The 2016 election season is in full swing and the UCBA Library would like to help you be an informed voter. The elections display includes voting information and a variety of political books and magazines. A list of the books on display can be found on the corresponding online guide found at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/ucba-displays/elections. Additional information is available on the Elections Guide at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/ucba-elections.
Congratulations to Dr. Nan Niu and his research team!
Recently Dr. Nan Niu traveled to Beijing, China to attend the RE16 conference- Requirements Engineering16 http://re16.org/downloads/RE16%20program.pdf. He took with him high hopes for the requirements engineering research paper he and his team submitted together with Linda Newman, Head of Repositories and Digital Collections and Amy Koshoffer, Science Informationist. For the beginning of this story and more on the models created using Scholar@UC use cases, see the blog entry “Scholar@UC Goes to Class” (https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2016/01/scholaruc-goes-to-class/).
Dr. Niu has made all the research materials supporting this work available through Scholar@UC https://scholar.uc.edu/works/documents/wm117q084. Dr. Niu is making brilliant use of Scholar@UC as a teaching tool, a research subject, data preservation tool and an open data/access model. Again congratulations to Dr. Niu and the whole team!!
Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn more about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.
This latest issue of Source includes interviews with Xuemao Wang upon his reappointment as dean and university librarian as well as with Mark Konecny in the newly created position of scholarly communications and digital publishing strategist. Other articles include the announcement of UC’s first Digital Scholarship Center, and features of two new websites – one about the Jacobite Collection in the Archives and Rare Books Library and the other highlighting the book Looking East: William Howard Taft’s Diplomatic Mission to Asia. Speaking of journeys, there’s an article about librarian Rosemary Franklin’s recent trip to Cuba. Read these articles and more.
Source is available on the web at http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/source/ and via e-mail. To receive Source via e-mail, contact melissa.norris@uc.edu to be added to the mailing list.
Technology Trivia Night
Join UC Libraries for the first “Langsam Connect: Fun, Food, and Library Finds” event of the year.
Wednesday, September 28th ~ 5 pm @ the Triceracopter (4th floor)
Needed: Students to join us for pizza and technology trivia. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.
1. Bring a couple of friends to create a team.
2. Show up on Wednesday, September 28th at 5:00 p.m. @ the
Triceracopter.
3. Play 5 rounds of trivia, have fun & eat pizza.
1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes will be rewarded. Sponsored by UC Libraries & the Common Read Program. Questions? contact pamela.bach@uc.edu.
September program for the
UC GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Learning Community.
Date: Wed Sept 28, 2016
Time: 3:15 – 4:25
Venue: Langsam 462
We have three presenters who will talk on very diverse topics.
1st Lightning Talk – Carolyn Hansen – Metadata Librarian, UC Libraries –Digital Humanities projects using GIS visualizations and discuss how GIS applications can be used to answer humanities research questions.
2nd Lightning Talk – Jeremy Koster – Assoc Professor, A&S Anthropology – Using GIS and remote sensing to understand the spread of the agricultural frontier in the rain forests of Nicaragua
In depth presentation – Jeffery Timberlake- Assoc Professor, A&S Sociology – Understanding and accessing census data
We will also be joined by James Lee who will talk briefly about the Digital Humanities and Scholarship Center and his role as Co-Director and his vision for the center.
Summon, one of UC Libraries’ most commonly used search tools, has recently undergone a major update. Summon has a new, streamlined, modern interface with new and enhanced features. The updated design is also responsive and mobile friendly. View the tutorial to learn more about the latest version or visit http://uc.summon.serialssolutions.com to start searching with Summon.
As Clermont College students you’re required to use the internet. Research, social media, and music are some of the ways you interact with the computer. Have you thought about whether the sites you visit are safe or whether the email you open might infect your computer with a virus?
As you cruise online, please be aware of the dangers:
The list could go on, but you get the picture. For tips on how to prevent online attacks visit Stay Safe Online.
Also check out:
Staying Safe Online: Digital Footprint
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
By Eira Tansey, Digital Archivist/Records Manager
When archivists first make contact with a large group of records, they often perform some form of appraisal. You might think of appraisal as being the calling card of the much-loved PBS television show Antiques Roadshow, in which average people realize that Great Aunt Milly’s painting is a valued masterpiece – or a total dud.
Unlike appraisers, when archivists appraise something they generally aren’t assigning a monetary value, but seeking to articulate the value of the records and the information they contain. The Society of American Archivists defines (http://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/a/appraisal#.V2hA1jXERmM) appraisal as:
The Chemistry-Biology Library Info Commons includes a number of specialized software applications at each workstation, for drawing chemical structures, molecular modelling, as well as data analysis. Specifically, the software suite includes Chemdraw Prime, Gaussian/Gaussian View, Spartan, MestreNova, Mathematica, and UnscramblerX.
To help you use this software, Chem-Bio Library Graduate Assistant Dylan Shields maintains guides with basic information and helpful tutorials for these programs: http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/chembio-software.
For in-person help, please see Dylan during his usual working hours: Mon 9-1, Tue 11-3, Wed 9-1.
In October, the Chemistry-Biology Library is pleased to present hands-on workshops on Mendeley.
Mendeley is a free citation & collaboration tool for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online.
Topics will include: Installation, Inputting & organizing citations, Generating citations & bibliographies, Changing citation styles, and Creating groups and sharing references. Find more information at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/Mendeley. Please bring your own laptop.
Join us for one of three workshop times.
Register online at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/.
All workshops will be taught by Dylan Shields, Graduate Assistant for the Chemistry-Biology Library.