Join us in celebrating Erik Nordberg’s outstanding service to Michigan Tech and the Copper Country. And, to congratulate him as the new Executive Director of the Michigan Humanities Council.
Rozsa Lobby, Tuesday April 23rd, 4 – 6 PM
Remarks at 5 PM
We want to hear stories about your successful library research! Did the perfect research article that a librarian helped you find in a library database make all the difference in your poster presentation? Did you impress your supervisor by tracking down an industry standard for a project at your internship? Are your friends envious of those great historical photos a library staff member in the Archives helped you find for your dorm room?
We invite all current Michigan Tech students to submit a video OR written piece showing us the awesome ways you have thrived using the library’s information sources (e.g. journal articles, patents, standards, librarians, books) and win a cash prize!
Video Entries: 1st place – $300, 2nd place – $200, 3rd place – $100
Written Entries: 1st place – $200, 2nd place – $125, 3rd place – $75
Entries must be received by 11:59 pm, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Winners will be announced and contacted on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Want to submit a video entry but don’t have a video camera? The Library has video cameras available for checkout at the Library & IT Service Center.
See full contest details at: www.mtu.edu/library/contests/ebivwc
Contact us at instrlib@mtu.edu with questions!
The J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library is offering another round of its EndNote workshops.
EndNote is citation management software which allows anyone to easily collect, organize, and use their research references. Learn how EndNote can save you hours of time in your library research and document preparation process.
Seating for these workshops is limited and registration is required. To register visit : EndNote LibGuide
March 20th @ 11:00 am – EndNote Basic I: Creating and Organizing an EndNote Library
The Van Pelt and Opie Library is offering a 1 hour introductory workshop on creating and managing references using the citation management software, EndNote. EndNote allows you to easily collect, organize and use your research references. No prior knowledge of EndNote is necessary
In this workshop participants will learn how to:
- Build an EndNote collection of citations (i.e. EndNote library)
- How to manage an EndNote library
March 20th @ 12:15 pm – EndNote Basic II: Cite While You Write (CWYW)
The Van Pelt and Opie Library is offering an 1 hour EndNote Workshop on how to incorporate your EndNote Library citations into a written document (MS Word). Attendance to EndNote Basic I, or prior knowledge of building and managing an EndNote library, is recommended.
In this workshop participants will learn how to:
- Incorporate EndNote Library references into a written document (MS Word)
- Import specialized output styles
March 20th @ 1:30 pm – EndNote Special Topics: Sharing EndNote Collections
Have you wanted to share your EndNote citations with colleagues? Are you collaborating with others and have wanted to simply share your citations? The Van Pelt and Opie Library is offering an 1 hour EndNote Workshop on how to share EndNote collections. In this workshop participants will learn how sync their EndNote library with EndNote Web. Participants will also learn how share EndNote citation collections with anyone else who also uses EndNote. Attendance to EndNote Basic I & II workshops, or prior knowledge of creating an EndNote Library and using CWYW, is recommended.
In this workshop participants will learn how to:
- Sync your EndNote library with EndNote Web
- Share your EndNote Collection
Seating for these workshops is limited and registration is required. To register visit : EndNote LibGuide
Drs Elizabeth Flynn, Patricia Sotirin, and Ann Brady from the Humanities Department at Michigan Technological University, will give an invited presentation at 4:30 pm on Thursday, December 6, in the East Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library on the Michigan Tech campus.
Feminist Rhetorical Resilience: 17 Authors, 3 Editors, 1 Book
“Resilience” is a powerful term that appears with regularity in times of crisis. Too often, though, it is associated with individual heroism or an innate ability to bounce back. Feminist Rhetorical Resilience, in contrast, associates it with relationality, community, and connectedness. The talk will describe the very different contexts within which the 7 authors of the collection’s essays developed their conception of resilience–biodiversity in India; the Portuguese musical form of the Fado; hymen reconstructions in Turkey; spousal/partner hiring policies at U.S. universities; survival strategies of a poor but proud elderly Detroit woman; the collusion of nineteenth-century feminists with reactionary eugenic rhetoric; and ways of importing queer studies into the writing classroom. The talk will also describe the 7 responses to these essays by scholars in feminist rhetoric. The authors of the original essays, in turn, reflect on the responses. This unusual structure is itself relational, communal, and connected. The process that produced the book also demonstrates resilience. Contributors to Feminist Rhetorical Resilience, for instance, made it to Houghton for a conference coordinated by Flynn, Sotirin, and Brady shortly after Hurricane Katrina despite a closed airport and torrential rain.
