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Open Access Week 2024

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The theme of International Open Access Week for 2024 (October 21-27) will continue with last year’s focus on “Community over Commercialization.” This theme contributed to a growing recognition of the need to prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Taking the unprecedented step to build on this theme for a second year highlights the importance of this conversation and presents the opportunity to turn more of these deliberations into collective action.

 

Events Celebrating Open Access Week 2024
Open Access Week is an international event and there are many online sessions open to all. For a full list of events visit: www.openaccessweek.org/events. Here are some selections, including events hosted by Cornell University Library:

 

In Conversation with Open Mind, a No-fee Open Access Journal in Cognitive Science Online Event (Registration Required)

Monday, October 21, 1 – 2pm

In celebration of International Open Access Week 2024, please join us for a conversation with Open Mind, MIT Press, MIT Libraries, and Harvard Library. Although a young journal in the field, Open Mind has a history of leading the field in open access publishing. With funding from the MIT Libraries the MIT Press moved Open Mind to a diamond open access publishing model in 2022, eliminating all article processing fees for scholars and providing free access for readers and researchers alike. Building on these efforts, Open Mind will be cofunded by Harvard Library and MIT Libraries now through 2027. Open Mind is the first journal to be supported by the Harvard Open Journals Program, announced earlier this year to advance and sustain no-fee open access scholarly publishing. For this conversation, panelists will discuss the journal’s flip to no-fee OA, stabilizing and sustaining the journal through cooperative funding, the benefits and challenges of no-fee OA publishing-and why it is worth pursuing.

Free and open to the public. Available online via Zoom. Registration required.

 

Talk to an Expert @ Klarman Hall Atrium (In-Person Event)

Tuesday, October 22, 12 – 2pm

Find our table in the Klarman Atrium. We can answer questions about open access publishing, your rights as an author, and how we support OA at Cornell University.

 

CUL Task Force on Investment in Sustainable Scholarship Update Online Event (Zoom TBA)

Thursday, October 24, 1pm – 2pm

The Task Force on Investment in Sustainable Scholarship for Cornell was convened last year to propose strategic directions in various areas of scholarly communication. Co-chairs Jim Del Rosso and Kizer Walker will give a brief progress report on the work of the Task Force and present a set of high-level sustainable scholarship principles drafted by the group for discussion during the talk.

 

Rereading a Heroic Legacy: How AIDS Built the LGBT Equality Movement Online Event (Registration Required)

Thursday, October 24, 2-3pm

In celebration of Open Access Week, the University of Chicago Library will host a webinar on October 24 featuring author John-Manuel Andriote discussing why he chooses to prioritize community over commercialization by granting open access to his book, Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America. To mark the book’s 25th anniversary, Andriote as the rightsholder has chosen to turn Victory Deferred into an open access book for anyone around the world. He explains, “The value of Victory Deferred to the LGBT and broader American community—in its many accounts and insights from firsthand interviews with heroes and pioneers in the HIV-AIDS epidemic and the LGBT equality movement—exceeds my own commercial interests in the book.” Please join us for a discussion of why open access to an award-winning title matters societally and intellectually, especially in the face of continuing oppression against the fight for equality.

Free and open to the public. Available online via Zoom. Registration required.

 

Talk to an Expert @ Mann Library Lobby (In-Person Event)

Friday, October 25, 12pm – 2pm 

Find our table in the Mann Library lobby. We can answer questions about open access publishing, your rights as an author, and how we support OA at Cornell University.

 

To learn more about how Cornell University Library supports open access throughout the year, visit our Open Access Week 2024 guide.

Library Hours – Fall Break 2024

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Happy Fall Break! We hope you have a restful and restorative break, and maybe even get a peek at the northern lights tonight! If you choose to spend part of your break here at the library, please note that Mann will have adjusted hours from Friday, October 11 through Monday, October 14.

