Workshops & Events

Introduction to Zotero: online workshop

Posted on May 17, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: Wednesday, May 22, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Online Session
Description:
This live, online webinar will show you how to get started using the citation management tool, Zotero. With a single click, Zotero allows you to save citations and create bibliographies in standard citation styles, including APA, Chicago, & MLA. This webinar will introduce you to the key functions of Zotero, such as installing and configuring Zotero, adding citations to your Zotero library, and using Zotero with Microsoft Word to insert citations into your documents.

***Please note: THIS SESSION WILL BE PRESENTED ONLINE using Adobe Connect, a virtual meeting platform. Complete instructions on how to participate will be emailed within 24 hours of the webinar. All email correspondence will be sent to your uchicago email address.

Capacity is limited and registration is required. Click the website link below to register.
Register:  Website
Contact: Joseph Regenstein Library
773-702-4685
Calendars: Library, Training, Workshops
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device

Developing Assignments that Use the Library: workshop

Posted on May 16, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: Wednesday, May 22, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Where: Gates-Blake 133, CTL Conference Room
5845 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL
Description: This course is designed for faculty, instructors, and graduate students interested in teaching.

Have you found that your students aren’t using the academic sources you expect for their assignments? Do your students seem to lack basic library research skills? In this program, University of Chicago librarians will highlight ways you can integrate library research instruction into your courses to promote the acquisition of the skills necessary to complete research assignments. We’ll demonstrate ready-to-go online tools that can be integrated into your Chalk site, and discuss the different types of in-class instruction the Library can provide. At the end of the session, we’ll work together to create some sample assignments designed to help students learn how to use the Library’s collections and online resources.

Presenters:

Julia Gardner, Head of Reader Services, The Special Collections Research Center

Rebecca Starkey, Librarian for College Instruction and Outreach, Regenstein Library

Debra Werner, Librarian for Science Instruction and Outreach, Crerar Library

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION: Center for Teaching and Learning, Gates-Blake 133

Registration is recommended. To register, please select the website below.
Register:  Website
Contact: Rebecca Starkey
Calendars: Library, Seminars, Staff, Training, Workshops
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device

EndNote, EndNote Web, or Zotero? Selecting the Best Citation Manager: online workshop

Posted on May 15, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: Monday, May 20, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Online Session
Description:
Citation managers are powerful, time-saving tools that help you manage your research. This live, online webinar will compare EndNote, EndNote Web, and Zotero by demonstrating how to save, share, and cite information. In order to provide a side-by-side comparison of tools, the format of this workshop is demonstration rather than hands-on training.

***Please note: THIS SESSION WILL BE PRESENTED ONLINE using Adobe Connect, a virtual meeting platform. Complete instructions on how to participate will be emailed within 24 hours of the webinar. All email correspondence will be sent to your uchicago email address.

Capacity is limited and registration is required. See the website link below to register.
Register:  Website
Contact: Joseph Regenstein Library
773-702-4685
Calendars: Library, Training, Workshops
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device

Endnote Workshop, Wednesday May 15th, 12-1pm

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Jennifer Hart at Crerar Science

EndNoteX6Location: Crerar Library Computer Classroom.

Learn how to use the bibliographic software EndNote.  Topics covered include creating and managing libraries, importing references from online databases, importing and managing PDFs and creating formatted bibliographies and citations in Microsoft Word. Registration is required.  Register here.

Introduction to Zotero: workshop

Posted on May 10, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: Friday, May 17, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Where: TECHB@R
Regenstein Library, Room 160
Description:
Zotero is a free citation manager that allows you to save citation information while searching and browsing the Web. With a single click, Zotero saves citations and enables you to create customized bibliographies in standard citation styles, including MLA, Chicago and APA. This workshop will introduce some of the key functions of Zotero such as: installing Zotero, adding citations to your Zotero library, organizing and managing your citations, creating a bibliography, and using the Microsoft Word plug-in to easily insert citations from Zotero into your documents. 

To register, click on “Website” below.
Register:  Website
Contact: IT Services TechB@R
Calendars: Library, Training, Workshops
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device

Library book sale, May 13 – May 17 and May 20

Posted on May 6, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: May 13 – May 17 and May 20
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Where: Regenstein Library, Room A-10 (via 1st Floor lobby)
1100 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637
Description:
The Library is holding a sale of more than 6,000 duplicate and discarded volumes in Regenstein Library, Room A10, accessible via the staircase in the entryway of Regenstein beginning Monday May 13. These include hardbacks, trade and scholarly paperbacks, multi-volume sets, maps and miscellaneous material.
 
Prices start at $20/Hardbacks, $10/paperbacks/CDs, and $5/miscellaneous materials. Prices will be reduced each successive day with all remaining items free on the final day, Monday March 20. There are no Saturday or Sunday hours.

