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<div><font color="#000000"><i><b>Week of January 14-18<br>
<br>
</b></i><font size="-3"><b>Finding a Faculty Position (Bio)<br>
</b></font><font size="-1"><i>Michael Hemann, Richard Hynes, Mitch
McVey<br>
</i>Looking for that professorship is a daunting process. What do
search committees look for? Where do you find more about jobs? What
questions should you ask? What do you need to keep in mind? Come find
out from faculty from MIT and another local university who have
experienced both sides of the fence!<br>
<b>Mon Jan 14, 03-04:00pm, 68-181<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3"><b>Introduction to Company and Industry
Research for Engineers and Scientists (Li)<br>
</b></font><font size="-1"><i>Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar, Alex
Caracuzzo</i><br>
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 25
participants.<br>
You may be a skilled investigator on the topic of science or
engineering, but what do you know about business research? This
session will introduce you to library-supported databases that cover
company and industry information. We will use hands-on exercises to
demonstrate strategies for researching two key components of a
business plan: competitors and industry trends.<br>
Contact: Stephanie Hartman, 10-500, x3-9361,</font></font><font
size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u> hartman@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Mon Jan 14, 04-05:15pm,
14N-132, DIRC<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Managing your
references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero (Li)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Remlee Green, Mathew
Willmott, Howard Silver</i><br>
Repeating event (see Jan. 24 and 28)<br>
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection
of references is becoming more common and important in today's
academic world. These software packages allow users to search
databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be
added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. But which
software package should you use, and how do you get started? This
session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major
options for bibliographic software at MIT. We will include a
discussion comparing and contrasting the three softwares, and we will
introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each
program.<br>
20 computers are available; first-come first-served. Attendees are
welcome to bring their laptops.<br>
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, (617) 253-4088,</font><font size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u> remlee@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm,
14N-132<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Patent Law/Intellectual
Property (CO)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Hannah Bernstein, Deborah
Rosencrans</i><br>
Will inform about Patent Law and Intellectual Property Careers<br>
<b>Tue Jan 15, 03-04:30pm, 4-237<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Online search clinic for
chemicals and drugs in PubMed (Li)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Louisa Worthington
Rogers</i><br>
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 30
participants.<br>
Searching for molecules is possible in PubMed! Come to this session to
learn how to find articles about chemicals, drugs and other substances
in PubMed by using subject headings and other advanced techniques. We
will also demo the NCBI PubChem Substance database that allows you to
search by common name, systematic name, molecular weight and more.<br>
Contact: Louisa Worthington Rogers, 14S-134, x3-6575,</font><font
size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u> elworthi@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Wed Jan 16, 12-01:30pm,
14N-132, DIRC<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Interviewing from the
Hiring Managers Perspective (CO)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Bob Dolan</i><br>
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)<br>
This workshop will examine the interviewing process from the
perspective of the hiring manager. What do they expect from candidates
and what you can do to improve your chances of creating a positive
impression. Also discussed will be the differences between
interviewing with recruiters/HR versus the actual hiring manager.
Having some knowledge of what their strategies are will enhance your
success rate with this process.<br>
Web:</font><font size="-1" color="#00669A"><u>
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/events/workshops.html</u></font><font
size="-1" color="#000000"><br>
Contact: Bob Dolan, 12-170, x3-4733,</font><font size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u> dolanb@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Wed Jan 16, 02-04:00pm,
4-149<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Patent Searching
Fundamentals (Li)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Darcy Duke, Howard
Silver</i><br>
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 25
participants. Repeating event (see Jan. 22)<br>
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.
The session will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the
patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding
patents through free resources available on the web.</font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000">Web:</font><font size="-1"
color="#00669A"><u> http://libraries.mit.edu/patents</u></font><font
size="-1" color="#000000"><br>
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370,</font><font size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u> darcy@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Wed Jan 16,
05:30-06:30pm, 14N-132, DIRC<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Science Communication
and Publishing (Bio)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Charlotte Wang, Corie Lok,
Deborah Halber, Susan Heilman<br>
</i>The future of science depends on the dissemination of scientific
knowledge, both within the scientific community and beyond it to our
larger society. Come to this session to hear from people in a variety
of communications-related jobs. What jobs are out there and what are
they like? What skills do you think you'll need? Where can you find
more information?<br>
<b>Thu Jan 17, 01-02:30pm, 68-121<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>BIOBASE ExPLAIN Training
(Li)<br>
</b></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Louisa Worthington
Rogers<br>
</i>Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 30
participants.<br>
Scientists from BIOBASE will do training on these bioinformatics
databases that include Proteome, TransFac, TransPath, and ExPLAIN,
with focus on the new database ExPLAIN and updates on new features for
all of them. The MIT Libraries subscribes to these, and you will find
them on VERA. There will be a 2 hour training session plus hands-on
time to work on your own research if you wish.<br>
Contact: Louisa Worthington Rogers, 14S-134, x3-6575,
elworthi@mit.edu<br>
<b>Thu Jan 17, 01-03:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Biopharma/Medical
Devices (CO)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Hannah Bernstein, Deborah
Rosencrans</i><br>
Will inform about Biopharma/Medical Devices Careers.<br>
<b>Thu Jan 17, 03-04:30pm, 4-237<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Publishing Smart: A
Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright
Policies (Li)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Ellen Finnie Duranceau,
Tracy Gabridge</i><br>
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up<br>
Addresses what copyright means to you as an author, how you can assess
a publisher's copyright policies, and how you can use web-based tools
that assess journal quality. Open access publishing models and the use
of the MIT amendment to alter standard publisher agreements will also
be discussed.<br>
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14E-210A, x3-8483,</font><font
size="-1" color="#0000FF"><u> efinnie@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Fri Jan 18, 02-03:00pm,
14N-132<br>
<br>
</b></font><font size="-3" color="#000000"><b>Finance (CO)</b><i><br>
</i></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Hannah Bernstein,
Deborah Rosencrans</i><br>
Will inform about careers in Finance.<br>
<b>Fri Jan 18, 03-04:30pm</b></font><font size="-3"
color="#000000"><b>, 6-120<br>
<br>
Bioinformatics for Beginners (Li)</b><br>
</font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Amy Stout, Howard
Silver</i><br>
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 20
participants.<br>
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family
of databases is the foundation of knowledge for molecular level
bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization
of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and
work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum
and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious
about bioinformatics research tools.<br>
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442,</font><font size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u> astout@mit.edu<br>
</u></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Fri Jan 18,
12:30-01:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)<br>
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