Tuesday Times
April 16, 2019

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Special Collections Student Intern Showcase 
Join us next Thursday, April 18, in the Special Collections Reading Room for an open house at 3:30 p.m. followed by presentations by student interns Patrick Angyal and Hannah Bradley at 4:30. Patrick will present on The Spirit of Missions: Christian Colonization of Territorial Arkansas, and Hannah will present on Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni: Poet and Arkansas Advocate.  

Poetry Crawl Saturday
An exhibit of items from the C. D. Wright Papers will be on display at the Fayetteville Public Library during the Walton Arts Center Topo Map Poetry Crawl this Saturday at noon. 

5thAnnual Earth Day Poetry Reading 
The fifth annual Earth Day MFA Poetry Reading is set for Monday, April 22 from 12-1 p.m. on the Union Quad (Mullins steps). All are welcome to attend. 

Honors Thesis Open House
All honors students are encouraged to attend an open house in GEAR 258 for hands-on assistance with submitting their theses to our institutional repository, ScholarWorks@UARK. 

Tuesday, April 23 from 2-4 p.m. 

Wednesday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to noon 

Art of the Book Panel Discussion April 25 
Join the University Libraries’ Special Collections department for a panel discussion titled Through the Looking Glass: The Art of Creating Books from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, April 25. This event is open to the public and offered at no cost to attendees. 

Panelists for the event include Gustav Carlson, a graphic novelist who will discuss the art of creating graphic novels. Sean Morrisey, head of Printmaking at the University of Arkansas School of Art, will discuss the creation of artists’ books. Laura Terry, associate professor for the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, will discuss why the structure of a book matters and how form and content work together synergistically. 

Text and Data Mining Workshops April 25-26

Text Mining & Data Analysis Workshop (MULN 102)

Faculty and researchers are invited to collaborate with the University Libraries and ProQuest to select the corpus of information resources and discuss pedagogy and case studies. The TDM Toolkit is designed for teaching and learning and is great for introducing large-scale Text and Data Mining techniques to students and researchers. Students and instructors can use the graphical user interface for TDM without needing to write coding scripts. The TDM Toolkit aims to address the demand for data literacy skills across disciplines, providing a foundation to advance student research activities. If you’d like to attend, please choose a date below and register:

Thursday, April 25, 10 – 11:30 a.m.  https://uark.libcal.com/calendar/mullins/tdm_toolkit_d1 

Friday, April 26, 10 – 11:30 a.m.  https://uark.libcal.com/calendar/mullins/tdm_toolkit_d2   

Lunch & Learn – Text Mining & Data Analysis (ARKU 510-511)

Please join the University of Libraries and ProQuest for lunch and discussion about the future of Text and Data Mining (TDM) services at the University of Arkansas.  The University Libraries has partnered with ProQuest to pilot the Text and Data Mining Toolkit and Studio for Advanced Users.  The TDM Toolkit is designed for teaching and learning and is great for introducing large-scale Text and Data Mining techniques to students, librarians, and researchers. Students and instructors can use the graphical user interface for TDM without needing to write coding scripts.  The TDM Toolkit aims to address the demand for data literacy skills across disciplines, providing a foundation to advance with student research activities.  The Text and Data Mining Studio for Advanced Users is geared towards advanced researchers, librarians, and students who already know the basics of data mining and programming.  Studio for Advanced Users provides researchers an environment with access to ProQuest’s content on which researchers can run their own Python and R scripts. If you’d like to attend, please choose a date below and register:

Thursday, April 25, 12 – 1 p.m. https://uark.libcal.com/calendar/mullins/tdm_lunch_25 

Friday, April 26, 12 – 1 p.m.  https://uark.libcal.com/calendar/mullins/tdm_lunch_26 

Text Mining & Data Analysis Workshop (MULN 102)  

ProQuest and the University Libraries invite experienced faculty and researchers to collaborate on potential projects and corpus selection for the Studio environment. The Studio environment is geared toward advanced researchers who already know the basics of data mining and programming. The workshop provides researchers an environment with access to ProQuest’s content on which they can run their own Python and R scripts. If you’d like to attend, please choose a date below and register:

Thursday, April 25, 2 – 3:30 p.m.   https://uark.libcal.com/calendar/mullins/tdm_studio_d1 

Friday, April 26, 2 – 3:30 p.m.  https://uark.libcal.com/calendar/mullins/tdm_studio_d2 

Family History Preservation Webinars
Preservation Week is April 21-27, and this year’s theme is “Preserving Your Family History.” Join us for two webinars to learn more about preserving history through storytelling, and implementing basic archival care for items like documents and photos. Kenyatta D. Berry, host of the PBS show Genealogy Roadshow, is Preservation Week honorary chair and a webinar presenter.

Tuesday, 4/23 | 1 – 2 p.m. | MULN 302B | Preserving Your Family History

Thursday, 4/25 | 1 – 2 p.m. | MULN 302B | Caring for Family Keepsakes

Distinguished Lecture Series: Arkansas Women in Politics with gues Dr. Janine Parry
Join the Washington County Historical Society at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Winslow Branch Library (351 Highway 71) for an event commemorating the 100thanniversary of the passing of the 19thamendment. Parry will present “The Nice Lady of Arkansas Politics: Virginia Johnson and the 1968 Governor’s Race,” and materials from the Maud Duncan Papers will be on display. Local music and refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public.  

Research and Publication Basics (ALCTS Five-Part Webinar Series)
All sessions will be held in Room 302B from 1:00-2:00:
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 – Communicating Impact Using Data Visualization
For more information about the series, please visit: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/researchbasics.

Out-of-Office Notices 

Name Date Contact
Kathleen Lehman 4/11-19 Lynaire Hartsell, 5-4103, hartsell@uark.edu or Matthew Kelly, 5-2440, mekelly@uark.edu
Tess Gibson 4/11-5/2 Robin Roggio, 5-5311, rroggio@uark.edu or Christina Rhoades, 5-6424, crm005@uark.edu
Martha Anderson 4/17-20, 4/28-5/1  
Melody Herr 4/28-5/2 Cedar Middleton, 5-2041, ccmiddle@uark.edu

  

Calendar of Libraries’ Events – mark your personal calendars! 

Date Event
4/18 SpeColl Interns Presentation, 3:30, MULN 130
4/20 Poetry Crawl, 12 PM, Fayetteville Public Library
4/22 Earth Day Poetry Reading, 12 PM, Mullins West Steps
4/23 Preserving Family History webinar, 1 PM, MULN 302B
4/23-24 Honors Thesis Open House, GEAR 258
4/25 TDM Workshop, 10 AM, MULN 102
4/25 TDM Lunch & Learn, 12 PM, ARKU 510-511
4/25 Caring for Family Keepsakes webinar, 1 PM, MULN 302B 
4/25 TDM Advanced Workshop, 2 PM, MULN 102
4/25 The Art of Creating Books, 4 PM, MULN 130  
4/26 TDM Workshop, 10 AM, MULN 102
4/26 TDM Lunch & Learn, 12 PM, ARKU 510-511
4/26 TDM Advanced Workshop, 2 PM, MULN 102
4/28 Arkansas Women in Politics, 3:30 PM, Winslow Branch Library
5/8 Data Visualization Webinar, 1 PM, MULN 302B
5/9 Last Day of Classes