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Posted Open Research and Learning Event to University Digital Conservancy Blog
The University Digital Conservancy supports free and open access. In 2 weeks there will be an exciting panel discussion presented by the University Libraries. Register for free today!Open Research and Learning: Collaboration, Connections & Communities Monday, April 30, 2012 •...
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Posted How do I add my UROP poster or paper to the University Digital Conservancy (UDC)? to University Digital Conservancy Blog
Are you a student who created a UROP poster or paper? Read the FAQ below, and be sure to bookmark this link to it: http://www.lib.umn.edu/faq/21066Plus, here is a link to view the UDC collection Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)FAQ: How...
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Posted University Digital Conservancy at The Academic Technology Showcase today to University Digital Conservancy Blog
Visit the Digital Conservancy table at The Academic Technology Showcase (download Showcase Program-PDF) today! The ATS Showcase gives members of the University community an opportunity to show colleagues how they are using technology to drive innovation in teaching, learning, and...
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Posted 2012 Academic Technology Showcase: Innovation in Teaching, Learning, and Research to University Digital Conservancy Blog
The Digital Conservancy will take part in the Academic Technology Showcase on April 4th, 2012. More information to come!...
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Posted UDC and U Archives Can Help Get the Celebration Started! to University Digital Conservancy Blog
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Posted NOMINATE MINNESOTA'S TOP 10 PLANTS to Library News from the St. Paul Campus Libraries
From the U of M Brief, Feb. 15, 2012: NOMINATE MINNESOTA'S TOP 10 PLANTS: A public awareness campaign at the U of M Landscape Arboretum asks, "Which plants changed Minnesota and transformed how we live today?" The Arboretum is encouraging...
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Posted How to View Statistics in UDC to University Digital Conservancy Blog
One of the many useful tools found on our Wiki in the Recruitment Toolkit for Libraries staff is this short screencast showing how to view statistics in the UDC. Any visitor to the University Digital Conservancy can follow the simple...
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Posted Collection: Minnesota Varietal Trials of Selected Crops to University Digital Conservancy Blog
Minnesota Crop News reported on Dec 21, "University of Minnesota Releases Performance Trial Results on Plant Varieties" for 2012. The trials are published by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES). Previous trials from 1948-1998 are available in the University Digital...
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Posted Magrath Study breaks on Thurs & Fri, Dec. 14 & 15 to Library News from the St. Paul Campus Libraries
Don't Miss: Study breaks on December 14 and 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free coffee and pop along with some stress reliever games and activities for students to borrow. Extended hours from December 15 through December 22: 7:00...
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Posted New Magrath Library Website to Library News from the St. Paul Campus Libraries
The newly redesigned website launched today 12/12/11! We hope that you find it easier to navigate and filled with great information about Magrath Library. The links at the very top of the page will take you to the main Libraries...
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Posted "Promoting Institutional Repositories" webinar to University Digital Conservancy Blog
For those of you who were unable to attend the screening of this webinar, here are the slides. There were lots of useful ideas in it, so we hope you will take a look! ALCTS "Promoting Institutional Repositories" webinar presented...
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Posted Lecture and Book Signing from College of Biological Sciences alumnus, Darby Nelson to Library News from the St. Paul Campus Libraries
When: Tuesday, December 6 • 6 p.m. Where: St. Paul Student Center Free and open to the public Space is limited. RSVP to reserve your spot at the link below. Read the original announcement: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events/friends-of-the-libraries-events/for-love-of-lakes.html...
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Posted Google Apps Table FAQs to Emerging Tech Expo
Below are answers to some of the most popular questions we had at the Google Apps table during the TechExpo. We compiled questions in real time by using a form created in Google Docs!Forms --> How to View Form Responseshttp://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139706How...
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Posted Google Apps Table to Emerging Tech Expo
Presenters: Janet Roseen, Andrew Palanhiuk, Beth Petsan, Charlie Heinz, and Scott SmithStop by and chat with us about your Google Apps questions. We'll have experts on hand with laptops, and what we haven't discovered already, we can discover together! You may...