 

  • Friday, October 11, 8am to 5pm
  • Saturday, October 12, 1 to 5pm
  • Sunday, October 13, CLOSED
  • Monday, October 14, 8am to 5pm
We will return to our normal semester hours on Tuesday, October 15. You can always find our most up-to-date hours information on our hours page: mann.library.cornell.edu/full-hours

Ada Lovelace Day 2024

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Ada Lovelace Day: Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 11am to 5pm

CALS Zone (Mann Library 112)

 

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the contributions of self-identifying women in in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Mann Library is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon, which will honor and highlight under-recognized women in STEM and related fields.  You can pitch in for just half an hour (or stay for the whole day!) by writing an entry, adding a footnote, translating text, uploading images, or by looking up information for others.

 

All are welcome—no matter your gender and regardless of experience with editing. Unfamiliar with Wikipedia and Wikidata? We’ll walk you through the editing process. But if you’re eager to get more hands-on experience prior to October 8, we have a couple of workshops this week to help you get started!

 

Introduction to Wikidata Editing

Wednesday, October 2, 2 – 3pm

Stone Classroom (Mann 103)

Wikidata is an open, collaborative database that is used by many information organizations such as Google, the Library of Congress, and Cornell University Library to enhance search results in their systems. In preparation for the upcoming Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon, this workshop will include a brief overview of Wikidata and a hands-on demonstration of editing basics. 

 

Introduction to Wikipedia Editing

Thursday, October 3, 3:30 – 4:30pm

Stone Classroom (Mann 103)

Interested in improving the open educational content of the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia? This session will get you started with the production side of Wikipedia, providing an overview of the basics of editing for new and beginning editors through a real-time, hands-on editing session. You don’t have to be an expert to contribute! Just come with an open mind and a willingness to contribute to public information.

Fall 2024 Chats in the Stacks

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We’re pleased to share the schedule of our fall semester book talks! All our Chats in the Stacks book talks will be held in-person in Mann Library Room 160 and livestreamed, and will start at 4:30pm. You can find all recordings of our past Chats in the Stacks on our YouTube channel. 

 

Thursday, September 26, 4:30pm

Mann Library, Room 160 and livestreamed

The Future of India’s Social Safety Nets: Focus, Form, and Scope

An array of social welfare programs have emerged in independent India, but how and for whom have these programs been constructed, what have their impact been, and what are the key challenges for the future? Unpacking India’s social welfare programs in terms of their three essential aspects—focus (intended beneficiaries), form (transfer modalities), and scope (developmental objectives) Prabhu L. Pingali (SC Johnson College of Business) and Andaleeb Rahman (Global Development) provide a comprehensive analysis of India’s safety net, combining insights from interdisciplinary scholarship on economic development, social protection, and the social policy process. The work assesses the achievements and shortcomings of these programs, while also proposing a transferrable framework that can help foster human resilience through social protection. 

 

Thursday, October 17, 4:30pm

Mann Library, Room 160 and livestreamed

The Social Lives of Land

Understanding how people are living on, with, and from their land reveals the often-hidden dynamics of contemporary social and political change, according to Wendy Wolford, Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development and vice provost for International Affairs. This topic is explored in the new publication The Social Lives of Land (Cornell University Press, 2024) which she co-edited with Michael Goldman and Nancy Lee Peluso. Wolford will discuss how The Social Lives of Land weaves together novel theoretical and empirical insights and contributions from multiple disciplines and geographic locations to uncover histories and re-tell stories that focus on the lived experiences of rural and urban land dispossession and repossession. 

 

Thursday, November 7, 4:30pm

Mann Library, Room 160 and livestreamed

Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation

Most existing and emerging infectious diseases have their origin in animal populations. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the need to understand the cause and impacts of wildlife diseases, as well as how to manage them, has only become increasingly salient. Join us for a live, hybrid book talk with Robin Radcliffe, associate professor of practice in Wildlife and Conservation Medicine in the Veterinary School, and David Jessup, former senior wildlife veterinarian of the California Department of Fish and Game and former executive manager of the Wildlife Disease Association, for a discussion of their new coedited volume Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023).

 

Thursday, November 21, 4:30pm

Mann Library, Room 160 and livestreamed

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners

Thomas D. Seeley, Horace White Professor Emeritus in Biology in the Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, has devoted nearly six decades to the study of honey bees and their colonies. In this book talk, Seeley takes us inside a world seldom seen even by beekeepers, to illuminate mysteries of honey bee behavior including how they choose a home for their colony, keep the colony inhabitants warm, and defended the colony from intruders. Weaving personal stories with the latest science, Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners shows both the excitement of scientific discovery and how it continues to shape our understanding of these vitally important insects.

