Vendor Day, a set on Flickr.
As part of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, several of our vendors visited to share information and new services with the students, staff and faculty. We also raffled prizes provided by our vendors.
“Wolfram Research will be on campus Tuesday, September 18 to give a technical talk on Mathematica 8 from 11:45am-1pm. The talk will be held in the Math Lab of the Loyola Science Center, Room 328.
This seminar will be given 100% in Mathematica and will show useful teaching and research examples for mathematics, the physical sciences, engineering, and business/economics. Ideas for creating universal examples in Mathematica that can be used by colleagues or students with no prior Mathematica experience will be a central theme.
The content will help attendees with no prior experience get started with the Mathematica language and workflow. Since there is a large amount of new functionality in Version 8, most intermediate and advanced users who attend these talks report learning quite a bit as well. All attendees will receive an electronic copy of the examples, which can be adapted to individual projects.
Students and Faculty from all departments are welcome to this event.
To make sure there will be enough space, please email andy_dorsett@wolfram.com to RSVP for the event.”
It’s 1957 and computers are just being introduced into the corporateworld. When a consultant arrives at the Federal Broadcasting Company and starts asking questions, everyone feels threatened – especially the Reference Department. Will the “electronic brain” make the staff redundant?
Join us for Desk Set on Friday September 21, 2012 in Room 305 of the Weinberg Memorial Library, and see if man, woman or machine is superior! Free show (including popcorn) at 7 p.m.
This classic American comedy stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in their eighth film together and is presented by the International Film Series (formerly the Foreign Film Series). Jean Lenville, Assistant Dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library, will lead a discussion following the film.
Seating is limited, so please contact Sharon Finnerty at Sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu or (570) 941-6330 for a reservation.
Find out the answers to these questions and brush up on your knowledge of the library’s history by visiting the exhibit, “Card Catalogs, Computers, and Learning Commons.” As part of WML’s 20th Anniversary celebration the exhibit will be on display in the 5th floor Heritage Room throughout the fall semester.
Students are encouraged to test their knowledge of the library and win fun prizes with an exhibit trivia quiz, available in both print and mobile friendly versions on the 5th floor. Answer the short quiz using the exhibit captions as hints and place the quiz in the box provided on the 5th floor. All correct trivia winners (students only) will be entered into random drawings to win fun giveaways every week throughout the fall semester!
When: Thursday, September 13th 10 a.m. – 12 Noon or 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
and Friday, September 14th 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Where: 24 Hour Room Library First Floor
What gifts, prizes and information? Our leading database vendors will be on hand to answer your toughest questions and queries. There will be giveaway gifts and refreshments too!
We will be holding free raffles every 15 minutes for some extra, special prizes:
Leather Portfolio cases
Stainless Steel travel mugs
T-Shirts
Rosewood, 2-GB flashdrive/pen combo
iPod Nano
Barnes & Noble gift cards
Each day there will be a special drawing for a Kindle Fire!
Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear about Library resources from the source:
ProQuest
Ebrary
Springer
SAGE
EBSCO
JSTOR
Oxford University Press
GALE / Cengage Learning
Drop by, stay and talk to the vendors as long as you like. No reservations are necessary.
On behalf of the Weinberg Memorial Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, we invite University of Scranton faculty and staff to our Fall 2012 Technology On Your Own Terms (TOYOT) workshops. Here’s what we’ve got planned for this semester:
Digital Photography: Part 1
Thomas Leong (CTLE Math Specialist) &
Brian Snapp (Associate Director of CTLE, Instructional Designer)
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – 12PM-1PM in WML305How serious are you about your digital photography? Which device or camera fits your needs?
Brian Snapp and Tom Leong from the CTLE will provide an overview to help you make these decisions. In this workshop there will be a short review of current digital devices and common uses; best practices for taking digital pictures including subject, lighting, composition and shutter speed; and creative uses in digital photography. A light lunch will be provided.
Digital Photography: Part 2
Sheli McHugh (Cataloging and Metadata Librarian)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 – 12PM-1PM in WML305Traditional photo-sharing sites, like Flickr and Picassa, have been studied in previous Technology on Your Own Terms sessions. In this session, we will explore the next generation of digital photo sharing with apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic; the photo blogging site Tumblr; and the virtual/visual bulletin board, Pinterest. Sheli McHugh, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, will provide an overview and introduction to these sites, while demonstrating their various features and functions. A light lunch will be provided.
Both sessions are open to all University faculty and staff, but seats are limited, so please let us know you are coming You can register at www.scranton.edu/ctleregistration – under Technology on Your Own Terms.
The originally scheduled maintenance for the Alexander Street Press VAST Collection for Sunday, August 19th, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, August 22, 2012, between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm EST.
Alexander Street Press apologizes for the short notice and for any inconvenience this may cause.
There will be scheduled maintenance for the Alexander Street Press VAST Collection on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 between the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 pm EST / UTC-5.
There will be an estimated downtime of 2 hours. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please plan accordingly.
This summer, we’ve been experimenting with new ways of displaying and sharing all of the interesting items from the University Archives that we’ve uploaded into our digital collections. With the University’s 125th anniversary coming up next year, we’re especially looking for fun ways to share our campus history with University of Scranton students, alumni, and friends.
The Library’s Digital Services department has been putting together Pinterest boards to highlight some of our favorite photographs – and even our favorite Aquinas headlines – from the last 125 years. We’re still experimenting, so check out our pins and let us know what you think!
Library Letterpress Christmas card, a set on Flickr.
Photos and video from our trip to Hand Deliver Press for the printing of our Library Christmas card, from one of our Zaner-Bloser Collection printing blocks.
