Students are welcome to bring their work at any stage of the writing process, to work on in a quiet, focused setting. A writing consultant is on hand to assist with structure, style, and formatting, and a research librarian is present to help with finding sources, organizing research, and using research tools. Students are welcome to work alone or in groups, and they can sign up in advance or drop in as needed. A Zoom option will be offered, with information provided to registrants.

Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided for in-person attendees, and all are welcome! See the attached announcement for more information.

Students can register at aub.ie/GradStudio.

Biologists, in particular, are often confronted with expensive article processing charges (APCs) when they want publishers to make their work available under an open license (known as the “gold” model of open access). To find out whether paying these APCs is worthwhile for authors, Stevison’s interdisciplinary team analyzed five years of bibliographic records totaling 146,415 articles in 152 biology journals offering both open and subscription-access options. This large dataset was then analyzed to discover whether open articles enjoyed a citation advantage over comparable articles behind a paywall. They found that while paying APCs to make articles open via the “gold” route did yield increased citations, a more economical model of open access provided similar benefits.

“Green” open access involves placing articles into public repositories at no cost to the author. In the study, articles open via the “green” route were also cited more than subscription-access articles. At Auburn University, any AU-affiliated researcher can archive their work in the institutional repository, Auburn University repository of research assets (AUrora). Articles deposited in AUrora are indexed in Google Scholar and appear as alternate open versions of the paywalled originals in the search results. “We always encourage researchers to deposit their work into AUrora to support public access and increase their scholarly impact,” said Krzton, who manages the repository. “It’s good to see empirical evidence that institutional repositories accomplish those goals.”

Hartman, whose expertise in navigating the Web of Science database allowed the research team to download the necessary dataset, has promoted green open access on campus for years. She supervises efforts by library student workers to upload Auburn-authored research articles into AUrora and organizes informational sessions for Auburn scholars during the annual Open Access Week. Her advice for researchers is to talk to a librarian about their options for open access publishing before they submit their manuscript. “Keeping the author-accepted manuscript version is important if you want to archive your paper in the institutional repository, as you typically won’t have permission to upload the publisher’s finished PDF,” said Hartman. Although she has previously presented solo on open access and open data incentives at conferences, Krzton was grateful for the opportunity to coauthor a paper with practicing scientists. “It’s essential for librarians and others working in the scholarly communications space to consider the perspectives of authors in the disciplines,” she said. “We need to keep these conversations going.”

"This exhibit explores various forms of religious illustration, spanning from the medieval period through the modern era,” said Greg Schmidt, head of the Special Collections and Archives Department. “We’re very proud of our student worker, Alexis Litteken from the History Department, that curated this exhibit under the supervision of Kasia Leousis, special collections librarian. These student-designed exhibits have been a great addition to our offerings and give the student hands-on experience that they can take into their post-graduation lives.”

The artwork in the exhibit combines symbolism with faith, providing an insight into the beliefs and artistic practices of the past. The exhibit was created from books and manuscripts available in Auburn's Special Collections and Archives and explores a diverse selection of religious understanding.

The Divine Images exhibit is scheduled to run through the end of July 2024.

Auburn University Library’s newest exhibit in their first-floor exhibit area features early innovations in flight technology. “No Time to Fall: Mechanical Innovations of Flight,” features select items from Special Collections and Archives’ Hampton Aviation Collection and the Walter Scott Hoover Papers.

“Auburn University Libraries’ Special Colelctions and Archives Department holds one of the nation’s best research collections in aviation and aerospace history,” said Greg Schmidt, head of the Special Colelctions and Archives Department. “Research into the history of technology runs deep at Auburn University, and we are honored to be a part of this endeavor.”

The Hampton Aviation and Walter Scott Hoover Papers collections showcase just a few of the notable contributions that talented, visionary inventors and engineers have made to the world of aviation, from its beginnings in the 1700s to the dawn of the space age in the 1950s. Some of the items on display include: an original, nine-foot variable pitch propellor prototype that was tested at Ohio’s Wright Field; photographic prints of the first dirigible ever brought down during war; a hearing transcript from 1925 regarding the future of government involvement in the aircraft industry; photographs of early experimental airplanes; and more.  

The “No Time to Fall” exhibit is located on the first floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, is open during all regular library hours, and the public is welcome. The exhibit will run through the end of July 2024.

The Interlibrary Loan department of Auburn University Libraries will be closed December 15, 2023, through January 2, 2024.

Due to the upcoming holidays and winter break closures of other Interlibrary Loan (ILL) partner libraries, ILL requests made by Monday, December 4, 2023, have the best opportunity of being filled before Auburn University’s holiday closure.

Starting January 2, 2024, normal request processing by the ILL office will resume. However, please note that for the filling of requests, the ILL office is subject to the reopening schedule of other partner libraries.

The Innovation and Research Commons' Technology Lending Desk will be closing for the winter holidays, from December 8, 2023 to January 2, 2024.

“Gruesome Looking Objects: A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things” is about the material culture of racial terror lynching--the objects made, kept, and preserved from the thousands of African American people brutally tortured and killed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The writing of this book led to the discovery and uncovering of archives and objects rarely consulted by historians. Gaddis will be using this talk to share insights into how we might better understand the world of things and the difficult histories that surround us.

This event is open to the public.

Monday

HathiTrust Public Domain Papers: The Past is a Different Country

HathiTrust is a treasure chest of public domain online information which allows us to see the past through historical sources. The HathiTrust will be used to examine both historical events and pioneering scientific papers. By looking at illustrations from the turn of the 19th century to illustrate how different the past was, the audience will see  many things in their infancy which has become the advanced technology we use today.

Date: Monday, October 23, 2023

Time: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Location: RBD, Wireless Lab (Rm 2041)

Monday

Open Access Mega-publishers: A Very Special Issue

With the rise of mega-journals and mega-publishers, the line between open access reputable and predatory publishers has become increasingly blurred. As mega-journals have increased journal impact factors, so has scrutiny surrounding their practices. Informal conversations about hasty peer review and aggressive solicitation of manuscripts leaves them in a gray zone on internal journal ranking used by many departments in promotion and tenure decisions. This presentation will place this issue in context and discuss the implications it may have for researchers.

Date: Monday, October 23, 2023

Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: RBD, Wireless Lab (Rm 2041)

Tuesday

Providing Public Access to Research with Auburn's Repository

The "Nelson Memo" from the Office of Science and Technology Policy advises federal funding agencies to institute public access mandates for both research articles and supporting data over the next several years. Learn how you can use AUrora, Auburn's institutional repository, to make your research openly available at no charge.

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Time: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: RBD, Wireless Lab (Rm 2041)

Wednesday

Open Access, Open Data, Open Science: How Do We Reap the Benefits While Avoiding the Pitfalls?

AU Libraries hosts special guest Rick Anderson, University Librarian at Brigham Young University, for a live webinar.

Every mode and method of doing science and of disseminating the results comes with costs, benefits, and complexities. The growing movement towards “openness” (a single word with myriad meanings and applications) tends to take it as given either that downsides of openness are nonexistent or trivial, or that the upsides are worth it by definition – a position that borders on the religious rather than the scientific. So how might we minimize the downsides and maximize the upsides?

Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: https://auburn.zoom.us/j/82964362500

Thursday

Paywall - The Business of Scholarship

Join us for a screening of this documentary, which focuses on the need for open access to research and science. The film questions why $25.2 billion a year flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher, Elsevier, and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, and Google.

Popcorn and drinks provided. No registration required.

Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023

Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: RBD Library, Ground Floor Auditorium

Music has been an integral part of civilizations around the world. This lecture looks at how it evolved in India, which is the seat of one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Tracing the evolution of Indian music, Dr. Chaitra will take attendees on a musical journey with the Auburn Indian Music Ensemble using vocals and traditional Indian acoustic instruments.

Visit Ralph Brown Draughon Library during the week to check out displays near the Research Help Desk on the first floor and in the Special Collections and Archives suite on the ground floor. On Wednesday, October 4, from 1-3 p.m., stop by to participate in or observe a public reading of favorite passages from banned or challenged books in the lobby of the Mell Classroom Building. For more information or questions, email Abigail Higgins at aeh0159@auburn.edu.

The Rookie Auburn Tiger (R.A.T.) experience has undergone many changes since the university’s beginnings. From shaved heads and military-style hazing, to R.A.T. caps, R.A.T. bibles, and rolling Toomer’s Oaks, the first 100 years were full of traditions that were distinctly Auburn.

The exhibit was conceived and assembled by the Special Collections and Archives Department of AU Libraries. Tommy Brown, university archivist, and processing archivist Joanna Ashley selected several fascinating artifacts from the archives for the exhibit. These artifacts came from Auburn alumni that donated their items through the years. The collection continues to grow as many former students donate pieces of Auburn memorabilia from all eras of the university’s existence. Contact AU Libraries Special Collections and Archives at archives@aubburn.edu if you have Auburn student life artifacts just to show or donate.

A table staffed by League of Women Voters and AU Libraries volunteers will provide information about voter registration and voting by absentee ballot. Laptops will be available so that individuals may register to vote online.  Printed mail-in voter registration forms will also be available.

Persons who wish to check their voter registration status may do so at the voter registration table.

The voter registration table will be located at the first-floor parking deck entrance to the library, adjacent to the circulation desk. 

The installation of the two coffee vending machines came about through a discussion of student needs between Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Auburn University Libraries, and John David Jones, President of the AU Student Government Association.

“The partnership between AU Libraries and the SGA at Auburn has been nothing short of excellent,” said Jones. “Upon the start of our term, we set a few priorities to improve the student experience, one of which being, ‘Accommodating the recent growth of the student body through providing study spaces for students to pursue academic excellence.’ Quickly, AU Libraries worked to provide new study pods and to fulfill our request to have new Costa Coffee machines located in RBD. These machines provide students with 24/7 service and will continue to advance the student experience in the classroom. We would like to thank Dr. Zhang and her team that worked quickly and effectively to make our goals a reality.”

The two coffee vending machines will fill the coffee gap between when the Panera Bread location in RBD Library closes in the evenings and reopens in the morning. They will make coffee availability in the library truly an every-hour-the-library-is-open service.

Auburn University’s annual Constitution Day lecture will feature Ronnie Williams, the attorney that argued the Supreme Court case of Wallace v. Jaffree that raised the question of prayer in school under the 1^st Amendment Establishment Clause. The program will take place on Thursday, September 14 at 3 p.m. in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. It may also be attended via Zoom at https://auburn.zoom.us/j/83107385345. 

Attorney Ronnie Williams will discuss Wallace v. Jaffree, the 1985 landmark school prayer decision, and his experience arguing the case before the United States Supreme Court. Representing Ishmael Jaffree of Mobile, Alabama, Williams argued that an Alabama statute that sought to return prayer to public schools by authorizing a one-minute period of silence for “meditation or voluntary prayer” violated the First Amendment’s establishment clause.  Because the statute lacked a secular purpose, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Jaffree’s favor.

Attorney Williams continues to serve as a constitutional rights advocate and civil rights attorney and is the founder of Williams & Associates, LLC, which has offices in Mobile and Birmingham.  A graduate of Tuskegee Institute and the Florida State University College of Law, Williams is a member of both the Alabama and Florida Bars. 

Williams will be introduced by Dr. Steven P. Brown, Professor and Morris Savage Endowed Chair in the Department of Political Science.  Brown is the author of Alabama Justice: The Cases and Faces that Changed a Nation, which includes a chapter on Wallace v. Jaffree.

The event is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, and the Department of Political Science at Auburn University. 

About Constitution Day

On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention held its final meeting and delegates signed the Constitution of the United States of America. In 2004, Congress designated September 17 of each year as Constitution Day, requiring schools receiving federal funds and all federal agencies to coordinate educational events during the week to promote a better understanding of the Constitution.

The studio will be held repeating on Wednesdays from 1-4, September 6 - November 15.

The registration link is aub.ie/GradStudio

“These books hold immense value and impact on the teaching curriculum,” said Greg Schmidt, head of the AU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives Department. “The 1587 edition of the “Chronicles” played an important role in William Shakespeare’s research in many of his historical plays, including “Richard III”. These ancient books are taught to students and hold invaluable history of knowledge, technology, design, illustration, and literacy.”

For over a decade, the two books have been a pivotal part of AU Libraries classroom experience. However, due to their poor and fragile condition, their usage in the classroom has been very limited in recent years. With the successful restoration of these books, they can be brought back to life and offer students a unique hands-on experience of the Early Modern works in English.

The conservators at Etherington Conservation Center achieved amazing results with the two volumes. AU Libraries can now ensure the usage and teaching of these volumes to generations of Auburn students.

This remarkable statistic is further evidence of the growth of Auburn University as an R1 research institution and a peer collaborator that supports the work of other institutions to advance human knowledge. ILLiad, sometimes working quietly in the background and little known to most patrons, has actively contributed to the twin pillars of AU Libraries’ collection development strategy: research support and student success. Since no academic library can hope to provide a collection that covers all possible research and learning needs, interlibrary loan continues to be an essential service even in our digital age. Tools such as ILLiad enable library staff to expand the services provided by Auburn University Libraries.

Faculty and graduate students at Auburn University are the heaviest users of interlibrary loan with the departments of English, History, World Languages & Literatures requesting the most books from elsewhere. The Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing request the most research articles. The University of Tennessee, the University of Kentucky, the University of Georgia, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest support Auburn University more than any other institutions in terms of fulfilling requests made by patrons. However, the vast majority of the one million transactions, 731,796, are from other libraries seeking content held by Auburn University. Samford University, Mississippi State University, the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), University of Louisville, and the University of South Alabama top the list of institutions seeking access to our collections.

To learn more about ILLiad, and to request materials through interlibrary loan, including electronic delivery of scans of print materials through AUBIExpress, see: https://illiad.lib.auburn.edu/.

Registration: https://aub.ie/bootcamp     

The Boot Camp lunchtime program features a Funded Research seminar (offered by AU Proposal Services and Faculty Support).

