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Support Purdue University Libraries through Hourly Bonus Challenges – Wed., April 29

Support Purdue University Libraries through Hourly Bonus Challenges – Wed., April 29

April 28th, 2015

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  TIME CHALLENGE  BONUS
 3 a.m. Most gifts from international donors.
Donate here: http://bit.ly/GivetoPurdueLibraries
  $5,000.00
7 a.m. Most gifts from international donors
Donate here:  http://bit.ly/GivetoPurdueLibraries
  $5,000.00
9 a.m. Most faculty/staff donors
Donate here:  http://bit.ly/GivetoPurdueLibraries
  $7,000.00
12 p.m. Largest single donation
Donate here:  http://bit.ly/GivetoPurdueLibraries
  $1,500.00
12-1 p.m. Take a selfie and post it to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the   #PurdueLibs and #PurdueDayofGiving hashtags   $1,500.00
1-2 p.m. Your tweet could earn us $1,500!  Don’t forget to include #PurdueLibs and  #PurdueDayofGiving hashtags   $1,500.00
6-7 p.m. Keep tweeting!  Don’t forget to include #PurdueLibs and #PurdueDayofGiving   hashtags   $1,500.00
7 p.m. Donation from person living furthest from campus
Donate here:  http://bit.ly/GivetoPurdueLibraries
  $1,500.00
7 p.m. Random picture of your babies and/or pets in Purdue gear on Twitter or   Instagram with #PurdueLibs and #PurdueDayofGiving hashtags   $3,000.00
10-11 p.m. The unit with the largest number of alumni donors this hour could win $4,000!
Donate here:  http://bit.ly/GivetoPurdueLibraries
  $4,000.00

Purdue Libraries extends hours to help students prepare for finals

April 24th, 2015

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries will extend hours and offer special services at four facilities to help students prepare for final exams, which are May 4-9.

Additionally, the John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library will offer special activities to help students alleviate stress.

The Siegesmund Engineering; John W. Hicks Undergraduate; Humanities, Social Science and Education; and Roland G. Parrish libraries all will extend hours. The hours will be:

* Siegesmund Engineering – Beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday (April 26) through 5 p.m. May 9, the library is open 24 hours a day.

* John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library – Beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday (April 26) through 5 p.m. May 9, the library is open around the clock.

* HSSE Library – The library will be open 1 p.m. to midnight on Sunday (April 26); 7 a.m. to midnight from Monday (April 27) through April 30; 11 a.m. to midnight on May 2; 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. May 3; 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. May 4-7; 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 8; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 9.

* Roland G. Parrish Library – The library will open at 11 a.m. Sunday (April 26). Monday (April 27) through midnight May 1, open around the clock; May 2 – 10:30 a.m. to midnight; May 3 – opens at 11 a.m.; May 4-7 – open around the clock; May 8 – closes at midnight; May 9 – 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

During extended hours, Libraries staff will be on site to assist students, and refreshments will be provided.

All other libraries will maintain regular hours.

To help students relieve the stress of finals week, special activities will take place in the Common Area of Hicks Undergraduate Library from Monday (April 27) through May 6. These include:

* Monday (April 27). 6-7 p.m. Game Night. Students can visit the iDesk to get a snack and borrow a board or card game to take a break from studying.

* April 28. 6-7 p.m. Blow Stress Away. Hicks staff will be outside the library’s main entrance with bubbles and sidewalk chalk.

* April 29. 6-7 p.m. Massage therapists from Purdue’s Division of Recreational Sports will offer quick chair massages.

* May 4. 6-7 p.m. Massage therapists from Purdue’s Division of Recreational Sports will offer quick chair massages.

* May 5. 6-7 p.m. – Blow Stress Away. Hicks staff will be outside the library’s main entrance with bubbles and sidewalk chalk.

* May 6. 6-7 p.m. Game Night: Game Night. Students can visit the iDesk to get a snack and borrow a board or card game to take a break from studying.

In addition to these events, the Hicks library will have art relaxation and bubble wrap stations located around the library. New this year, the library also will have a Lego table located near the iDesk. Banners will be available to sign for therapy dogs that were scheduled to be part of the de-stressing activities but cannot due to the canine flu outbreak.

