Author Archives: Amy Koshoffer

Open Science Framework Webinar

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OSF 101 Webinar

The Open Science Framework is a free, open source web application created by the Center for Open Science built to help researchers manage their workflows. The OSF is part collaboration tool, part version control software, and part data archive.

Learn how to make the most of your free OSF account by participating in our upcoming webinar. Make managing your research easier with these features:

  • Centralized file storage to organize all of your materials in one place
  • Collaboration space to keep coworkers on the same page
  • Fine-grained privacy controls to manage public and private workflows
  • Built-in version control to maintain access to file history
  • Add-on connections to the tools you already use to streamline your workflow

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 – 11a -12p EST

Click here for details and to register.

To learn more about the Center for Open Science, visit their website: https://cos.io/

Scholar@UC goes to class

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TEAM_BJS_final_sd_1On Thursday December 3, 2015, UC Libraries staff members of the Scholar@UC (http://scholar.uc.edu) development team Linda Newman and Thomas Scherz, digital archivist Eira Tansey and science informationist Amy Koshoffer were given a wonderful treat of requirement engineering and donuts and cookies.  We were invited to attend the final project presentations in CEAS Engineering & Computing Systems professor Dr. Nan Niu’s Requirements Engineering course (CS6027).

Photo2_From left Nan Niu, Payel Basak, and Nesrin Hussein

Students: Payel Basak, Nerin Hussein, Ben Albert

Dr. Niu is featured in the photo in upper right.  Dr. Niu is an early adopter for our institutional repository Scholar@UC.
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UC GIS DAY 2015

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A diverse group representing research fields from music to IT to medicine at UC attended the 2015 UC GIS Day Celebration Lecture.   Dr. Alan T. Murray from Drexel University’s Center for Spatial Analytics and Geocomputation presented an entertaining and informative overview on the application of GIS analysis to contemporary issues. Dr. Murray examined challenges and strategies for spatial optimization in public alert systems design, fire response, transit system design, nighttime urban lighting and recreational space planning in the extreme Arizona climate. The mix of storytelling, real world problems and the mathematics of GIS engaged the audience of nearly fifty prompting several audience members to propose collaborative projects on the spot. This year’s event was sponsored by UC Libraries, IT@UC and the Geography Graduate Student Organization. UC Libraries is now offering Introduction to GIS workshops in partnership with the Department of Geography. For more information about GIS or library workshops, contact Dr. Changjoo Kim (changjkm@ucmail.uc.edu) of the Department of Geography or Amy Koshoffer (koshofae@ucmail.uc.edu) Science Informationist for UC Libraries.

Photo credits: Song Shu, graduate student, Department of Geography