Workshops offered include:

Intro to Writing Literature Reviews (offered by University Writing)

Citation Managers:  Zotero | Endnote | Mendeley

Conducting a Literature Review: Search Strategies

Intro to Systematic Reviews

Presentation Skills and Software

NEW: Designing Your Academic Poster

NEW: Creating Graphics and Video using Adobe Creative Cloud

NEW: Using Infographics in Presentations and Lectures

Google Scholar Tips and Tricks

Understanding & Navigating the Scholarly Communication System

LaTeX

Data Management for Scientific Workflows

Ethical Data Practices

Exploration of Digital Humanities Tools and Methods

Intro to Qualtrics

NEW: AMA (Ask Me Anything): Business Research

NEW: Business Writing: Tips & Strategies

Finding Scholarly Literature: Engineering

Searching Scholarly Literature: Biology & Agriculture

Introduction to SciFinder and Reaxys for Chemistry Research

Searching for Statistics in the Field of Education

NEW: Timeboxing: How to Maximize Your Day

Foster Success as a Graduate Student (offered by Academic Coaching)

Workshops are offered in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise indicated; computers with Adobe Creative Cloud installed provided in-person. View the I&RC Workshop flyer [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/files/WorkshopFlyer_Fall_2023.pdf]. Register at http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops. Unable to attend, or need Adobe video how-to content for your courses, or would like a consultation for integrating into your class? Visit https://aub.ie/ircinstruction.  

Pop-up mini sessions, no registration required:

• 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Use Adobe Express to Create Graphics, Web pages, Video, and More with Generative AI
• 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Get Started in Adobe Photoshop and Using Generative AI
• 12 p.m. to 12;30 p.m.: Edit Your Photos on the Fly and more with Adobe Mobile Apps such as Lightroom, Express, and Scan
• 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Create Digital Video on the go: Adobe Premiere Rush

More information: https://auburn.libcal.com/calendar/workshops/adobeday   

Related LibGuide: Zotero by Kasia Leousis

When: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

             4:15 pm – 5:15 pm

Where: RBD, Gibbs Lab (Rm 2031)

Registration is FREE!

When: Saturday, June 3, 2023

             9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Where: Workshops are offered online via Zoom

Sign up  at https://aub.ie/bootcamp tobenotified when registration opens.

Registration is FREE!

If interested in discipline specific information literacy for specific classes or additional workshops not listed, please contact Piper Cumbo plc0022@auburn.edu or contact your subject librarian (https://libguides.auburn.edu/subjectlibrarians).

April 5:

 9 a.m.:   Zotero with Kasia Leousis: RBD Library Room 2041            

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use and open access citation management tool that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. In this workshop, you'll learn how to download Zotero, register for an account, import and organize your sources, use the built-in PDF editor, and create a formatted bibliography. We'll also practice using the Write and Cite feature that allows you to easily add citations and bibliographies from Zotero to Microsoft Word and Google Docs.

10 a.m.:  LaTex with Liza Weisbrod: RBD Library Room 2031

Learn some of the basic functions of LaTeX in order to create technical and scientific documents using mathematical expressions. Examples of the types of documents that you can create with LaTeX include articles, presentations, lab reports, and other homework assignments.

2 p.m.:    Introduction to EndNote with Piper Cumbo: RBD Library Room 2031

Auburn University students, staff, and faculty have access to an EndNote account. In this workshop, you will learn how to install EndNote from AU Install, import and organize sources, create and share groups, create a formatted bibliography, use the Write and Cite feature with Microsoft Word, and register for your MyEndNoteWeb account.

April 11:

 2:30 p.m.:  Tableau with Carrie Hill: RBD Library Room 3011

Do you need software that will help you make data visualizations for your research? Come to our introduction to Tableau for an introduction to the basics of an industry-standard software for data analytics. We’ll work together to make a first visualization to learn the ropes of importing data, selecting the right type of chart, and designing an effective visualization

April 12:

 2 p.m.:  Presentation Skills and Software with Abigail Higgins: RBD Library Room 2031

Presenting research is a vital part of the information cycle in research. This workshop will cover tips and tricks for giving clear, engaging presentations, so that you can share your discoveries with others effectively. It will also include an overview of a few software tools you can use to enhance your presentations and increase audience interactivity, and a chance to experiment with one in person.

April 18:

4 p.m.: Introduction to Systematic Reviews with Adelia Grabowsky: RBD Library Room 2031

Do you need to complete a systematic review*, but aren’t sure how to begin? This workshop examines the explicit steps that scholars take to complete a systematic review. In addition, you’ll learn how systematic reviews differ from other types of reviews, and where to find additional resources and services to help with the systematic review process.

This award-winning film by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee documents the efforts of two families that lost members to preventable birth complications as they become activists in the birth justice movement.

The movie is approximately one hour and 30 minutes long. The screening is open to the public and will take place in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

AU Nursing and Libraries to screen “Aftershock” documentary for Black Maternal Health Week

In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, the AU College of Nursing and AU Libraries are presenting a screening of “Aftershock” (2022), a documentary addressing the American crisis of maternal health, and specifically the disparities related to maternal health. The program will take place on Friday, April 14, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Registration is encouraged but is not required to attend. Register at: https://aub.ie/aftershock  

This award-winning film by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee documents the efforts of two families that lost members to preventable birth complications as they become activists in the birth justice movement.

The movie is approximately one hour and 30 minutes long. The screening is open to the public and will take place in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

“Bomber Boys – WWII Flight Jacket Art” by John Slemp is a visual record of A-2 jackets worn by bomber air crews. The jackets in his book represent all World War II theaters of operations. The photos were taken by Slemp from both museums and private owners. Along with artifacts photos and personal accounts, these jacket photos reveal a visual diary of a man’s service in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Two World War II U.S. Army Air Corps veterans will also be on hand for the lecture.

Technical Sergeant Ambers E. Hanson was a Radio Operator on both B-17s and B-24s.  Stationed in Mendlesham, England, he flew 25 missions before turning 21 in France, Germany, and what was then Czechoslovakia as a member of the 8^th Air Force “Mighty Eighth,” 34^th Bomb Group, 391^st Bomb Squadron. His crew also participated in the food drops over Holland.  His plane was the B-17 called the Battlin’ Butch.  He joined the U.S. Army Air Corp before finishing high school.  He would return to his schooling post-war, graduating from Auburn (then API) with the class of 1952.

An Opelika native, Orrin Brown (API class of 1941) flew 30 missions in World War II and never dropped a bomb while with the 492^nd Bomb Group/801^st Squadron. Brown was one of the initial members of the Carpetbaggers, a secret unit that was part of the newly formed Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of today’s CIA. The unit worked in conjunction with the British SOE (Special Operations Executive), and dropped agents, supplies, and leaflets into western Europe from bomber aircraft. Brown stayed in the Air Force Reserves after the war and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1962. Brown was honored in March of 2018 with a Congressional Gold Medal as a part of the original OSS during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He turns 103 on April 4.

The public is welcome and there will be a question-and-answer period after the lecture.

NAGPRA was passed by Congress in 1990 and provides a process for museums and federal agencies to return Native American cultural items, human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony that may have been taken without consent of their respective lineal descendants, Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. NAGPRA also authorizes federal grants to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations and museums to assist with the documentation and repatriation of Native American cultural items.

