The University of Chicago Library and IT Services are partnering to present new, technology-related training programs for the UChicago community at the IT Services TECHB@R in Regenstein. Sample topics include Google Sketch-up, wikis, citation managers, Firefox Add-ons, and “Chalk Days.” Continue reading
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold its 25th meeting in Chicago May 20-21, 2012. Heads of state and government from NATO’s member states and more than 30 other countries will attend. The U.S. and 11 other original signatories … Continue reading
With the upcoming event on May 20-21, Chicago will be only the second city in the United States (after Washington D.C.) to host a NATO Summit. The list below provides helpful transportation information on travel restrictions during the summit … Continue reading
Access to the D’Angelo Law Library for non-law students will be limited from May 19 through June 7 during the Law School reading and exam periods. Consult the D’Angelo Law Library web page on Access for additional information.
The PubMed Limits page has been replaced with a filters sidebar in order to more easily narrow results. As with the previous limits, selected filters will apply to all subsequent searches until the they are cleared. Read more in the … Continue reading
Getting Better: 200 Years of Medicinehttp://nejm200.nejm.org/explore/medical-documentary-video/ The New England Journal of Medicine presents this 45-minute documentary exploring three stories that demonstrate the changes that have taken place in medicine in the last 200 years. The three stories, “From Rough to … Continue reading
The lighting design for the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library recently was recognized with a 2011 GE Edison Award of Merit. Lighting designers Michael F. Rohde, Dorit Anderle, Stephanie Rock, Alan Al-Salihi, Magdalena Gomez and Helmut Jahn were recognized. The … Continue reading
Tech Treats: Online Technology Training ToolsThursday, May 17 3:00-5:00 p.m. TECHB@RRegenstein Library, Room 160 Refreshments will be served. Treat yourself to new technology. Drop by the TECHB@R in Regenstein Library to learn about the variety of online … Continue reading
Thursday, May 17th at 3:30 p.m. in the Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 464 Continue reading
The Nicholson Center for British Studies is pleased to present Jerome McGann speaking on “Philology in a New Key” on May 10 at 5 p.m. in the Special Collections Research Center, 1100 East 57th Street. McGann is the John Stewart … Continue reading
The Mansueto Library Grand Reading Room will open at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 11 due to a special event. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Special Collections exhibition on Haggadah will close with lecture May 13
UChicago News – May 9, 2012 Continue reading
Texting China—Composition, Transmission, and Preservation of Pre-Modern Chinese Textual Materials: An International Symposium Celebrating the Life and Career of T.H. Tsien and the Opening of the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Library Continue reading
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art by University of Chicago art history professor Michael Camille (1958-2002), a work that looks at the playful and parodic images in … Continue reading
Wednesday, May 9, 10:00 am – 11:00 am; Regenstein Library, Room 127
This hands-on workshop will introduce some of the key functions of Zotero, a free citation manager that allows you to save citation information while searching and browsing the Web. Continue reading
May 7 – May 11 and May 14. 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
The Library is holding a sale of more than 9,000 duplicate and discarded volumes in Regenstein Library, Room A10. These include hardbacks, trade and scholarly paperbacks, multi-volume sets, maps and miscellaneous material. Continue reading
Baseball bats and the wired library: a cautionary tale
The Chronicle of Higher Education – April 29, 2012 Continue reading
Wednesday, May 2, 10:00 am – 11:00 am; TECHB@R, Regenstein Library, Room 160
This hour-long workshop will cover the basic principles of graphic design and how to apply them in Microsoft Word and Apple Pages to make an eye-catching flyer for your next class or event. Continue reading
Tuesday, May 1, noon – 1:00 pm; TECHB@R, Regenstein Library, Room 160
This workshop will compare how EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero – three of the most popular citation managers – allow you to save, share, and cite information. Continue reading
University of Chicago users now have access to Pratt’s Financial Services Law Library, which includes several leading treatises on banking law, along with relevant case law and federal and state statutes and regulations. The database consists of libraries on three major topics of … Continue reading
Faculty, students and research staff are invited join me and the Royal Society of Chemistry this Thursday, April 26 for a Library hosted RSC Roadshow event. Join us at the John Crerar Library for one or more events listed below. No need … Continue reading
Vedana Vaidhyanathan is our new Informatics Librarian. Below is her take on why informatics is relevant to the physical sciences: Informatics is the study and application of information technology to the arts, science and professions, and the study of its … Continue reading
Lens offers a Google-like search of the library catalog and results are ranked by relevance. Hence it is often an easier way to search the Library’s holdings than using the catalog interface. Lens also offers features that the library catalog … Continue reading
The Crerar Library is checking out AV equipment at our circulation desk for use in Crerar’s study rooms. The equipment is available on reserve for faculty, students, and staff with current borrowing privileges. If you are giving a presentation and … Continue reading
Two free seminars on using MATLAB, a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numerical computation, will take place on Thursday, May 3, 2012 in the Kathleen A. Zar Room in the John Crerar Library. Join MathWorks engineers as they … Continue reading
Chicago JazzScout Report – April 20, 2012
