http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news University of Florida Libraries Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:16:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever wanted to write a novel? November is the perfect chance to do it, as people world-wide participate in National Novel Writing Month – aka NaNoWriMo — (http://www.nanowrimo.org). Come to the Library West third floor InfoCommons on Tuesday, November 17 from 5:00 p.m. –10 :00 p.m.  You will ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/11/05/national-novel-writing-month-nanowrimo-write-in-at-library-west/ NSF Fellowship Funds are $30,000 per year for three years. This free workshop explains application requirements, options and methods; provides strategies and tips from a winning applicant's viewpoint; and strategies, tips and errors from a reviewer's viewpoint. WHEN: October 12, 2009, 4-5 p.m. WHERE: Marston Science Library, Room 107 WHO: Seniors and first ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/10/01/how-to-apply-for-november-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-funds-3-year-awards/ The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida will host a tour of the Architecture Archives on Saturday, October 10, 2009. The tour is part of a "North America Tour Day" organized by DOCOMOMO US, an organization that promotes the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/29/architecture-archives-uf-tour-saturday-october-10/ Greater Reach for Gator Research The George A. Smathers Libraries are planning a week of activities in support of Open Access. What is Open Access? Open Access (OA) is free, permanent web-based access to scholarly articles for everyone. For further information see www.uflib.ufl.edu/oa All programs are free and open to the public. ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/25/open-access-week-october-19-23-2009/ Thursday, October 8, 2009, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Smathers Library, Room 1A Robert H. Hughes, author of Ahorca Lagarto: An historical novel about life and love in Panama during the construction of the Panama Railroad, 1851-1856, and the events that unfolded on the banks of the Chagres River in a tiny town called Hang ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/22/book-talk-signing/ The George A. Smathers Libraries is accepting entries for a Thanksgiving greeting card that will be sent to library friends and donors. All UF students are eligible to enter. The prize for the winning entry is $100. The design must relate to libraries. Entry deadline: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/21/design-a-card-contest/ Members of the UF student group, Florida Free Culture, will hold a free workshop to show you how to use Open Source software programs (Audacity, Blender, Inkscape & The Gimp) to “remix” images, music, and videos licensed under Creative Commons to create new content. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/16/florida-free-culture-%e2%80%9cmind-mashup%e2%80%9d-workshop/ The George A. Smathers Libraries will host the Digital Literacy Contest, a competition that tests Internet literacy and cognitive agility, on Thursday, October 8 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Library West InfoCommons on the third floor. The contest is free and open to all students. Contestants will be given 30 ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/14/internet-search-competition-at-uf-libraries/ Banned and Challenged Children's Books, 1990-2008 September 16 - November 4, 2009 Smathers Library second floor gallery Open Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Presented by Rita Smith, curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/10/banned-and-challenged-childrens-books-exhibit/ Conversations in Children's Literature September 15, 7pm at Goering's Book Store, 1717 NW First Avenue “A Boy’s Book of the Scrub: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and the Writing of The Yearling,” Florence M. Turcotte, Literary Manuscripts Archivist, UF Special Collections American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moved from New York to the tiny hamlet of Cross Creek, ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/news/2009/09/10/conversations-in-children%e2%80%99s-literature-a-boy%e2%80%99s-book-of-the-scrub-marjorie-kinnan-rawlings-and-the-writing-of-the-yearling/