The lecture is open to the public and will take place in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditroium on the ground floor of RBD Library.

The Extended Reality (XR) Space in the Innovation & Research Commons (I&RC) of the Auburn University Libraries is now open by reservation to the campus community to come and experience virtual reality and what it can do in research and teaching.

Equipment currently available in the XR Space includes both Meta Quest 2 units and the HTC Vive Pro Eye, with a range of available titles including the award-winning Beat Saber.

Faculty have been using the XR Space’s technology in research designed to surround students and participants in an immersive learning environment, whether that be educating patients on a new diagnosis, or learning about far away places by experiencing them through 360-degree video.

Individual students and faculty from all colleges can now reserve time to learn about and use the equipment for work or play. I&RC staff will be on hand to answer questions, assist users with the equipment, and make sure they have an overall positive, educational, and safe experience. The reservation sign-up link is https://auburn.libcal.com/reserve/XR. For more information on all the resources and equipment available at the I&RC, visit https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/

Want to learn more about 3D design? Join the Adobe Creative Space personnel for a special session with Eric Rowse, Adobe Senior Solutions Consultant. Included in your Auburn Adobe Creative Cloud license, Adobe Substance 3D brings you an ecosystem of apps and content that empower you to design 3D. Texture assets and render your scenes intuitively. See the progression of a model through the Substance apps (Sampler, Designer, Painter, Stager). Learn about how Substance connects to many other apps via plug-ins, such as Unity, Unreal, Maya, Rhino, Blender, and more. View the flyer [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/files/Substance3D_session_flyer.pdf] 

Date and Time: Wednesday, February 15, 3 p.m.to 4 p.m. 

Where: Online only via Zoom, link sent in registration email 

Register: https://auburn.libcal.com/calendar/workshops/adobesubstance 

Find more sessions at: https://aub.ie/libraryworkshops

Learn more about the Adobe Creative Space at: https://aub.ie/ircadobe  

Dr. Malone’s presentation on Dawson will be based on research done while writing his soon-to-be-published book, “William Levi Dawson: American Music Educator.” The timing of the publication coincides with the 100^th anniversary of Dawson’s first significant composition, “Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back.”

In addition to his many compositions, Alabama native Dawson was also a music educator. He graduated from Tuskegee Institute in 1921 and later taught there from 1930-1955.

The public is welcome and Dr. Malone will be on hand to answer questions after the lecture.

Via Zoom: https://auburn.zoom.us/s/4882316628

Workshops are offered in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise indicated; computers with Adobe Creative Cloud installed provided in-person. View the I&RC Workshop flyer [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/files/IRC_WorkshopFlyer_Spring2023.pdf]. Register at http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops. Unable to attend, or need Adobe instructional video how-to content for your courses? Visit https://aub.ie/ircinstruction. 

I&RC Multimedia Workshop Contact: Dr. Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu 

Adobe Creative Cloud, 3D Design, and Technology Lending Workshops by AU Libraries’ Innovation & Research Commons 

To help users learn how to use the creative applications of Adobe Creative Cloud and how to use the new technology lending equipment available for checkout and the makerspace, the Auburn University Libraries’ Innovation & Research Commons (I&RC) is offering free instructional workshops open to all Auburn students, faculty, and staff, including new topics. Topics include Getting Started with 3D Design: Tinkercad; Maximizing Adobe Stock templates and Creative Cloud Libraries; Adobe Photoshop for Beginners, Basics of Manual Photography with DSLR Cameras, and more. Learn to use creative apps and equipment to enhance classroom assignments, present research, and design and publish both print and online content. 

Workshops are offered in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise indicated; computers with Adobe Creative Cloud installed provided in-person. View the I&RC Workshop flyer [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/files/IRC_WorkshopFlyer_Spring2023.pdf]. Register at http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops. Unable to attend, or need Adobe instructional video how-to content for your courses? Visit https://aub.ie/ircinstruction. 

I&RC Multimedia Workshop Contact: Dr. Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu 

This class included students from sociology, anthropology, and social work majors. In the Fall 2022 semester, Dr. Wells’ students created infographics in groups using Adobe Creative Cloud Express [https://express.adobe.com], via collaboration with Dr. Chelsy Hooper and Jonah Lasley of the AU Libraries’ Innovation & Research Commons. 

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to come view the display which will run exclusively 12- 1 p.m. on January 20. Before and after the scheduled program, the display is available on-demand through an iPad control panel for the Digital Wall; access it under Presentations, Student Work, Makeela Wells.  The Digital Wall [https://lib.auburn.edu/digital-wall/] is located on the 1^st floor of the RBD Library as part of the Innovation & Research Commons [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/index.php]. 

Additional projects from fall 2022 are available for viewing. Emory Serviss’ Digital Marketing class collaborated with Dr. Chelsy Hooper and Jennilyn Wiley to learn how to use Adobe Rush to make a marketing video and market it. Students visited the Adobe Creative Space [https://aub.ie/ircadobe] in the RBD Library, practiced hands-on editing techniques, and used Adobe Creative Cloud Express [https://express.adobe.com] to design graphics and social media posts for their group content marketing project. The top “viewed” class videos are now available for on-demand display on the Digital Wall in the RBD Library, first floor. Visitors can access it via the iPad in front of the Digital Wall by going to Presentations, Student Work, Serviss: Digital Marketing. 

Djibo Zanzot’s Biology students and John Beckmann’s Scientific Illustration students collaborated to create new scientific imagery. As many of the species being researched by Dr. Zanzot's Biology students are critically endangered and those remaining can number in the single digits, it can be hard to source images that are high enough quality and that are open to use. Dr. Zanzot also wanted his class to highlight different cell types found within these species and it has proven hard to source high resolution images of cells in past semesters of this project. The students in Dr. Beckmann’s Scientific Illustration class were assigned a group from the biology class as a "client" and worked with those students to create original artwork of the endangered species as well as some of the unique cell types found within, using Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator. The scientific artwork is on display on-demand on the Digital Wall via the iPad control panel under Presentations. These projects were made possible through library personnel collaborations including Patricia Hartman, Jonah Lasley, and Chris Mixon. 

All Auburn students have access to Adobe Creative Cloud [https://adobe.auburn.edu]. The Adobe Creative Space personnel can assist faculty and instructors in integrating Adobe Creative Cloud applications into courses: contact Chelsy Hooper at hooperc@auburn.edu for more information or visit https://aub.ie/ircadobe. For questions regarding the Digital Wall, contact Chris Mixon at mixonch@auburn.edu or visit https://lib.auburn.edu/digital-wall/. 

Due to the upcoming holidays and winter break closures of other Interlibrary Loan (ILL) partner libraries, ILL requests made by Monday, December 5, 2022 have the best opportunity of being filled before Auburn University’s holiday closure.

Starting January 3, 2023, normal request processing by the ILL office will resume. Please note, for the filling of requests, the ILL office is subject to the reopening schedule of partner libraries.

Dr. Deutsch is a Research Fellow, Emeritus in the AU School of Fisheries, with degrees in Zoology, Biology, Anthropology, and Aquatic Ecology. He is the author of the book “Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge,” and recently completed his second book, “Ancient Life in Alabama: The Fossils, the Finders & Why It Matters.”

