University of Virginia Library: Education Services Newsletter News 6(4)

August 23 , 2012

Vol. 6, No. 4

The CLIC Librarians' Newsletter
August 23, 2012 Volume 6, No. 4
This newsletter is produced by the CLIC librarians, Kay Buchanan and Carole Lohman for the Curry School of Education to support digital scholarship and research.
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CLIC WORKSHOPS
The librarians in the CLIC will offer workshops on a wide variety of topics throughout the Fall semester.

The schedule for the coming week is posted below. Subsequent workshop offerings and details will be posted in the library's newsletter that will be emailed to all Curry students, faculty, and staff on most Thursdays throughout the semester. In addition, UVa Library: Education Services newsletters are archived online and the schedule can be referenced there or on the Library Workshops information page.

All Curry students are encouraged to attend these workshops which will be held in the CLIC's meeting space. Space is limited to the first 20 participants. Please bring your laptop. Questions? Call 434-924-7040.

Learn to setup your UVa accounts
TOPIC: Learn to Set Up Your U.Va. Accounts
WHEN: August 28 - 31
TIME: 10 am - 11am
You need only attend one of the workshops above.
LOCATION: In the CLIC, Bavaro Hall room 306
DESCRIPTION: Learn to set up the accounts you will need at U.Va. We will use the following web page, Accounts You Will Need at UVA, during the class as a guide for setting up the accounts.

TOPIC: Introduction to the U.Va. Library's Databases
WHEN: August 28- 31
TIME: 11 am – 12 Noon
You need only attend one of the workshops above
LOCATION: In the CLIC, Bavaro Hall room 306
DESCRIPTION: Learn to find and select databases that will make your research more effective and efficient. We will review how to set up an effective search strategy to get the best articles. In this session we will also learn to locate journal articles and book chapters by subject/keywords and author as well as how to limit your search results to peer reviewed articles, to articles using a specific methodology, or to articles from a specific journal, etc.

TOPIC: Introduction to Using RefWorks Software
WHEN: August 28-31
TIME: 2pm-3pm
You need only attend one of the workshops above.
LOCATION: In the CLIC, Bavaro Hall room 306
DESCRIPTION: RefWorks software enables you to:

Download citations from databases and put them into a personal RefWorks research database
Format bibliographies and citations automatically in over 400 styles including APA, MLA, etc.
Use in conjunction with WORD to write papers, dissertations, etc.
Access your RefWorks account from any computer, anywhere
Create a database and share it with colleagues around the world

This class will focus on setting up the defaults in the software, downloading citations into RefWorks from databases, Google Scholar and the online catalog; creating a bibliography in APA style; and accessing the full text journal articles you import into your RefWorks folders. Attendees are encouraged to open a RefWorks account before you arrive.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE CLIC?
Last week, the Curry Library Innovation Commons (CLIC) relocated to Bavaro Hall, room 306.

The hours for the CLIC will be:

Monday - Thursday, 8am - 8pm*
Friday, 8am - 5pm*
Saturday and Sunday CLOSED

*Exceptions can be found here.

The CLIC website features links to the research subject guides and class guides, CLIC hours, CLIC workshops, the list of handbooks in the CLIC (including the tables of content) and more.

NEW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WEB SITE
Indeed, the University Library has a new website. The site is organized around collections, resources, and services instead of by library. The goal was to make the web site faster, smaller and easier to use! You can provide feedback to the Library using the feedback link at the top of the new web site

SET UP THESE ACCOUNTS RIGHT AWAY
This site will explains various computing and service accounts you will use while at UVa. It also explains why you need them. We encourage you to set these up the first week of school as you will need to use many of them right away! You can also attend the Accounts workshop mentioned above should you wish to learn with an instructor.

Cover of the book, Whistling Vivaldi CURRY'S BIG READ
This is just a reminder. Curry's Discovering Differences Action Team (DDAT) is sponsoring a common reading experience for the Curry community for this school year. The book selected for Curry's Big Read is Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude Steele.

Copies of Whistling Vivaldi are on the bookcase in the CLIC. You can check out a copy from the CLIC librarians. The loan period is two weeks. Please return your checked out copy to either of the CLIC librarians.

Are you already reading Whistling Vivaldi? Do you need to reflect about what you've read? Share your thoughts on the Whistling Vivaldi Blog at http://curry.virginia.edu/blog/whistlingvivaldi/.
The DDAT team looks forward to hearing from you.

Special Collections exhibit of the 250th anniversary of Charlottesville
BIBLES, ROPES, MAPS AND MORE
This fall the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia will feature an exhibit celebrating the 250th anniversary of Charlottesville. Artifacts such as the first known map of Charlottesville, a section of the rope used to hang an scandalous mayor and the Bible used in the coronation of Queen Charlotte will be featured.

"Other parts of the exhibit will examine more recent issues such as segregation and the desegregation of the schools, as well as the dismantling of Charlottesville's predominantly black Vinegar Hill neighborhood. Much of that history is seen through the eyes of Rebecca McGinnis, a black educator and city resident who recounted her experience with Jim Crow in a 1997 interview, when she was 105 more... "

HOOS YOUR Data announcement
Throughout the semester, we will be highlighting information about finding, organizing, analyzing, managing, displaying, and preserving your research data. See this week's featured data information below.

GRANT PODCASTS
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) presents conversations with NIH staff members. Designed for investigators, fellows, students, research administrators, and others, we provide insights on grant topics from those who live and breathe the information. In mp3 and updated monthly. You can listen to the podcasts or read the transcripts.

Submitting a grant proposal in the near future? Some granting agencies are requiring that you submit a data management plan, and we predict more will be required in the near future. (Plus, we know you will agree, it is always good to have a data plan whether it is required or not by a granting agency. After all, it makes it easier for your lab team or center staff to use the data.) To make the data plan requirement easier to meet, the Scientific Data Consulting Group consults with researchers on technical and policy aspects and how to make your plan meet both funder requirements and the UVA research environment. Click here to view the data plan tool, schedule a consult, and view additional resources.

IPEDS DATABASE UPDATED
The IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database has been updated to include the academic year 2009-10 data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys. Several variables have been derived that ease trend analysis, with a focus on revenues and expenditures at postsecondary institutions. The full database spanning 1987 to 2010 is available to download in SAS, SPSS, and STATA formats.