Archive for January, 2013
Collaborating with Strangers on Sustainability Projects at UF Workshop
WHEN: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 1:00-3:00 p.m. WHERE: Smathers Library (East), Room1A WHO: Open to all UF students, post-docs, faculty & administrators Refreshments will be served. To register go to http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/Registration/ and click on Schedule then Collaborating with Strangers and Register. Space is limited. Collaborating with Strangers website: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/communications/colab/home.html Hey Stranger, Looking for a way [...]
Read More..>>The Future of Collections
Join the University of Florida, Southern University, the Alachua County Library District and others as we talk about the Future of Collections. Hear from Suzan Alteri, Laurie Gemmill Arp, Sylvia Ashwell, Andrew Coulon, Matthew Moyer, John Nemmers, Bobby Powell and Angela Proctor discuss topics including digitization, outreach and digital collections, music collections and their future, [...]
Read More..>>George A. Smathers Libraries celebrate Florida’s Quincentennial with exhibit
January 24-March 15, 2013 Smathers Library (East) Gallery, 2nd floor The expeditions of Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and 1521 opened Spanish exploration of what became the southeastern United States and started efforts to bring Florida into Spain’s colonial empire. As counties and cities all over the state of Florida commemorate the first voyage [...]
Read More..>>Maimonides: Faith, Doubts and Secrets
February 11, 2013 7:30-9:00 p.m. Smathers Library, Room 1A Professor Kenneth Seeskin (Northwestern University): “Is Judaism Really Monotheistic? A Maimonidean Inquiry.” A lecture sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica. February 12, 2013 2:00-4:00 p.m. History Department Conference Room, 005 Keene-Flint Hall Maimonides: Faith, Doubts and [...]
Read More..>>Authors@UF: Paul Ortiz
Race Relations in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 Presented by Paul Ortiz, UF Associate Professor of History and Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:00 p.m. Smathers Library (East), Room 1A Paul Ortiz, PhD, author of Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and [...]
Read More..>>Getting the Most out of Google Workshop
Learn tips and tricks in Google to do better information searches. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 10:40-11:30 a.m. (Class Period 4) OR Tuesday, February 5, 12:50-1:40 pm. (Class Period 6) Both sessions will be held in Library West, Room 211 To register e-mail David Schwieder at dschwieder@uflib.ufl.edu Walk-ins also welcome
Read More..>>RefWorks 2.0 and EndNote Web Workshops
Register for all workshops at http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/Registration/ Walk-ins also welcome RefWorks 2.0 Getting ready to work on a literature review, thesis, dissertation or paper? RefWorks 2.0 will help you organize and manage all the books and journal articles for your research. The session includes the basics and more advanced features. Library West, room 211 Thursday, February [...]
Read More..>>BrowZine trial for browsing journals on your iPad
The University of Florida Libraries are sponsoring a trial through Jan 31 of BrowZine – the new iPad Application for Libraries that lets you browse, read and monitor scholarly journals right on your iPad! To get started, just search for “BrowZine” on your iPad to download the app for free and then select University of [...]
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