week of Jan. 14 - IAP events of interest

[Marilyn T. Smith]

Week of January 14-18

Finding a Faculty Position  (Bio)
Michael Hemann, Richard Hynes, Mitch McVey
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!
Mon Jan 14, 03-04:00pm, 68-181

Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists (Li)
Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar, Alex Caracuzzo
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 25 participants.
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.
Contact: Stephanie Hartman, 10-500, x3-9361, hartman at mit.edu
Mon Jan 14, 04-05:15pm, 14N-132, DIRC

Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero (Li)
Remlee Green, Mathew Willmott, Howard Silver
Repeating event (see Jan. 24 and 28)
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.
20 computers are available; first-come first-served. Attendees are 
welcome to bring their laptops.
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, (617) 253-4088, remlee at mit.edu
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132

Patent Law/Intellectual Property (CO)
Hannah Bernstein, Deborah Rosencrans
Will inform about Patent Law and Intellectual Property Careers
Tue Jan 15, 03-04:30pm, 4-237

Online search clinic for chemicals and drugs in PubMed (Li)
Louisa Worthington Rogers
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 30 participants.
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.
Contact: Louisa Worthington Rogers, 14S-134, x3-6575, elworthi at mit.edu
Wed Jan 16, 12-01:30pm, 14N-132, DIRC

Interviewing from the Hiring Managers Perspective (CO)
Bob Dolan
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/events/workshops.html
Contact: Bob Dolan, 12-170, x3-4733, dolanb at mit.edu
Wed Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, 4-149

Patent Searching Fundamentals (Li)
Darcy Duke, Howard Silver
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 25 
participants. Repeating event (see Jan. 22)
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.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/patents
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy at mit.edu
Wed Jan 16, 05:30-06:30pm, 14N-132, DIRC

Science Communication and Publishing (Bio)
Charlotte Wang, Corie Lok, Deborah Halber, Susan Heilman
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?
Thu Jan 17, 01-02:30pm, 68-121

BIOBASE ExPLAIN Training (Li)
Louisa Worthington Rogers
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 30 participants.
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.
Contact: Louisa Worthington Rogers, 14S-134, x3-6575, elworthi at mit.edu
Thu Jan 17, 01-03:00pm, 14N-132, DIRC

Biopharma/Medical Devices (CO)
Hannah Bernstein, Deborah Rosencrans
Will inform about Biopharma/Medical Devices Careers.
Thu Jan 17, 03-04:30pm, 4-237

Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and 
Publisher Copyright Policies (Li)
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Tracy Gabridge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
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.
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14E-210A, x3-8483, efinnie at mit.edu
Fri Jan 18, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132

Finance (CO)
Hannah Bernstein, Deborah Rosencrans
Will inform about careers in Finance.
Fri Jan 18, 03-04:30pm, 6-120

Bioinformatics for Beginners (Li)
Amy Stout, Howard Silver
Enrollment limited: first come, first served. Limited to 20 participants.
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.
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout at mit.edu
Fri Jan 18, 12:30-01:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
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