Where: 14N-132

Digital photos are fragile and require special care to keep them accessible. But preserving any kind of digital information is a new concept that most people have little experience with. Technologies change over time and become obsolete, making it difficult to access older digital photos. Learn about the nature of the problem and hear about some simple, practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital photos safe. This event is part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week.

For more information, please contact: Ann Marie Willer.

Where: 14N-132

Do you want to save an old family quilt, a wedding dress, or T-shirts and flags from your fraternity or student club?  A conservator will present this webinar on how to care for the various types of textiles found in family collections including clothing, flags, furniture coverings, and framed textiles. The session will cover how to safely store and display textiles and how to determine when the services of a professional conservator are needed.  This event is part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week.

For more information, please contact Ann Marie Willer.

Where: 14N-132

EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshop. Please pre-register for this session.

For more information please contact Peter Cohn.

A workshop in the DIRC, photo by L.Barry Hetherington

All sessions take place in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132, with the exception of the MIT Libraries Bookmobile and the Institute Archives sessions. The Bookmobile will take place in Lobby 10, and the Archives sessions will take place in 14N-118.

Pre-registration is required for some, but not all sessions. See below for details.

Patent Searching Fundamentals – Register
Tues April 3, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, 14N-132
Contact:  Howard Silver, hsilver@mit.edu

While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, 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 through free resources available on the web.

Please register for this session.

MIT Libraries Bookmobile
Wed April 11, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, Lobby 10
Contact: Theresa Tobin, tat@mit.edu

Celebrate National Bookmobile Day with the MIT Libraries! Check out new fiction and non-fiction, DVDs, and music (Bring your MIT ID if you want to borrow something).

RefWorks Basics
Thurs April 12, 12 – 1pm, 14N-132
Contact:  Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu

RefWorks is a web-based resource to help you organize references, create a bibliography, and easily cite references as you write your paper.  It allows you to create individual or group accounts.

Dear Diaries — Before There Were Blogs
Fri April 20, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, 14N-118 (Archives reading room)
Contact: Dana Goblaskas, dgoblask@mit.edu

Have you ever wanted to take a peek inside a day in the life of an MIT student or faculty member? Come explore some diaries from the Institute Archives & Special Collections and read accounts of…

• founder William Barton Rogers’s wedding trip
• a world cruise
• trekking across Texas in a covered wagon
• a future MIT president’s teenage adventures as a ship’s radio operator
• the founding of the United Nations
• working with radar during World War Two
• traveling in India, Australia, Germany, Mali, Burkina Faso, and the Azores
• and more!

Diaries date from 1849 to 1973. You never know what adventures you’ll uncover!

This session will last 90 minutes, with a 10-minute introduction at the beginning and then time to peruse the diaries at your leisure. Drop by anytime and stay as long as you want.

Managing Your References:  Overview of EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero – Register
Tues April 24, 12:00 – 1:15 pm, 14N-132
Contact:  Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages (EndNote, RefWorks & Zotero) allow users to search databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. But which software package should you use, and how do you get started?

Please register for this session.

Taking Care: Family Textiles
Tue April 24, 2:00-3:00 pm, 14N-132
Contact: Ann Marie Willer, willer@mit.edu

Do you want to save an old family quilt, a wedding dress, or T-shirts and flags from your fraternity or student club?  A conservator will present this webinar on how to care for the various types of textiles found in family collections including clothing, flags, furniture coverings, and framed textiles. The session will cover how to safely store and display textiles and how to determine when the services of a professional conservator are needed.  This event is part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week.

EndNote Basics – Register
Wed April 25, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, 14N-132
Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu

EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshop.

Please register for this session.

Arts and Culture Multimedia in the MIT Libraries – Register
Thu April 26, 12:30 – 1:30 pm, 14N-132
Contact: Mark Szarko, szarko@mit.edu

Want to find out how to obtain 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 poets reading from their work? Images so sharp you can see the shadow beneath the Mona Lisa’s smile? 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 session.

Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs
Thu April 26, 2:00-3:00 pm, 14N-132
Contact: Ann Marie Willer, willer@mit.edu

Digital photos are fragile and require special care to keep them accessible. But preserving any kind of digital information is a new concept that most people have little experience with. Technologies change over time and become obsolete, making it difficult to access older digital photos. Learn about the nature of the problem and hear about some simple, practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital photos safe. This event is part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week.

Advanced SciFinder – Register
Fri April 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 14N-132
Contact:  Erja Kajosalo, kajosalo@mit.edu

This advanced SciFinder session includes many useful tips & tricks for chemists, including:

• Advanced structure and reaction searching
• All of the newest tools and content added to SciFinder
• SciPlanner, the new synthetic planning tool for chemists
• Bioactivity and target indicator data
• Reaction experimental procedures
• Real time pricing and availability information from suppliers like Aldrich and Alfa Aesar
• And much more!

Please register for this session.

Is It What It Is? Tools for Understanding Your Digital Files – Register
Fri April 27, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, 14N-118 (Archives reading room)
Contact: Kari R. Smith, smithkr@mit.edu

In this session you will be exposed to a variety of software tools that are being used in the Institute Archives for understanding digital files that are being added to the Archival collections.  These software tools aid with the process of long-term access of digital material by allowing us to know what the digital files are when we receive them, detect any changes over time, and how to make them available in the future.

We will briefly discuss how these tools fit into work flows for digital content being developed for use in the Institute Archives and Special Collections department of the MIT Libraries.

Categories of tools that will be reviewed include:  file format characterization, fixity, packaging, metadata extraction, conversion / normalization, disk imaging, and metadata embedding.

Come learn how you can know that over time your digital files are what they are!

Please register for this session.

Where: 14N-118 (Archives reading room)

In this session you will be exposed to a variety of software tools that are being used in the Institute Archives for understanding digital files that are being added to the Archival collections.  These software tools aid with the process of long-term access of digital material by allowing us to know what the digital files are when we receive them, detect any changes over time, and how to make them available in the future.

We will briefly discuss how these tools fit into work flows for digital content being developed for use in the Institute Archives and Special Collections department of the MIT Libraries.

Categories of tools that will be reviewed include:  file format characterization, fixity, packaging, metadata extraction, conversion / normalization, disk imaging, and metadata embedding.

Come learn how you can know that over time your digital files are what they are!

Please register for this session. For more information, please contact Kari R. Smith.

Where: 14N-132

Want to find out how to obtain 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 poets reading from their work? Images so sharp you can see the shadow beneath the Mona Lisa’s smile? 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 session. For more information, please contact Mark Szarko.

Where: 14N-132

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages (EndNote, RefWorks & Zotero) allow users to search databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. But which software package should you use, and how do you get started?

Please register for this session. For more information, please contact Anita Perkins.

Where: 14N-132

RefWorks is a web-based resource to help you organize references, create a bibliography, and easily cite references as you write your paper.  It allows you to create individual or group accounts.

For more information, please contact Anita Perkins.

Where: 14N-132

While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, 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 through free resources available on the web.

Please register for this session. For more information, please contact Howard Silver with any questions.

Topics covered are:

•     March 6th: Making Google Scholar work with MIT resources

•     March 13th: Setting up PubMed to access MIT resources

•     March 20th: Patents

•     April 3rd: Borrow Direct- Bringing the Ivy League libraries to you

•     April 10th: Online music resources

•     April 17th: Apps for Academics

Feel free to drop in anytime from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. These presentations are very short and informal–feel free to bring your lunch, or stop by on your way to or from the produce market. Five minutes could save you one hour!

Date & Time: Wednesday, February 22, 10am-12pm

Location: Bartos Theater (E15)

Munin, the Dean of Students at DePaul University, will present a broad introduction to the concept of privilege.  He will discuss the evolution and perpetuation of white privilege in depth and hold an interactive conversation on what the concept means for us as individuals and professionals.

