Daily Archives: February 5, 2018

Events: Feb. 5

Spring 2018
Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.

graphic of vertical book spines encircling exhibit title "Academic Libraries Around the World," exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, free and open to the public

Through Feb. 12: “Academic Libraries Around the World” exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, University Park.

 

vertical graphic, collage of black-and-white images Martin Luther King Jr. poster with text “Deconstructing the Dream: At Whose Expense?”

MLK 2018 poster by Addie Ruston

 

 

Through Feb. 28: “Deconstructing the Dream: At Whose Expense?” student poster exhibition, Sidewater Commons, with adjacent central entrance exhibit case chronicling the life and work of King using University Libraries resources, first floor Central Pattee Library, University Park.

"What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales" exhibition, image from "The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault," illustration by Harry Clarke

 

 

Jan. 16–May 13, “What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales”exhibition, Eberly Family Special Collections Library Exhibition Room, 104 Paterno Library.

 

 

 

Through Feb. 8: Faculty, Staff and Student Show: A variety of works on display during library hours. John M. Lilley Library, Penn State Behrend; Free.

Tuesday, Feb. 6: The Trajectory of Document Preservation in Brazil Through the 21st Century, with Visiting Scholar Fabiana Franco Barbosa Oda. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 2-3 p.m. and Mediasite Live.

Wednesday, Feb. 7: 2018 Penn State Human Library, 11 a.m. “showcase panel” in Foster Adutiroium, 103 Paterno Library, remote participation via Mediasite Live; 1-5 p.m., sign up for 45-minute slots offered by 17 human books, human books’ titles and descriptions online, Pattee Library and Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Feb 7: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – OpenRefine, a free and open-source resource for cleaning, regularizing, and organizing complex data, with Jose Guerrero. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Feb. 7: Geospatial Exploration — Explore mapping and location topics and applications. An introduction to geospatial data, introductory topics of projects, data manipulation, and geoprocessing techniques. 3-4 p.m., 211A Pattee Library, remote viewing available online using Zoom.

Wednesday, Feb. 7: Exploring Open Source GIS — QGIS. An introduction to using QGIS; Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop and if desired have QGIS installed to experience first-hand some of the software’s options. 4-5 p.m. 211A Pattee Library, remote viewing available online using Zoom.

Wednesday, Feb 14: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – Upwork, a network for building and establishing a writing portfolio, with Jenna Spinelle. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Feb 14: Dean’s Open House, light refreshments will be served, 2-3 p.m., 510 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Feb. 14: Geospatial Online: Overview of Online mapping options. An introduction to ArcGIS Online, used to communicate spatial research interests across the disciplines.  3-4 p.m., 211A Pattee Library, remote viewing available online using Zoom.

Wednesday, Feb. 14: Geospatial Analysis: Introduction to Working with location data and demographic data. An introduction to using ArcMap software to work with location data and demographic data.  4-5 p.m., 211A Pattee Library, remote viewing available online using Zoom.

Thursday, Feb. 15, 3-5 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m.: “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” A Winter Olympics Pop-up Exhibit, featuring books, materials, artifacts and memorabilia from the history of the Olympic Games. Mann Assembly Room, 102 Paterno Library.

Feb. 20: (Hindi) Indian Name Pronunciation Workshop, taught by Ritu Jayakar, Penn State lecturer in Hindi, 3-4 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and via Mediasite Live.

Wednesday, Feb 21: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – QGIS, a free and open-source geographic information system for viewing, editing, and analyzing spatial data with graphical maps, with Zhiyue Xia. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m.  403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Feb. 21: Geospatial Data: Diving into Library Resources and beyond. 3-4 p.m., 211A Pattee Library, remote viewing available online using Zoom.

Wednesday, Feb. 21: Focus on PolicyMap — Data sources and visualization options. 4-5 p.m., 211A Pattee Library, remote viewing available online using Zoom.

