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FREE Basic/Advanced Zotero (5/14) and Basic/Advanced EndNote (5/17) workshops at the Valley Library, part of the OSU Libraries Graduate Student and Faculty Spring Workshop series. These are the last sessions for the term so save your seat today: http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops

Questions? Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

The Oregon Multicultural Archives is celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Month with a display and online exhibit of Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents. This collection of documents pertains to the 1948-1949 disinterment of hundreds of Chinese immigrants’ remains from cemeteries throughout Oregon to be shipped to China.

Find out more on the Oregon Multicultural Archives Blog Post

Be sure to check out the Online Exhibit

Physical Display: 3rd Floor of the Valley Library, Archives Reading Room, Display Case
Date: May–June 2012

Exhibit Curated by OSU SCARC Student Workers Kelsey Ockert and Ingrid Ockert

For More Information Contact:
Natalia Fernández, Oregon Multicultural Librarian
natalia [dot] fernandez [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

The OSU Libraries’ Oregon Multicultural Archives (OMA) mission is to acquire, preserve and make available collections that document the lives of African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American communities of Oregon.

In January 2012, the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship and Services (CDSS) began monitoring the Web of Science database for citations with authors affiliated with Oregon State University. The Web of Science indexes a large number of the peer reviewed journals in both the social sciences and sciences. CDSS anticipates this monitoring will locate ~1600 articles from OSU authors in 2012. For each article, CDSS staff check to see which (if any) version can be deposited in ScholarsArchive@OSU. The data from the first four months of this weekly monitoring and follow-up, shows that:

For 25-30% of the citations, the publisher’s PDF or “version of record” may be deposited. For authors in units like the OSU Libraries, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and the College of Forestry that have passed Open Access (OA) policies, these articles are automatically deposited (although deposit is not immediate). For articles by authors in units without an OA Policy, permission is requested prior to article deposit. For another 45-50% of the citations, the version of record cannot be used, but the author’s “accepted manuscript” may be deposited. The author will receive an email asking if s/he is willing to provide the accepted manuscript file(s) for deposit. Where possible, these requests will be made one or two times each year so that authors are not inundated with email. For the last 20-25% of citations, the publishers have not made it clear what version may be deposited, have expressly stated that no version may be deposited, OR state that only the author’s “original manuscript” can be deposited. No further action will be taken on these citations.

Through the systematic monitoring of OSU author publications in the Web of Science and with the help of authors in providing accepted manuscripts when needed, CDSS hopes to deposit a broad range of OSU’s current scholarship in the ScholarsArchive@OSU (OSU’s open access repository). Doing so makes the publications freely available online and increases the visibility of the research conducted by OSU faculty. Questions about this service or the ScholarsArchive@OSU can be emailed to scholarsarchive [at] oregonstate [dot] edu.

Grad students, get a jump start on locating financial support by exploring search tools and techniques for locating external support.  Grad students and faculty wanting to develop  data management plans or citation management strategies should also check out this week’s workshop offerings at the Valley Library. Save your seat and check out the series at:  http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops

 

Questions?  Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

Interested in transitioning to a more electronic reading and annotating workflow?  Tools discussed will include desktop and mobile options, such as Evernote, iAnnotate, Mendeley, Microsoft OneNote, Note Taker HD, Zotero and EndNote. Save your seat and check out the full workshop offerings at:  http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops

 

Questions?  Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

The ICPSR (The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database is the world's largest collection of digital social science data.  This workshop is being recorded so the session will be held in Kidder 274.  Save your seat and check out the full Graduate Student and Faculty workhop offerings at:  http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops

 

Questions?  Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

The Graduate School Thesis Editor and the OSU Libraries Digital Scholarship Librarian team up to bring you the information you need as you prepare to submit your thesis or dissertation for final approval.  There will be two sessions of this workshop to accommodate morning and afternoon schedules on May 2nd.  Save your seat and check out the full workshop offerings at:  http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops Questions?  Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

Graduate Student and Faculty Workshops this week at the Valley Library include Web of Science (4/24), IRB Submissions (4/25) and Basic EndNote (4/25).  Save your seat and check out the full workshop offerings at:  http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops

Questions?  Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

The OSU Libraries Spring 2012 Grad Student & Faculty Workshop series kicks off on April 17th and 19th with sessions on Mendeley and Zotero, both free online citation manger tools. Register for these sessions and take a moment to check out the full series (including new additions addressing Data Management, Online/Mobile Notetaking, and use of the ICPSR data sets).

Questions? Contact hannah [dot] rempel [at] oregonstate [dot] edu

Undergrads, if you are looking to tune up your research process skills, wanting to use the sources you already have to find related sources, needing to easily develop a project bibliography or works cited list or trying to sort out what materials you can use in your project without violating copyright then we can help YOU! Check out the Undergrad Research Skills Workshops, and sign up for the time and date that best fits your schedule.

Questions? Contact uta [dot] hussong-christian [at] oregonstate [dot] edu