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STATISTA: The Statistical Portal available to faculty, students and staff
The George A. Smathers Libraries are now subscribers to Statista.com, the first statistics portal in the world to integrate data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data [...]
Read More..>>Libraries and Librarians Featured in Research Computing Videos
Three new videos for Research Computing at the University of Florida feature librarians and the libraries. See the videos here (bottom 3 bullets): http://www.hpc.ufl.edu/about/videos/ YouTube Links: Dr. Laurie Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian, on Research Computing for the Humanities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Af43ySg68) Dr. Leah Rosenberg on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and Research Computing (Margarita Vargas-Bettancourt, [...]
Read More..>>Library orientations
Register here for all workshops: http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/Registration Are you starting an undergraduate research project? Are you writing your senior thesis? If so, join your librarians for sessions on how to get started with library research. This summer we will be offering Library Orientations for undergraduate researchers as well as RefWorks Workshops to help you organize your [...]
Read More..>>Asian American Pacific Islander Month Film Showing
To commemorate Asian American Pacific Islander Month, the Libraries will host a film showing of Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American feature films (2007) WHEN: Thursday, May 23, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m . WHERE: Marston Science Library, Room L107 Light refreshments will be served. Bring your lunch if you would like. Dr. Scott Nygren, [...]
Read More..>>Digital Humanities Day is April 25
Registration for Digital Humanities Day 2013 is open at: http://interface.at.ufl.edu UF’s 2nd Annual Digital Humanities Day (part of Interface 2013) Thursday April 25th, 2013 (reading day) 8:15am to 4:30pm, Smathers Library (East), Room 1A, or online *breakfast, lunch, and coffee/snacks to be provided The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere and George A. [...]
Read More..>>Reading of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Tuesday outside Library West
The George A. Smathers Libraries will join the 50th anniversary celebration of the day that Martin Luther King, Jr. began writing his Letter from Birmingham Jail. A reading of the Letter will begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, in front of Library West. The libraries will join participants from various locations around the globe [...]
Read More..>>Collaborating with Strangers on Sex and Gender Differences in Health
WHEN: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 3:00-5:00 p.m. WHERE: McKnight Brain Institute, Room LG-110A/B WHO: Open to all UF faculty, administrators, staff, post-docs, grad and undergrad students 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 [...]
Read More..>>A Voyage to Health traveling exhibit at Health Science Center Library
The Health Science Center Library (HSCL) is hosting “A Voyage to Health,” a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine about the revival of Native Hawaiian traditions. Accompanying the exhibit will be a speaker and film series featuring presentations by faculty from the University of Florida and beyond. Members of the UF community and [...]
Read More..>>Treasures of the Parker Library
A talk by Melvin Jefferson (Cambridge, UK) Thursday, April 18, 2013, 6-7 pm Smathers Library (East), Room 1A The Parker Library houses one of the most valuable Anglo-Saxon manuscript collections in the world, including the earliest copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (from c.850) and key Middle English texts such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde. [...]
Read More..>>A Handful of Leaves: Immigrant Stories
A Handful Of Leaves: Immigrant Stories is a devised theater piece, directed by Kevin Marshall, based on selections from the holdings of the Price Library of Judaica at the George A. Smathers Libraries. The production focuses on the incredible stories of Dr. Emanuel Merdinger and Leah Stupniker, and will explore moments in the lives of [...]
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