He has had a life-long interest in fossils and is a member of the Alabama Paleontological Society. He regularly searches for fossils statewide and beyond, and for his Discover Auburn presentation, he will discuss the rich paleontological history of Alabama, including the key people that advanced our understanding of life on Earth and the concept of Deep Time.  

The public is welcome.

LeVert was the granddaughter of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the daughter of the first Secretary for Florida, and the first woman to represent the United States outside the country. Her literary salon in Mobile, Alabama, and the publication of her only book, “Souvenirs of Travel”, resulted in international fame until her Union sympathies during the Civil War ended it all. 

Webb’s Discover Auburn program will be available as both an in-person program in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library and as a Zoom presentation at https://auburn.zoom.us/s/4882316628.

Extended hours start on Friday, April 29, when Ralph Brown Draughon (RBD) Library will be open until midnight. Saturday, April 30, RBD will be open from 9 a.m. to midnight. On Sunday, May 1, RBD will open at 11 a.m. and will remain open continuously until 9 p.m. on Friday, May 6.

Security escorts to the parking deck and the quad dorms for those studying late will be offered every night through the morning of May 6.

The circulation desk at RBD offers a wide variety of items to help in studying and items to borrow for anyone that may have forgotten something. Check with them when in need.

AU Libraries will be offering many stress reduction activities to take a moment from studies, get your head in a better place, and continue your study efforts with renewed energy. Activities scheduled:

Yoga and Chill 

Tuesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 5. Room 2009, opposite 2nd Floor RBD Helpdesk. For those inclined towards yoga, balls and mats will be provided, but bring your own towel. Sponsored by AU Libraries. 

Up All Night with the SGA 

Sunday - Friday, midnight, Help Desk, 2nd floor. Stop by for free doughnuts and juice. Sponsored by the SGA. 

Oculus Quest VR Demo and Jigsaw Puzzles

Sunday - Thursday, 1st Floor RBD Library. Stop by the Innovation and Research Commons (I&RC) from noon to 2 p.m. to take part in a peaceful virtual reality experience with one of our Oculus Quest headsets. If VR isn’t for you, one of our jigsaw puzzles might be just what your busy brain needs to slow down and focus.

Coloring & Chill

Sunday - Friday, Gibbs Lab, 2nd floor RBD Library and the Library of Architecture, Design and Construction Treat your over-worked brain to some creative art activities to regain the focus on studying. Sponsored by AU Libraries. 

Quiet Meditation Room 

Available all library open times.  Room 4006, 4th floor. Slow down. Unplug, unwind and reconnect with your inner peace and calm before you go back to the study grind.  

Wellness & Self-Care During Finals 

May 3, noon to 4 p.m. Stop by the Newspaper Reading Room, RBD 1st floor.  Staff from the Student Counseling & Psychological Services in collaboration with Health Promotion and Wellness Services will host wellness-promoting activities and help with stress management. 

Games & Puzzles

Sunday - Friday, Newspaper Reading Room, 1st floor of RBD.  Take a break from studying to play a quick game or two. We will have classic favorites like Sorry!, Uno, and SkipBo, along with “new classics” like Exploding Kittens and Sushi GO.  Play a little to re-sharpen your thinking then get back to your studies. Sponsored by AU Libraries. 

Recharging Stations 

Stop by the RBD 2nd floor Help Desk or the Library of Architecture, Design and Construction to recharge your devices and yourself. Pick up a scantron, bottled water, pens, highlighters, and post-it-notes.  Sponsored by AU Libraries. 

Photo Wall 

Monday - Thursday. Once you’ve made it through finals, grab your friends and your phone and have your picture taken in front of our “I Survived Finals Week” or “Last Finals Week Ever” Photo Wall [across from the Help Desk, 2nd Floor]. Sponsored by AU Libraries. 

Message Wall 

Monday - Thursday. Leave an uplifting or stress-releasing message on the big orange wall across from the Help Desk, 2nd Floor. Sponsored by AU Libraries. 

Check the AU Libraries finals activities website for updates and additional finals activities.https://www.lib.auburn.edu/finals

“Suffragists in East Alabama” will include names familiar to the Auburn family. Women with names such as Cary, Martin, Glenn, and Petrie were among the first women to register to vote in Lee County in October 1920. The story also includes a visit from nationally known suffragists in a bright yellow automobile.

The program will be Thursday, April 14 at 3 p.m. and is available as both an in-person lecture in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library or as a Zoom presentation at https://auburn.zoom.us/s/4882316628.

Statista is a searchable database that provides statistical information gleaned from more than 22,500 sources. These sources include trade publications, scientific journals, government resources, business reports, media, and other websites. Users may search for information about more than 80,000 topics in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities with the ability to download select information directly into Excel or PowerPoint. (Some features may require individual registration.)

 Statista is accessible online through the Libraries’ website at: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/STATISTA.

To learn more about this powerful new tool or if you have any questions or feedback, contact George Stachokas, AU Libraries’ collections strategist, at george.stachokas@auburn.edu or your subject specialist librarian at https://www.lib.auburn.edu/people/research-instruction.php

Dr. Rilett joined AU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives in fall 2020. She directs a major, peer-reviewed digital humanities project, the George Eliot Archive. Dr. Rilett will describe how 21st Century computational technology is helping to illuminate 19th century literature, and how this international project benefits Auburn University.

The Discover Auburn Lecture Series is open to the public.

Registration for the Boot Camp is now open. Spaces are limited.  For more information and to register, visit:

https://aub.ie/bootcamp

Workshops offered include:

Writing Literature Reviews (offered by University Writing)

Finding Sources for Your Literature Review

NEW: Google Scholar Tips & Tricks

Intro to Systematic Reviews

NEW: Company & Industry Info

NEW: Customer & Consumer Information

Setting up Search Alerts: Be in the Know!

Intro to Zotero | Intro to Mendeley

How to Read a Scholarly Article

Publishing Your Work

Measuring Research Impact

NEW: Researcher & Student Success (offered by Academic Support)

NEW: Work Smarter: Workflow Techniques for Fast, Efficient, & Accurate Researchers (offered by QMER)

Data Management for Scientific Workflows

NEW: A Painless Introduction to R (offered by QMER)

Intro to GIT

Intro to LaTeX | LaTeX: Bibliographies, Images, Tables

NEW: Digital Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro

NTIS National Technical Reports Library  

A special lunch hour panel presentation will feature Auburn University’s 2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT©) winners.

Workshops are offered in-person and via Zoom unless otherwise indicated; computers with Adobe Creative Cloud installed provided in-person. View the I&RC Workshop flyer [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/files/IRCFlyerWorkshopsSpring2022.pdf].

Register at http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops. Unable to attend, or need Adobe video how-to content for your courses? Visit https://aub.ie/ircinstruction. 

I&RC Multimedia Workshop Contact: Dr. Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu 

The Classic Era of video games was the period in which video games established themselves as mainstream entertainment both in the coin-operated arcades and on consoles at home. The birth of what would become the multi-billion dollar gaming industry of today was characterized by rapid innovation but ultimately this era ended with a crash in the video game industry in 1983 - 1984 due to over production and unlicensed, poor quality games.

