LOG OFF!
Be sure to log off any of the public computers you use in the CLIC, computer labs, or libraries. As you know, you have logged in with your password, so until you logoff, whoever is using that computer would have access to your email and home directory!
SATURDAY IS HOME MOVIE DAY
What: “Home Movie Day,” a worldwide celebration of home movies and
amateur film.
When: Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Film Drop-off from 12:30-4:30pm
Screening at 5:00pm.
Where: CitySpace on the Downtown Mall
100 5th Street NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
DESCRIPTION: Piedmont Council for the Arts (PCA) and UVa Library – Preservation Services are hosting “Home Movie Day.” Home movies provide important historical and cultural insight for future generations and this event serves to highlight their importance. During the event, the public is invited to meet local film archivists, learn about the advantages of film over other media, and watch old family films!
Community members are encouraged to bring their own short films (8mm, Super-8, or 16mm) to have them inspected and repaired by a professional. Drop your films off between 12:30-4:30pm at CitySpace on Saturday, October 20. Please let organizers know in advance if you plan to bring a film by calling (434) 971-2787 or emailing sarah@charlottesvillearts.org.
The community is then invited to attend a public screening of the home movies of fellow Charlottesville area residents at 5:00pm at CitySpace. The films will be returned at the end of the evening. The entire “Home Movie Day” event is FREE and open to the public.
NEW BOOK HELPS PREVENT PLAGIARISM
TITLE: Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources
CALL NUMBER: PE 1478 .D37
LOCATION: Alderman Library, old 1st floor (far north side of 1st floor)
OVERVIEW: “The book offers a most thorough and up-to-date discussion of plagiarism and the proper use of sources available today. This edition has new introductory material that uses current events to highlight the importance of writing ethics and clarity. This succinct and accessible handbook helps writers of all levels to assess, quote, cite, and present information from a variety of sources, including electronic and Internet sources. It features samples, updated throughout, of writing and style sheets, as well as a checklist for quoting and paraphrasing, to help strengthen writing in any discipline.”
Selective List of Websites with Plagiarism Tips
BYU at Hawaii
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Plagiarism.org (specifically how to cite a resource)
NEW HANDBOOK
The new edition of the Handbook of Children and the Media now available for your research needs. However, do note that it is housed in the Biology/Psychology Library which is located on the second floor of Gilmer Hall in the bay window area.
Title: Handbook of Children and the Media, 2nd ed.
Call number: HQ784.T4 H29 2012
Table of Contents (Click the Features tab to view the table of contents.)
NEW BOOK AT ALDERMAN LIBRARY
Title: HR From the Outside In, 2nd ed.
Call number: HQ784.T4 H29 2012
Location: Alderman Library HF5549 .H655
Table of Contents
ALFRED R.WALLACE NOW ONLINE
For people interested in the history of the theory of evolution, or for science teachers looking to supplement their lesson plans, this web site will be of interest. Wallace Online is the first complete edition of the writings of naturalist and co-founder of the theory of evolution, Alfred Russel Wallace. Including a comprehensive compilation of his specimens – much of it never before seen, Wallace Online provides free, searchable access to all 28,000 pages of his writings, other historical documents, and 22,000 images. The project is directed by John van Wyhe, assisted by Kees Rookmaaker, at the National University of Singapore, in collaboration with the Alfred Russel Wallace Page by Charles H. Smith. John van Wyhe is also the creator of the Darwin Online web site.
COURSERA AND UVA
Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company that provides an online platform for free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). In July, the University of Virginia announced that it would be partnering with Coursera to provide online classes. The first of the U.Va. courses available through Coursera will begin in January 2013. If you always wanted to take Louis Bloomfield’s class, How Things Work, you are in luck. How Things Work will be starting January 14, 2013 and you can sign up now.
At this time, you cannot receive credit or certification for any of the courses offered by U.Va. through Coursera.
For some commentary about the impact of MOOCs in general and Coursera in particular, take a look at the FastCompany article, How Coursera, A Free Online Education Service, will School Us All.
HOOS YOUR
Throughout the semester, we will be highlighting information about finding, organizing, analyzing, managing, displaying, and preserving your research data. See this week’s featured data information below.
GIS WORKSHOP
TOPIC: Making Beautiful Maps in ArcGIS (same workshop as below)
TIME: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
DATE: Wednesday, October 24
LOCATION: Campbell Hall, Room 105
DESCRIPTION: Most designers can’t wait to export layers out of ArcGIS so beautification can begin. In this one-hour hands-on session we won’t do that. Instead, we’ll make a beautiful map using free datasets and ArcGIS tools. Doubters welcome.
GIS WORKSHOP
TOPIC: Making Beautiful Maps in ArcGIS (same workshop as above)
TIME: 3:00 – 4:00pm
DATE: Thursday, October 25
LOCATION: Alderman Library, Room 421 (New Electronic Classroom)
DESCRIPTION: Most designers can’t wait to export layers out of ArcGIS so beautification can begin. In this one-hour hands-on session we won’t do that. Instead, we’ll make a beautiful map using free datasets and ArcGIS tools. Doubters welcome.
A list of Scholar’s Lab events, past, present, and future.
U.S. CENSUS INFOGRAPHIC
The U.S. Census. recently released an infographic displaying various types of educational statistics, like enrollment, costs, and educational outcomes. The American Community and other Census Bureau surveys provided the information. A PDF version of the infographic is available. The stats alone can be accessed in this PDF.
NEW CENTRAL DATA REPOSITORY
A new federal government open data policy will be released November 23. As part of the policy, Data.gov will become the central data repository for access to all government agencies data (Walker, 2012). Data.gov was initially launched in May 2009 with a limited number of Federal datasets and tools. Shortly after its launch, Data.gov was integrated with federal geospatial datasets and the new open data policy will further expand the web site’s offerings.
“Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. ”
“A primary goal of Data.gov is to improve access to Federal data and expand creative use of those data beyond the walls of government by encouraging innovative ideas (e.g., web applications).” (Quoted material retrieved from http://www.data.gov/about.)