The event is cosponsored by the MIT Libraries’ Committee on the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion (CPDI) and the Institute Council for Diversity and Inclusion. This event is free and open to the MIT community. For more information contact CPDI.

Alternate Reality Game (ARG) Creation Workshop
Mon Jan 30, 09am-01:00pm, 4-145
Tue Jan 31, Wed Feb 1, 10-11:00am, 4-145
Thu Feb 2, 10-11:00am, 4-265
Fri Feb 3, 10am-01:00pm, NE25-373
Register

Using Elevation Data and Hydrographic Tools in a GIS
Mon Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

MIT Libraries Bookmobile
Tue Jan 31, 11am-02:00pm, Bldg 32 (Stata)

Integrating Map APIs into your website and Using Google Fusion Tables
Tue Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

R and Statistics
Wed Feb 1, 09am-12:00pm, 1-115 Register

GIS Institute
Wed Feb 1, Thu Feb 2, Fri Feb 3, 10am-04:00pm, GIS Lab in Rotch Library 7-238

R Programming
Wed Feb 1, 01-04:00pm, 1-115 Register

Biotech Business Information for Engineers and Scientists
Wed Feb 1, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Mendeley Basics
Wed Feb 1, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Managing Your References: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Thu Feb 2, 12-01:15pm, 14N-132 Register

Get the most from your “omics” analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Thu Feb 2, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Regression Using Stata
Fri Feb 3, 10am-12:00pm, 1-115 Register

Graphics in Stata
Fri Feb 3, 01-03:00pm, 1-115 Register

See the full list of IAP classes sponsored by the MIT Libraries for more details, including contact and sign-up information.

Practically Genomic
Mon Jan 23, Wed Jan 25, Fri Jan 27, 11am-1:00pm, 14N-132

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mon Jan 23, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

Introduction to Stata (Statistical Software)
Tue Jan 24, 09am-12:00pm, 1-115 Register

Big Docs in Word: Tips and Tricks to Format your Thesis
Tue Jan 24, 11am-12:30pm, 14N-132 Register

Introduction to R (Statistical Software)
Tue Jan 24, 01-04:00pm, 1-115 Register

GIS Level 2
Tue Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

Public Opinion Data Resources
Wed Jan 25, 10-11:00am, 14N-132 Register

Basics of Obtaining a Patent
Thu Jan 25, 12-1:30pm, 3-133 Register

Discovering and Using US Census Data
Wed Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

BIOBASE Knowledge Library and Explain Analysis System Training
Thu Jan 26, 11am-01:30pm, 14N-132 Register

Book Discussion: Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington
Thu Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 14N-417 Register

VEGAS / VENICE: Cambridge-based Aerial Photographer Alex MacLean on their Beauty and Fragility from the Air
Thu Jan 26, 01-02:00pm, 4-237

Introduction to Spatial Statistics using GIS
Thu Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

Introduction to SAS (Statistical Software)
Fri Jan 27, 09am-12:00pm, 1-115 Register

Book Collecting as a Hobby: Embracing this Gentle Madness
Fri Jan 27, 10-11:30am, 14N-118 Register

Data Management in Stata
Fri Jan 27, 01-03:00pm, 1-115 Register

See the full list of IAP classes sponsored by the MIT Libraries for more details, including contact and sign-up information.

Arts and Culture Multimedia in the MIT Libraries
Tue Jan 17, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Managing Research Data 101
Tue Jan 17, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Bioinformatics for Beginners
Tue Jan 17, 3:00-4:30pm, 14N-132 Register

Energy Information: Where to Go, What to Do
Wed Jan 18, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132

Learn to use IPA during IAP
Wed Jan 18, 01-04:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Protocols and Methods: Recipes for Successful Research
Wed Jan 18, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 Register

BrainNavigator: Hands-On Introduction and Demo
Thu Jan 19, 10-11:30am, 14N-132 Register

Apps for Academics: Mobile Web Sites & Apps for Your Academic Life
Thu Jan 19, 11am-12:15pm, 13-2137 Register

