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IAP 2010: All Sessions for Week of January 18 – 22

By mit-admin on January 13, 2010

Check out all of the MIT Libraries IAP events for the week covering Monday, January 18 through Friday, January 22. Also check out the complete listing for all of our sessions.

Using NCBI’s BLAST

Going Beyond Google Scholar: Using the Web of Science and Other Citation Searching Resources to Discover Articles

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

EndNote Basics

Introduction to Stata

Bookbinding in the Japanese Tradition

ModelBuilder for beginners

Career Research: Targeting and Researching Employers

A Sampling of Interesting Images from Rotch Visual Collections

Introduction to Spatial Statistics using GIS

Patent Searching Fundamentals

Rotch Library Film Series

Patent Searching Fundamentals

Mapping and Using US Census Data

Cool Tools for Science and Engineering Research: Meet the Developers!

RefWorks Basics

Data Management in Stata

Making Your Own Videos for the Web & MIT TechTV

Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists

Site Selection – Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS

The International Music Score Library Project and the future of digital repositories

NOTE: Some sessions have limited availability or may require advance sign-up requirements. If you have further questions, please see individual listings for appropriate contact information.

IAP 2010: Career Research: Targeting and Researching Employers

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Looking for prospective employers? Preparing for a job interview? MIT Libraries can help!

First, we’ll learn how to target potential employers– established companies, start-up firms — by field of interest and by location. Then, we’ll use MIT Libraries’ resources to research potential employers and uncover information that can aid our career decisions and our interview preparations. This will be a hands-on workshop. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop if possible, as seating space exceeds the number of available PCs.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 20, 12 – 1pm

WHERE: DIRC, 14N-132

Contact Alex Caracuzzo with any questions.

Check out the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

IAP 2010: Learn Statistical Software (Stata, R, and SAS)

By mit-admin on January 7, 2010

Looking to gain skills in working with statistical analysis software packages? The following classes will be taught by the Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) Statistical Consultant during IAP. Note: there will be time at the end of each session for individual assistance, so feel free to bring your research questions.

WHERE: All statistical software workshops held in 1-115.

SPACE IS LIMITED. TO REGISTER, CONTACT Katherine McNeill.

Introduction to Stata

Get an introduction to Stata, the statistical analysis software package commonly used at MIT. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and analyze datasets. Novices welcome!

WHEN: Wednesday, January 20th, 10am-1pm

Data Management in Stata

Learn techniques for data management using Stata. Perform hands-on exercises and learn how to create cross-sectional, time-series, and panel datasets from several data files. Topics include importing data into Stata, labeling data and variables, converting data from string to numeric format, appending and merging datasets, and collapsing and reshaping a dataset. Prerequisite: a general familiarity with Stata (such as taking the Intro. workshop).

WHEN: Friday, January 22nd, 10am-1pm

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, January 25th, 10am-1pm

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 for the class 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.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 27th, 10am-1pm

Introduction to SAS

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!

WHEN: Thurssday, January 28th, 10am-1pm

Graphics in Stata

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: Friday, January 29th, 10am-1pm

Can’t make these times? Attend these workshops at Harvard or view the slides on your own.

Check out other Social Science Data Services IAP sessions as well as the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

IAP 2010: The International Music Score Library Project and the future of digital repositories

By on January 6, 2010

Edward W. Guo founded the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) in 2006 to create a virtual library of public domain music scores. He will give a talk at MIT about his project and other digital music repositories on Friday, January 22nd. Join us!

WHEN: Friday, January 22, 2:00-3:30 pm

WHERE: Lewis Music Library, 14E-109

Contact Peter Munstedt with any questions.

Read the description of this IAP activity.

Check out the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

IAP 2010: Using Wikipedia to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences

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The purpose of this session is to provide an understanding of how Wikipedia can be used to create meaningful learning experiences.

As a result of participating in this activity, participants will understand why it is important for academia to contribute to this body of literature, and how to add a reference to a Wikipedia article.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 13, 10 – 11:15am

WHERE: DIRC, 14N-132

Contact Barbara Williams with any questions.

Check out the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

IAP 2010: Linked Data

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A current internet buzzword is “linked data”. The idea of linked data is closely aligned with the goal of exposing rich data sources on the web, and it represents a next step in efforts to build a semantic web. How is linked data different from the links in hypertext? How can it be applied to the publication of MIT’s scholarly research data and the integration of MIT’s content management systems (for example,Stellar, OCW, and DSpace)? What is its relation to Semantic Web technologies like RDF, OWL, and URIs?

This session will answer these questions and discuss current linked data applications. We will consider how linked data principles may be applied to the publication of MIT’s scholarly research data and how MIT organizations can collaborate to create, publish, and share linked data.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 27, 2 – 3pm

WHERE: DIRC, 14N-132

Contact Robert Wolfe with any questions.

Check out the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

IAP 2010: A Sampling of Interesting Images from Rotch Visual Collections

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Join the staff of Rotch Visual Collections for an hour devoted to exploring recent acquisitions – all of which are located in Dome, MIT’s digital repository.

Images to be shown and discussed include recent additions to the Aga Khan Visual Archive; images of modernist architecture in India by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn (donated to the Society of Architectural Historians SAHARA project); photographs from retired architecture professor Maurice Smith’s teaching collection; images of Boston, Chicago, and the Southwest seen from the air, taken by noted photographer Alex MacLean of Landslides Aerial Photography; Augustus Pugin’s etchings from his influential 1836 book of architectural criticism, “Contrasts, or a parallel between the noble edifices of the 14th and 15th edifices and similar buildings of the present day,” and historical maps.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 20, 2 – 3pm

WHERE: Rotch Library conference room, 7-238

Contact Jolene de Verges with any questions or see the RVC Research Guide for more details.

Check out the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

IAP 2010: Cool Tools for Science & Engineering Research

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With so many tools on the web, how do you find the really good ones to help with your work?

In this session, we’ll show a variety of online and mobile tools to help you keep current on the latest research in your field, manage your references, and share information easily with colleagues at MIT and around the world. Tools highlighted will include RSS feeds, Mendeley, WebNotes, Scivee, PubGet, and QUOSA.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 27, 4 – 5pm

WHERE: DIRC, 14N-132

Contact Remlee Green with any questions.

Check out the MIT Libraries’ full schedule of IAP sessions.

This session is co-sponsored by the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department.

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IAP 2010: All Sessions for Week of January 18 – 22

IAP 2010: All Sessions for Week of January 11 – 15

IAP 2010: Career Research: Targeting and Researching Employers

IAP 2010: Learn Statistical Software (Stata, R, and SAS)

Introduction to Stata

Data Management in Stata

Introduction to R

Regression Using Stata

Introduction to SAS

Graphics in Stata

IAP 2010: The International Music Score Library Project and the future of digital repositories

IAP 2010: Using Wikipedia to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences

IAP 2010: Linked Data

IAP 2010: A Sampling of Interesting Images from Rotch Visual Collections

IAP 2010: Cool Tools for Science & Engineering Research