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"Stitched" by Nikki Navaille, winner of the 2015 UCF Student Book Arts Competition

Exhibit: UCF Student Book Arts Competition

Special Collections & University Archives Posted: February 1st, 2016

The UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to announce the UCF Student Book Arts Competition Exhibit. Each year since 2005, Special Collections & University Archives invites UCF students to submit one of a kind books called artist’s books. Unlike traditional books, artist’s books are handmade to reflect personal artistic visions of their creators ranging from narrative storytelling through but not limited to drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and/or personal text. The UCF Student Book Arts Competition Exhibit is a showcase of all entries created during the 2015 academic calendar year including past winners.

We are pleased to announce our winner is Nikki Navaille for her artist’s book “Stitched”. The winner was selected with the highest scores from our two judges – Brooklyn-based multimedia book artist Miriam Schaer, and UCF Head of Special Collections & University Archives David Benjamin, based on creativity, craftsmanship, content, and design. “Stitched” elegantly narrates the artist’s struggle of sewing clothing and costumes. Using multiple pattern pieces and fabric scraps from major sewing projects in her life as pages in her book, Navaille skillfully crafted these personal materials together while incorporating detailed text sewn with a sewing machine. Nikki Navaille won a purchase award for her artist’s book to be part of the permanent Book Arts & Typography Collection at Special Collections & University Archives. To celebrate the innovative work of all the participants, the UCF Student Book Arts Competition Exhibit will be on display during the month of February 2016 in the exhibition area on the 5th Floor of the John C. Hitt Library.

Publishing in the Academy Workshops Put Graduate Students on the Pathways to Success

Scholarly Communications Posted: January 29th, 2016

Sign up for a diverse selection of Publishing in the Academy workshops presented by the UCF Libraries. This workshop series is part of the Pathways to Success graduate student development program.

Join us to enhance your research skills, gain confidence with your presentation talents, explore complex digital tools, learn new authorship strategies, and more. The workshops are offered at no cost.

The variety of engaging sessions include these topics:

Library Research and Literature Review Strategies
Untangling the Web of Science
Citation Management
Mendeley Citation Manager
Where to Publish and Author Rights
Presentation Skills
Introduction to Patents and Trademarks
Optimizing Your Online Presence
Digital Stewardship
Documenting Your Research Data

The schedule and full descriptions can be found through the College of Graduate Studies.

The workshops have been offered since summer 2015. A new workshop is the Introduction to Patents and Trademarks. Consider joining this session if you are curious about the patent process, have ideas for new inventions, want to see if a business name or logo has already been trademarked, and more. Register now.

Register:

To sign up, log on through myUCF. Go to the Student Center and scroll down to the Graduate Students section. Click on the link to Pathways to Success. Search for a workshop and enroll or join a waitlist. For more details, see the instructions from the College of Graduate Studies.

Workshops will be held in either the Graduate Student Center (CNH 146) or the John C. Hitt Library (main campus, 235A).

Furniture Testing, Open House

Events, John C. Hitt Library Posted: January 27th, 2016

Take a look at the furniture samples on the 5th floor of the John C. Hitt Library, and stop on by Room 511 from noon to 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, or from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2. Come on in and tell us exactly what you think of the furniture!
You can rate the furniture at your convenience at library.ucf.edu\sit so we know exactly which pieces are your favorites!

Learn to Speak Pirate with the Mango Languages Trial

All Libraries, Collections Posted: January 27th, 2016

The UCF Libraries is excited to announce a new tool for your arsenal – Mango Languages!

Mango Languages provides “Deliciously simple language and culture learning in over 70 languages.” Mango includes many common languages like Spanish and French, but also unique languages like Pirate and Igbo.

To view a full list and explore our trial site, visit the UCF Mango Connect page.

On the trial site you can take a sneak peek of which languages are included, and make your first attempt at learning what “Belay yer carousin’ and haul wind smartly” means.

Stay tuned for an announcement that the full site is live and you can make your own Mango account to track your progress!

Questions? Ask us.

Dissertation Forum

Events, John C. Hitt Library Posted: January 20th, 2016

Hosted by the UCF Libraries and the UCF College of Graduate Studies

Friday, February 5, 2016
9A.M. – 4P.M.
John C. Hitt Library
Room 223

Join us for the UCF Dissertation Forum on Friday, February 5, 2016!