The event is part of the library’s events series “Nexus: the Scholar and the Library,” which illuminate ways scholars and scientists productively use libraries and archives. It is open to the public and is sponsored by the Van Pelt and Opie Library. Join us for free refreshments.
For more information: (906) 487-2500, library@mtu.edu, or www.mtu.edu/library.
Springer journals and ebooks are moving to a redesigned Web platform on Monday, November 26, 2012. The migration is scheduled to occur between 4:00 am and noon EST. While no service interruptions are expected, the change is significant in these ways:
Redirection and Linking:
You should be automatically redirected to the new platform regardless of your starting point: Husky Fetch services, Google, indexing databases, our Voyager catalog or old Springerlink connections.
My SpringerLink:
Individual accounts from the old SpringerLink will unfortunately not be migrated. Please go to link.springer.com and set up a new profile/account. Be sure to do this while connected to an on-campus computer so that your account is associated with the library’s Springer-licensed books and journals.
Support:
The librarians are pleased to assist you in this transition and to make the most of the Springer publications. Contact us for assistance
Training:
Springer is offering instructional webinars sessions during the coming months to aid you taking full advantage of features available. You may register for these webinars here: Springer training page.
An extensive FAQ and future training dates can be found here. If you have any questions or wish to report problems, please contact: Ask Us!
Dr. Robert R. Johnson speaks on “Romancing the Atom,” Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. in the East Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library.
Johnson will speak on the development and writing of his recently released book, “Romancing the atom: nuclear infatuation from the radium girls to Fukushima.” The book chronicles over one hundred years of atomic and nuclear development focusing on what he depicts as the human love affair with the atom.
“I’m also looking forward to being a part of a movement to educate people of all ages about the history and current events regarding the atomic age: what we did, what we have left behind, what we’re still doing,” said Johnson. Drawing examples from the uranium dial painters of the early 1900s right up to the recent nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, Johnson seeks to engage readers and listeners in deep thinking about the atom, nuclear energy and choice.
More on the book can be found at: www.romancingtheatom.com
Before coming to Michigan Tech, Johnson was a professor at the Miami University, Ohio, where he directed a graduate program. At Michigan Tech, Johnson served as Chair of Humanities for nine years and has been instrumental in the Reading as Inquiry program for first-year students, now entering its tenth year of operation. He has also consulted with a number of corporations, including Microsoft, Lenscrafters, and General Foods. His published works include articles in virtually every major journal in his respective disciplines and the book User-Centered Technology: A Rhetorical Theory for Computers and Other Mundane Artifacts, won the 1999 Best Book Award in Scientific and Technical Communication from the National Council of Teachers of English.
The event is part of the library’s series “Nexus: the Scholar and the Library” which illuminates ways scholars and scientists productively use libraries and archives. It is open to the public and is sponsored by the Van Pelt and Opie Library. Join us for free refreshments. For further information: (906) 487-2500, library@mtu.edu or www.mtu.edu/library
The Michigan Tech Archives are recovering from the Oct. 26 fire and ensuing water damage.
Although most of the library is open, the Garden Level of the library and the archives remain closed. Recovery crews are working to restore the area and its documents, with the aim of reopening it to the public.
Additional information is available here.
The library is now open. The Archives and the Garden Level remain closed. If you need materials from the Garden Level you should contact 906-487-2508 or library@mtu.edu or visit the Library and IT Service Center.
For more information about the Archives click here.
Everyone is invited to tour the library along with Perspectives students, for which the tour is often required. Tours are
available at these times until October 1st:
Sundays: 5:00 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
From October 1 through December 14 tours are available:
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1:00 p.m.
As you may know, the library reserves 22 group study rooms for undergraduate and graduate student use—twelve group study rooms (up to 6 occupants), and ten large group study rooms (up to 12 occupants). Students may now book these study rooms themselves through any web browser, smart phone, or web-ready mobile device.
Students may book one or more rooms per day for a total of four hours, and rooms may be reserved up to two weeks in advance. Rooms are equipped with tables and chairs, electrical outlets, wireless internet access, and dry-erase boards. Laptops and dry-erase markers may be checked out at the Library and IT Service Center on the first floor. Rooms 238, 302 and 303 are equipped with large screen, wall-mounted monitors and room 238 is also configured for web-conferencing.
To book your group study room, simply visit the library’s homepage (http://www.mtu.edu/library/) through your computer or mobile device. Click on the big blue button which reads “Need to book a study room?” and follow the simple instructions.