The exhibit was designed and executed by AU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives department head, Greg Schmidt, and history major student Tori Buchanan. It is made up of artifacts on loan from AU alumni Jayson Hill, class of 1980.  The artifacts represent the wide variety of technologies employed and the many companies that made hardware and software during this formative era.

“AU Libraries and the Special Collections and Archives department try to craft exhibits that are engaging and informative,” said Schmidt. “Showcasing library, alumni, student and faculty collections is a great way to engage with the Auburn Family. The video gaming industry has become a major economic, technological, and creative force in our culture, and its history touches almost everyone. Creating this exhibit celebrating the 50^th anniversary of home video gaming has been both fun and enlightening for us. I hope that visitors will enjoy this window into the birth of an industry.”

The Classic Era video game exhibit will be on display through spring semester 2022 and is open to the public.

A few of the more noteworthy exhibit artifacts include:

Magnavox Odyssey (1972) – the first home video game console. The exhibited example is autographed by the designer, Ralph Baer.

Atari Pong (1975) – the first of the dedicated Pong consoles from Atari. The exhibited example is autographed by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, and Bob Brown, one of the three engineers that put together the hardware.

Fairchild Channel F (1976) - the first Read Only Memory (ROM) cartridge programmable console and the first console to employ a microprocessor.

Atari Video Computer System (1977, a.k.a. Atari 2600) - the most popular of the Classic Era video game consoles, selling more consoles and games than all the other Classic Era programmable consoles combined. Vectrex (1982) – a programmable standalone console that employed a vector graphics monitor rather than the raster scan TV monitors used by home consoles of the era. The exhibited example is autographed by the Smith Engineering design team.

“We’re very excited to have this new display space. It will allow us to better share treasures of the Special Collections and Archives with many more people,” said Greg Schmidt, acting head of Special Collections and Archives at Auburn University Libraries. “This space was completed in September, so it seemed only logical that we make its first exhibit something for the football season. Heisman winners are the gold standard of collegiate players and Auburn has had three. We’re proud to honor Sullivan, Jackson and Newton with this exhibit and we hope that tailgating Auburn fans will make a gameday visit to Draughon Library to see it.”

Unlike previous exhibits displayed in the Special Collections and Archives department on the ground floor of RBD Library that had limited hours compared to the main areas of the library, the new first floor exhibit area is open during all hours the RBD Library is open. And as the parking deck adjacent to RBD Library is open to all after 6 p.m., the public will have more opportunities to enjoy Special Collections and Archives exhibits.

Going forward, Schmidt has indicated that he has plans for many more exhibits in the new display area that are sure to educate and entertain Auburn students and the public at large.

Encyclopedia of Alabama articles on Auburn Football:

Auburn University Football

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2032

John Heisman

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1869

Ralph “Shug” Jordon

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1502

Pat Dye

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2017

Pat Sullivan

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1513

Bo Jackson

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1766

George Petrie

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2578

To mark National Voter Registration Day, Auburn University Libraries and the League of Women Voters of East Alabama will be hosting a voter registration and information event on Tuesday September 28 in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.  A second voter registration event at the library will be held the following week on Monday October 4.  Those wishing to register to vote or just wanting information on voting are welcome to stop by.

A help desk staffed by League of Women Voters volunteers will provide information about voter registration and general voting information. Laptops will be available at the help desk so that individuals may register to vote online. 

The help desk will be located at the 1^st floor parking deck entrance to RBD Library, adjacent to the circulation desk and will be staffed between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Approved virus safety protocols will be observed.

• Census Data for Community Analysis(July 16th)
• How to Access Race and Ethnicity Data(July 23rd)

The U.S Census is one of the most important datasets available to researchers.  Census data is used to guide business and economic development, community planning, social services, and healthcare delivery. The first webinar, Census Data for Community Analysis, will address how to access key demographic, social, economic, and housing indicators for research involving community analysis. Participants will:

• Learn to access neighborhood-level data (zip code and census tracts) to conduct community analysis
• Learn how to work with current data on age, income, poverty, race/ethnicity, health, and other community analysis measures
• Learn to download datasets from data.census.gov and other Census sites

Time: 60 minutes; both webinars will be held on a Friday, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information & to register, go to:

https://aub.ie/census

Registration is free.

DataSpace offers one-on-one support for data services and workflows. I&RC staff experts in Python, R, ArcGIS, Excel, shell scripting, and other data visualization tools are available to meet with users in-person or over Zoom. They can answer questions about general programming, automating research processes, data cleanup, or just getting code to run. All questions are welcome, from the basics up through complex modeling.

In-person hours for the I&RC DataSpace will be:

Monday 10 a.m. to noon

Tuesday 2 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.

For more information on DataSpace services, go to https://aub.ie/datasp

• Census Data for Businesses & Entrepreneurs(June 25th)
• Census Data for Community Analysis(July 16th)
• How to Access Race and Ethnicity Data(July 23rd)

The first webinar, Census Data for Businesses & Entrepreneurs, will explore finding data for those seeking to understand the business landscape of a specific region. Participants will:

• Access statistics on consumer characteristics in market area
• Access statistics on businesses in specific industries, including data on sales, receipts, payroll, etc.
• Access local business profiles and reports for desired geography or region
• Use the Census Business Builder tool to access and visualize Census data
• Understand the various sources of Census demographic and economic data programs
• Access business data using North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

Time: 60 minutes; all webinars will be held on a Friday, from 12-1 PM.

For more information & to register, go to:

https://aub.ie/census

Registration is FREE.

During the maintenance period users will not be able to place new Interlibrary borrowing requests, download PDF copies of articles, track or change existing requests, renew Interlibrary borrowing books, or any other function that requires ILLiad support.

ILLiad users may submit requests before this scheduled shutdown in order to avoid delays in receiving materials. Normal processing of requests will resume as soon as the systems work is complete. For questions, call (334) 844-1728 or email illhelp@auburn.edu.

Thirty-minute tours are available May through July, registration required. Find the tour flyer here [https://lib.auburn.edu/irc/files/IRC-Flyer-Tours-Summer-2021.pdf ] Tours are led by I&RC staff.

Unable to meet at one of the listed times? Contact us to schedule a custom date and time. Classes welcome; contact us to schedule. 

I&RC Tour Contact: Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu  

Register for a tour: https://aub.ie/libraryworkshops  

Over the spring semester, students used software such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Rush, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and more to create their projects, with instructional assistance from the I&RC staff. After providing permission for their work to be displayed via student talent release forms, participants share their work to an online workspace for file preparation. Displays of student work have begun this week and will be displayed intermittently over the next semester.

View student projects currently on the exhibit loop of the Liquid Galaxy display on the 1^st floor of the Library. Find more information at https://lib.auburn.edu/liquidgalaxy/

“We are so grateful to the Tiger Giving Day donors for giving us the opportunity to preserve so many of these U-matic analog video tapes,” said Greg Schmidt, head of special collections and archives at Auburn University Libraries. “Old analog media does have a self-life and the technology to read them is beginning to disappear. When the physical media degrades or the last machine that can read them breaks beyond repair, the contents will be lost to history. We have to act now to ensure that does not happen.”

