Tuesday Times

The Tuesday Times—October 25, 2016

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

Preview the Arkansas Library Association Annual Conference Tech Services Presentation

You are invited to preview a presentation on “New Tools for Tech Services Workflow: Springshare, Slack, and Beyond” on Friday, November 4 at 2 pm in MULN 104. Presenters are Mary Gilbertson, Cody Hackett, Lisa Lindsey Headstream, Amy McGohan, and Beth Juhl. The group will make this presentation at the Arkansas Library Association Annual Conference and invite comments and suggestions from attendees at the preview.

Three Weird Questions with Julia Paganis

Julia Paganis is the new graduate assistant for Library Services and will be assisting undergraduates with their research processes. She will work on projects and data analysis with a focus on the College of Education, Fulbright College, and the Walton College of Business. Originally from Tulsa, Julia spent her past four years at Baylor University, majoring in Psychology.  She is currently completing her Master’s in Counseling but has doctoral aspirations and hopes to eventually open a private practice. Julia kindly took the time to answer three weird questions: (1) My first concert was Bruce Springsteen with my dad in 2000.  He won the award for best dad for putting me up on his shoulders the whole time since I couldn’t see a thing. (2) My guilty pleasure when it comes to candy is Reese’s! (3) My favorite Halloween costume was a bunch of grapes.  I covered myself in purple balloons and crafted a green stem hat.  I couldn’t sit down and had a difficult time making it through crowds, but I enjoyed the reactions I got!

REMINDER: Open Access Week Events!

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.
• 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.

REMINDER: 2^nd LLAMA Webinar in Series is Wednesday, October 26

The second Library Leadership and Management Association webinar will be Wednesday, October 26, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in MULN 486. Presented by Holt Zaugg, Assessment Librarian, Brigham Young University, it is titled “What’s Your Story? — Getting Organized for Assessment and Data Collection.”

REMINDER: Fall Convocation on Monday

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!

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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