WHAT IS THIS?

It is a QR (Quick Response) Code. You may have noticed QR codes posted in various places such as on buses, signs, business cards, advertisements or on any object which needs additional information. Users of a smart phone equipped with a camera with a QR reader app can scan the QR image to display text, contact information, or open a web page in the phone's browser.

Curry's Youth-Nex staff have been experimenting with QR codes. They put a QR code on the bulletin board in the hallway outside room 220. They are considering affixing them to conference posters created by faculty and students. That way, when a conference attendee comes to a Youth-Nex poster sessions, the attendee can scan the QR code and save the contact info. The code in this cases takes them to the main web site of Youth-Nex. How cool is that! Creating a QR code is fast and easy.

There are several readers available for free download (including RedLaser, NeoReader,and i-nigma.), though some mobile devices have built-in readers. You can also go your phone's APP store or use Google and enter, "QR app" into the search box to locate QR apps for your type of smart phone.

DISPLAYING DATA
WHO: The Scholar's Lab. SHANTI, and the Department of Politics host Aaron Presnall and Dante Chinni of the Jefferson Institute
WHEN: Wednesday, March 9 from 10:00 am - Noon
WHERE: Alderman Library, Room 317
WHAT: Got data, but not certain how it might be displayed digitally with its particular numeric, spatial and temporal attributes? This workshop promises an introduction to VIDI, a user friendly suite of Drupal modules for displaying, graphing and mapping data. Click here to select an example. and click on

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During March and April, the APA is offering several webinars on using the APA database, PsycInfo. Click on the links to register for the session that best suits your needs.

Introductory Student Training is a 50-minute session designed for students, faculty, or staff unfamiliar with PsycInfo or who are accessing PsycInfo on a platform that is new to them.

Tuesday March 15, 2011   2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Monday April 4, 2011       2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Advanced Student Training is designed specifically for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and other experienced researchers interested in exploring PsycInfo.

Thursday, March 10, 2011       3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Friday, March 25, 2011           3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, April 12, 2011       10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Friday, April 22, 2011              3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

NEWSLETTER
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LEARN QUAL SOFTWARE
WHEN: Wednesday, March 9 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
LOCATION: The Curry Library Innovation Commons,
3rd floor Ruffner Hall
PRESENTATION BY: Stacy Penna from NVIVO
WHAT: Learn to use NVIVO qualitative software. Version 9 enhances the collaboration of research teams
• Simultaneously work on the same project with Team Members
• Track Research Teams work in project
• Analyze more data
• Superior Security – control access to project
HOSTED BY: Nancy Kechner, the CLIC's Computing Consultant

DATA MANAGEMENT
WHEN: Monday, March 28 from Noon-1pm
LOCATION: The Curry Library Innovation Commons,
3rd floor Ruffner Hall
PRESENTATION BY: Sherry Lake, UVa Library, Scientific Data Consultant
WHAT: Good data management is the foundation for good research. Today, more and more funding agencies and publishers are requiring researchers to share their data. Having a data management plan fulfills agency requirements and makes your data easier to share. Sherry will go over the data management plan template UVa has designed and discuss what this new requirement means for you.  A question and answer segment  will follow.

Click here to register for the Data Management presentation. Refreshments will be provided.

TENURE
Did you ever wonder what expectations universities have for tenure track faculty? Here is an example from the University of Oregon. They provide the following career advice about tenure track

WE MAKE OFFICE CALLS
Can't come to us? We'll go to you. CLIC librarians can come to faculty, staff, and students offices to work with you. For example, wouldn't it be less time consuming if you could restrict a database search on your topic to a specific methodology such as a longitudinal study, meta-analysis, or literature review? Do you want assistance with managing your bibliographic references with RefWorks? If so, please contact:: Kay Buchanan 434-982.2664 or Carole Lohman 434-924-7040.

VIDEO CONTEST
The Charles L. Brown Science & Engineering Library is sponsoring a video contest. They are looking for imaginative, creative videos inspired by your experiences with the Brown Library. There are two main video entry categories that will be judged by a Library Committee, and a third category judged by fellow students. Prizes range from $100 to $300; multiple entries are excepted. Winning videos will be posted on the Brown Library’s homepage as well as the U.Va. Library’s YouTube channel and Facebook page! Contest Dates: March 1 - April 18. The rules.

By the way, Clemons Library Circulation Desk loans out flip cameras. The CLIC librarianshave a flip camera to loan out and the ETO has several digital cameras.