See what new acquisitions have been recently added to the Oesper book collection.
Click here for the September-October 2017 list.
For more information about Oesper (books and historical apparatus devoted to the history of chemistry), click here.
Category Archives: Science Library
UC Libraries Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
UC Libraries will be closed Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24 for Thanksgiving, with the exception of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open Friday, November 24 from noon – 5:00pm. Regular library hours will resume Saturday, November 25.
This closing includes the Langsam Library 4th floor space, which will close Wednesday, November 22 at 6pm and re-open Saturday, November 25 at 10am.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Fleeing the Center : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 47, November/December 2017
UC Libraries Closed Veterans’ Day. HSL to Remain Open 9am-5pm.
UC Libraries will be closed Friday, November 10 in observance of Veterans’ Day, except for the Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am to 5pm. Normal hours will resume Saturday, November 11. This closing includes the Langsam Library 4th floor space, which will close Thursday, November 9 at 11pm and re-open Saturday, November 11 at 10am.
2017 GIS Day Celebration
GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems and is a powerful technology for data analysis, visualization and interpretation to understand spatial patterns and trends.
Sponsored by A&S Department of Geography & GIS and UC Libraries –
You are invited to the 2017 GIS Day Celebration November 15, 2017
in the beautiful Nippert Stadium West Pavilion North Lounge.
The event is free and open to all.
Event Program:
11 – 12 pm Professional talk
“GIS in Local Governments – A Decision Making Framework”
– Raj Chundur (Cincinnati Area GIS Administrator)
12 – 1 pm Lunch
1 – 2 pm Academic talk
“Crowd-sourcing the Smart City: Big Geosocial Media Data, Ethics and
Urban Governance”
– Dr. Zook (University of Kentucky)
Raj Chundur is the CAGIS Administrator for the City of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS)
Matthew Zook PhD is Professor of Economic Geography at University of Kentucky. His research focuses on how the geoweb is produced (particularly the practices surrounding user-generated data) in order to better understand where, when, and by whom geo-coded content is being created. He is a well published researcher and a contributor to the research blog FloatingSheep.
Questions? E-mail Amy Koshoffer, science informationist, at ASKGIS@UC.EDU for more information.
Flyer – GISDAY_2017_1
Mapathon @ UCLibraries
On Nov 4th, The Red Cross will hold a Missing Maps Mapathon at UC Libraries in 475 Langsam from 10 am to 2 pm. The information collected from a Mapathon helps the Red Cross identify the best locations to bring in emergency supplies, where to house emergency operations and what local resources they can collaborate with in emergency response efforts. In order to participate, you do not need extensive mapping experience. The maps are creating using the Open Street Map platform and you can learn quickly by watching a training video.
If you are interested to participate, please register here – https://goo.gl/forms/Ln4LdEKcFNc7CUTt2 and watch the training video.
Please contact Amy Koshoffer – ASKGIS@UC.EDU if you have questions about the event.
More information in the attached flyer. GIS_LC_20171011_MissingMapsFlyer
Named Glassware, Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 46, September/October 2017
Assorted 19th-century round-bottom wine flasks
from the Oesper Collections
Issue 46 explains that common laboratory glassware is often named after famous chemists of the past, though the exact reason for these name choices is not always obvious.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
Congratulations to CEAS Environmental Researchers
We offer a big congratulations to Patcha Huntra and Tim C. Keener
from the CEAS Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Environmental Engineering,
for their recent publication in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information entitled
Evaluating the Impact of Meteorological Factors on Water Demand in the Las Vegas Valley Using Time-Series Analysis: 1990–2014.
http://www.mdpi.com:8080/2220-9964/6/8/249/htm
Patcha visited the Data & GIS Collab for assistance getting the last piece needed for this article.
Together with the GIS support Students, Jenny Latessa (DAAP) and Shiyu Gong (Geography), they created a map of the study area.
We are happy to see the final published version is now available. Congratulations and we hope you visit the Data & GIS Collab again.
ORCID
What is ORCID? ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID.
Name ambiguity is deceptively tricky. You may share your name with another researcher, like the 10 Steve Smiths on the Center for Science Education’s “List of Steves.” You may change your name due to marriage or other reasons. You may simply use a different version of your name in different contexts, like former Democratic presidential candidate Bernard “Bernie” Sanders.
Enter ORCID: Open Researcher and Contributor Identification. You can think of ORCID as a Social Security number for researchers: a permanent, unique identifier that you can associate with your work to resolve any uncertainty about authorship. Nearly 2 million academics have signed up for an ORCID, in total laying claim to over 12 million documents.
Why do I need an ORCID?
- An ORCID is a unique identifier that allows you to associate your works with your name.
- Removes author ambiguity especially for individuals with common names or for people who change their name through the course of their career.
- Certain Publishers and Granting Agencies require that applicants have an ORCID. https://orcid.org/content/requiring-orcid-publication-workflows-open-letter
- Generating an NIH biosketch is easier with an ORCID.
- You can build an online profile of your scholarly works @ http://orcid.org
How do I get an ORCID?
You can register directly on the website http://orcid.org
Registering for an ORCID is free and takes around 30 seconds.
Upon registering, you can then access your ORCID account using your UC login. Visit the ORCID login page and click the Institutional Account button. Choose University of Cincinnati Main Campus. You will be prompted to link the two accounts.
Coming Soon – Center for Open Science Workshop – Oct 25th
Members of the CCDC – Ruoxia Zhao, Emily Westbrook, ReJeana Cary, DeVonna Gatlin, Priti Thakur (kneeling) Zhao Yu, Becca Haley, Niranga Wijesiri and Megan Schmale showing off their beautiful COS tee-shirts
UC Libraries and The Graduate School are pleased to host the Center for Open Science for a workshop on Increasing Openness and Reproducibility in Quantitative Research on October 25, 2017. The workshop will cover project documentation, version control, pre-analysis plans and the Open Science Framework. There will be two sessions of the workshop, one on East campus and one on the West campus. The event is free and open to all. To register, visit https://goo.gl/Hf5neh. Participants are asked to bring their own device for best workshop experience.
Questions? Please email Amy Koshoffer at ASKDATA@UC.EDU for more information.
Workshop Information:
Date: October 25, 2017
Session 1
Time: 9am – 12pm
Location: East Campus – Troup Learning Space – MSB G005G
Session 2
Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: West Campus – 480 Langsam Library