Monday, 5/13 
Hardbacks/$20 Paperbacks/CDs/$10
Miscellaneous Materials/$5

Tuesday, 5/14 
Hardbacks/$10 Paperbacks/CDs/$5
Miscellaneous Materials/$3

Wednesday, 5/15 
Hardbacks/$5 Paperbacks/CDs/$3
Miscellaneous Materials/$1

Thursday, 5/16 
Hardbacks/$3 Paperbacks/CDs/$1
Miscellaneous Materials/$.50

Friday, 5/17 
Hardbacks/$1 Paperbacks/CDs/$.50
Miscellaneous Materials/$.25

Monday 5/20
FREE!
   
Contact: Scott Perry
Calendars: Library, Non-University Events, Sales, Staff
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device

Exhibition tour of ‘The Seminary Co-op Documentary Project’

Posted on May 3, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library

When:

 Thursday, May 9, 2013 – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Regenstein Library, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL
Description:
Seminary Co-op wooden staircase

The wooden staircase that led you in and out of the sub-basement, which was added to the bookstore in the mid 70’s. Photograph: Jasmine Kwong.

Take a tour of the exhibition The Seminary Co-op Documentary Project: Capturing the Bookstore’s Distinctive Character and History with curators Jasmine Kwong, AB’06 and and Megan E. Doherty, AM’05, PhD’10. 

Celebrating over 50 years at the center of the University of Chicago’s and Hyde Park’s intellectual and cultural life, the renowned Seminary Co-op Bookstore has moved up from its legendary basement location and into a newly transformed space designed by Chicago Architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry. The exhibition presents documentation of the Co-op’s history through a selection of photography, interviews, artifacts and memorabilia.

This tour is free and open to the University of Chicago community and the public. Registration is required.
Register:

http://rooms.lib.uchicago.edu/events
 Contact: Joseph Regenstein Library
773-702-4685

 

 

 

 

Censorship and Omnicensorship: Controlling the Text in Russia – Library Society lecture

Posted on May 2, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library

When:

 Wednesday, May 8, 2013 – 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
Where: Regenstein Library, The Special Collections Research Center
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL
Description:
Library Society Lecture – Censorship and Omnicensorship: Controlling the Text in Russia
By Marianna Tax Choldin, Lab’59, AB’62, AM’67, PhD’79
Mortenson Distinguished Professor Emerita for International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marianna Tax Choldin

Marianna Tax Choldin

Government control of expression has always been strong in the Russian empire and the Soviet Union, reaching new highs (or lows) during the Soviet period. In the last years of the Soviet Union and the first years of post-Soviet Russia, censorship seemed to disappear, but now there is no doubt that it is on the rise again. Professor Choldin has spent nearly 40 years studying censorship in the Russian empire and the Soviet Union. She will describe the themes and techniques of imperial and Soviet censorship, illustrating their similarities and differences, and will share with us some of her adventures while conducting her research.

5:00 pm Exhibition Tour (Recipes for Domesticity: Cookery, Household Management, and the Notion of Expertise)
5:45 pm Lecture
6:45 pm Reception
7:30 pm Dinner, by reservation only

Please RSVP no later than Thursday, May 2, 2013
Free valet parking will be available in front of Regenstein Library from 4:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

For further details or assistance, please call
Barbara Palmer-Bostick at 773.702.7695
  Website
Contact: Library Society
773-702-7695

Introduction to EndNote Web: workshop

Posted on April 16, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: Thursday, April 25, noon – 1:00 pm
Wednesday, May 15, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Where: TECHB@R
Regenstein Library, Room 160
Description:
EndNote Web is a citation management tool available through the Library that helps you collect, organize, and share citations from library databases and catalogs. EndNote Web also helps you format your papers, creating bibliographies and footnotes in a wide variety citation styles (Chicago, MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). To register, click on the website below.
Register:  Website
Contact: Joseph Regenstein Library
773-702-4685
Calendars: Library, Staff, Training, Workshops
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device

EndNote, EndNote Web, or Zotero? Selecting the Best Citation Manager: workshop

Posted on April 16, 2013 by The University of Chicago Library
When: Tuesday, April 23, noon – 1:00 pm
Monday, May 13, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Where: TECHB@R
Regenstein Library, Room 160
Description:
Citation managers are powerful, time-saving tools that help you manage your research. This workshop will compare EndNote and Zotero by demonstrating how to save, share, and cite information. In order to provide a side-by-side comparison of tools, the format of this workshop is demonstration rather than hands-on training. Register by clicking on “Website” below.
Register:  Website
Contact: Joseph Regenstein Library
773-702-4685
Calendars: Library, Staff, Training, Workshops
 
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. Information on Assistive Listening Device