Upcoming Events of Interest

[Marilyn T. Smith]

This Week:

JulyAP 2007 Information Workshops, Sponsored by the Engineering and 
Science Libraries (on-going series)
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these 
hands-on workshops.
Fridays from 12 pm, (noon) - 1 pm in 14N-132 (Digital Instruction 
Resource Center )
Feel free to bring your lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided. 
No advance registration required.

This Week - July 13:  Copyright and Scholarly Publication: Retaining 
Rights & Increasing the Impact of Research
Can you use and re-use your own work for future writing and teaching? 
Or is it locked tight behind a vault of copyright restrictions?  This 
session will help you find the keys to fully realize the potential of 
your own work for yourself and the world. It will provide a very 
brief summary of copyright law and how it affects your work, and an 
overview of actions you can take to improve the impact and reach of 
your research - including why retaining rights to your work matters, 
and how you can take advantage such rights to increase citation and 
readership.
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Other:
Kendall Square Concert Series take place on Thursdays  - free 
concerts and a Farmers' Market
Berklee College of Music and Jazz Revelation Records feature live 
music in the North Plaza of Kendall Square 
(http://www.kendallsquare.org/music.html), noon to 2:00 pm at 300 
Athenaeum Street
  - This Week - July 12 features Mateo Lugo
and a Farmers Market (http://www.kendallsquare.org/farm.html),11:00am 
- 2:30pm at 500 Kendall Street
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FUTURE EVENTS:

Academic Career Series, Panel #3: Surviving the First Year as an 
Assistant Professor 
Wednesday, July 18, 2007  4:00 pm-5:15 pm, Room 10-250
Panel discussion, followed by Q&A
Panelists for this session include Profs. Joshua Fischman (Tufts 
Economics), Penny Beuning (Northeastern Chemistry), Christopher 
Capozzola (MIT History) and Tomas Palacios (MIT EECS).
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Future JulyAP 2007 Information Workshops:

12 pm, (noon) - 1 pm in 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center )
7/20 Patent Searching Fundamentals
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 which will help 
de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key 
resources for finding patent literature. Using patent literature is 
important for understanding competitive technologies and keeping 
abreast of current product innovations.

7/27 Flavors of Citation Searching
Have you ever used Web of Science to find citations?  Have you used 
Google Scholar?  Ever used citation links in journal articles?  This 
session will explore the different ways you can use the citation 
searching method for identifying literature on a subject to benefit 
of your research.  The concept of citation searching has been around 
for over 50 years, but it has evolved with technology.  Several 
examples will be given, and we would enjoy hearing about your own 
techniques.

8/3 Bioinformatics for Beginners
NCBI's 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.

8/10 Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists
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.
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