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Apps4Academics class, Monday, 2/28 at 12

By on February 14, 2011

Do you have an iPhone, iPad, or Touch? Or are you just interested in learning more about apps that could help with classes or research projects?

iPhone screenshot 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!

Harpsichord lecture/recital Feb.25: Musical Paintings

By on February 9, 2011

MIT music lecturers Jean Rife and Teresa Neff will present a lecture/recital, Musical Paintings: Jean-Philippe Rameau and 18th-Century Life on Friday, February 25, from 1-2 pm in the Lewis Music Library, 14E-109.

Photo©Susan Wilson, susanwilsonphoto.com

Jean Rife, lecturer in Music and Theater Arts at MIT, will perform Pièces de clavecin by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).

Teresa Neff, lecturer in Music and Theater Arts at MIT, Research Fellow for the Handel and Haydn Society and faculty at Boston Conservatory, will provide commentary on the music.

Location: Lewis Music Library, 14E-109

More information: 617-253-5636

Free and open to the public

'Technology' Through Time: 150 Years of MIT History – Opening Reception

By mit-admin on January 31, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, Feb.4, 1:00p–3:00p

Location: 14N-130, Maihaugen Gallery

This multimedia exhibition showcases in words, documents, photos, video and sound, the broad and varied history of MIT. View original MIT documents and historically significant materials that played a role in making MIT the unique place it is today. The exhibit will also feature items from the MIT Museum’s 150 Exhibition, as well as video stories of those who have shaped – and been shaped by – MIT.

Music and refreshments provided. Free and open to the MIT community.

Web site: //libraries.mit.edu/maihaugen/index.html

‘Technology’ Through Time: 150 Years of MIT History – Opening Reception

By mit-admin on

Opening Reception: Friday, Feb.4, 1:00p–3:00p

Location: 14N-130, Maihaugen Gallery

Music and refreshments provided. Free and open to the MIT community.

Web site: //libraries.mit.edu/maihaugen/index.html

Take a 150-year journey through the MIT Libraries’ collections

By mit-admin on January 24, 2011

Lives of the Engineers How did the public perceive engineers when MIT was chartered in 1861? What sort of books did MIT founder William Barton Rogers keep in his personal library? What would the Mass. Avenue bridge look like as a war memorial? Which MIT graduate wrote a hugely popular children’s book?

Find out all this and more with 150 Years in the Stacks. Join us on a chronological journey through MIT’s extensive (and unusual) library collections. Every day for 150 days, you’ll see a different publication, one from each year of MIT’s existence.

150 years, 150 days, 150 books: you never know what to expect.

Visit the 150 Years in the Stacks blog or find out more about the project.

IAP 2011: All Sessions for Week of January 24 – 28

By Mark Szarko on January 21, 2011

Check out all of the MIT Libraries IAP events for the week covering Monday, January 24 through Friday, January 28:

Introduction to Stata (Statistical Software)
Mon, Jan 24, 9:00-12:00pm, 1-115, Register

Virtual Cities of the Future and the Past
Mon, Jan 24, 11:00-12:00pm, 14N-132

Practically Genomic
Mon, Jan 24, 11:00-1:00pm, 14N-132

Introduction to R (Statistical Software)
Mon, Jan 24, 12:30-3:30pm, 1-115, Register

Using Elevation Data and Hydrographic Tools in a GIS
Mon, Jan 24, 2:00-4:00pm, 14N-132

RefWorks Basics
Mon, Jan 24, 5:00-6:00pm, 14N-132, Register

Biotech business information – for engineers and scientists
Tues, Jan 25, 5:00-6:00pm, 14N-132, Register

Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Tues, Jan 25, 12:00-1:15pm, 14N-132, Register

Introduction to Spatial Statistics using GIS
Tues, Jan 25, 2:00-4:00pm, 14N-132

Data Management in Stata
Wed, Jan 26, 9:00-12:00pm, 1-115, Register

Graphics in Stata
Wed, Jan 26, 12:30-2:30pm, 1-115, Register

Demystifying Fair Use – an interactive workshop for users of copyrighted content
Wed, Jan 26, 1:00-2:15pm, 4-145

