Geostatistical Analyst tools, ArcMap spatial statistics tools, and Geoda to examine data frequencies, normality, outliers, and trends. We will also conduct basic descriptive statistics, such as the mean, median, and standard deviation. At the end of this workshop, you’ll have a better idea about what tools you should use for further analysis.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface. Registration required.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176638
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Spatial Statistics: Regression
Jennie Murack
| Jan/29 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
In this workshop you’ll learn how to apply the principles of regression analysis to spatial data. Find out how to discover the relationship of predictors to your variable of interest. We’ll use both ArcMap and Geoda.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176651
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Spatial Statistics: Spatial Autocorrelation
Jennie Murack
| Jan/24 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
Are there clusters in your data? Are similar values grouped together? What about outliers? This workshop will introduce you to spatial autocorrelation, a statistical technique that helps you identify patterns of similar and different values in your data. We will use both ArcMap and Geoda.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176642
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Statistical Software Workshops
Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center, Jennie Murack
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Looking to gain skills in working with statistical analysis software packages? The following classes will be taught by Libraries' staff and the Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) Statistical Trainer.
Preregister for all workshops at: http://libcal.mit.edu/.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, (617) 258-6680, murack@MIT.EDU
| Jan/17 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required |
Get an introduction to SAS, a powerful statistical software package available on Athena. With hands-on exercises, explore SAS's many features and learn how to import, manage, and analyze data. Novices welcome! Registration required: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196047.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Jan/22 | Tue | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required |
Provides a hands-on introduction to Stata. Learn how to navigate Stata's graphical user interface, create log files, and import data from a variety of software packages. Includes tips for getting started with Stata: creation and organization of do-files, examining descriptive statistics, and managing data and value labels. For individuals who have little or no experience using Stata software. Registration required.
Jennie Murack
| Jan/24 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required |
Introduces common data management techniques in Stata. Covers 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 and collapsing datasets. For users who have an introductory level of knowledge of Stata software. Registration required.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Jan/24 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required |
Comprehensive introduction to estimating the linear regression model using ordinary least squares in Stata. Topics include multiple regression, dummy variables, interaction effects, hypothesis tests, and model diagnostics. Prerequisites include a general familiarity with Stata (such as taking the Intro. workshop), the linear regression model, and the ordinary least squares estimation. Registration required.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Jan/25 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required |
This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to graphics in Stata. Topics for the class include graphing principles, descriptive graphs, and post-estimation graphs. Prerequisite: a general familiarity with Stata (such as taking the Intro. workshop). Registration required: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=195919.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Jan/31 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required. |
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. Registration required: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=195920.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Jan/31 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required. |
This intermediate course will guide users through a variety of programming functions. Covers blocks, loops, program flow, functions,S3 classes and methods, and debugging in R. Intended for those already comfortable with using R for data analysis who wish to move on to writing their own functions. Prerequisite: basic familiarity with R, such as acquired from an introductory R workshop. Registration required.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Feb/01 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | 1-115, MIT only: Athena login required |
This intermediate course will demonstrate a variety of statistical procedures, e.g., multiple regression, multilevel models, and multiple imputation. We expect users enrolled are already familiar with the statistical processes covered and are interested in learning how to run these procedures in R. Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with R, such acquired through an introductory R workshop. Registration required.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
| Feb/01 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 1-115, MIT only; Athena login required |
Will show you how to create a wide variety of graphical displays in R using the popular ggplot2 R graphics package. Topics covered included aesthetic mapping and scales, faceting, and themes. Intermediate-level workshop for those already familiar with R. Participants should be familiar with importing and saving data, data types (e.g., numeric, factor, character), and manipulating data frames in R. Registration required.
Ista Zahn - Statistical Trainer, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Tagging and Finding Your Files
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist, Institute Archivist & Spec. Collections
| Jan/28 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: none
Did you know that you can add information into your digital files so that information travels with them when you copy, send, or save them? This information (metadata) can be used to assit with finding, sorting, and describing your files when they are on your computer or within a server / cloud storage folder. Embedding information directly into your files means that you can note data such as creator, subjects, copyright, and other tags without needing to alter your file content. If you have large collections of image files or documents that you re-use often and could use some help finding or organizing them, this session may be for you. Come to learn about why this works and how you can do this for your own files.
Presenters: Mikki Macdonald, Metadata Archivist; Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
The Human Cost Towards India's Race for Development
Rebecca Ochoa
| Jan/16 | Wed | 04:30PM-06:00PM | Stella Room (7-338) |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
"The Human Cost Towards India's Race for Development"
January 16, 2013 4:30pm-6pm
Stella Room (MIT Building 7-338)
Speaker: Priyanka Borpujari
Priyanka Borpujari will discuss her featured photography exhibit “The Human Cost of India’s Race for Development” displayed in Rotch Library's (7-228) exhibition space.
