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Time: Friday, March 6 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Wilson Library S30B
Useful for preparing your dossier, a grant proposal or to see how your own works are considered by your peers, this workshop will help you understand advanced citation research.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX269
Time: Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Intended for graduate students and newer faculty in the sciences to identify appropriate journals to submit your article and how to manage your copyright. Discuss issues for emerging academic authors.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX246
Time: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Explore the new tools and technology that pair Google-efficient tools with library-quality results to weave together a rich information web that goes beyond just the World Wide Web.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX260
Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Bio-Medical Library, Room 555
Explore various definitions of Web 2.0, its history, evolution and defining characteristics of Web 2.0 applications. We will demonstrate examples in health sciences education and practice. (Note: Health sciences focus).
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX261
Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Bio-Medical Library, Room 555
Learn how to prepare and submit a scientific research paper for publication including determining manuscript types, selecting a journal, the editorial review process and more. (Note: Health sciences focus).
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX274
Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room –St. Paul
For RefWorks users who would like to learn more about linking to full text documents, editing styles, and other specialized tasks. Bring your RefWorks questions.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX243
Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room-St. Paul
Learn RefWorks, Web-based citation manager, available to all U of M faculty, students and staff. Use RefWorks to organize and create bibliographies in citation styles such as MLA, APA, etc.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX75
Classical Scores Library
http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/15782
Scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers output is represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works. Includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.
Time: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:00 PM -- 3:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul
Cut time spent sitting at your computer toiling away at Microsoft Word! In this workshop, you'll learn how to use Word features effectively and efficiently, including: creating a basic template, inserting footnotes, images and page numbers, generating tables of contents and figures; and more! Participants should have basic experience using MS Word. Note this version of the workshop specifically uses Office 2007. We will be using a template and not be working with individual dissertations.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX281
Time: Friday, February 27 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: 535/545 Diehl Hall, Academic Health Center Learning Commons
We will introduce to you free, online tools from Google to help you work collaboratively, stay current, and be more productive in your personal and professional lives. (Note: Health sciences focus)
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX224
Time: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
This workshop will introduce you to web-based tools like tagging, RSS feeds and library databases that can help you more efficiently keep up with your fields of interest.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX149
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:00 PM -- 3:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul
Introductory session on searching SciFinder Scholar, the user-friendly Web version of Chemical Abstracts. Emphasis will be on topics of interest to St. Paul campus faculty, staff and students
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX12
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: 535/545 Diehl Hall, Academic Health Center Learning Commons
Learn a few simple strategies to make your literature searches focused and sophisticated including tips on the research process, using RefWorks to organize your references and create your bibliography.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX152
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Learn how to get the most out of any Wikipedia article, how to track and evaluate the links and literature behind each entry. Learn how to write and edit Wikipedia articles.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX285
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Wilson Library S30B
Useful for preparing your dossier, a grant proposal or to see how your own works are considered by your peers, this workshop will help you understand advanced citation research.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX269
Time: Wednesday, February 25 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room –St. Paul
Getting ready to do a poster at an upcoming conference? Learn pointers about using PowerPoint to create the poster as one giant slide, and send it to a large-scale printer.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX148
Time: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Learn RefWorks, Web-based citation manager, available to all U of M faculty, students and staff. Use RefWorks to organize and create bibliographies in citation styles such as MLA, APA, etc.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX75
Time: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Location: AHC Learning Commons, 535/545 Diehl Hall
Learn how to exploit Google to your advantage! Our advanced tips and tricks will help you get the most out of your Google searching. We will also show you how to use Google to find scholarly articles, patents, ebooks, government documents, and more. This class will have a health sciences focus.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX220
Time: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul
Working on a new research project, a thesis or dissertation? Need to be comprehensive in your literature search? Explore ways to approach the search, and identify useful--and perhaps unusual--resources.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX216
Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:30 PM -- 4:30 PM
Location: Walter 310
A quick tour of the resources available for finding the best information for your engineering research. We'll demonstrate how to find journal articles and conference papers using Engineering Village and Web of Science, show how to access reference books online using Knovel, and discuss best practices in patents and standards searching.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX284
Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:00 PM -- 3:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul
The Web of Science is the online version of the Science Citation Index, and it allows you to find articles that cite an earlier article. It can also help you see how big an impact a paper has had by showing how many times it has been cited. This hands-on workshop will teach you effective ways to use the database.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX122
Time: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:00 PM -- 5:15 PM
Location: Walter 310
Covers the basics of using the SciFinder Scholar database including hands-on time at the end of the class.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX88
Time: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM
Location: Bio-Medical Library, Room 555
This class will review the standard structure of a scientific research paper. We will discuss each of the basic components of a research paper; Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRAD), pointing to common mistakes that can be made in writing the different components.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX273
The University of Minnesota Libraries have received the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. Sponsored by ACRL and Blackwell’s Book Services, the award recognizes the staff of a college, university and community college library for programs that deliver exemplary services and resources to further the educational mission of the institution.
