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University of Michigan Associate Librarian to Lead U. of I. Libraries

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Beth Wohlgemuth

CHAMPAIGN,Ill. — John P. Wilkin has been named university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, effective Aug. 16, pending approval by the U. of I. Board of Trustees at its July 24 meeting in … Continue reading →

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Upcoming PBS Screening of “There Once was an Island”.

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Beth Wohlgemuth

There Once was an Island airs across America on Tuesday the 11th of June on the PBS World Channel. This documentary addresses the issue of climate change through the eyes of a small community with a tiny carbon footprint, living … Continue reading →

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The Global Plants Initiative and JSTOR release online database for the study of plants

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Beth Wohlgemuth

New York, NY – May 7, 2013 The Global Plants Initiative (GPI), a collaboration of more than 270 herbaria in 70 countries, and JSTOR released “Global Plants,” a new community-contributed online database for scientific researchers, conservationists and others engaged in … Continue reading →

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SLAMMER: Seismic LAndslide Movement Modeled using Earthquake Records

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Anne Huber

The USGS recently released a new computer program to model seismic landslide movement called SLAMMER. This program is designed to facilitate conducting sliding-block analysis (also called permanent-deformation analysis) of slopes in order to estimate slope behavior during earthquakes. The program … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Box

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Anne Huber

Box is the University of Illinois’ cloud service storage solution. Brian Mertz from CITIES will give a presentation on using the U of I Box and answer all your questions. He will give hands on help for setting up accounts, mobile … Continue reading →

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Research Rights and Poster Tips Presentations for Institute Staff

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Susan Braxton

Please join us for two upcoming sessions brought to you by the Prairie Research Institute Library and the University Library’s Scholarly Commons. Your Research Rights: Ownership Awareness to Maximize the Impact Presented by Sarah Shreeves, Scholarly Commons Coordinator, University Library … Continue reading →

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Governing, March 2013 issue

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Susan Braxton

The March 2013 issue of Governing is now available. Articles that may be of interest to Institute staff include City of Indianapolis’ green fleet, urban park funding models, and shift in transportation funding and management from the federal government to … Continue reading →

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Primo: our new web scale discovery tool

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Susan Braxton

Primo, the University Library’s new “web scale discovery” tool is now live in beta mode on the University Library gateway.  Web scale discovery services are “capable of searching quickly and seamlessly across a vast range of local and remote preharvested … Continue reading →

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17th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Susan Braxton

The 17th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference will be June 18-20 in Bethesda, MD.  This year’s theme: green chemistry and engineering advancements to meet the challenges of the 21st century and design for a sustainable future. Registration is open, … Continue reading →

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Know your rights when you publish

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Susan Braxton

Learn more about scholarly communication and your author rights from the University Library’s Scholarly Commons. Scholarly Commons authors’ guide to scholarly communications The Savvy Researcher instruction session, “Your research rights: Ownership awareness to maximize the impact” will be offered twice … Continue reading →

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