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MIT Libraries: IAP offerings</font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Preparing for publication, Copyright, and Patent
Seminars<br>
(Tips and tools to help you present your research
effectively)</b></font><br>
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Document Scanning 101: Creating E-Versions from Paper</font><br>
Keith Glavash, Christine Quirion<br>
Thu Jan 15, 10:30-11:30am, 2-105<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Single session event.<br>
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Are you running out of space in your paper filing cabinets? No more
room for technical reports, working papers, preprints, lab notebooks,
whatever? Why not convert your paper files to a digital format, such
as PDF? This workshop will include information on document
preparation, scanning options, file formats, full-text searching and
cost estimates. We'll also discuss ways to organize and preserve your
collections for long term. If you like, bring along a sample of what
you've got.<br>
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Contact: Keith Glavash, x3-5667, <a
href="mailto:kglavash@mit.edu%C2%A0">kglavash@mit.edu </a><br>
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Intellectual Property at MIT: The Patent Process</font><br>
Carol Robinson, Tracy Gabridge<br>
Thu Jan 15, 3-4:30pm, 56-114<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Single session
event. <br>
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Come and hear patent attorney Sam Pasternak of Choate, Hall and
Stewart, and Jack Turner from the MIT Technology Licensing Office
discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session
covers a bit of patent history and a lot about the current practice,
processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent. A portion of the
session is devoted to your questions and answers. If you think you
will ever invent something, you need to be here.<br>
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Contact: Carol Robinson, x3-7749, <a
href="mailto:csrobins@mit.edu%C2%A0">csrobins@mit.edu </a><br>
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<font color="#CC0000">Endnote: Getting Started</font><br>
Howard Silver<br>
Thu Jan 15, 3-4:30pm, 14N-132<br>
Tue Jan 20, 2-3:30pm, 14N-132<br>
Wed Jan 21, 5-6:30pm, 14N-132<br>
Enrollment limited to 20 participants: advance sign up required.<br>
Signup by: 21-Jan-2004 (see contact below).<br>
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any
session. <br>
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Reduce the time you spend generating manuscripts, and increase the
accuracy and quality of your citations and bibliographies. Improve you
productivity by becoming better at gathering and managing your
research literature. Endnote is software that helps you to create and
manage databases of bibliographic references. You can use these
databases to cite references and generate bibliographies in your
manuscripts. This session will be a hands-on practicum in which
participants will create their own database, import references, and
generate a manuscript.<br>
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Contact: Howard Silver, x3-9319, <a
href="mailto:hsilver@mit.edu%C2%A0">hsilver@mit.edu </a><br>
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Intellectual Property at MIT: Patent Searching Fundamentals</font><br>
Carol Robinson, Tracy Gabridge<br>
Thu Jan 22, 03-04:30pm, 56-114<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Single session
event. <br>
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While you won't come out of this session qualified to be a patent
attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from
all over the world, and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams.
Using patent literature is important for understanding competitive
technologies, keeping abreast of current product innovations and
more!<br>
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Contact: Carol Robinson, x3-7749, <a
href="mailto:csrobins@mit.edu%C2%A0">csrobins@mit.edu </a><br>
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<font color="#CC0000">DSpace Digital Repository</font><br>
Margret G. Branschofsky<br>
Tue Jan 27, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132<br>
Wed Jan 28, 10-11:30am, 14N-132<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Repeating event. Participants
welcome at any session.<br>
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Faculty, Departments, Labs, Centers - find out how we can help you
manage your digital files. The MIT Libraries' DSpace system is a
dynamic repository for the digital intellectual output of MIT. It
collects, preserves, indexes and distributes digital files in a
variety of formats. See a demonstration of the system.<br>
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Web: <a
href="http://dspace.mit.edu/about">http://dspace.mit.edu/about</a><br>
Contact: Margret Branschofsky, x3-1293, <a
href="mailto:margretb@mit.edu%C2%A0">margretb@mit.edu </a><br>
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PowerPoint Finishing School </font><br>
Craig Thomas <br>
Wed Jan 28, 2-3:30 pm, 14N-132<br>
Enrollment limited to 10 participants: advance sign up required</div>
<div>Signup by: 27-Jan-2004 (see contact below).<br>
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Sure, most of us can hammer out a few slides in PowerPoint. But
some presentations look crisp and professional, while others look like
amateur hour. What makes some look -- and work -- better than
others? This session offers simple tips and guidelines for
adding professional polish to your presentations. The first half will
consist of demos in the areas of text management, slide layout, motion
and the use of consistent design criteria. In last second half,
we'll workshop participants' presentations. So bring along a
short presentation of your own that needs fine-tuning, and we'll
polish it up. We'll be using PowerPoint 2000. (Note: This
session is not for PowerPoint beginners.)<br>
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Contact: Craig Thomas, x8-9776, <a
href="mailto:clthomas@mit.edu">clthomas@mit.edu</a><br>
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Intellectual Property at MIT: Copyright Issues and MIT
Policy</font><br>
Carol Robinson, Tracy Gabridge<br>
Thu Jan 29, 3-4:30pm, 56-114<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Single session
event. <br>
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How does copyright law impact MIT policies and you? Ann Hammersla from
MIT's Intellectual Property Office and Ellen Duranceau from the MIT
Libraries will discuss topics germane to the MIT community. Get
answers to questions such as: Who owns the copyright at a university?