Wednesday, Feb. 21: Mary Gaitskill 2017 Fisher Famiy Writer in Residence, English Department event, 7:30-9 p.m., Foster Auditorium,102 Paterno Library.

Wednesday, Feb 28: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – Hadoop, a way to process very large datasets efficiently, with Juniun Yin. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m.  403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Mar. 7: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a popular program for encryption and authentication of digital messages like email, with Andrew Singer. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Mar. 14: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – ggplot2, makes pretty, easily reproducible and modifiable graphs for publication, with Nathan Piekielek. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Wednesday, Mar. 21: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – Pandoc,  convert documents from one file type to another and back again, all from the command line, with Grant Wythoff. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m., 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Tuesday, Apr. 3: Jillian Cantor to read as part of the Mary E Rolling Reading Series, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 7:30-9 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 4: Software in the Humanities and Social Sciences Workshop – IIIF, with Karen Estlund. Bring a bag lunch; noon-1 p.m. 403 Paterno Library and via Zoom at https://psu.zoom.us/j/914950827.

Thursday, Apr. 5: Lecture by Professor Leo Bersani, “Force in Progress”, 5-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Sunday, Apr. 22: International Write-In. Two sessions, 3:30-7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.-midnight. Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library. Interested writers can sign up today at: http://tinyurl.com/psuwritein

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Eiche Library, more featured in PaLA College & Research Division blog

By Jessica Showalter

Two articles published last week in the PaLA CRD blog, “It’s Academic,”
discuss recent collaborations at the Eiche Library at Penn State Altoona:

“Five ingredients for successful collaboration” shares insights from Reference and Instruction Librarian Lori Lysiak’s collaboration with history lecturer Julie Rockwell. Lysiak and Rockwell worked together to launch a new course offering for Penn State Altoona that focused on food history. The innovative course featured food tastings, guest speakers from local farms and restaurants, and student-created regional cookbooks.

“Thinking outside the book” explains how the library staff worked with several faculty members to support new four-year-degree offerings in Rail Transportation Engineering and Kinesiology.

P.S. University Libraries Bonus Feature — Emily Mross, business librarian at Penn State Harrisburg Library, and Hailley Fargo, the University Libraries’ student engagement librarian, hosted the Zoom session “Fruitful Collaborations: Building Bridges to Connect Student Services” for PaLA’s Connect & Communicate Series on Jan. 10, 2018. The PaLA CRD blog also shared the information to access the recording, which also includes a link to their PowerPoint slides and handouts.

Strategic Plan Update: Action Plan progress as of Dec. 31, 2017

By: Martha Ney

We are pleased  to announce the launch of a new University Libraries Strategic Plan web site.

The December 31, 2017, action plan update for the University Libraries 2014-2019 Strategic Plan is now available as a pdf hereQ2_Update Action-Plan-2017-2018-wwewnp. It also is available for download via the new Strategic Plan website.

The 2017-2018 Action Plan began with 19 actions – 4 for Advancing University Research; 7 for Discovery, Access and Preservation; and 8 for Teaching and Learning.  As of the end of the second quarter 3  of the actions were substantially completed and/or operationalized, 10 are in process, 5 are in the planning phase and 1 is to be initiated.

We welcome your feedback on the current update of the action plan, process for updating the action plan, communications strategy, and revision to the strategic plan. Please feel free to send your comments or question to the Strategic Plan Steering Committee (ul-strategic-plan-steering@lists.psu.edu).

Members:

Joe Salem, Chair, jas1218@psu.edu

Chris Avery, cca2@psu.edu

Anne Behler acb10@psu.edu

Paul Burnell, pcb15@psu.edu

Matt Ciszek, mpc16@psu.edu

Karen Estlund, kme20@psu.edu

Jennifer Gilley, jrg15@psu.edu

Glenn Masuchika, gnm1@psu.edu

Martha Ney, mdn1@psu.edu

Kimlyn Patishnock, kjp2@psu.edu

Diane Zabel, dxz2@psu.edu