Need a break from your studies?
Enjoy free drinks & snacks at our two Food for Thought events this week:
Hayden Library (14S-100) lobby, Monday, May 17, 2:30 – 4pm
Barker Library (10-500) lobby, Tuesday, May 18, 2 – 3:30pm
Tag: oldevents
Gallery Talk with Kristel Smentek, Assistant Professor of Art History
Speaker: Kristel Smentek, Assistant Professor of Art History
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 12, Noon-1pm
Location: Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130)
Kristel Smentek, Assistant Professor of Art History and co-curator of the exhibition Technology and Enlightenment, leads an informal tour and discussion of how work is pictured in Diderot’s Encyclopédie.
This event is part of a series of events associated with Technology and Enlightenment, an exhibition in the Libraries’ Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) that explores one of the most important and controversial publications of the eighteenth century, Diderot’s Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
IAPril 2010: Zotero Basics
WHEN: Friday, April 30, 12 – 1pm
WHERE: Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132
Zotero is a free, open-source program for Firefox that helps you to 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.
IAPril 2010: EndNote Web
WHEN: Wednesday, April 21, 12 – 1pm 
WHERE: Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132
EndNote web is a web-based product available to MIT users as part of the Libraries’ subscription to Web of Knowledge. Come learn how to use Endnote Web to manage your citations, create bibliographies and more.
Contact Peter Cohn with any questions.
8th annual Prokopoff violin music concert
The 8th annual Prokopoff violin music concert will be held in the Lewis Music Library at noon on Friday, April 23, 2010. MIT students will perform music chosen from the more than 2,000 violin scores given to the library in 2001 by Stephen Prokopoff’s widow Lois Craig, former Associate Dean of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning.
Donations will be accepted for the MIT Haiti Relief Fund and the MIT Chile Relief Fund. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, April 23, 12 noon – 1 pm
Lewis Music Library 14E-109
For more information: 617-253-5636
IAPril 2010: EndNote Basics
WHEN: Friday, April 16, 12 – 1pm
WHERE: Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 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.
Contact Howard Silver with any questions.
Music in the Enlightenment-April 14th in the Lewis Music Library
The Lewis Music Library (14E-109) will host a performance and discussion of music related to the current Libraries’ exhibition, Technology and Enlightenment, on Wednesday, April 14th at 2pm. The event will feature Teresa Neff, Lecturer in Music.
This event is part of a series of events associated with the exhibit in the Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) that explores one of the most important and controversial publications of the eighteenth century, Diderot’s Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
IAPril 2010: Research Techniques for Writers and Editors
WHEN: Friday, April 9, 1 – 2pm
WHERE: Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132
Learn how to use the Libraries’ resources and databases to research your own articles or find past articles written about MIT. This workshop will show you how to connect from your desktop to a wealth of online resources licensed to MIT, such as LexisNexis, Factiva, Proquest, historic newspaper databases and more. The experts at the Libraries will show you best techniques. This workshop is tailored to MIT communications professionals, or those with an interest in journalism and science writing.
Contact Anita Perkins with any questions.
IAPril 2010: Ga-Ga for Google
WHEN: Friday, April 9, 12 – 1pm
WHERE: Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132
Take the popular search engine to a new level. Learn basic searching as well as tips and tricks that will make you truly love Google.
Contact Georgiana McReynolds with any questions.