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The July Object of the Month exhibit by the Institute Archives and Special Collections is about the use of the squid in nerve cell research led by Francis O. Schmitt, a pioneer in modern biological research and the study of the brain, and founder of the Neurosciences Research Program. Dr. Schmitt came to MIT as professor of biology in 1941. He was head of the Department of Biology from 1942 to 1955, when he was appointed Institute Professor. He was Institute Professor Emeritus at the time of his death in 1995.Browse other exhibits for a sample of the collections in the Institute Archives and Special Collections that document the history of MIT and the accomplishments of its faculty and staff. |
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Summer workshops offered
JulyAP Information Workshops
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops. It’s like IAP, only warmer!
WHEN: Every Friday in July, 12 Noon – 1 pm
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
7/7 EndNote Basics
EndNote helps you to create databases of bibliographic references that you can cite in your manuscripts. EndNote allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, and build your bibliography, all within one program. Give it a try in this hands-on session!7/14 Citation Searching Survey
Eugene Garfield outlined the concept of citation indexing in an article in Science Magazine 50 years ago. We will explore different methods of citation indexing, starting with the Web of Science.7/21 RefWorks Basics
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you to organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts, and makes it easy to write papers, or post your results to web pages. This session will be a hands-on practicum.7/28 Publishing Choices for MIT Grads and Postdocs
Publishing your research is an important rite of passage for a new researcher and an essential part of being a scientist. This session will guide you through some of the lesser-known but critical choices you’ll face in your first forays into publishing: where and how to publish to get exposure and credit for your work, and what you can do to retain your copyright as an author.
Feel free to bring your lunch! Drinks and dessert will be provided.
Sculpture of Parker W. Hirtle ’51
An exhibition of wood carvings by Parker W. Hirtle (’51) is at Rotch Library (7-238). The exhibit continues through June.
Institute Archivist and Dean of Admissions to narrate Commencement webcast
A live webcast of Commencement on Friday, June 9, will be broadcast beginning at 8:20 a.m. Tom Rosko, Head of the Institute Archives & Special Collections, will share the microphone with Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones to bring the festivities to life on your computer screen and add some historical context.
Books, music and movies for your Memorial Day weekend
After the gardening, after the barbeque, relax with a good book. The Humanities and Music Libraries are pleased to announce an upcoming Bookmobile:
Thursday, May 25, 11-2 in the Stata Center (Building 32).
Check out books, DVDs, audiobooks and music.
Eat & Play with Toys! Study Break at Barker Engineering Library
On Thursday, May 18th from 12-2pm, the Barker Engineering Library will be hosting – “Food for Thought”.
Take a break from studying for final exams and have a snack in the Barker Group Study Room on the 5th floor (straight across the Reading Room from the Service Desk).
We will also be featuring Zome toys. Building with toys is good relaxation for the brain.
Food and toys – the way life should be!
Archives’ May exhibit displays MIT’s lighter side, 1944-5
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The Institute Archives and Special Collections has chosen as its May Object of the Month exhibit “A Whimsical Map of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944-5,” a humorous look at life at the Institute, drawn by Professor Frederick Morris, a faculty member in the Department of Geology from 1927 to 1962.Browse other exhibits for a taste of the serious as well as the light side of MIT documented in the collections in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. |
Photo Exhibit at Rotch: Nilin & Nilina: Different Lenses
Photos by architecture graduate student Nadya Nilina her brother Nilin, a professional photographer/filmmaker in Moscow. Nilina’s work concentrates on housing developments while her brother has photographed demolitions of Soviet architecture and the disappearance of certain lifestyles such as social clubs. Rotch Library (Rm 7-238). Made possible with support from the MIT Council for the Arts and MISTI MIT-Germany.
LISA V – Library and Information Services in Astronomy Conference coming to Cambridge in June!
LISA V’s Coming to Cambridge!
The MIT Libraries, along with the Wolbach Library at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will host the fifth Library and Information Services in Astronomy conference June 18-21, 2006. The theme of this year’s conference is Common Challenges, Uncommon Solutions.
Registration is open. There are single-day and student rates as well as full conference registrations available. The program includes sessions on open access, citation analysis, preservation, electronic journals, and archives, and features Ann Wolpert, the Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries and Nancy M. Cline, Roy E. Larsen Librarian of Harvard College as invited speakers.
For more information, visit the official conference web site: LISA V: Library and Information Services in Astronomy
The local organizing committee of LISA V would like to thank our sponsors:
Acme BookBinding
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University
EBSCO Information Services
EDP Sciences
Elsevier
IOP Publishing
Sheridan Press
Thomson Scientific
University of Chicago Press
YBP Library Services