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Panel discussion on open access publishing (3/31)

Join us for a panel discussion entitled “What is Open Access? Advance Your Career by Unlocking Your Work” from 4:00–5:30 p.m. on March 31. The event will be in the Memorial Union’s Pan-African Sankofa Room (room 213).   

Panelists include Austin Fox, Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering; Marit Bovbjerg, Faculty in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences; Rachel Kuintzle, Ph.D. student in the College of Science; and Michaela Willi Hooper, Scholarly Communication Librarian at OSU Libraries. Free beverages and pizza will be provided. 

Sponsored by Oregon State University Libraries and the Oregon State University Postdoctoral Association.

 

Open forums for librarian candidates

OSU Libraries and Press is hosting two candidates for the position of Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication. The person in this position will provide strategic vision and leadership for library engagement with the research and scholarly communication of the Libraries and Press.  

Rachel Vacek from the University of Houston will present at an open forum on Tuesday, March 29 in the Autzen Room (room 2082) on the Valley Library’s second floor, and Andrew Wesolek from Clemson University will present on Wednesday, April 6 in the Willamette Rooms (room 3622) on the Valley Library’s third floor. Both open forum presentations are at 9:45-11:00 a.m., and a reception will follow each forum. The presentations will be recorded and available for viewing.

Open forums for librarian candidates

OSU Libraries and Press is hosting two candidates for the position of Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication. The person in this position will provide strategic vision and leadership for library engagement with the research and scholarly communication of the Libraries and Press.  

Rachel Vacek from the University of Houston will present at an open forum on Tuesday, March 29 in the Autzen Room (room 2082) on the Valley Library’s second floor, and Andrew Wesolek from Clemson University will present on Wednesday, April 6 in the Willamette Rooms (room 3622) on the Valley Library’s third floor. Both open forum presentations are at 9:45-11:00 a.m., and a reception will follow each forum. The presentations will be recorded and available for viewing.

Grad student workshops: Intro to Data Management (4/5), Spreadsheet Best Practices (4/6), Qualtrics (4/7)

Grad students, get a jump-start on learning to manage the data associated with your research projects with Intro to Data Management on April 5. Then take your Excel skills to the next level with Spreadsheet Best Practices on April 6. If you’ve got survey research in your future, hone your survey development skill set by exploring the many and powerful features of Qualtrics (Intro and Advanced) on April 7. 

View all the offerings in the library’s spring workshop series at http://bit.ly/graduate-workshops. Registration is encouraged but not required. 

Questions? Contact Hannah.Rempel@oregonstate.edu.

Grad student workshops: Intro to Data Management (4/5), Spreadsheet Best Practices (4/6), Qualtrics (4/7)

Grad students, get a jump-start on learning to manage the data associated with your research projects with Intro to Data Management on April 5. Then take your Excel skills to the next level with Spreadsheet Best Practices on April 6. If you’ve got survey research in your future, hone your survey development skill set by exploring the many and powerful features of Qualtrics (Intro and Advanced) on April 7. 

View all the offerings in the library’s spring workshop series at http://bit.ly/graduate-workshops. Registration is encouraged but not required. 

Questions? Contact Hannah.Rempel@oregonstate.edu.

Read a good book during the break — and you could win more books

Read a book or two during spring break, and you could win a $100 gift certificate for more books with the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge. 

Here’s how the challenge goes:

1. Read a book, any book, just because you want to read it.

2. Share the book by any of these channels:

a. Post a picture or description to Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #BeaversRead, or

b. Post on the Valley Library Facebook page, or

c. Fill out a card at the Valley Library Info Desk. 

If you share what book you’ve read in any of the ways above, you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Grass Roots Books and Music (www.grassrootsbookstore.com). One OSU student and one OSU employee will win. The contest will run from March 13-27. Folks may post multiple times, but we will only count one entry per person.  

So for a chance to win in the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge, just relax and read a good book during spring break, and then tell us which book you’ve read.

Read a good book during the break — and you could win more books

Read a book or two during spring break, and you could win a $100 gift certificate for more books with the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge. 

Here’s how the challenge goes:

1. Read a book, any book, just because you want to read it.

2. Share the book by any of these channels:

a. Post a picture or description to Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #BeaversRead, or

b. Post on the Valley Library Facebook page, or

c. Fill out a card at the Valley Library Info Desk. 

If you share what book you’ve read in any of the ways above, you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Grass Roots Books and Music (www.grassrootsbookstore.com). One OSU student and one OSU employee will win. The contest will run from March 13-27. Folks may post multiple times, but we will only count one entry per person.  

So for a chance to win in the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge, just relax and read a good book during spring break, and then tell us which book you’ve read.

Read a good book during the break — and you could win more books

Read a book or two during spring break, and you could win a $100 gift certificate for more books with the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge. 

Here’s how the challenge goes:

1. Read a book, any book, just because you want to read it.

2. Share the book by any of these channels:

a. Post a picture or description to Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #BeaversRead, or

b. Post on the Valley Library Facebook page, or

c. Fill out a card at the Valley Library Info Desk. 

If you share what book you’ve read in any of the ways above, you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Grass Roots Books and Music (www.grassrootsbookstore.com). One OSU student and one OSU employee will win. The contest will run from March 13-27. Folks may post multiple times, but we will only count one entry per person.  

So for a chance to win in the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge, just relax and read a good book during spring break, and then tell us which book you’ve read.

Read a good book during the break — and you could win more books

Read a book or two during spring break, and you could win a $100 gift certificate for more books with the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge. 

Here’s how the challenge goes:

1. Read a book, any book, just because you want to read it.

2. Share the book by any of these channels:

a. Post a picture or description to Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #BeaversRead, or

b. Post on the Valley Library Facebook page, or

c. Fill out a card at the Valley Library Info Desk. 

If you share what book you’ve read in any of the ways above, you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Grass Roots Books and Music (www.grassrootsbookstore.com). One OSU student and one OSU employee will win. The contest will run from March 13-27. Folks may post multiple times, but we will only count one entry per person.  

So for a chance to win in the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge, just relax and read a good book during spring break, and then tell us which book you’ve read.

Read a good book during the break — and you could win more books

Read a book or two during spring break, and you could win a $100 gift certificate for more books with the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge. 

Here’s how the challenge goes:

1. Read a book, any book, just because you want to read it.

2. Share the book by any of these channels:

a. Post a picture or description to Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #BeaversRead, or

b. Post on the Valley Library Facebook page, or

c. Fill out a card at the Valley Library Info Desk. 

If you share what book you’ve read in any of the ways above, you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Grass Roots Books and Music (www.grassrootsbookstore.com). One OSU student and one OSU employee will win. The contest will run from March 13-27. Folks may post multiple times, but we will only count one entry per person.  

So for a chance to win in the Beavers Read Spring Break Challenge, just relax and read a good book during spring break, and then tell us which book you’ve read.

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