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Posted Goodbye & Hello! to H I L L T O P I C S
News Update About Staff!I will begin my new position at Magrath on Monday Nov.1st. Please feel free to contact me anytime at Magrath. It's been great working with all of you!Beth <petsan@umn.edu> 6-6833Please welcome Regan Smith, new Library Assistant 2!Regan...
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Posted IUFRO World Series Vol.25 - Forests and Society: Responding to Global Drivers of Change / Mery, Gerardo. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Find it at the Forestry Library: Forestry Library Quarto SD118 .F664 2010 Or as a free PDF here: http://www.iufro.org/science/special/wfse/forests-society-global-drivers/...
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Posted Music Made With Bee Sounds! to Entomology Fisheries and Wildlife Library : New and Recommended Resources
Here's a link to a fun article plus a video showing how a composer made music by recording the sounds bees make in nature: "Tomb Raider Composer Makes Buzzy Music With Honeybee Orchestra." By Hugh Hart. Photo: Ivan Plata...
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Posted Neem to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Forestry Library SB317.N43 N43 2009...
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Posted October American Bee Journal has Part 2 of: "Marla Spivak, Getting Bees Back on Their Own Six Feet" to Entomology Fisheries and Wildlife Library : New and Recommended Resources
Check out the latest issue of American Bee Journal at the EFW Library to read Part 2 about the career of Professor Marla Spivak! Oct. 2010, Vol.150:No.10, page 949: Marla Spivak - Getting Bees Back on Their Own Six Feet....
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Posted New E-Resources to Entomology Fisheries and Wildlife Library : New and Recommended Resources
New E-Resources: Entomological Society of America Archives (selected backfiles): http://www.entsoc.org/Pubs/Overview/index.htm#Periodicals Entomological Society of Canada Archives (selected backfiles): http://www.esc-sec.ca/...
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Posted Plantation forests and biodiversity : oxymoron or opportunity? / Brockerhoff, Eckehard G. ed. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Forestry Library SD391 .P53 2009...
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Posted Deforestation and climate change : reducing carbon emmissions from deforestation and forest degradation. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Forestry Library SD418 .D44 2010...
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Posted Unbound Journals - How to check out and track them at EFW. to H I L L T O P I C S
Answers to some Frequently Asked Questions about Unbound Journals... What is the difference between a "bound" and an "unbound" journal? Bound journals look like hardcover books. They are actually a collection of loose journal issues that have been sewn or...
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Posted Conifer reproductive biology. / Williams, Claire G. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Forestry Library QK494 .W55 2009...
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Posted Green colonialism in Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 / Vimbai Kwashirai. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Forestry Library SD414.Z55 K8325 2009...
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Posted Insect Display Cases in Hodson Hall, 4th Floor to H I L L T O P I C S
If you have a chance, be sure to visit the insect display cases up one floor from the EFW Library. Professor Ralph Holzenthal informs us:Dr. Ann Fallon has finished upgrading the general insect display cases on the 4th floor (wing...
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Posted Marla Spivak, U of M professor, in American Bee Journal to Entomology Fisheries and Wildlife Library : New and Recommended Resources
Check out the latest issue of American Bee Journal at the EFW Library to read about the career of Professor Marla Spivak! Sept. 2010, Vol.150:No.9, page 857: Marla Spivak - Getting Bees Back on Their Own Six Feet. This is...
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Posted Welcome Back! Sign up for an Emergency Procedures Meeting at Magrath. to H I L L T O P I C S
Fall Semester has arrived! Welcome back everyone. If you'd like a refresher on Emergency Procedures, sign up for one of these sessions. Highly recommended by those who have attended in the past!I have scheduled two Emergency Procedures meetings for September 16th...
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Posted Tropical rain forest ecology, diversity, and conservation. / Ghazoul, J. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
Forestry (QH541.5.R27 G43 2010 )...
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Posted Genetics and genomics of populus. to Forestry Library : New and Recommended Resources
From the series: Plant genetics and genomics: Crops and models; v. 8. Forestry (SD397.P85 G46 2010 )...
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