“Receiving an Excellence in Academic Libraries Award is a national tribute to a library and its staff for the outstanding services, programs and leadership they provide to their students, administrators, faculty and community," said ACRL Executive Director Mary Ellen K. Davis. “It is wonderful to learn of the innovative programs and services being offered by these three exemplary institutions."
The University of Minnesota Libraries, winner of the university category, was praised for developing excellent strategies to successfully transform and rebrand the libraries to secure a highly valued position on campus.
“The libraries understand the importance of the process of conducting scholarship and have implemented programs to support behaviors rather than product," said Pamela Snelson, chair of the 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries Selection Committee and college librarian at Franklin & Marshall College. “By ‘getting in the flow of users,’ the libraries have moved out of their comfort zone and shifted into an engagement-centered model for all library services and programs."
"We’re immensely proud of the success we’ve had in integrating our expertise and resources into the life of the campus," said Wendy Pradt Lougee, university librarian and McKnight presidential professor at the University of Minnesota. “Through careful planning, creative energy, and hard work, we now have a highly visible and highly valued position on campus and strong reputation for leadership in the profession. To have our staff’s innovative work recognized by the ACRL community is quite simply wonderful."
The Libraries will receive $3,000 and a plaque, presented at an award ceremony to be scheduled on campus in the spring, as well as special recognition at the ACRL President’s Program during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, in Chicago.
Download the award nomination (PDF; 2.2MB) ...
Read the complete ALA press release ...
Read more about ACRL Award program ...
Time: Friday, February 13, 2009 2:00 PM –3:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul
Google offers much more than a search engine. We will introduce to you free, online tools from Google to help you work collaboratively, stay current, get organized and be more productive in your personal and professional online lives. This class will have a health sciences focus. Tools covered will include: Google Docs & Spreadsheets, iGoogle, Google Notebook, Google Reader and more.
Note: Searching Google will NOT be covered in this class. If you are interested in search tips, please attend Extreme Googling: Tips and Tricks for Expert Searching.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX224
Time: Friday, February 13, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Wilson Library S30B
Learn how to use IRIS, SPIN, and Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for grant opportunities. Set up e-mail updates and internal U of M funding sources.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX270
Time: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Learn to use IRIS, SPIN, and Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for grant opportunities. Set up e-mail updates and find internal U of M funding sources.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX18
Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room-St. Paul
This workshop will give you an introduction to the copyright alternative, Creative Commons. During the time we will discuss the various licenses, how you can use Creative Commons materials and why you may want to license your own work!
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX282
Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
Learn one of the most powerful cross-disciplinary citation indexes available. New and experienced users will learn new tricks that will make their literature research even easier using the new interface.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX240
Time: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
An introduction to the *free* Firefox extension that allows you to collect, manage and cite your research citations with ease.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX283
Time: Monday, February 9, 2009 2:30 PM -- 3:30 PM
Location: Walter 310
This workshop will introduce you to web-based tools like tagging, RSS feeds and library databases that can help you more efficiently keep up with your fields of interest.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX149
Time: Monday, February 9, 2009 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Andersen Library 120
Archives and Special Collections at the U will broaden a student's experience in any class. Learn how to explore the possibilities of using primary materials to enrich the classroom experience.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX287
Time: Thursday, February 5, 2009 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Walter Library 310
An introduction to EndNote. Learn to import citations and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss EndNoteWeb, a web-based version of EndNote.
Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX265
