First Fridays Program: Twick or Tweet? Social Media's Place in Scholarship

Friday: October 2, 2009 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

408 Gumberg Library

Presenters: Robert Behary, MLS, MBA, Systems Librarian and Julie Motyka, MLS, Reference Librarian

Abstract:
In this presentation, the impact of social media on academe will be explored. The presenters will describe ways in which scholars could use popular, freely available tools to join and create online communities and also provide examples of ways in which such communities can be used to provide opportunities for collaboration and continuing education. Additionally, the presenters will describe the increasing importance of social media tools in scholarship, particularly in terms of tracking trends in various fields of research and study, as well as in widening the scope of academic research and placing it into a global context. This will be a 90-minute presentation geared toward an audience of faculty and graduate students.

Objectives:
Participants will learn strategies for discovering other scholars with similar interests on social media sites.
Participants will learn how to raise their own visibility using social networking.
Participants will learn how to use microblogging to follow a scholarly conference
Participants will learn how social media is being incorporated into scholarly processes (including faculty promotion decisions)

Service Interruption: Google Scholar Link to findit @ Gumberg

The link from Google Scholar to the Gumberg Library electronic journals is not working consistently. Please check the library's electronic databases for full-text access to articles until reliable access is restored.

Gumberg Library Presents: Back to Basics Series

Need a quick introduction or a refresher on using Gumberg Library’s resources? Get some expert assistance! Drop in to any of these hands-on sessions in September.

RSVPs to Lisa Sciulli sciullie@duq.edu appreciated but not required. For a full listing of programs visit www.duq.edu/library and click Library Presentations.

Location: 408 Gumberg Library

DuCat: Start your research with DuCat, Gumberg Library’s online source for books, DVDs, scores, journals, and more.
Wednesday September 16, 5:00-5:45
Monday September 28, 4:15 to 5:00

Google Scholar: Use Google for serious research. Learn how to search efficiently and link to Gumberg Library’s full text resources.
Friday October 16, 11:00-noon

RefWorks: Keep track of your research and create bibliographies with RefWorks, an online bibliographic management tool that is FREE to all Duquesne users.
Thursday September 10, 2:15-3:00
Monday September 14, 4:15-5:15

RefWorks for Thesis and Dissertation Writers: Learn how to add in-text citations, and footnotes and how to format a paper and bibliography from within RefWorks.
Thursday Sept. 17, 2:15-3:00

OTDBASE Access Restored

Access to OTDBASE has been restored. If you encounter any difficulties, please contact the Gumberg Library Reference Department at 412.396.6133 or Ask a Librarian (http://vrlplus.cb.docutek.com/duquesne/vrl_entry.asp).

Writing Center @ Gumberg Library

The Writing Center will offer evening and walk-in hours at the Gumberg Library.

The Fall 2009 schedule is:

Gumberg Library Satellite (Popular Reading Rm, 4th floor)
Tuesday 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

The Writing Center’s telephone number at the main location is 412-396-5209.

Consultants work with writing from all disciplines and all stages of the writing process, from outlines and notes to completed drafts and revisions. The Writing Cetner has consultants who specialize in working with business writing, science writing, and ESL writing.

Access Interruption to OTDBASE

OTDBASE is experiencing intermittent interruptions in service. The publisher is working to fix the problem but predicts full resolution could take more than one week.

If you need to do occupational therapy research during an OTDBASE service interrruption, we suggest using CINAHL, Google Scholar, or Scopus. If you need help searching these databases, please contact the Gumberg Library Reference Department at 412.396.6133 or Ask a Librarian (http://vrlplus.cb.docutek.com/duquesne/vrl_entry.asp).

ERes and DuCat Maintenance, September 7 & 8

Maintenance on ERes and DuCat on September 7th and 8th may result in brief outages (5-15 minutes) for each service as follows:

DuCat: 9-7-2009 10 a.m. to 11 a.m
ERes: 9-8-2009 10 a.m. to 11 a.m