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<small>Posted June 23rd, 2014 by Mark Szarko </small>
<p>Summer workshops in the Libraries are here! It’s like a little
slice of <a href="http://web.mit.edu/iap/">IAP</a>, only warmer.</p>
<p>Pre-registration is required for some, but not all sessions. See
below for details.</p>
<p><strong>Introduction to GIS – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=697155">Register</a></strong><br>
Mon July 14, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Jennie Murack, <a href="mailto:murack@mit.edu">murack@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic
information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information
System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary GIS
software options and let attendees choose to work through
exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS
(QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata
Repository, analyze the data, and create maps that can be used in
reports and presentations.</p>
<p><strong>GIS Level 2 – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=697166">Register</a></strong><br>
Tue July 15, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Jennie Murack, <a href="mailto:murack@mit.edu">murack@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to create
and edit GIS files, geocode addresses onto a map, re-project data,
and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join. Prerequisite:
Intro to GIS workshop or basic knowledge of ArcGIS</p>
<p><strong>Getting Started, Getting Funded: Obtaining Research
Funding – <a href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=700231">Register</a></strong><br>
Tue July 15, 1:00 – 5:00 pm, E17-139<br>
Presenter: Dr. Micah Altman<br>
Contact: Randi Shapiro, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:shapiror@mit.edu">shapiror@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>Increasingly, conducting innovative research requires resources
that exceed those readily on-hand to the individual scholar. You
can use research funding to access a wider set of research
methods, to accelerate your research project, expand its scope and
depth, and increase its impact. This short course provides an
overview of the types and sources of funding available for
research support, and introduces the fundamental elements of
planning, proposal writing, and management for “sponsored”
projects. The course is geared toward junior faculty, postdocs,
and graduate students (in late stages or on the job market), who
are new to the funding process, are considering whether to seek
funding from new sources, or who would like a systematic review of
the grant writing and review process. The course will be presented
in a half-day format, followed by an individualized consulting
session focused on each attendee’s research project. Schedule
individual consultations with Randi Shapiro at <a
href="mailto:shapiror@mit.edu">shapiror@mit.edu</a>.</p>
<p>For more information, please consult the <a
href="http://informatics.mit.edu/classes/getting-started-getting-funded-obtaining-research-funding">Program
on Information Science Website</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Business Information for Engineers and Scientists – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=699182">Register</a></strong><br>
Thu July 17, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Howard Silver, <a href="mailto:hsilver@mit.edu">hsilver@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>This session will introduce engineers and scientists to business
information resources that will help you understand the commercial
potential for your ideas, how to find partners, and sources for
financial support. We will use realistic examples and hands-on
exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your
ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the
marketplace.</p>
<p><strong>Managing Your References: Overview of EndNote, Zotero,
and Mendeley – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=696650">Register</a></strong><br>
Mon July 21, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Anita Perkins, <a href="mailto:perkins@mit.edu">perkins@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>Using citation management software to create and maintain a
collection of references or PDFs is common and important in
today’s academic world. These tools will help you to save
citations from your favorite databases and websites, store related
PDFs or attachments, and quickly build a bibliography for your
papers and publications. We’ll compare and demo 3 tools (EndNote,
Mendeley, & Zotero), so you’ll leave the session knowing which
tool might work best for your needs.</p>
<p><strong>Current and Emerging Uses for Wikipedia in Research – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=707000">Register</a></strong><br>
Tue July 22, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Stacey Snyder, <a href="mailto:ssnyder@mit.edu">ssnyder@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>“Well, actually…” you begin when the topic of Wikipedia’s
accuracy comes up in conversation. If you’ve found yourself in
this position, come share ways you have effectively used Wikipedia
in your own research or in consultation with students and
professors. Learn how to use complementary applications to guide
you to valuable library resources. Join the discussion on the
future of Wikipedia and the information landscape.</p>
<p><strong>NIH Public Access Compliance Hands-on Working Session – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=695488">Register</a></strong><br>
Thu July 24, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Courtney Crummett, <a href="mailto:crummett@mit.edu">crummett@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>Missing a PMCID? Can’t figure out why a paper isn’t in
compliance? Lost in NIH manuscript system? Join us for a problem
solving session. This session is designed to provide an
opportunity for hands on problem solving in the systems that need
to be navigated in the process of submitting and authorizing
manuscripts and reporting progress on NIH Funded Grants (eRA
Commons; NIHMS, and MyNCBI). Please bring your NIH compliance
problems and logins to this session to work through together. <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=695488">Registration
encouraged</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Patent Searching Fundamentals – <a
href="http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=696649">Register </a></strong><br>
Friday July 25, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, 14N-132<br>
Contact: Anita Perkins, <a href="mailto:perkins@mit.edu">perkins@mit.edu</a></p>
<p>This session will enable you to successfully find patent
references from all over the world, and obtain patent text and
diagrams. This hands-on session will help de-mystify the patent
literature and show key resources for finding patents.</p>
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