Fair Use and Electronic Reserves
Thu Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Patent Searching Fundamentals
Thu Jan 19, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Energy Information: Industries and Statistics
Thu Jan 19, 03pm-04:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Energy Information: Maps and data to use with GIS
Thu Jan 19, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Finding Research Datasets: ICPSR and the Harvard-MIT Data Center
Fri Jan 20, 10-11:30am, 14N-132 Register

Dear Diary — Before There Were Blogs
Fri Jan 20, 11am-12:30pm, 14N-118

RefWorks Basics
Fri Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 Register

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Fri Jan 20, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132

See the full list of IAP classes sponsored by the MIT Libraries for more details, including contact and sign-up information.

Archives.101
Mon Jan 9, 04-05:00pm, 14N-118

Make Your Own Decorative Paste Paper
Tue Jan 10, Wed Jan 11, 10am-12:00pm, 14-0513 Register

Bioinformatics for Beginners
Wed Jan 11, 10-11:30am, 14N-132 Register

Going beyond Google Scholar: Using the Web of Science and Other Citation Searching Resources to Discover Articles
Thu Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132

The Revolution Will Be Well-Informed: Creating the Audre Lorde – Howard Zinn Library at Occupy Boston
Thu Jan 12, 01-02:00pm, 4-145

Weird Science: Finding the Unexpected in the Libraries’ Rare Book Collections
Fri Jan 13, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-118 Register

EndNote Basics
Fri Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 Register

See the full list of IAP classes sponsored by the MIT Libraries for more details, including contact and sign-up information.

Come learn about creating maps and doing geographic analysis!

Register for the Fall GIS workshop series.

Workshops include:

• Introduction to GIS – Friday, Sept. 23, 1-3:30 pm or Tuesday, Sept. 27, 4-5:30 pm.  This session will introduce students to open source and proprietary GIS options.
• Introduction to GIS for Architecture – Wednesday, Oct. 12, 12:30-2 pm
• Discovering and Using US Census Data – Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1-3:30 pm
• Exploring Spatial Patterns using ArcMap – Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1-3:30 pm
• Introduction to Spatial Statistics Tools and Analysis in ArcMap – Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1-3:30 pm
• Introduction to Regression Analysis in ArcMap – Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1-3:30 pm

Managing Your References: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 12-1:15pm
Room 14N-132 (DIRC)
Register

Find out about software to create, organize, and maintain your collection of references. These citation management products 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. Which one should you use, and how do you get started? This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT. We will compare these three products and introduce the basic functionality of each program.  Contact Anita Perkins with any questions.

EndNote Basics

Friday, October 28, 2011 at 12-1pm
Room 14N-132 (DIRC)
Register

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, & 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.  Contact Peter Cohn with any questions.

Can’t make it to either class?

Check out our guides on citation software, or watch video tutorials on citation management tools.

Bioinformatics for Beginners – Register

• When: Tue July 12, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Howard Silver, hsilver@mit.edu
• Description: Bioinformatics techniques and tools are being incorporated into researcher’s toolkits across a broad range of disciplines.  The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools.  It features the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family of databases and the BIOBASE family of resources.

Endnote Basics – Register

• When: Mon July 18, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu
• Description: 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, & 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.

Fair Use and Electronic Reserves -  Register

• When: Thu July 28, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Roshni Gohil, rgohil@mit.edu
• Description: Are you teaching or supporting a fall class and want to learn more about copyright and electronic reserves on Stellar?  We’ll provide an overview of “fair use” and other copyright restrictions for course materials and help you navigate through the ins and outs of electronic reserves.  Staff from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing and Course Reserves Team will be available to answer questions.  Please sign up in advance so that we can better tailor the session for your needs.

Managing Your References:  Overview of EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero - Register

• When: Thu July 21, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu
• Description: Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world.  These software packages 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.  But which software package should you use, and how do you get started?  This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT.  We will include a discussion comparing and contrasting the three software packages, and we will introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each program.

Managing Research Data 101

• When: Fri July 29, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Amy Stout, astout@mit.edu
• Description: For researchers struggling to manage their data, basic strategies will be provided 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.