Site Selection – Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS
Wed, Jan 26, 2:00-4:00pm, 14N-132

EndNote Basics
Wed, Jan 26, 5:00-6:00pm, 14N-132, Register

Practically Genomic
Wed, Jan 26, 11:00-1:00pm, 14N-132

Rotch Library Film Series: Re-Imagining Gaza
Thu, Jan 27, 12:00-2:00pm, 7-238 (Rotch Library)

ModelBuilder for beginners
Thu, Jan 27, 2:00-3:00pm, 14N-132

Citation Tools Quick Tour: Quosa, Mendeley, Papers, and JabRef
Thu, Jan 27, 5:00-6:00pm, 14N-132, Register

Going beyond Google Scholar: using the Web of Science and other citation searching resources to discover articles
Thu, Jan 27, 12:00-1:00pm, 14N-132

Basics of Obtaining a Patent
Thu, Jan 27, 12:00-1:30pm, 3-133

Regression Using Stata
Fri, Jan 28, 9:00-12:00pm, 1-115, Register

Python Programming for GIS
Fri, Jan 28, 9:00-12:00pm, 7-238

MIT History Uncovered
Fri, Jan 28, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-118

Practically Genomic
Fri, Jan 28, 11:00-1:00pm, 14N-132

Rotch Library Film Series: Deconstructivist Architects
Fri, Jan 28, 12:00-2:00pm, 7-238 (Rotch Library)

Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright Policies
Fri, Jan 28, 2:00-3:00pm, 14N-132

They Danced to This? French Harpsichord Music
Fri, Jan 28, 12:00-1:00pm, Lewis Music Library

Integrating Map APIs into your website: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap
Fri, Jan 28, 3:00-5:00pm, 14N-132

BrainNavigator: Hands-On Introduction and Demo
Mon, Jan 31, 1:15-2:15pm, 14N-132, Register

See student.mit.edu/iap/nslib.html for more details, including contact and sign-up information.

Harpsichord lecture/recital Jan.28: They Danced to This?

By on January 19, 2011

Music lecturers Jean Rife and Teresa Neff will present a lecture/recital, They Danced to This? French Harpsichord Music on Friday, January 28, 2011 from noon-1pm in the Lewis Music Library, 14E-109.

Jean Rife, lecturer in Music and Theater Arts at MIT, will perform harpsichord suites by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Teresa Neff, lecturer in Music and Theater Arts at MIT, Research Fellow for the Handel and Haydn Society and faculty at Boston Conservatory, will provide commentary on the music.

Location: Lewis Music Library, 14E-109

More information: 617-253-5636

Free and open to the public

Rotch Library Lunchtime Film Series 2011 – This week’s film

By mit-admin on January 18, 2011

Join us in the Rotch Library conference room on Friday, January 21, from noon-1:30 for week three of the 4th annual Rotch Library IAP Film Series. See our complete film schedule on the IAP calendar.

Youth Visions of Jerusalem: Short Films and Photography by Palestinian Youth, produced by Voices Behind Walls (2009 -55 min.)
Friday, January 21st, noon-1:30 pm
Youth Visions of Jerusalem shows how Palestinian children develop spatial representations and creative media narratives in the contested spaces of the Old City and Shu’fat refugee camp, both a part of the divided city of Jerusalem today.

This week – Special Guest!

The filmmaker for Youth Visions of Jerusalem, Nitin Sawhney, will be joining us for the screening on Friday. Nitin Sawhney is a fellow in MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media. His ongoing research and teaching engages the critical role of the arts and technology interventions in contested spaces and conditions of conflict and crisis. http://civic.mit.edu/blog/nitin

Rotch Library Lunchtime Film Series 2011 – This week's film

By mit-admin on

Join us in the Rotch Library conference room on Friday, January 21, from noon-1:30 for week three of the 4th annual Rotch Library IAP Film Series. See our complete film schedule on the IAP calendar.