For more information, contact Danielle Schiewer at dschiewe@purdue.edu, 765-494-6733, or Ann O’Donnell at atodonne@purdue.edu, 765-496-1498.

Contact: Beth McNeil, 765-496-2900, memcneil@purdue.edu


Purdue Libraries offers Hicks Study Break Activities during Prep and Finals Weeks

April 23rd, 2015

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Dean accepts national collegiate honor on behalf of Purdue Libraries

April 23rd, 2015

mullins-honorWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Libraries Dean James L. Mullins on Thursday (April 23) accepted the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries Excellence in University Libraries Award.

Mullins accepted the honor on behalf of Purdue Libraries during the annual Libraries staff awards program in Purdue Memorial Union’s South Ballroom. Purdue Provost Debasish Dutta, Libraries faculty and staff, donors, and officials with the Association of College and Research Libraries were in attendance. The award is the top honor a research university library system can receive. In addition to a plaque, the Purdue Libraries received a gift of $3,000 donated by the YBP Book Services Co.

The ACRL in January announced the Purdue University Libraries‘ honor in the university category based on its numerous initiatives. Those include: its leadership in redefining the role of libraries to meet the needs and expectations of its university; creating a research community in the 21st century, through innovative programs and projects in information literacy; new space designs; new publishing models; international collaborations; and data management.

“Purdue University Libraries succeeds by being experimental, taking risks, innovating and leveraging collaboration with their faculty, graduate and undergraduate students to push the boundaries of what research university libraries can accomplish for their community, locally and globally,” said Steven Bell, chair of the 2015 Excellence in Academic Libraries Committee and associate university librarian for research and instructional services at Temple University. “Whether it’s their information literacy initiative that features their participation in Purdue’s IMPACT (Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation) curriculum, a commitment to renovate and create library spaces that are highly intentional about student learning and collaboration with faculty or engaging in course redesign with their faculty, what most impressed the committee was Purdue’s profession-leading and cutting edge work in the area of research data services.”

 “The faculty and staff of the Purdue University Libraries are proud of the progress that we have made to define the role of the 21st century research library within its university community,” said Mullins, who also is the Esther Ellis Norton professor at Purdue. “To have our creativity, innovation, and dedication recognized through this important award is a wonderful honor.”

Writers: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu

Shannon Walker, 765-496-9610, walker81@purdue.edu

Source: James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu


Purdue Libraries Database of the Week: MyWorld Abroad, from Intercultural Systems

April 13th, 2015

Welcome to Database of the Week.  This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started.  Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.

This Week’s Featured Database:  MyWorld Abroad, from Intercultural Systems.

Find it:  www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, under the column headed Collections, click on List of Business Databases.

Description/focus: MyWorld Abroad offers resources, articles, and guides related to seeking job opportunities abroad.

Start with this hint: MyWorld Abroad has a section called What Do You Want To Do? This part of the database provides articles depending on your interest, such as volunteering. If you click on the Volunteer Abroad link, you will see different sections listed as such as What You Should Know First and Find Volunteer Experiences Now.

Click here to see the basics of searching MyWorld Abroad or try our Guide on the Side with this link.

Why you should know this database: Students often ask their professors for advice when seeking a job overseas. MyWorld Abroad has a page dedicated to the different experiences available when going abroad, as well as a four part guide to getting started and stories of how others have succeeded.

How this will help students:  Students can use The 4 BIG Things section of MyWorld Abroad to discover the different stages of going abroad. This guide includes articles on how to build experience and find work in various professions.

Cost: Paid by the Libraries, the Center for Career Opportunities, and The Parents Fund.

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu.  Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/.  For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@ParrishLib).

Feedback is always welcome.  If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.

 


Participants of user evaluations of e-books wanted

April 10th, 2015

Introduction:

Purdue University Libraries is conducting a user evaluation of e-books available via the library website (www.lib.purdue.edu). In the evaluation participants will be asked to complete a set of information retrieval tasks with e-book readers via the library website and provide feedback. Participation of this user evaluation is voluntary. The evaluation is expected to take up to 1 hour of time. Participants will receive $15 if they complete the evaluation.