The Dissertation Forum is a one-day event offered by the UCF Libraries and the UCF College of Graduate Studies. The Forum is designed to foster knowledge sharing and provide information about resources and services for doctoral students related to their research.

Forum programming includes brief presentations, concurrent sessions that attendees can choose from, a presentation on time and stress management, and a lunch and learn panel discussion presented by recently hired UCF professors to provide doctoral students with insights about planning, project management, and expectations.

Registration is free and open to doctoral students who have not yet enrolled in the candidacy phase of their UCF programs. Space is limited to 35 attendees. A light continental breakfast will be provided by the College of Graduate Studies and boxed lunches, sponsored by ProQuest, also will be available.

To register, please use the link below.

Registration must be submitted by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.

You will receive an email confirmation of your registration using the email you provide.
If you have questions about registration, please email corinne.bishop@ucf.edu

Register for the Dissertation Forum

Dissertation Forum Schedule

The Dissertation Forum is organized conference style; some sessions run concurrently. Please don’t hesitate to speak with a Forum organizer if you have questions about which session might be most useful for your needs.

Time	Presentation	Room
9:00-9:15	Light Continental Breakfast Provided by College of Graduate Studies	223
9:15-9:30	Welcoming Remarks Barry Baker, Director, UCF Libraries	223
9:30-9:45	Introduction Dr. Jana Jasinski, Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies This overview will briefly highlight the Graduate College’s resources, services, workshops, and other information.	223
9:45-10:30	Concurrent Sessions Researcher Networks & Profiles Andy Todd, UCF Nursing Librarian This session discusses ideas for managing researcher profiles, why it’s important to develop an online profile as a researcher, and how to promote your work and connect to other researchers. The discussion will include a look at several sites to see what ORCID, LinkedIn, Research Gate, Academia.edu, PIVOT, Plum Analytics, and Google Scholar can do for you. 235A Library Research & Literature Review Strategies Dr. Corinne Bishop, UCF Social Sciences Librarian Library research strategies can help you differentiate sources and tools for academic projects and for conducting literature reviews. This session includes discussions, demonstrations, and Q&A that focus on identifying subject databases, making use of review articles, tracking citations, creating alerts to stay updated on publications, and using Google Scholar to identify and link to UCFs databases. 235C
10:30-11:00	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Demo Sean Keough, ProQuest Academic This session provides an overview of ProQuest’s Dissertations and Theses database and tips on locating dissertations and theses by topic, institution, etc.	223
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-11:30	Pick up boxed lunch & drink Lunch provided by ProQuest
11:30-1:00	Lunch & Learn: New Faculty Panel Dr. Linda Walters, UCF Biological Sciences, Moderator This moderated panel discussion includes Q&A and offers insights from presenters about their experiences and advice related to dissertation project management, timelines, working with advisors and committees, flexibility with topic changes and research challenges, and planning post-doctoral goals.	223
1:00-1:15	Break
1:15-2:30	Concurrent Sessions Publishing & Author Rights Sarah Norris, UCF Scholarly Communication Librarian This two-part session covers criteria to consider when planning to submit your work for publication and basic information about copyright as it pertains to publishing. We will look at factors such as acceptance rates, audience, indexing, cost to publish, and open access. There also will be discussion about how author rights are a bundle of rights that may be negotiated by the author. 235A Dissertation Formatting Overview Nathalia Bauer, Assistant Director Thesis & Dissertation, Pathways to Success, College of Graduate Studies This session will teach students the formatting requirements for a UCF thesis or dissertation as well as information about completing the thesis/dissertation process. 235C
2:30-3:15	Time & Stress Management Dr. Shari Ann James, UCF Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) Learn about resources and strategies for healthfully managing and coping with the stress of a dissertation project.	223
3:15-4:00	Closing Activity, Take-A-Ways, & Resources Dr. Penny Beile, Associate Director for Information Services & Scholarly Communication, UCF Libraries	223

Please feel free to contact us if you have questions about the Forum:

Dr. Corinne Bishop, Social Sciences & Graduate Outreach Librarian (corinne.bishop@ucf.edu)

Richard Harrison, UCF Humanities & Undergraduate Outreach Librarian (richard.harrison@ucf.edu)