While India is perceived as an emerging market, the stories of the plundering of natural resources and the systematic annihilation of the indigenous peoples go unheard. In this race to make India a superpower, and a growing media industry that champions this idea, social inequality has reached its zenith, and easily gets pushed aside. What, then, is the future of the people who grow food with their hands; who have long been guarding forests and rivers - even before climate change could touch them? Why does the media shy away from reporting about the majority of its populace, even while they silently die from landmines and malaria alike? Reporting on the 'hidden civil war in India', Priyanka Borpujari, an independent journalist based in Mumbai, reports and photographs from the dark territories of mineral-rich India, which are rife with violence and disease, which are only silenced.
A reception and tour of the exhibit will follow the discussion.
Cosponsored by MIT Center for International Studies, MIT-India and MIT Libraries
The event was funded in part by the Council for the Arts at MIT
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT India Program, Libraries
Contact: Rebecca Ochoa, ROCHOA@MIT.EDU
Theses@MIT: specifications and copyright issues
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, Mikki Simon MacDonald, Metadata archivist
| Jan/18 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14
Prereq: none
This session will cover the required specifications for submitting your thesis, and review some common copyright questions related to theses, including whether you need permission to use certain figures in your thesis, and what is involved when you want to publish parts of your thesis before or after the thesis is submitted.
Offered by Mikki Simon MacDonald from the Institute Archives, who oversees thesis processing, and Ellen Finnie Duranceau, from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, who handles copyright and publishing questions for the MIT community.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
Unlocking the Secrets of the Company Databases
Ellen Stahl, Career Development Specialist, Angie Locknar, MSE, ME, ESD Libn/Coord Sci Eng Comm of Prac
| Jan/10 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:30PM | 14N-132, Bring your laptop or tablet |
Enrollment: Sign up on CareerBridge
Limited to 25 participants
Do you know what you want to do when you leave MIT (or for the summer), but not sure what companies do that type of work? Do you want to work in a specific part of the world? Don’t you wish there was just a list of companies you might be interested in, including vital statistics about that company? Come learn how to use article databases and other resources to reveal the secrets that you might be missing from your job or internship search. Participants are asked to bring their own laptop or tablet as Career Services, in collaboration with the MIT Libraries, will go step by step and teach how these effective tools can provide information that may be the key to finding the right company or organization for you.
This workshop will take place in 14N-132, the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC): http://libraries.mit.edu/ask-us/instruction/where-dirc.html.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development, Libraries
Contact: Ellen Stahl, 12-170, (617) 253-4733, eestahl@MIT.EDU
Using Images in your work: A look at fair use, open licensing, copyright, and identifying and citing images
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, Jolene de Verges, Images specialist and Digital Project & Metadata Manager
| Jan/11 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Prereq: none
This session will provide information about how to assess whether use of a particular image requires permission or is “fair use,” how to find images already flagged for reuse, and good practices for identifying and citing images. Directed at authors of theses, journal articles, blogs, and other scholarly writing.
Presented by Ellen Finnie Duranceau, copyright contact and Program Manager for Scholarly Publishing & Licensing in the MIT Libraries, and Jolene de Verges, images specialist and Digital Project & Metadata Manager in the MIT Libraries
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
Weird Science: Finding the Unexpected in the Libraries' Rare Book Collections
Stephen Skuce, Audrey Pearson, Patrick Ford
| Jan/11 | Fri | 10:30AM-12:00PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none
Here’s your chance to see some of the most intriguing—and occasionally perplexing—books in the library vault. Come see selections from MIT’s rare book collections in a show-and-tell session focused on unlikely “scientific” subjects such as animal magnetism, alchemy, and n-rays. The session will provide short introductions to the unusual topics covered in these books, and will allow participants to view the books up close. Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=194514
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Audrey Pearson, 14N-118, 617 715-4466, PEARSONA@MIT.EDU
Zotero Basics
Mathew Willmott, Physics Librarian
| Jan/31 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Zotero is a free, open-source program that helps you collect, manage, cite, and share your citations and files. With one click, you can save PDFs and citations for most articles, then cite them in Word or OpenOffice. Make a searchable PDF library and find out how to publish dynamic bibliographies and collaborate by using group collections. In this hands-on session, learn tips and tricks on how to use Zotero more efficiently to save you time and energy. Bring a laptop or use one of our computers.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Mathew Willmott, 617-324-5855, willmott@mit.edu
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