As part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week, the MIT Libraries are hosting a webcast today, April 28, 2011:

April 28: Preserving Your Personal Digital Memories, with Bill LeFurgy of the Library of Congress
Digital photos, electronic documents, and other new media are fragile and require special care to keep them useable.   Hear about some simple, practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital memories safe.  Full description

The webcast starts at 2:00 PM in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132.  This event is free and open to the public.

As part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week, the MIT Libraries are hosting a webcast today, April 26, 2011:

Accidents Happen: Protecting and Saving Family Treasures, with Nancy E. Kraft of the University of Iowa Libraries
Are your family treasures stored safely in your home or elsewhere?  How do you save your photos when they’ve been submerged in flood water?  What do you do if your books smell mildewy?  What if your basement floods or worse? Attend this session to learn answers to these questions and more.  Full description

The webcast starts at 2:00 PM in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132.  This event is free and open to the public.

As part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week, the MIT Libraries are hosting two webcasts that will show you how to care for your treasured family keepsakes and digital documents and photos.

Both webcasts start at 2:00 PM and take place in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132.  These events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 26: Accidents Happen: Protecting and Saving Family Treasures, with Nancy E. Kraft of the University of Iowa Libraries
Practical tips and tools for mitigating hazards, dealing with mold, and salvaging keepsakes.  Full description

Thursday, April 28: Preserving Your Personal Digital Memories, with Bill LeFurgy of the Library of Congress
Practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital memories safe.  Full description

As part of the American Library Association’s Preservation Week, the MIT Libraries are hosting two webcasts that will show you how to care for your treasured family keepsakes and digital documents and photos.

Both webcasts start at 2:00 PM and take place in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132.  These events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 26: Accidents Happen: Protecting and Saving Family Treasures, with Nancy E. Kraft of the University of Iowa Libraries
Practical tips and tools for mitigating hazards, dealing with mold, and salvaging keepsakes.  Full description

Thursday, April 28: Preserving Your Personal Digital Memories, with Bill LeFurgy of the Library of Congress
Practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital memories safe.  Full description

Managing Your References: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero Register

• When: Fri April 8, 12:00-1:15 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Remlee Green, remlee@mit.edu
• Description: Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world.  These software packages 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. But which software package should you use, and how do you get started?  This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT.  We will include a discussion comparing and contrasting the three softwares, and we will introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each program.

Advanced Tips & Tricks for Chemists: Structure & Reaction Searching with SciFinder Web Register

• When: Fri April 15, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Erja Kajosalo, kajosalo@mit.edu
• Description: In this hands-on training session taught by Amy Christuk from CAS, participants will learn to:
  -Explore new Markush patent searching
  -How to find similar reactions (broad, medium, narrow) and view their transformation centers
  -Conduct half-reaction searches
  -Smart tools for analyzing and refining similarity and substructure search results
  -Find closely related substances such as different salts
  -Explore tips & tricks with reaction searching
  -Find property data including actual spectra for specific substances
  -Find and export suppliers for multiple substances
  -Set-up preferred and non-preferred suppliers
  -Set-up structure-based alerts
  -Combine different answer sets to examine their intersection and overlap
  -Create structures using SMILES & InChI strings
  -Sort reactions by relevance ranking
  -View reaction experimental procedures directly from journal and patent literature without leaving SciFinder Web
  -Learn what’s new with SciFinder Web

Biotech Business Information for Engineers and Scientists Register

• When: Thu April 21, 12:00-1:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Howard Silver, hsilver@mit.edu
• Description: 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.

RefWorks Basics

• When: Thu April 21, 5:00-6:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu
• Description: RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you organize references and create a bibliography.  RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, easily cite references as you write your paper, and build your bibliography.  It allows users to create individual or group accounts.