Does MIT own copyright of student work? What are the important issues
for licensing electronic materials and content? Who owns the copyright
to course materials? What about software copyright? What copyright
issues should web authors think about for electronic materials?<br>
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Contact: Carol Robinson, x3-7749, <a
href="mailto:csrobins@mit.edu%C2%A0">csrobins@mit.edu </a></div>
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IAP Offerings</b></font><br>
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Chemical Information and Materials Properties Seminars</b></font><br>
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SciFinder Scholar: Advanced Reaction and Substructure
Searching</font><br>
Erja Kajosalo<br>
Fri Jan 16, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-132<br>
Enrollment limited to 20 participants: first come, first served.<br>
Single session event.<br>
Prereq: Basic knowledge of SciFinder Scholar
searching. <br>
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Are you a synthetic chemist? Do you need very specific type of
chemical property data? Would you just like to improve your chemical
information searching skills using SciFinder Scholar or learn what's
new in SFS 2004? Then this hands-on workshop is for you!<br>
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Amy Christuk from Chemical Abstracts Services will teach advanced
reaction and structure searching. She will show how to use functional
group tools, analyze ring skeletons, refine reaction searching, and do
retro-synthetic reaction searching using this comprehensive database
of chemical and related sciences. She will use real life complex
examples she's worked on with her clients teach these techniques.<br>
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Web: <a
href=
"http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/index.html"
>http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/index.html</a>
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, x3-9795, <a
href="mailto:kajosalo@mit.edu">kajosalo@mit.edu</a><br>
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Open Lab: Finding Chemical Information</font><br>
Erja Kajosalo, Angie Locknar<br>
Tue Jan 20, 4-6:00pm, 14N-132<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Single session
event. <br>
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Need to find articles on a chemical topic? Want to search for a
certain chemical structure and don't know where to begin? Visit the
MIT Libraries Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC) and find the
answers, with the help of librarians trained in finding chemical
information. Drop by any time during Open Lab hours for one-on-one
instruction in SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein, Gmelin, and more.<br>
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Contact: Erja Kajosalo, x3-9795, <a
href="mailto:kajosalo@mit.edu">kajosalo@mit.edu</a><br>
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What's the Melting Point of H2O?: Finding Materials Properties
Information</font><br>
Angie Locknar, Darcy Duke<br>
Thu Jan 22, 3-4:00pm, 14N-132<br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. Single session
event. <br>
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You probably know the melting point of H2O is 0 °C (or 32 °F or
273.15 °K). But what would you do if you didn't know? Come learn
about the wide variety of resources you can use to locate property
information.<br>
<br>
Contact: Angie Locknar, x3-9320, <a
href="mailto:locknar@mit.edu">locknar@mit.edu</a><br>
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Introduction to Science of Synthesis</font><br>
Erja Kajosalo, Alex Williams<br>
Fri Jan 23, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-132<br>
Enrollment limited to 20 participants: first come, first served.</div>
<div>Single session event.<br>
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Organic chemists! Learn to use "Science of Synthesis" which
is an entirely new electronic edition of the classic Houben-Weyl.
Alex Williams from Thieme Publishers will show you how to find
evaluated synthetic methods from this database using (sub)structure
and/or text searching. This session will allow participants time for
hands-on use of the resource!<br>
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Contact: Erja Kajosalo, x3-9795, <a
href="mailto:kajosalo@mit.edu">kajosalo@mit.edu</a><br>
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Mixed Bag of Chemical Information Related Resources</font><br>
Erja Kajosalo<br>
Fri Jan 30, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-132<br>
Enrollment limited to 20 participants: first come, first served.<br>
Single session event.<br>
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Have you ever used Combined Chemical Dictionary or the CRC Handbook of
Chemistry and Physics online? Do you know about electronic versions of
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology or Mark Encyclopedia
of Polymer Science and Technology? This hands-on session will
introduce you to several reference tools and useful companions to the
more extensive chemical information tools, like SciFinder Scholar and
Beilstein/Gmelin.<br>
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Contact: Erja Kajosalo, x3-9795, <a
href="mailto:kajosalo@mit.edu">kajosalo@mit.edu</a></div>
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