"Citizen Science," the new exhibit at HMSC's Guin Library, spotlights the ways ordinary citizens can help large scientific projects, and how croudsourcing can lead to the development of huge datasets.
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Feeling Stressed? Come visit the dogs at The Valley Library. From 3-5pm on March 13th and 14th, dogs registered with Welcome Waggers will be in the Autzen classroom, ready for petting and playing.
Welcome Waggers is an all-volunteer group and their certified therapy dogs visit hospitals, schools, public libraries, and now OSU, bringing joy and stress relief to those they interact with.
Although this is a first for OSU Libraries, bringing dogs onto colleges campuses is growing in popularity nationwide. A few recent examples include the University of Washington, Rice, MIT, Oberlin, and Emory.
Questions or comments should be directed to Andrea Wirth (andrea [dot] wirth [at] oregonstate [dot] edu).
The Valley Library is pleased to announce that David Moynihan has accepted the Library Technician 1 position in Collection Management (75%)/Circulation Services (25%) and will begin work on Thursday, March 14. David worked previously as temporary staff in Circulation Services at the end of the Spring term of 2012. He also worked here as a student employee for about four and half years. David is a graduate of OSU, where he majored in industrial and manufacturing engineering.
OSU Libraries & Press conducted a survey of students who use our circulating laptop program. Here is a report on the results.
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/files/LaptopSurvey2013ReportFINAL.pdf
OSU Libraries is hosting an online copyright workshop, "How Did We Get Into This Mess? Copyright and Its Discontents." Kevin L. Smith, Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communications at Duke University will be discussing copyright andy explaining why the law has been so unable to respond to the challenges of the digital age.
DATE: Wednesday, February 27
TIME: 12 – 1 p.m.
PLACE: Autzen Classroom (2nd Floor), Valley Library.
This is the first of a three-part copyright series presented by Kevin, a well-known copyright expert and Open Access advocate. Watch for more information about future workshops.
Borderless Stories shares the lives of immigrants in Rural Oregon. The exhibit is coordinated by the Rural Organizing Project (ROP) with the Immigrant Family Advocates (IFA) in Deschutes County.
Find out more on the Oregon Multicultural Archives Blog Post
Physical Display: Valley Library, Main Floor, Learning Commons Area ~ February 18-28
For More Information Contact:
Natalia Fernández, Oregon Multicultural Librarian
natalia [dot] fernandez [at] oregonstate [dot] edu
The OSU Libraries’ Oregon Multicultural Archives (OMA) assists in preserving the histories and sharing the stories that document Oregon's African American, Asian American, Latino/a, and Native American communities.
New peer-reviewed journal in the Biological and Medical sciences, PeerJ, makes access to research free to all and affordable to publish for academic authors & their institutions.
PeerJ is an Open Access publisher of scholarly articles. We aim to drive the costs of publishing down, while improving the overall publishing experience, and providing authors with a publication venue suitable for the 21st Century. Our tag line is: "Your Peers, Your Science. Academic Publishing Is Evolving" and we are committed to improving the process of scholarly publishing.
We have two publications serving the Biological and Medical sciences: "PeerJ" (a peer-reviewed academic journal) and "PeerJ PrePrints" (an innovative ‘preprint server’). Authors pay for a lifetime membership, which gives them the ability to publish their articles with us for free.
Elementa is a new
open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on the science of the
anthropocene. The journal publishes research in
six knowledge domains led by prominent researchers: Atmospheric Science, Earth
& Environmental Science, Ecology, Ocean Science, Sustainable Engineering,
Sustainability Sciences. Publishing original research reporting on new knowledge of
the Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological systems; interactions between
human and natural systems; and steps that can be taken to mitigate and adapt to
global change, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene will report on fundamental advancements in
research organized initially into six knowledge domains, embracing the concept
that basic knowledge can foster sustainable solutions for society. Elementa is published
on an open-access, public-good basis—available freely and immediately to the
world.Jody Deming, editor and professor of
oceanography at the University of Washington, explains why Elementa is
important for ocean scientists: “I feel strongly about listening to the next generation of scientists
who, in my experience as a professor, already find open-access to be an
essential aspect of the scientific endeavor.”
The Winter 2013 Grad Student and Faculty Workshop series
rounds out with sessions on Basic/Advanced EndNote (2/28). Register for these
sessions at http://bit.ly/graduate_workshops