AU Libraries’ special collections and archives has been hard at work for more than a decade to find ways to transfer legacy analog and digital media to modern formats. This effort creates files that can be stored in a variety of ways to give future researchers access to the history they hold. The department has acquired several pieces of equipment to aid in this effort, such as reel-to-reel, cassette, and even Digital Compact Cassette audio tape players to digitize legacy audio recordings. But some formats, such as the U-matic video tapes, cannot be processed in-house.

“U-matic tapes are a different animal when it comes to digitizing their content,” said Schmidt. “U-matic was a professional grade analog video tape that was mainly used to produce television content. There were never that many of the players and those that remain in use require professional servicing and maintenance. We will be sending our tapes to one of the professional video transfer companies to ensure we have the greatest chance of getting as much as possible from the tapes we hold.”

During 2021 Tiger Giving Day, 198 donors gave $12,168 (well above the $10,000 goal) for the project.

“We like to think that most people don’t want to lose the memories these tapes contain to time and advancing technology,” said Schmidt. “This is not the first time that the Auburn Family of givers has helped us save legacy media in our collection. I’m sure it won’t be the last.”

Digital content of the Auburn University Libraries may be found at https://archive.org/details/@aulibraries and http://diglib.auburn.edu/

Auburn University is a nationally ranked land grant institution recognized for its commitment to world-class scholarship, interdisciplinary research with an elite, top-tier Carnegie R1 classification, life-changing outreach with Carnegie’s Community Engagement designation and an undergraduate education experience second to none. Auburn is home to more than 30,000 students, and its faculty and research partners collaborate to develop and deliver meaningful scholarship, science and technology-based advancements that meet pressing regional, national and global needs. Auburn’s commitment to active student engagement, professional success and public/private partnership drives a growing reputation for outreach and extension that delivers broad economic, health and societal impact.

“We’ve been very successful at capturing the items about the pandemic from sources like the president and provost’s offices, and the posters and signage produced by the university,” said Tommy Brown, archivist and associate professor at AU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives. “What we lack is the more personal aspect of the pandemic. Like a face mask that was worn for a special occasion. A t-shirt for an event during the pandemic. Photographs of students in their masks or perhaps participating in a Zoom class. All of these are items that seem mundane now, but one day will be the things that give historians the complete picture of the pandemic at Auburn University.”

Students and other members of the Auburn Family are asked to donate physical items of all kinds, including: photographs, diaries, posters, students assignments, t-shirts, ephemera of any kind.  Basically, anything connected with the pandemic.

Digital files are also welcome: photos, word docs, diaries, syllabi, assignments, video/audio files.  Most paper items can be scanned or photographed and converted into PDFs.  People can fill out the online information and upload their files as many times as they want.   https://www.lib.auburn.edu/specialcollections/auniquetime.php

Questions about donating items may be addressed to Tommy Brown, brownt6@auburn.edu, (334) 844-1733.

The Adobe Creative Space area of the I&RC is an open-access learning space for Auburn students, faculty, and staff dedicated to providing Auburn students with digital creation skills and technology. This area, as well as supporting online resources, serves to promote and strengthen the digital literacy of our students. Offered support helps facilitate student success both in their coursework and continued use in their careers. 

Find the Adobe Student Consultants’ schedule, areas of specialty, help desk location, policies, and Adobe Help Zoom room link on the I&RC Adobe Creative Space page at https://aub.ie/ircadobe. 

The I&RC also offers Adobe/multimedia workshops via Zoom; in-person, socially-distanced tours of the I&RC; and on-demand instructional content for students, faculty, and staff. Visit the I&RC Instructional Content page for workshop / tour schedules and registration, on-demand video recordings, and more at https://aub.ie/ircinstruction. 

Contact: Chelsy Hooper, hooperc@auburn.edu  

The Savvy Researcher Boot Camp will take place online via Zoom. Students may pick and choose the sessions that interest them.

 Registration for the Boot Camp is now open. Spaces are limited.  For more information and to register, visit:

https://libguides.auburn.edu/savvy_researcher

Workshops offered include:

• Writing Literature Reviews (offered by staff from University Writing)
• Finding Sources for Your Literature Review
• Intro to Systematic Reviews
• NEW: Research Consultation with the Engineering Librarian
• Citation Managers (Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley)
• NEW: Intermediate Excel: Pivot Tables
• NEW: Intro to R
• NEW: Data Analysis with Python
• LaTeX: Bibliographies and Images
• Effective Poster Design
• Publishing Your Work
• NEW: Reveal Digital (primary source databases)

 A special lunch hour presentation will feature Auburn’s 2020 Three Minute Thesis (3MT©) winners.

Effective January 11, 2021, food may only be eaten in the area directly adjacent to the Panera Bread on the second floor of the RBD Library. No food of any kind may be consumed in any other part of the RBD Library.

While in the area around Panera Bread, face coverings may be removed to consume food but otherwise must be worn. This will allow students to still be able have meals in the library, minimizing interruption to their studies, while making it easier to remain masked in the rest of the building.

In all other areas of the building, face coverings must be worn at all times. In all areas of the library, including the area around Panera, proper social distancing must be maintained at all times.

This policy change will be in effect until further notice.

Before Elvis Presley, before Little Richard, and before Bill Haley and the Comets, Alabama’s own Hardrock Gunter had a hit record in the emerging style of popular music that soon became known as Rock ‘n’ Roll starting with his “Birmingham Bounce” in 1950.  For the next dozen years Gunter continued to record Country-flavored Rock ‘n’ Roll and kept up with the rapid evolution of the music.  Dr. Tim Dodge, History and Political Science Librarian, will explore Gunter’s musical contributions and seek to reclaim recognition of Hardrock Gunter as a pioneer in the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll music.

For those not able to attend live, the program will be recorded and available to view approximately one week after the live date at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/discoverauburn/

A help desk staffed by League of Women Voters volunteers will provide information about voter registration and voting by absentee ballot. Laptops will be available at the help desk so that individuals may register to vote online.  Printer/photocopier machines are located nearby so that visitors requesting an absentee ballot may print out their driver’s license or state-issued ID card.  Print mail-in voter registration and absentee ballot application forms will also be available.

The help desk will be located at the 1^st floor parking deck entrance to RBD Library, adjacent to the circulation desk.  The help desk will be staffed between 12 and 8 p.m. Approved virus safety protocols will be observed.

An Adobe ID and use of a computer with Premiere Pro installed are required. This workshop is offered via Zoom and a link will be sent in an event reminder email. To register, click here. For questions, contact Chelsy Hooper at hooperc@auburn.edu.

Adobe student ambassadors are responsible for planning, promoting and hosting product training, spreading the word about Adobe on campus and online and developing relationships and partnerships with relevant student organizations. Ramsey is a senior at Auburn studying communications and marketing. As a special guest presenter, Ramsey will lead the workshop with Chelsy Hooper, instructional technology specialist, in the AU Libraries’ Innovation and Research Commons creativity workshop series.

Dr. Blair’s talk will focus on the role of women of color in the suffrage fight, why their contributions were ignored for so long, and how the 19^th Amendment was the end of one fight but, for Black Southern women, the beginning of another.

