Tuesday Times
March 3, 2020
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Super Tuesday in Arkansas
Polling places are open until 7:30 tonight!
Women’s History Month
Multimedia has updated our Display to reflect Women’s History Month. Remember, the DVDs are available for check out!
Archiving Your History
Kara Flynn will present Archiving Your History at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12 at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Grad Write-In
Monday, March 23 and/or Tuesday, March 24, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cato Springs Research Center (1475 W. Cato Springs Rd)
Registration will close March 16 or when full.
Each day will begin at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast. Writing will begin at 9 a.m. and go until 4:30 p.m. We will have a lunch break at noon, as well as (optional) 5-minute breaks at the beginning of each hour with things like chair yoga, meditation, etc. Each day is limited to a max of 30 graduate student participants. This event is sponsored by the University Libraries, the Civil Engineering Department, and the Office of Graduate Student Support.
How Libraries Enable New Discoveries with Text and Data Mining
1 p.m. Tuesday, March 31
This is a webinar that features a WCOB Accounting Professor who was part of a pilot project between the Library and ProQuest to explore ProQuest’s text and data mining tools. Register.
Open Education Week 2020
Join Elaine Thornton and the University of Arkansas OER Team in celebrating Open Ed Week! All Libraries personnel are welcome to attend two OER Faculty Mingle events planned for March 5.
To Labor for Justice: Arkansas and Socialism
The Graduate Student Speaker Series continues this semester with Samuel Binns, a second-year graduate assistant in English and a Master of Fine Arts candidate in creative writing. Binns will present To Labor for Justice: Arkansas and Socialism at 5 p.m. tomorrow in Mullins Library Room 130.
Tune up your LibGuides with March Madness: LibGuides Edition
All sessions will be in Mullins 220Q (in the reference office complex) and attendance is limited to 10, so please use the registration links to sign up. Please bring a tablet or laptop if you want to follow along. We’ll offer a series of three sessions (each repeated once) covering these topics:
LibGuides and Accessibility: making your guides work for all
10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 4
or
3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 5
LibGuides and Sustainability: reducing, reusing, and recycling content
10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 11
or
3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 12
Maintaining your Guides: keeping content correct and current after publication
10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 18
or
3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19
What’s up with OpenAthens? New session added!
Come learn about our new remote authentication method and how links are a ‘ changin. There will be two informal sessions – both in 220Q in the Reference offices. Space is limited so please sign up in advance; if needed, more sessions will be scheduled.
10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 4
Sign up at https://uark.libcal.com/event/6506109
2 – 3 p.m., Thursday, March 5
Sign up at https://uark.libcal.com/event/6562833
3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 5
Sign up at https://uark.libcal.com/event/6506127