Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Instructors - Contribute to a streaming video focus group Tues 9/3/2019 or Weds 9/4/2019


Have you ever wanted  to let the University Libraries know what, as an instructor, you really want and need to incorporate streaming video into your courses?  Here is your chance! We are asking instructors who use the library streaming video services to participate in a focus group to give us your feedback. While participation is completely voluntary, responses will greatly help us help you.  Everyone participating in these focus group will receive a $10 Barnes & Noble gift card. 

The data shared from these focus groups will be in aggregate and anonymous form.  Individual responses with identities will only be viewed by the investigators and focus group facilitator on this research and all potential identifiers will not be associated with results.  Data will be stored securely in Box. Benefits include the improvement of UNCG university services and resources available to instructors and students using streaming video through the UNCG Libraries, as well as improved outreach and marketing of streaming video resources.  

Please fill out this form http://go.uncg.edu/fgfaculty  to sign up to join a focus group. You will receive a follow up email to let you know if you were selected (first come, in terms of space on the focus group) and confirm the date and time. Dates for the focus groups are:

Tuesday September 3rd from 12-1:15 (lunch provided
Wednesday September 4th from 2-3:15 (snacks provided)

Making memes - fair use, visual literacy, and more

Uplifting Memes, a grant funded program, will feature workshops, guest speakers, and a contest. 

Workshops will include
  • Thursday, September 19 - Let's get ethical: Copyright, Fair use, and Attribution for memes
  • Wednesday, October 23 - Finding meme-spiration with public domain & creative commons media
  • Tuesday, November 19 - Making memes: Graphic design, visual rhetoric, digital communication



Check the website for more details - https://sites.google.com/uncg.edu/upliftingmemes/home

Friday, August 2, 2019

PubMed Labs, test site for new features in our favorite NLM database, now has links to UNCG full text!

PubMed Labs is an experimental website for testing new features for PubMed. (see the help page for more info)

Now you get can get from PubMed Lab results to UNCG full text and Interlibrary Loan!

To do this,

1. Enter PubMed Labs from this link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pubmed?otool=uncglib


2. When you see a result that you like, click the title to see more information




3. The UNCG logo in the upper right will search UNCG Library subscriptions for article matches.

 


4. The next page will list online full text options for the article

 

If no matching articles are found, the bottom of the page will have an Interlibrary Loan button

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Digital Bootcamp for Graduate Students and Faculty

Digital Bootcamp Series - Improve your digital profile and skills! Sign up form in the link. 
  • August 15 - “Share your Scholarship, Raise your Scholarly Profile,” learn how to manage citations, your research identity, and open access scholarship.
  • August 19 - “Technology and Tools,” discuss data visualization, multimedia, making, and more!  
  • October 14 - Digital Methodologies hackathon/unconference. 
The workshops are co-sponsored by the Graduate School, the University Libraries, and the Digital ACT Studio. They will be held in Jackson Library. If you cannot get to campus, there is also a virtual attendance option for all workshops.  

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Library orientation webinars in August and September

Would  you like to learn about the UNCG Libraries? 

If so, please sign up for one of these 30 minute webinars -


If you participate and fill out the evaluation, you could win a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble.

Cancelled - Wiley Researcher Academy

Due to low use and high cost we have cancelled our subscription to Wiley Researcher Academy