Daily Archives: October 22, 2018

Film: How I Ended This Summer / Как я провёл этим летом

By Tara Murray

Wednesday, October 24, 6:15 pm, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
How I Ended This Summer – «Как я провёл этим летом», 2010, dir. Alexey Popogrebsky.

“A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on the once
strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere…” —summary by the Koktebel Film Company (source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588875/).

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Winner of numerous international awards, including:
The Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin)
Outstanding Artistic Achievement in Category “Camera” (Yerevan, Armenia)
Best Film at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival.

The event is free and open to the public. The film is in Russian with English subtitles.

Sponsored by the Penn State Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Center for Global Studies, the Patterno Library , Penn State Students in Russian

Fall 2018 Scholarly Communications workshops

By: Ana Enriquez

Copyright for Scholarly Authors
Thursday, Nov.1, 2- 3 p.m., Pattee Library, W-315 — Register HERE
Monday, Nov. 5, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., and via Zoom — Register HERE

Have you ever run into copyright questions when publishing your scholarship? How can you obtain permission to use someone else’s images or figures? When can you use those images or figures without permission? What permission is necessary for use of archival or museum materials? Join Ana Enriquez, Scholarly Communications Outreach Librarian, for a workshop on these and other questions. This is an interactive workshop. After an overview from Ana, workshop participants will work in small groups to address hypothetical copyright questions and then debrief their responses as a full group.

Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the
physical access provided, please contact Ana Enriquez at 814-865-1758 or enriquez@psu.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

Please register for this session on LRN or by contacting Ana at enriquez@psu.edu.

Complying with the NSF Public Access Policy 
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 12:30 to 1 p.m., and via Zoom
Register HERE

Do you understand the public access requirements for your NSF-funded research? Under NSF’s public access policy, publications based on NSF-supported research must be deposited in the NSF Public Access Repository no later than 12 months after initial publication. Join Ana Enriquez, Scholarly Communications Outreach Librarian, for a brief overview of grant recipients’
obligations, with time for questions. This session will take place via Zoom.

Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the
physical access provided, please contact Ana Enriquez at 814-865-1758 or enriquez@psu.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

Please register for this session on LRN or by contacting Ana at enriquez@psu.edu.

Negotiating Publishing Contracts
Thursday, Nov. 8, 3.- 4:30 p.m., Pattee Library, W315 — Register HERE
Wednesday, Nov.14, 3- 4:30 p.m., and via Zoom — Register HERE

Which terms of your publishing agreement might you want to negotiate? How? When you’re working on behalf of a publisher, what terms do you seek? Explore these and other questions about publishing contracts in a workshop hosted by Ana Enriquez, Scholarly Communications Outreach Librarian. This is an interactive workshop. After a brief overview of negotiation
techniques and the law in this area, participants will negotiate mock publishing contracts. Participants will be able to choose between a mock contract for a journal article and one for a
scholarly monograph. The group will then reconvene to debrief those negotiations.

Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the
physical access provided, please contact Ana Enriquez at 814-865-1758 or enriquez@psu.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

Please register for this session on LRN or by contacting Ana at enriquez@psu.edu.

Introduction to Copyright
Thursday, Nov.15, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Pattee Library, W-315 — Register HERE

Have you ever wondered how things enter the public domain? What rights you have to control use of your work? What rights you have to use someone else’s work? Learn more about copyright law at this workshop by Ana Enriquez, Scholarly Communications Outreach Librarian. This is an interactive workshop. Throughout it, participants will work in small groups to address hypothetical copyright questions and then debrief their responses as a full group.

Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the
physical access provided, please contact Ana Enriquez at 814-865-1758 or enriquez@psu.edu in advance of your participation or visit.

Please register for this session on LRN or by contacting Ana at enriquez@psu.edu.

Tech Tip: What is phishing and how to report it?

By: Ryan Johnson

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Phishing is the act of attempting to deceive a user into divulging personal or confidential information such as login credentials, credit card information, etc., to gain access to resources that enable them to steal your identity.

Phishing scams usually come in the form of email messages and false websites. Cyber criminals use social engineering to learn about their targets and then use that information to try and gather your personal information.

Things to look for to identify that you may be targeted include:

  • Spelling and bad grammar: Phishing emails are commonly plagued with spelling and grammatical errors.
  • Links in emails: Links in emails may appear as though they are taking you to a legitimate website however they can be disguised. Hover over (DO NOT CLICK)  links and see if you are being re-routed to some other page.
  • Threats: Some emails contain threats to include legal action, time sensitive materials, etc. These are designed to convince you to make a hasty decision and click a malicious link or open an unsafe attachment.
  • Spoofing a legitimate website or company: Some emails will appear to come from a legitimate company. However that is far from the case. Again, attackers will try to make everything appear to be legitimate but things such as suspicious URL’s (pages with names not associated with the website or company), or outdated information can be tell-tale signs something is not right.