Using and Contributing to AcaWiki: The Wiki for Summaries of Academic Articles Register

• When: Fri April 22, 12:00-1:00
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Remlee Green, remlee@mit.edu
• Description: This session will introduce participants to AcaWiki, the wiki for summaries of academic books and articles.  AcaWiki is a great resource for scholars and a wonderful way to contribute to knowledge in a field and to help scholars.  It’s particularly relevant for PhD students around their general exams but useful for scholars at all stages.  We will show you how to get the most out of AcaWiki as a user and will walk users through the process of editing and contributing summaries of your own.  We’ll demonstrate several tricks and show users how to integrate AcaWiki with some popular existing bibliography management tools like BibTeX and Zotero. The course taught will be taught by Benjamin Mako Hill — an AcaWiki contributor and administrator.

Managing Research Data 101

• When: Mon April 25, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Amy Stout astout@mit.edu
• Description: For researchers struggling to manage their data, basic strategies will be provided 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
  -metadata, tagging, and citation
  -other relevant issues

EndNote Basics Register

• When: Fri April 29, 12:00-1:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu
• Description: 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, & 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.

Introduction to Mendeley Register

• When: Wednesday, May 4, 2:00-3:00 pm
• Where: 14N-132
• Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu
• Description: Mendeley is a free tool that can help you organize your papers and manage your references.  A representative from Mendeley will give a demo and talk about how it can help you discover the latest research, collaborate with others, and automatically generate bibliographies.

Apps4Academics: iPhone/iPad apps & mobile web sites for academic life

Monday, February 28: 12-1:30pm in 14N-132

Register for class

In this whirlwind show & tell, we will recommend the best iPhone/iPad apps & mobile web sites for use in your academic life. We’ll demo apps for productivity, library research, note-taking, e-reading, PDF-reading & annotating, sketching, and more. Some apps we’ll demo include Evernote, Instapaper, Dropbox, GoodReader, Papers, Wolfram Alpha, PLoS, ACS Mobile, and WorldCat Mobile. We’ll point you to the best apps and mobile sites, and also ask class members to also share their favorite apps. If you’re thinking about getting an iPhone or iPad, this may help you decide how you might use it. The class is 90 minutes, and will include break-out sessions where each small group will discuss the apps they find useful and report back to the larger group. We will have several iPads available for use during the breakout sessions. If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad that you use for academic work, we invite you to bring it and share your knowledge with the group. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Come to this session to learn about Mendeley, a free tool that can help you organize your papers and manage your references.  Jan Reichelt, Co-Founder & President of Mendeley, will give a demo and talk about how Mendeley can help you to discover the latest research, collaborate with others, and automatically generate bibliographies.

Register for the class on Tuesday, November 23 from 12-1 in 14N-132 (DIRC).

Learn more about Mendeley and other useful citation management tools.

Questions?  Contact us.

Come join us for a mapping party to learn about OpenStreetMap and update some local map data to reflect the new developments in Cambridge.

When: Nov. 7, 2010, starting at noon
Where: MIT, room 14N-132
Register at: http://osmbos1.eventbrite.com/

OpenStreetMap

Where: All workshops held in 1-115.

1. Introduction to Stata

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

When: Thursday, September 30th, 1-4pm; Space is limited: pre-register online

2. Data Management in Stata

Topics covered include basic data manipulation commands such as: recoding variables, creating new variables, working with missing data, and generating variables based on complex selection criteria. Participants will be introduced to strategies for merging datasets (adding both variables and observations), and collapsing datasets. Prerequisite: a general familiarity with Stata (such as taking the Intro. workshop).

When: Thursday, October 14th, 1-4pm; Space is limited: pre-register online

3. Regression Using Stata

This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to estimating the linear regression model using ordinary least squares in Stata. Topics covered include: univariate and multiple regression, dummy variables, interaction effects, hypothesis tests, assumption testing, and strategies for organizing model testing. Prerequisites: General familiarity with Stata, including importing and managing datasets and data exploration (such as taking the Intro. workshop); knowledge of the linear regression model and ordinary least squares estimation.

When: Monday, October 25th, 1-4pm; Space is limited: pre-register online

4. Graphics in Stata

Graphs are a powerful and memorable means of communicating quantitative information. 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).

