Emergent Research: Women's Incarceration

Carol Jacobsen will speak about "Women's Incarceration: Research and Creative Resistance." She will discuss her research, teaching and advocacy methods in connection with efforts to free incarcerated women who were wrongly convicted for killing abusers in self-defense as well as efforts for human rights for all women in prison.

Jacobsen is an artist/filmmaker and professor in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, Women's Studies and Human Rights at U-M. She serves as Director of the Michigan Women's Justice & Clemency Project.

Open to the public; light refreshments.

Sponsored by the University Library. On the 4th Monday of each month, from 10:00-11:30am in the Hatcher Gallery, programs are presented that address the research lifecycle. These events work to provide a better understanding of the various types of research undertaken across campus, particularly as they relate to library services and support, opportunities for collaboration, data management and preservation, and beyond.

Hatcher Graduate Library
Gallery
March 25, 2013 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Building:
Hatcher North
Room Number:
Room 100
Gallery
Series:
U-M Emergent Research Conversations

World Cafe - Wednesday, March 20, 6-7 PM

RSVP at umworldcafe.eventbrite.com

Workshops on Data Visualization, GIS

The Clark Library is offering workshops on data visualization with R or Cytoscape and mapping with GIS software this term.

The Clark Library is a new library combining the Map Collection, the Government Information Collection, and Spatial and Numeric Data Services (SAND, including SAND North).

Find and register for a workshop at http://www.lib.umich.edu/clark-library/services/classes-workshops.

These workshops are free and open to anyone on campus. As always, consultations on finding data and using software are available, including topics not covered in workshops this term, such as finding and using Census data, and more advanced features of ArcGIS. See http://lib.umich.edu/clark-library for more information or email clarklibrary@umich.edu to make an appointment!

Workshop titles for winter 2013:

Data Visualization Strategies with R
Mapping Strategies for Complex Data
Intro to GIS
Cytoscape for Network Analysis and Visualization

Global Information Week 2013

tinyurl.com/global-info-week 

Global Information Week provides events and a venue for students to reflect on globalization and its effect on their lives. The University Library is not only a place for research, but also a vibrant social center, particularly for undergraduates, where connections and contacts are made. Whether it be through student panels, information workshops or international music performances, Global Information Week offers students a chance to connect with the world. This year's GIW is sponsored by MLibrary and the Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS).

Finding Funding for Race-Related Research and Projects

A University Library Workshop in Conjunction with the Theme Semester on Race

Does your research and/or programmatic efforts involve aspects of race? Do you need to find funding to help support these efforts? There is so much information on the Web, and it is time-consuming to plow through endless government and foundation websites. Even experienced researchers are having a hard time finding funding as federal sources of funding have become much more competitive.

Join librarians as we share strategies for finding funding, and demonstrate several campus-wide subscription-based funding databases with themes of race woven throughout the class. You will have time to look for your own funders using these resources. We will show you how to develop the best search strategies, and how to sign up for email alerts for future funding that fit your needs.

Please sign up for just one of the following workshops (they are identical):

March
Wednesday, March 13, 12noon-1:30pm, University Library Instruction Center (Room 4059 Shapiro Library, 4th floor)

April
Wednesday, April 3, 4-5:30pm, University Library Instruction Center (Room 4059 Shapiro Library, 4th floor)

To register, please point your browser to: http://teachtech.umich.edu

New Materials in the Materials Collection

Want some visual and tactile inspiration? Check out the new shipment of materials in the Materials Collection. The collection of over 200 samples of advanced, innovative and sustainable materials is housed in the Imageworks Library and is available for in-house use to any university faculty, staff, or student. The samples are provided by Material ConneXion, and are a subset of the more than 6,500 samples available on their online database.