George Mason University Libraries and Office of the Provost present
FACULTY FORUM
to discuss the creation of a fund to support
Mason Faculty publishing in Open Access Journals
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 1:30-3:00 pm, Johnson Center 327 (Fairfax Campus). Videoconferences: Founders Hall 119B (Arlington Campus) and Bull Run 254 (Prince William Campus). Participants at these locations will be able to ask questions. For more information, contact Claudia Holland at 3-2544 or chollan3@gmu.edu.
University Libraries is celebrating Preservation Awareness Week by hosting a presentation on How to Preserve Your Personal Collections. This event will be conducted Wednesday, April 25 at 1:00 pm in 228 Johnson Center (Library Instruction Room).
Brian Baird, Vice President of Library Services at the Bridgeport National Bindery, will give an informative talk lasting about one hour to be followed by an “Antiques Roadshow” type event to which the attendees can bring one or two items about which they would like treatment evaluation or storage information. For more information and to RSVP, please click here.
On Thursday, April 12, George Mason University Libraries is partnering with the University of Virginia Library’s Scientific Data Consulting Group in hosting Data Management Day.
Data Management Day is a means to discuss research data issues and institutional initiatives aimed at addressing these issues. The day’s events will increase awareness of data management issues and serve as a forum to discuss solutions and best practices for data management across the entire research life cycle.
To foster broader information sharing and collaboration among institutions, George Mason University Libraries fully supports Data Management Day. One of the first presenters is Wendy Mann, George Mason University Libraries’ Head of Data Services. George Mason University students, faculty and staff can participate via a video teleconferencing broadcast. To see the full schedule of events and to stream the events, visit http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/data/DM_Day.html.
To learn more about the University Libraries Data Services, contact Wendy Mann at 993-5272 or visit http://dataservices.gmu.edu/
Students, faculty, and staff can now reserve group study rooms online through the Mason Libraries website. Due to increasing demand for library study rooms, Mason Libraries has implemented the new system designed to make all library study rooms available to as many students as possible. Rooms may be reserved for use up to 4 hours per day, once a day. Advance reservation lead times vary slightly. Group study rooms in Fenwick, Johnson Center and Arlington Campus Libraries can be booked up to 14 days in advance; Mercer Library (Prince William Campus) study rooms can be booked up to 7 days ahead. For more information or to reserve a group study room, please visit library.gmu.ed/studyrooms.