When: Thursday, November 4th, 1-4pm; Space is limited: pre-register online

5. Introduction to SAS

This course is intended for individuals with little to no experience using SAS, a powerful statistical software package available on Athena.  With hands-on exercises, explore SAS’s many features and learn how to import and manage your data in SAS. Novices welcome!

When: Monday, November 15th, 1-4pm; Space is limited: pre-register online

6. Introduction to R

Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics available on Athena. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, and generate figures. Novices welcome!

When: Monday, December 6th, 1-4pm; Space is limited: pre-register online

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Can’t make these times? MIT affiliates can alternatively attend these workshops at Harvard.

Questions? Contact Katherine McNeill, Social Science Data Services and Economics Librarian, mcneillh@mit.edu.

Register at: http://tinyurl.com/gisintro4arch

Learn about what you can do with GIS, common sources of GIS data, how to make your own GIS data, and gain hands-on experience using tools to create basic maps, export to CAD, Google Earth, or image formats, and work in 3D.

More information is available at: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/archintro.html

Learn how to manage your articles and cite your references more effectively in these hands-on workshops.  Register now for October.

All workshops will take place in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132.

Managing Your References:   Overview of EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero

WHEN:   Wednesday, October 6, 5 – 6pm

Citation management software is an important tool in today’s academic world.   These software packages 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.  But which software product should you use, and how do you get started?

This session will focus on Endnote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for citation software at MIT.  We will compare the three and introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each program.

Please pre-register for this session.   Contact Mat Willmott with questions.

EndNote Basics

WHEN:   Wednesday, October 13, 5 – 6pm

EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package that allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references.  Come to this hands-on workshop to learn how to use Endnote to manage your citations, create bibliographies and more.

Please pre-register for this session.   Contact Peter Cohn with any questions.

RefWorks Basics

WHEN:  Wednesday, October 20, 5 – 6pm

RefWorks is a web-based resource to help you organize references, create a bibliography, and easily cite references as you write your paper.  It allows you to create individual or group accounts.

Please pre-register for this session.  Contact Anita Perkins with any questions.

Zotero Basics

WHEN:  Wednesday, October 27, 5 – 6pm

Zotero is a free, open-source program for Firefox 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 pre-register for this session.  Contact Remlee Green with any questions.

Orientation: Fall 2010

Undergraduate Students || Graduate Students || All Students

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Academic Expo
What: An expo of MIT’s academic departments and programs. The Libraries will be ready to answer your questions and offer information about our resources and services. Pick up handouts and goodies.
When: Wednesday, September  1, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Where: Johnson Athletics Center (W34). Look for the Libraries’ banner.

Freshmen Explorations: Ice Cream Social
What: Build your own ice cream sundae!
When: Thursday, September 2, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Where: Lipchitz Courtyard (Building 14); rain location: hallway in front of Hayden Library (Building 14)

Hitchhiker’s Guide Library Tours
What: A walking tour of all the MIT Libraries, with special gifts for the first 10 attendees at each tour.
When: Saturday, August 28, 1:30 p.m, Thursday, September 2, 11 am and *Thursday, September 2, 2 pm
*this tour also stops for ice cream outside the Hayden Library, courtesy of the MIT Libraries
Where: Meet in Lobby 7

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Graduate Student Orientation: Grad School 102
What: An introduction to the MIT Libraries services and resources.
When: Tuesday, August 31, 3:30 – 3:50 pm
Where: 34-101

11th Annual New Graduate Student Reception
What: A reception for new graduate students, with beverages and light
refreshments provided.
NOTE: Tickets may be purchased for $5 at the Graduate Student Council Information Booth.
When: Wednesday, September 1, 5 – 7 pm
Where: Barker Library Dome (Building 10-500)

ALL STUDENTS:

Health & Wellness Fair
What: Libraries’ staff will be ready to answer your questions and offer
information about our resources and services. Pick up handouts and goodies.
When: Friday, September 3, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Where: Kresge Oval, outside the Student Center