Requirements:

  1. Age 18 or older with high school diploma or equivalent.
  2. Normal or corrected normal vision.
  3. Currently enrolled Purdue University student, staff or faculty.
  4. Experience of using e-books on Purdue University Libraries website or other academic search websites desired.

Contact:

If you are interested, please contact Tao Zhang at zhan1022@purdue.edu to complete a short screening questionnaire and schedule an evaluation time.


Purdue Libraries ASC Hosts Upcoming Indiana Archivists Meeting, Workshop

April 7th, 2015

2015 Annual Meeting of Society of Indiana Archivists
When: Saturday, April 11, 2015 at
Where: John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Society of Indiana Archivist Preconference Workshop
“What Copyright Lawyers Want Archivists to Know about Copyright” presented by Donna L. Ferullo, J.D., Director of the Purdue University Copyright Office and Associate Professor of Library Science
When:  Friday, April 10, 2015 at
Where:
Swaim Instruction Center

For more information:  http://inarchivists.org/meetings/


Purdue Libraries Offers Data Stories Seminar, Workshop led by Dr. Stacy Recbich Hespanha, University of California, Santa Barbara

April 7th, 2015

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Dr. Stacy Rebich Hespanha will present her research on Data Stories, how they highlightthe need for adopting new practices in organizing, managing, and preserving data and serve in an educational context for information literacy.

Join Purdue Libraries Seminar Committee in learning more about how data stories can be used for effective data management techniques and education through a seminar and workshop presented by:

Dr. Stacy Rebich Hespanha, Research Associate at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC  Santa Barbara on April 20.

Seminar: Data Stories: Researcher Stories Highlight Conflicts And Barriers To Effective Data Management And Sharing

Monday April 20, 10:00 AM, HSSE STEW 353

In this presentation, Dr. Hespanha will emphasize in particular those difficulties for which no adequate technical solutions currently exist, or for which technical solutions do not seem to be appropriate, in the hope that our analysis of these stories will stimulate dialogue about the kinds of technical, social, and cultural solutions most needed to accelerate growth in better data management and sharing.

Technically-inclined disciplinary scientists, informaticians, and advocates of open science have already begun working together to develop tools and best practices that help to pave the way for a new era in data management and sharing. In spite of these innovative (and mostly technical) advances, researchers who wish to effectively manage and re-use data, or who are obligated by funding requirements to do so, still face many challenges.

The DataONE Data Stories project (http://notebooks.dataone.org/data-stories/) is focused on collecting researchers’ stories about conflicts and successes that they encounter when managing data and making efforts to share or re-use data.

Research finds better known obstacles such as the technological and design limits of information management systems intersect with a range socio-cultural norms and dynamics to present researchers with a complex set of challenges. From these stories, we can collect useful insights into the kinds of tools and skills that researchers will need as they venture into projects that involve data management and sharing.

 

Workshop: Using Data Stories to Support Professional Development in Data Management and Sharing

Monday April 20, 2-4PM, HICKS Library G959

In this workshop, Dr. Hespanha will provide examples of how she and her colleagues have prepared some of the researchers’ data stories for use with the topical lessons in the DataONE data management curriculum. Use of stories can support higher levels of engagement with the material and foster discussion among researchers about the complexities of the challenges they will likely encounter as they explore the world of data stewardship and reuse. After reviewing story-based instructional materials already created, participants will collaboratively design a new story-based set of discussion questions and/or learning activities based on a data management topic and Data Story that participants find relevant to their needs.

Bio

Dr. Stacy Rebich Hespanha is a Research Associate at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara. Her work is interdisciplinary and integrates approaches such as computational analysis of text, data visualization, and content analysis to investigate questions in the domains of environmental communication and education, data management, and sociology of science. She earned a PhD in Geography with an emphasis in Cognitive Science at UC Santa Barbara, and recently completed a postdoctoral appointment with DataONE’s Community Engagement and Education working group.

 

https://notebooks.dataone.org/data-stories/


Purdue Libraries and Honors College to host Purdue Published Authors Symposium – April 2

April 1st, 2015

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