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IAP 2008: PowerPoint Reform School

By on January 18, 2008

PPT
Sure, most of us can hammer out a few slides in PowerPoint and call it a presentation. But some PowerPoint shows look crisp and professional, while others look like amateur hour. What are the telltale signs of a not-ready-for-prime-time presentation — and how can you fix them? In this hands-on session, we’ll haul a delinquent presentation before the bar of PowerPoint justice, enumerate its crimes, and rehabilitate it. We’ll use PowerPoint 2003. (Note: This session is not for PowerPoint beginners.)

WHEN: Tuesday, January 22, 2 – 3 pm

WHERE: DIRC, 14N-132

Prerequisite: Experience creating PPT shows (preferably in PP 2003)

Enrollment is limited to 20 participants; advance sign-up required. Contact Craig Thomas to sign up or with questions.

Special MLK Holiday Bookmobile – Friday Jan. 18th

By on January 17, 2008

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Come see, and check out, highlights from The Humanities Library‘s book and DVD collections, and The Lewis Music Library‘s music collections, with a special focus on the African American experience.

Details:

  • Date: Friday January 18th, 2008
  • Time: 10:30AM – 2:30PM
  • Where: Lobby 10
  • Cost: FREE!!!

Rotch Library IAP Film Series continues…

By on January 14, 2008

The Rotch Library is proud to present the IAP Film Series, held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the month of January. The week of January 14 is Urban Week!

Films will be shown in the Rotch Library Conference Room (enter through 7-238) starting at 11:30AM and ending no later than 2PM. The schedule for the upcoming week will be:

Monday, January 14

  • Drowned Out / Franny Armstrong
  • Lost City of New Orleans / a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production

Wednesday, January 16

  • Cities / directed and produced by David Springbett, Heather MacAndrew
  • Subdivide and conquer : a modern western / Red Oak Films

Friday, January 18

  • Farmingville / a film by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini
  • Designing a great neighborhood : behind the scenes at Holiday / produced by the Sustainable Futures Society

The week of January 21 is Potluck Week! More films from Rotch on a variety of topics.

Please forward this information to interested parties! If you have any questions, please contact Heather McCann at (617) 253-7098 / hmccann@mit.edu OR Jennifer Friedman (617) 258-5595 / jrfried@mit.edu.

Thank you very much and we hope to see you!

IAP 2008: SciFinder Scholar – Chemical Reaction Searching

By on January 13, 2008

SciFinder Scholar
Learn about chemical reaction searching in SciFinder Scholar by attending this hands-on virtual lab! To attend this WebEx session with CAS trainer, go to the link below for more information about the training session, including its agenda, or to join the session.

WHEN: Friday, January 18, 10 am – 12 pm

WHERE: Your office! (via WebEx teleconference)

https://casevents.webex.com/casevents/k2/j.php?ED=90618292&UID=528470012

Training session password: mitscholar

Teleconference: Call 866-469-3239 (Tollfree in US/Canada) or 650-429-3300 (US/Canada Direct)

Session Number: 661 033 867

Web: //libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/index.html

Contact Erja Kajosalo with any questions.

IAP 2008: Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright Policies

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Geared for graduate students, addresses what copyright means to you as an author, how you can assess a publisher’s copyright policies, and how you can use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access publishing models and the use of the MIT amendment to alter standard publisher agreements will also be discussed.

WHEN: Friday, January 18, 2 – 3 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Contact copyright-lib@mit.edu with any questions.

IAP 2008: Bioinformatics for Beginners

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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 of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools.

WHEN: Thursday, January 10, 4 – 5 pm
Friday, January 18, 12:30 – 1:30 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 20 participants.

Contact Amy Stout with any questions.

IAP 2008: BIOBASE ExPlain Training

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BIOBASE

Scientists from BIOBASE will do training on these bioinformatics databases that include Proteome, TransFac, TransPath, and ExPlain, with focus on the new database ExPlain and updates on new features for all of them. The MIT Libraries subscribes to these, and you will find them on VERA. There will be a 2 hour training session plus hands-on time to work on your own research if you wish.

WHEN: Thursday, January 17, 1 – 3 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 30 participants.

Contact Louisa Worthington Rogers with any questions.

IAP 2008: MIT TechTV & U

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1001 uses of MIT TechTV in support of education, research, activities, and outreach!

MIT TechTV is MIT’s free video posting and hosting service, specializing in science, engineering, and MIT-related videos. Any member of the MIT Community can use MIT TechTV to post video content for the world to see. In this seminar, you’ll learn how you can use MIT TechTV to accomplish your goals and support your group whether its a class, lab, student organization, sport team, or department.TechTV logo

WHEN: Friday, January 11 am – 12 pm
Thursday, January 17, 12 – 1 pm
Wednesday, January 23, 1 – 2 pm
Tuesday, January 29, 2 – 3 pm

WHERE: 9-151, Ford Room

Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 20 participants.

Questions and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged. See http://techtv.mit.edu/ for more information. Contact Kris Brewer with any questions.

Cosponsored by Academic Media Production Services

IAP 2008: EndNote Basics

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EndNote
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.

WHEN: Thursday, January 17, 5 – 6 pm
Wednesday, January 23, 5 – 6 pm
Wednesday, January 30, 12 – 1 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 20 participants.

Contact Howard Silver with any questions.