April 1 , 2010                        http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education/news/archive.shtml Vol. 3, No. 8
     

spss databasee HELP WITH SPSS & DATA SETS
If you need assistance with an SPSS conundrum or need to locate data in a dataset (such as these) you can use for your research needs, please contact our CLIC expert, Dr. Nancy Kechner by email or by telephone at 434-924-0911. She can assist you in-person or via video on the web using Elluminate software. Call or email her to convey your needs and negotiate the best way FOR YOU to "meet" with her to resolve your needs.

Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs NEW BOOK
Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs: Practices for Quality Education and Care
by Carollee Howe
Alderman Library LB1139.25 .H68 2010

Preparing Principals for a Changing World NEW BOOK
Preparing Principals for a Changing World : Lessons From Effective School Leadership Programs
by Linda Darling-Hammond
Alderman Library LB2831.93 .P74 2010

http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/education/tools/doctoralsupport.html

Health Sciences Library at UVa MEDLINE WORKSHOP
Our library colleagues in the Health Sciences Library invite you to attend their Library Training classes. The next offering is a session focused on "Establishing Alerts to stay Current with your Research. " Background: Many databases and journal publishers offer current awareness services to update you on newly published articles. This session will discuss strategies for keeping current on your research topics as well as obtaining newly published table of contents from the journal titles of your choice.

Date: Thursday, April 1
Time: Noon - 1:00pm
Place: Health Sciences Library
Registration: Required

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Dr. Marcia Invernizzi TEA AND TECHNOLOGY
Join Dr. Marcia Invernizzi and learn about the features and functions of the PALS Online Score Entry and Reporting System.  Would you like to get a sneak peek? 

The PALS Online Score Entry and Reporting System uses Microsoft Sequel Server and Cold Fusion technology to manage a large-scale literacy assessment nationwide.  Three times a year, teachers enter scores for over a quarter of a million students using the PALS Web site.

Date: Thursday, April 1
Time: 11:00am-Noon
Place: Curry Library Innovation Commons, 3rd floor Ruffner Hall

 

SLAB SPSS workshop GIS WORKSHOP
Please pass the word and join us Thursday, April 1 at 2:00pm in the Alderman Library Electronic Classroom for the next Scholars’ Lab GIS Workshop: “Finding and Appending Spatial Data.”

Participants will learn the best places to find spatial data and how to append tabular data to existing spatial data layers. These techniques are especially useful for demographic analysis.

Date: Thursday, April 1
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Alderman Library Electronic Classroom
Registration: None needed!

Coffee in the CLIC SMELL THE COFFEE
Thanks to the Curry Student Council (chair, Kevin Hessberg); Hamid Arsalan, CLIC Coordinator; and Sue Wharam, Curry's Facilities Coordinator, visitors to the CLIC will now discover fresh brewed coffee and tea. If you have any feedback, please direct your comments to Hamid Arsalan. If you bring your own mug to fill with these beverages, you help the CLIC budget and the environment. SUSTAINABILITY!

 

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