Mon., Oct. 12, morning: Open Access Day presentation in preparation for the internationally recognized Open Access Week (October 19-25). Penn State librarians and Associate Dean Anne Langley will share their expertise during this half-day program. Sessions will include “How to be an OA Ambassador” and “Implementing Our Policies” and others. More details to come (also see recent blog post on OA Day.)
Tues., Oct. 13, 10:30-noon: Web forum general discussion: do you have questions about the impending migration? Ask them at this forum. Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live.
Tues., Oct. 13, 2:00–3:30 p.m.: Focus on ArcGIS Online: Web Mapping Tool for Interdisciplinary Applications, W211A Pattee Library and online at https://meeting.psu.edu/ssltraining/ More details to come.
Tues., Oct. 13, 7:30–8:30 p.m.: Penn State Reads presents “Meet Russell Gold, author of ‘The Boom’” in an interview by Katie O’Toole, Days Inn Penn State, 240 South Pugh Street. Open to the public. The event is sponsored by Penn State’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH), the Penn State Reads Program, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, the University Libraries, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and Schlow Centre Region Library.
Chittister
Wed–Thurs, Oct. 14-15: Joan Chittister Symposium: Ancient Traditions, Contemporary Questions, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center and Foster Auditorium. Chittister is an internationally renowned writer and lecturer, a Penn State distinguished alumna and has been called one of the most articulate social analysts and influential religious leaders of this age.See details in news story.
Thurs., Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.: Nelson Lauver: The most unlikely to succeed, a story about dyslexia, Foster Auditorium and MediaSite Live. Lauver (right) is an award-winning author and inspirational speaker. His radio show, The American Storyteller Radio Journal, ran daily on more than 150 radio stations across the country, from 2001 to 2010. The presentation is free and open to the public. A book sale and signing will follow the talk.
Wed., Oct. 21, 6:00 p.m.: ‘A Wing and a Prayer” film screening, Foster Aud. The Libraries are co-sponsoring a screening of “A Wing and a Prayer” a documentary film by Boaz Dvir, a senior instructor in the College of Communications.
Thurs., Oct. 22, 4 p.m.: Mariko Tamaki to accept the 2015 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize for “This One Summer.” Mariko and her cousin, artist Jillian Tamaki, also won a Printz Honor (for outstanding young adult literature) and a Caldecott Honor (for exceptional picture book art) for this book. A book sale and signing will follow.
Thurs., Oct. 22, noon-1 p.m.: Brown bag talk, “Rightsstatements.org,” led by Karen Estlund, associate dean for Technology and Digital Strategies, Mann Assembly Room. Estlund will present on rights metadata for digital collections and the work of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Europeana on a new project, Rightsstatements.org. The discussion will include legal issues about rights for digital collections, hurdles for aggregate collections and open linked data principles and SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) vocabularies.
Fri., Oct. 23, 1-2 p.m.: Gretchen Gueguen, DPLA Data Services Coordinator, will give a talk on metadata issues and the DPLA. Mann Assembly Rm. More details on this presentation to come.
(In Mann, we’ll be using a combination of AdobeConnect and a conference call phone line to make these talks available in real-time to the campuses: AdobeConnect Meeting Room URL: https://meeting.psu.edu/pcs
Call line: 888-259-9685. More information: Patricia Hswe)
Thurs., Oct. 22, 10:00-11:30 a.m.: Mendeley, 302 Paterno Register online: Survey
Nov. 13, 9 a.m.: Web migration forum: Focus on content strategy. Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live.
Mon., Nov. 16, 1-2:30 p.m.: Mapping Applications: Getting to know SimplyMap, PolicyMap, and Social Explorer, 302, Paterno Library, and online at https://meeting.psu.edu/ssltraining/