Cornell Votes & National Voter Registration Day

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Heads up Cornellians! September 17 is National Voter Registration Day. Cornell Votes will be staffing tables in the Mann Library lobby all day with information on getting registered to vote–here in New York State or in your home state. Drop by anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. to make sure YOUR vote gets counted in the coming election season!

Fall 2024 Workshops @ Mann Library

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Check out our fall semester workshop schedule and make a game plan to level up your research skills! Click the links below to register for these live workshops. To see the full list of all Cornell University Library workshops, visit bit.ly/cul-workshops-spring24

In addition to the live workshops listed below, we also have a wide selection of pre-recorded workshops – including citation management software and research data management options – listed on our Workshops page. 

Introduction to Bloomberg

Over the course of the next couple weeks, Mann Library will be offering workshops for Bloomberg Professional. This is among the best financial databases available, and is widely used by finance and investment professionals. From company information, to analyst advice, to mergers and acquisitions, few resources have either the range or depth of information of Bloomberg. Give yourself an edge in the job search by learning to use this powerful and sophisticated research tool.

Introduction to Market Research

Understanding the consumer is essential for any successful business. Market research encompasses a number of aspects critical to understanding the consumer, ranging from their demographic make-up, to their attitudes and behavior regarding a product or service. This workshop will introduce attendees to the basics of market research, highlighting key concepts that dictate what information is available, and exposing attendees to Cornell’s top resources for discovering this information.

NEW! Using Your ORCID 

Thursday, September 12, 2024, 9:30-10:30am

Using your ORCID with Mike Priehs, Open Scholarship Specialist

Spend more time conducting your research than managing your research! ORCID is a free, unique, and persistent identifier (PID) for researchers. Distinguish yourself and claim credit for your work no matter how many people have your same (or similar) name; learn how to use your unique ORCID to link your funding, publications, data, and other research.

 

POSTPONED Introduction to Citation Management with EndNote (virtual)

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 12-1pm

Make your research life easier by learning how to manage your citations using a program like EndNote desktop. In this one hour hands-on workshop, learn how this free program organizes your citations and PDFs and formats citations & bibliographies in your Word documents with your preferred output style. No previous experience with the program is required, nor is it required to have EndNote to participate. Note: While EndNote is a commercial product that must be purchased, anyone in CALS or CHE may download a copy for free at either CHE: https://adminportal.human.cornell.edu/csg.reports/rptCsg.cfm (under Software) or CALS: https://cals.cornell.edu/faculty-staff/information-technology/how/endnote-cals.

 

How to Write a Data Management & Sharing Plan

Thursday, September 19, 2024, 9:30-10:30am

Many funders require a data management plan with a grant proposal. We’ll discuss the basics of preparing a data management & sharing plan, as well as tools and templates you can use to help and how to get free and confidential consultations and feedback on draft plans.

 

NEW! Introduction to Wikipedia Editing

Interested in improving the open educational content of the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia? This session will get you started with the production side of Wikipedia, providing an overview of the basics of editing for new and beginning editors through a real-time, hands-on editing session. You don’t have to be an expert to contribute! Just come with an open mind and a willingness to contribute to public information.

NEW! Copyright & Author Rights

Thursday, September 26, 2024, 9:30-10:30am

Copyright & Author Rights with Mike Priehs, Open Scholarship Specialist

Yes, copyright can be confusing, but you do have rights! Many publishers will ask you to surrender more of your rights than are necessary for publication. You may find yourself unable to re-use portions of your articles in other publications or prevented from printing your writings for your own classes. Luckily, we can help you navigate these publishing agreements and empower you to take more control over your copyrights.

