September 16: The University Libraries will host Megan Oakleaf of Syracuse University for a visit focused on library assessment. Dr. Oakleaf will help us learn more about assessing library services so that we can document the value that we provide to our users.
September 16, 3 – 4 p.m.: Library Research Basics
September 16, 1 – 2:15 p.m., 202 Chambers Building : Introduction to EndNote
September 16: Indigenous Geography Workshop
1:00 p.m. – 4:00p.m., Mann Assembly Room in Paterno Library. Presented by: Dr. Douglas Herman senior geographer, National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution.
September 18, 12:15 p.m.: “Data Mining: Big Data’s Increasing Challenge and Payoff.” 25 min. Just as raw materials buried in the Earth yield the occasional gem, raw data can also be mined for value. This program explores the methods, processes, and key functions of data analysis. EMS Library, 105 Deike.
September 20, 3:30–6:30 p.m., “Flying Fish (Igillena Maluwo)” a film by Sri Lankan filmmaker Sanjeewa Pushpakumara in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Q&A with Pushpakumara follows.
September 24, 7:30 p.m.: Mary E. Rolling Reader Series presents Cary Holladay, Foster Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
11am-3pm, in the Mann Assembly Room.
September 25, 12:15 p.m.: “Sun Come Up.” 38 min, Follow the relocation of the Carteret Islander, some of the world’s first environmental refugees.