Think. Learn. Celebrate! GIS Day 2009
GIS DAY OPEN HOUSE | Fenwick Library, Floor 1, Wing C
1:00 am – 3:00 pm | November 18, 2009
November 18th, 2009
Posts filed under 'Presentations'
Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President
George Mason University Libraries cordially invite you to attend a discussion on Abraham Lincoln by Susan Swain, broadcaster, and Richard Norton Smith, historian, on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 3:00 pm in the Johnson Center Cinema. This event is sponsored by the Libraries as part of the Fall for the Book festival.
September 11th, 2009
Library Workshops: March 16 – 20
Tempus fugit! Learn about library research and resources..we’re at your fingertips.
Arlington Campus Library
- Research Strategies for ICAR Grad Students: general overview on how to navigate the library to find pertinent information in their field of study. Identify and locate print and electronic resources specifically for conflict resolution and analysis research, and develop search strategies using relevant databases. March 18, 2009 / 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM / Arlington Original 101-K / Register here
- Research Strategies for Public Policy Grad Students: general overview on how to navigate the library to find pertinent information in their field of study. Identify and locate print and electronic resources specifically for conflict resolution and analysis research, and develop search strategies using relevant databases. March 19, 2009 / 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM / Arlington Original 101-K / Register here
- Zotero 101: Zotero is a Firefox browser based utility that makes capturing bibliographic content from around the Web a snap! Learn how to install and manipulate your own Zotero library. March 20, 2009 / 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM / Arlington Original 101-K or 242 / Register here
Fenwick Library
- CiteSeeing@Fenwick: in less than an hour, you will learn how to: develop basic research strategies; use online catalogs & databases; idenfity scholarly or popular resources; cite it right…and more! Dates & times: March 16, 2009 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM, or 3:30 PM to 4:20 PM / March 17, 2009 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM, or 3:30 PM to 4:20 PM / March 18, 2009 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM, or 3:30 PM to 4:20 PM / March 19, 2009 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM, or 3:30 PM to 4:20 PM. / Sessions start in Fenwick Library Lobby / Register here
- GIS@Fenwick: 90-minute workshop provides an overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and discusses the GIS services and resources that are available at Mason. Topics include: What is GIS? Why is GIS useful? Examples of GIS applications at Mason and government agencies; GIS data structure. Session includes a GIS demonstration and hands-on exercises using ArcView 9.0. Workshops are held in GIS Room, Fenwick Library, First Floor, Wing C / Dates & times: March 18, 2009 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM / March 20, 2009 10:30 AM – Noon / Register here
Johnson Center Library
- Introduction to Library Research: Not sure how to find and use library information resources? This class will acquaint you with the basic elements of the research process and introduce you to the George Mason University Libraries system. Johnson Center Library Room 228/ March 18, 2009 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM / Register here
March 16th, 2009
Libraries inaugurate new library.gmu.edu
Over winter break, Mason Libraries started to revamp the Libraries’ website, library.gmu.edu. Until the work is complete and to help with the transition to the new site, the original site is still available for the time being.
January 20th, 2009
Inauguration Watch
Stop in and watch history…television coverage of the Inauguration is being provided today in the Fenwick Library lobby as well as the Fenwick Library Conference Room until 2:00 pm.
January 20th, 2009
Going Global: Mason Librarians@IFLA
Three University Libraries library faculty members have a paper accepted for presentation at the International Federation of Library Associations’ Social Science Libraries Section Pre-Conference to be held at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, August 6-7.
In “Going Global: Facilitating Global Research and Education at GMU Libraries” LeRoy LaFleur (Head, Arlington Campus Library), Melissa Johnson (History/Public & International Affairs Liaison Librarian), and Beth Roszkowski (Public Policy & Management Studies Liaison Librarian), examine services and resources within the Mason Libraries and the larger Mason community that support the University’s international outreach and research efforts.
The paper reviews a number of University departments, centers and programs that promote global research and education with reference to library support for these types of initiatives. Additionally, the paper explores globalization trends and support in other university and library settings, and discusses the development of a research portal as a strategy for university/library collaboration. Lee and Beth will travel to Toronto to present.
June 2nd, 2008