 

Systematic Reviews and Beyond: Getting Started with Evidence Synthesis

Are you interested in working on a systematic review, scoping review, or meta-analysis but don’t know where to start? The library can help! In this workshop, we’ll show you how to get your evidence synthesis project off the ground with the most up-to-date guidance and time-saving tools. Systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses can be complicated, but we’ll help you map out the project and develop a plan for each step so that the process is as efficient as possible. Along the way, experts in evidence synthesis methodologies will share their tips and advice for how to turn your research question into a rigorous, and publishable, evidence synthesis.

This workshop assumes a general grasp of evidence synthesis. If you are unfamiliar with evidence syntheses, please watch The Nuts & Bolts of Systematic Reviews prior to attending the workshop. For more information about how the library can support your evidence synthesis projects, check out our Evidence Synthesis Service page.

Intro to QGIS

Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 3-5pm

This workshop will cover basic tasks using QGIS: loading data, changing the styles used to display the data on a map, installing plugins, using processing tools to do basic analysis, and exporting a finished map image.

 

Data Publishing (and Citing)

Thursday, October 3, 2024, 9:30-10:30am

Data sharing is required by many funders and publishers and publishing data in a repository can help maximize research impact by making it easier for others to find and cite your research. We’ll cover tips, strategies for sharing, and resources available to you.

 

Introduction to Open Science Framework

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 9:30-10:30am

Collaboration tools can make practicing Open Science easier. Come explore and learn how the Open Science Framework allows you to build and develop projects, providing a centralized workspace while leveraging different tools for different parts of the project. Show Your Work. Share Your Work. Advance Science. That’s Open Science.

 

Communicating Your Research Through Comics

Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 12-1pm

Looking for a fun and unique way to communicate your research? Come and learn how to use comics to visually communicate scientific information – for conference posters, papers, and more. This is open to all skill levels, no experience drawing or graphics programs necessary!

 

Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 3-5pm

Learn the basics of video editing with Premiere Pro. This hands-on workshop will cover the essentials of post-production for video projects, as well as basic effects and color correction, and normalizing audio.

 

Power Searching: Developing a Search Strategy for Your Literature Review

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 12-1pm

Whether you’re new to searching academic databases or want help designing the most comprehensive search strategy possible, this workshop will help you get the most out of searching for academic literature. We will discuss the steps of turning your research question into a search strategy, and we’ll explore tips and tricks to make sure you are getting the most out of your online searching. In this workshop, we’ll focus on PubMed and Web of Science, but we’ll cover other databases and grey literature searching as well. The workshop will include hands-on practice and an opportunity for you to start designing your own search strategy.

Kickoff Coffee

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Kick-off Coffee

Tuesday, August 27

11am to 1pm

Mann Lobby

 

And we’re off into a new academic year!  Mann Library cordially invites our campus community to start the semester right with your librarians–come enjoy free coffee, button-making, coffee mug raffles, and other fun stuff. Of course we’ll have useful info for you, too. All are welcome–please join us to celebrate a fresh, good start to the fall 2024 semester! 

Mann Library Welcomes New Director

Photo by Jenny Leijonhufvud
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ye Li joined Cornell University Library as the Director of the Science and Agriculture Libraries on July 29.

 

Ye has been the Librarian for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering at MIT since 2019. Prior to that, she worked as the Scholarly Communications and Instruction Librarian at the Colorado School of Mines, and as the Chemistry Librarian at the University of Michigan. While at MIT, Ye led a variety of teams, both within the library and across campus, seeking opportunities to collaborate and bringing people together for research and learning. Committed to open science and reproducible research, Ye has developed and led new projects and initiatives, such as Carpentries@MIT and library support for text and data mining, machine learning, and AI in science and engineering.

 

Ye is active in research and her work is reflected in a substantial list of peer-reviewed publications, as well as dozens of presentations and poster sessions. The recipient of many professional awards, Ye serves as a trustee of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, is a past chair of the Chemical Information Division of the American Chemical Society, and is a member of the Research Data Alliance, as well as serving in numerous additional national and regional associations and various publisher advisory groups.

 

Ye holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from Beijing Normal University, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Iowa, and an M.A. in Library and Information Science, also from Iowa.

 

Please join us in welcoming Ye to Cornell University Library and the Cornell community! And stop by our Kickoff Coffee event on Tuesday, August 27, between 11am to 1pm in the Mann Library lobby for a chance to win a free reusable coffee mug and meet Ye in person!

