Tuesday Times

The Tuesday Times—October 19, 2016

Send your news to Molly Boyd and view each week’s Tuesday Times on the Libraries’ blog 365 McIlroy.

Open Access Week is Next Week!

Open Access Week, October 24-29, 2016

Open access is a movement that aims to make materials freely available on the internet through the use of creative commons licensing which allow users to read, download, copy, share, print, or use them for any other lawful purpose. The Libraries are hosted the following events in celebration of Open Access Week 2016:

• All Week – Open Coloring Book: Support open access by submitting U of A related drawings to be included in an open access coloring book. The coloring book will be featured during finals week study breaks hosted by the University Libraries (and also available for free download in ScholarWorks). To participate, please send your drawing and submission form as an email attachment to Stephanie Pierce at sjpierc@uark.edu and include “Coloring Book Submission” in the subject line. All submissions of work by the creator’s consent will be included in the Institutional Repository, ScholarWorks.
• Tuesday, October 25, 11:00-12:00:  The Bigger Picture of OA: Alternate Models of Review & Emerging Practices – a SUNY webinar feature Heather Joseph of SPARC. The traditional peer review process began in the 18th Century. How has the scholarly and publishing community adapted that process to more efficient and modern means? What established and alternative methods have emerged since that time? Join Heather to learn about a wide range of open access models and what the future of OA publishing might be like.
• Tuesday, October 25, 3:00-4:00 MULN 102 – Open Science Panel Discussion. The Libraries will welcome users who will discuss the use of open materials in research  in Space and Planetary Science.
• Wednesday, October 26 , 3:00-4:00 MULN 104 – Author’s Rights: Understanding and Using Your Rights under US Copyright Law. As an author, you own a number of rights to your work. Come to this workshop to learn about those rights and strategies for managing them.This workshop will emphasize copyright, Creative Commons licenses, and open access addenda for publishing agreements(will be repeated on Thursday, Nov. 3, 3:00 pm).
• Thursday, October 27, 2:00-4:00 MULN 102 – Create a SelectedWorks Account: Melody Herr and Cedar Middleton will host drop in sessions for creating a SelectedWorks account in ScholarWorks@uark.edu, the new institutional repository. A SelectedWorks account allows an author to create and manage his or her own page in the institutional repository to showcase research output, scholarship, and creative works, to measure the impact of their work, and download reports. No registration is required; drop-ins are welcome at any time during the two-hour open sessions. (Repeated Tuesday, Nov 1 2:00-4:00 pm).
• Friday, October 28, 10:00-11:00 MULN 102 – Open Educational Resources. Interested in using copyright free materials in the classroom? Stop by for information on identifying, using, and creating educational materials available for all.
• Friday, October 28, 1:00-4:00 MULN 102 – Wikipedia Editathon — the UA Campus. The libraries are hosting an editing event to complete and provide resource links for  articles about the University of Arkansas people, places, and things.

Jozef Laincz to Give Brown Bag Talk at Department of Geosciences

Jozef Laincz will present at the Department of Geosciences Brown Bag Talk series on Monday, October 24 at Gearhart Hall (formerly Ozark Hall) 149 at 11 am. Jozef will speak on the delineation of epikarstic flow using dye tracing at the Savoy Experimental Watershed, NW Arkansas. While the talk will focus on the science of fluorescent dye tracing, a common technique used in water/environmental studies, it will also highlight library resources on the topic.

 Black and Gold, Black and Gold

Geoffrey Stark and the Staff Concerns Committee invites everyone to the upcoming Fall Convocation, scheduled on Monday, October 31, a potluck drop-in from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The costume contest will begin around 2:15 p.m. [almost the only poem I remember from childhood about October 31 begins with the above line, “Black and Gold, Black and Gold”]. Wear your elf ears and bring goodies to share!

 Did You Know?: The Arkansas Catalyst

The Office of Research and Economic Development highlights research at the University of Arkansas in The Arkansas Catalyst, an online monthly newsletter. The latest issue features news about the University of Arkansas’ record-setting year for research funding and research expenditures, spotlights U.S. Department of Energy and Defense Advanced Research Projects grants to faculty in the College of Engineering and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and highlights a new book by a political scientist about President Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Party. You can subscribe to the newsletter by visiting the The Arkansas Catalyst web page.

Reminders and Such:

• Please remember to COPY the person or people who are serving as your back-ups in your out-of-office emails to me. It provides not only an excellent last minute confirmation for you, but is also a handy way for me to procure the contact info that I add to each entry. Thank you!

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