The February Object of the Month exhibit of the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections includes a letter written in 1961 by Charles Stark Draper, Director of MIT’s Instrumentation Lab (now the Draper Lab), to NASA volunteering as a crew member on the Apollo mission to the moon.
The Object of the Month is also displayed in an exhibit case across from the Archives, Room 14N-118.
Where: MIT GIS Lab, Rotch Library, 7-238
Play with virtual globes like
Google Earth &
World Wind
Explore powerful geographic information systems (GIS), such as
ArcGIS and
PCI Geomatica
Investigate tools for mapping US Census and Demographic information such as
PCensus
Geolytics
Census Tool on the MIT Geodata Repository
Come meet the GIS staff from the MIT Libraries and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education over refreshments.
Learn about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and all the things you can map with it! Workshop descriptions available at: //libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2007.html
GIS: ArcGIS I
Monday, Jan. 22, 2006 10:00-12:00, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238) (6 computers available)
Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 2:00-4:00pm, Location: 37-312 (20 computers available)
GIS: ArcGIS II
Tuesday, Jan. 23 10:00-12:00, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
GIS: Working with Digital Elevation Models
Tuesday, Jan. 23 2:00-4:00 pm, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
GIS: Site Selection – Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS
Wednesday, Jan. 24 10:00-12, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
GIS: Working with US Census Data in a GIS
Wednesday, Jan. 24 2:00-4:00 pm, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
GIS: Using Network Analyst
Thursday, Jan. 25 10:00-12, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
GIS: Model Builder
Thursday, Jan. 25 2:00-4:00 pm, Location: MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
Mon Jan 22, 04-05:00pm, E25-117
Tired of hopping between Google Scholar, Amazon, and library catalogs and databases? Can’t find that great article you meant to read later? Need better ways of sharing scholarly resources within your group?
Come hear about some new web tools that may help you work more efficiently. Learn to organize and share your references, catalog your personal book collections online, and search seamlessly between library resources and other web sites.
We will demo: LibraryThing, del.icio.us, CiteULike, library-relevant Firefox extensions, and more. See our course web page for more info.
Contact: Nicole Hennig, E25-131, x3-9367, hennig@mit.edu
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The Libraries are sponsoring an IAP session focusing on copyright and research impact that is designed to help MIT authors fully realize the potential of their work in the world.The session will address what authors at MIT need to know about copyright, and why it is important to retain some rights when publishing. It examines how MIT authors can take actions that will serve the advancement of science and technology by maximizing the full potential of research to be shared and reused. Topics will include: • What MIT authors need to know about copyright • Actions MIT authors can take to maximize the impact of their research • What “open access†is, why it is good for research, and why it matters at MIT • Faculty viewpoint on open access • Research funding organizations’ policies on access to research • Government initiatives on access to research |
There will be ample opportunity to ask questions of the speakers:
Claude Canizares: Associate Provost
Brian Evans: EAPS Professor of Geophysics
Thinh Nguyen: Science Commons Counsel
Ann Hammersla: MIT Intellectual Property Counsel
Ann Wolpert: Director, MIT Libraries
Ellen Duranceau: MIT Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Licensing Consultant
The session will be held on Thursday January 25th, 1-3 pm, in 32-155.
If you have any questions about the session, please contact:
Carol Robinson / csrobins@mit.edu / x37749
To learn more about this topic, please visit //libraries.mit.edu/scholarly or contact copyright-lib@mit.edu.
Library Music: Silence Into Sound, an exciting installation of immersive sonic experiences, will offer a demonstration/workshop today from 2-5 pm in the MIT Lewis Music Library (Building 14E-109).
Students from the MIT Media Lab will explain their ideas and technologies, the Lewis Music Library staff will share some of the library’s hidden treasures, and refreshments will be served.
See this Media Lab page for more information about the installations.
Don’t miss this opportunity to make noise in the Lewis Music Library!!
Worldly Wednesdays: MIT World films in the MIT Libraries
IAP Film Series on Innovation and Invention
Join us for a movie and snacks! Each week during IAP, a different film from MIT World on the theme of innovation and invention will be shown in the Barker Engineering Library Media Suite (room 10-500).
When: Every Wednesday in IAP 2007, 12-1:30pm
Film Schedule:
1/10/07
1/17/07
1/24/07
1/31/07
Light refreshments will be provided. Limited to 20 viewers.
For a full description, see the Worldly Wednesday events page.
Ten interactive music installations created by MIT Media Lab grad students will be installed in the Lewis Music Library beginning at 2 pm on Tuesday, January 16. Curated by Professor Tod Machover, “Library Music” explores the relationship between space, movement, touch and sound and ranges from musical stairs to tactile rainfall to a sonorous, robotic chandelier.
The Lewis Music Library is located at 14E-109. IAP hours begin on Jan.8 and are Monday-Friday 10am – 6pm; Saturday-Sunday 1 – 5pm.
January’s Object of the Month exhibit describes the “Harmonic Diagram” designed in 1824 by physicist and inventor Charles Wheatstone. The “diagram” is a mechanical device for explaining music theory. It is one of the items from a wide range of time periods, on diverse subjects, in many formats, in the holdings of MIT’s Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Browse other exhibits for a sample of the scope of the Archives’ collections. All are welcome to visit the Archives for further exploration.