If you believe you have been sent a phishing scam, forward the original phish as an attachment in a new message addressed to phishing@psu.edu.

For more information on how to report a Phish or view recently reported phishes, please visit here.

Customer Service Tip: People always complain about that

By: Shep Hyken (submitted by Carmen Gass)

The other day I was at my hotel waiting for my client to pick me up for a meeting. I wanted a quick breakfast, so I went to the hotel’s coffee shop to pick up some oatmeal. They had instant
oatmeal in a cup. The cashier added the hot water and $4.00 later I was on my way. I sat down at an open seat in the hotel lobby and noticed that my oatmeal looked more like soup that oatmeal. Usually, you just wait a few minutes and the oatmeal thickens up, but that was not the case. So, I walked over to the coffee shop to see if they had any suggestions. Her response: “People always complain about that.”

She was very nice and gave me my money back. I started to think about what happened. If “people always complain about that,” then why do they continue to serve it? Read more here .

Events: Oct. 22

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

Into the Woods exhibit logo

 

Sept. 5-Feb. 11, Exhibit: “Into the Woods: Nature in Your Library” Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, Explore the Eastern Forest, its wildlife and botanical wealth. Libraries’ resources, services, unique collections and course materials will guide you on the trails of nature education and exploration. Discover local environmental programs. Be inspired by the instrumental work of women conservationists. Check out the related books, maps, movies and more, and get … Into the Woods.

 

A Full Course: Encounters with Food exhibit flyer

Sept. 10-Jan. 13, 2019, Exhibit: “A Full Course: Encounters with Food” Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 102 Paterno Library, and Sidewater Commons, first floor Pattee Library. To survive and thrive, we must all consume food every day; eating is, therefore, one of the few universal human experiences. The exhibition will consider the more contested and continuing questions surrounding food: where does it come from, what and how do we cook and eat, and what role does food play in our collective imaginations? The books, manuscripts, posters, and ephemera on view will offer a feast for the eyes and food for thought!

 

Monday, Oct. 22-Thursday, Oct. 25: Open Access Week 2018. OA events take place University-wide, including panel discussions, faculty talks, film screenings, helpful handouts and more. The events are free and open to all Penn State faculty, staff and students, and aim to increase affordable, discoverable and equitable access to Penn State’s open-access (OA) initiatives.
Wednesday, Oct. 24: Film; How I Ended This Summer – «Как я провёл этим летом», (2010), A film by director Alexey Popogrebsky, in Russian with English subtitles, 6:15 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Sponsored by the Penn State Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Center for Global Studies, the Patterno Library , Penn State Students in Russian

Monday, Oct. 29: Ithaka Faculty Survey brown bag on teaching. Rebecca Miller, Library Learning Services head, will present findings related to questions about teaching from the spring 2018 library survey of Penn State faculty. Noon – 1 p.m., Dean’s Conference Room, 510
Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Nov. 7: Docunight: Iran Via Documentaries. On the first Wednesday of every month, featuring a documentary film about, around, or in Iran, or made Iranians. Docunight events are open to everyone, and all films have English subtitles. Co-sponsored by the Iranian Student Association and the University Libraries. 7 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Friday, Nov. 9: Football Friday Library Tour. Enjoy a tour through the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps & Geospatial Information, with hands-on exhibits, interactive presentations and Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. Reserve your spot at sac210@psu.edu or 814-863-7718 Tours meet at the Paterno Library Welcome Desk. 3:30-5 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 13: Penn State GIS Day. A one-day seminar for individuals working with GIS, geospatial technologies, remote sensing, maps, and location-based research on campus to foster greater geospatial awareness on campus, within the community, and beyond. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library and Franklin Atrium, Pattee Library, University Park campus.

Friday, Nov. 16: Ithaka Faculty Survey brown bag on data management. Cynthia Vitale, Digital Scholarship and Data Services head, will present on findings related to questions on data management from the spring 2018 library survey of Penn State faculty. Noon – 1 p.m., Dean’s Conference Room, 510 Paterno Library, University Park campus.

Wednesday, Dec. 5: Docunight: Iran Via Documentaries. On the first Wednesday of every month, featuring a documentary film about, around, or in Iran, or made Iranians. Docunight events are open to everyone, and all films have English subtitles. Co-sponsored by the Iranian Student Association and the University Libraries. 7 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

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