New Student Exhibits at Mann

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Mann Library has two new student exhibits that will be up through August.


Bycatch by Charlotte Tysall ’26 is a series of paintings focused on the plight of bycatch species–i.e. non-target species which are nonetheless caught, killed, or otherwise negatively impacted by commercial, large-scale fishing operations. The exhibit explores just a few of the many species which compose the approximately 40 percent of all marine catches which are unintended, including endangered animals like turtles and dolphins which get injured or killed before simply being dumped back into the water. Charlotte is studying Biological Sciences in the college of Arts and Sciences with a minor in Fine Arts. You can see more of Charlotte’s work on her Instagram feed: instagram.com/ctysall.art/

 

Portal by James Parker is part of Portals in the Palace of the People, a series of installation pieces designed for public libraries which seeks to highlight the power of libraries to transport people to other places. Each piece consists of a small diorama and sound played on headphones. Both the diorama and the sound are related to the section of the library in which the piece is installed. The sounds give context to the content of the books adjacent to the piece. The portal thus works both ways: transporting participants to a new but related space while also bringing some of that space into the library to make the content of the surrounding books sing. James is an artist, composer, and a Cornell DMA graduate student. Learn more about this project and other work by James here: https://jamesparker.org/portals

 

Reunion 2024 @ Mann Library

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Welcome Cornell alums and families! We’re so pleased to have you back on campus and in the library, and we hope that we’ll see many of you at Mann throughout the weekend’s festivities. A quick reminder of our hours this weekend:

  • Thursday, 8am to 6pm
  • Friday, 8am to 5pm
  • Saturday, noon to 5pm
  • Sunday, CLOSED

The following events are happening at Mann Library, Friday, June 7:

 

Open to the public: Introducing Vladimir Nabokov, Lepidopterist

10 – 11am, 2nd floor

Join us for a guided tour of Mann’s new exhibit on Nabokov’s work in butterfly science, with Cornell University Insect Collection & Mann Library (includes special collections viewing & family-friendly arts and crafts activities).

 

For Class of 1964 only: Fragile Legacy film screening

10am, Room 102 (off the Mann Library Lobby)

Members of the Class of ’64 are invited to join Cornell marine biologist Dr. Leslie Babonis and filmmaker David O. Brown for a film screening of Fragile Legacy, immediately followed by a viewing of Blaschka glass sculpture display on Mann’s 2nd floor.

 

Open to the public: Butterfly Sticker Workshop

11am – 12pm, CALS Zone (Room 112, off the Mann Library lobby)

Learn to make your own butterfly stickers at this interactive workshop with Andrea Strongwater and the Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC).

 

And don’t miss these exhibits & displays throughout Mann Library during reunion weekend:

 

  • From Nabokov’s Net: Nabokov’s Contributions to Butterfly Science & the Cornell University Insect Collection (Mann Gallery, 2nd Floor)
  • No Mere Curios: Finding Nabokov’s Lepidopterist Inspiration in the Rare Books of Entomology (Mann Lobby, 1st Floor)
  • Bycatch, an exhibit by Charlotte Tysall ’26 (Top Shelf Gallery, 1st Floor)
  • Portal: Sound sculptures by James Parker ’26 (3rd Floor stacks)
  • The Magic of Mushrooms, artwork by students of Plant Sciences 2010 (2nd Floor)
  • Blaschka sea invertebrate models, on long-term loan from the Cornell Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (2nd Floor)

Mann is also participating in the campus-wide Library Scavenger Hunt for Young Explorers!

On Your Own Time, Mann Library puzzle area, (1st Floor)

Grab a bookmark and collect animal stickers while exploring different libraries across campus. Discover what each space holds for explorers, whether it’s a children’s reading nook, a coloring station, or a unique spot to relax in. Young adventurers will have a blast! Stations will be open during regular hours for each library, which vary. Please visit https://library.cornell.edu/libraries/ for library hours.

Other participating locations include: Catherwood Library, Clarke Africana Library, Cox Library of Music and Dance, Kroch Library Asia Collections, Mathematics Library, Olin Library, and Uris Library.