For those not able to attend live, the program will be recorded and available to view approximately one week after the live date at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/discoverauburn/

This program is co-sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and the AU Women’s Studies Program.

AU Libraries began its access to additional HathiTrust assets in early April 2020 when the Libraries’ buildings were closed. This allowed library patrons to have online access to almost 48 percent of  AUL’s collection.

After the deactivation, titles that previously appeared in HathiTrust as “Temporary Access” for logged-in users will now be displayed with the label “Limited (search only).” These are the items where copyright restrictions apply. Items in “Full View” are items available via the public domain or through Creative Commons licensing.

AUL became a member of the HathiTrust in 2015. HathiTrust is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries. It includes content digitized as part of the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by member libraries.

Please contact your liaison librarian if you have any questions on use of HathiTrust and other Libraries assets. https://libguides.auburn.edu/libraryinstruction/contact

“This model will help the Libraries to operate safely both for our users and employees,” said Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Auburn University Libraries. “Certain steps have had to be taken to keep the building and their materials clean and safe.”

All users will be required to wear a face covering while in library buildings. They are also required to adhere to current campus social distancing policies.

To accommodate daily thorough cleanings of the building, Ralph Brown Draughon Library will be open the following hours:
Mon. to Thurs.: 7:45 a.m. to midnight
Fri.: 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sat.: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sun.: 1 p.m.to midnight
Full library hours may be viewed here: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/hours/index.php

In order to prevent transmission of the virus through shared materials, the following modifications to lending have been put in place:
• Active faculty may request items be delivered to their office via Campus Delivery. Please be aware that processing times may vary depending on current workload and staff availability.
• Loaning of physical books through traditional reserves has been suspended due to the "high touch" nature of hourly reserves and the need to properly quarantine material between patrons.
Faculty may explore two options for providing resources to their class:
1. Request scans of selected book chapters from our current collection via AUBIExpress.
2. Reach out to the Subject Specialist Librarian to request the purchase of an eBook or streaming video if available.
• AUBIExpress and other interlibrary loan services are available and can be accessed through the online catalog or from the Delivery Services web page: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/ill/
• Current staff and graduate students may request materials via Campus Delivery for no-contact pick up in the atrium at the parking deck entrance You will be emailed once items are ready at which point you may pick them up at your convenience during the RBD Library’s current operating hours.

Faculty may contact their subject specialist liaisons at https://libguides.auburn.edu/libraryinstruction/contact to find out more about accessing library resources.

For a frequently asked questions list detailing fall 2020 library operations visit: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/fall-operations-2020-faq/

Auburn University students, faculty and staff now have remote access to powerful software loaded on 85 high-end computers at Auburn University Libraries labs within Ralph Brown Draughon Library and the Library of Architecture, Design and Construction.  Users of the service will not be required to upgrade their computers or purchase additional software to access the computers.

“Getting our users access to the computers and software they have grown used to having at the AU Libraries has been a high priority for us since we were forced to close our doors to users at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Chris Mixon, senior information technology specialist in the newly built Innovation & Research Commons (formally Media & Digital Resource Lab) at Auburn University Libraries. “The 85 computers we have configured for remote access are machines running expensive software such as ArcGIS Pro, Autodesk Architecture and SolidWorks computer assisted design software.”

Users may access the Libraries computers at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/remotelab/.  Login requires Auburn University credentials.

Mixon indicated that though this access was conceived as a way to bring additional library services to remote workers and learners during the current crisis, if it proves successful it will likely be retained so users may access the computers during times when the Innovation & Research Commons is closed after hours.

AU Libraries has arranged for expanded access to e-resources. E-journals, e-books, databases, streaming videos and digital collections, are accessible to faculty, students, and staff through the Libraries’ online platform, Discovery, at https://www.lib.auburn.edu/. In addition to the library’s regular holdings, many publishers and hosting sites have opened up or expanded access to these kinds of resources. For more information, see: https://libguides.auburn.edu/c.php?g=1009722&p=7329529. HathiTrust is providing emergency temporary online access to almost 48 percent of AU Libraries’ print collections. For more information visit: http://libguides.auburn.edu/hathitrust

If a book from the AU Libraries’ physical collections is needed, library users may contact subject librarians to discuss arrangements for pickup services outside the library building. Contact your subject librarian to learn more: https://libguides.auburn.edu/subjectlibrarians

AU Libraries continues to provide research assistance via chat, email, and phone at the RBD Help Desk. When classes are in session this summer, real-time research help will be available Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Librarians and our trained research assistants are ready and able to help faculty and students navigate library resources for their research and teaching/learning needs.

In order to facilitate remote work with archival materials and rare books, Special Collections and Archives is currently suspending scanning and photocopying fees for researchers. For faculty and graduate student research requests that cannot be met through remote delivery, Special Collections and Archives will be open by appointment. Please see https://www.lib.auburn.edu/specialcollections/ for more information.

Throughout the summer sessions, library faculty and staff will offer virtual workshops on the Adobe Creative Cloud and research enhancement (https://auburn.libcal.com/calendar/workshops), and information literacy instruction to support teaching and learning. For more information and to schedule library instruction for your class, go to: http://libguides.auburn.edu/libraryinstruction.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services are the researcher’s link to materials not owned or subscribed to by AU Libraries. While ILL services across the country are partially curtailed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, library users can request the table of contents and/or index from a book and can then select pages or a couple of chapters to be scanned and delivered electronically by a member library in our lending network. Start a request at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/ill/index.php.

The Document Delivery Department, which oversees interlibrary loan (ILL), has also expanded its AUBIExpress service. Pages and chapters from items held in AU Libraries’ print collections are scanned and emailed to AU students, faculty and staff. Start a request at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/ill/index.php

If your remote computer setup is lacking in computing power and software, take control of one of the Innovation and Research Commons’ computers and instantly have access to high-end computers and software. Go to https://www.lib.auburn.edu/remotelab/ to start.

“Both keeping up with the undiminished requirement for our services that necessitate access to the physical library collections and complying with the university mandate to disperse our employees to protect them from COVID-19 has been a challenge,” said Gail Barton, head of Interlibrary Loan. “The result has been a Herculean effort by our staff coming into the library to scan requests from print materials while still maintaining social distancing.”

ILL’s mission of borrowing/securing research materials from other libraries for Auburn researchers and lending/sharing our own research materials to other libraries in the USA and around the world made their continued operation critical.

From March 13 when Auburn Libraries closed their doors to users to April 15, 867 requests were made for research materials from Auburn users. In the same period, 2680 requests came in from libraries worldwide.

Other uses of ILL’s resources also presented themselves. When distant borrowers request materials from AU Libraries, pages are scanned from print and the article, chapter, table of contents, or index is provided to the requester electronically. This service has been extended to Auburn library users in order to cut down on in-person interactions. Over 1,500 pages of materials were scanned for Auburn users and provided to them electronically.

To assist in providing materials through ILL/Document Delivery, subject librarians, who know research materials in their subject areas thoroughly, have been pulling requested materials from shelves and delivering them to ILL for scanning and distribution.

In several instances ILL has notified library acquisition personnel to purchase eBooks so that research materials are available in the critical moment of need. Catalogers have been ensuring the discoverability of these new purchases for all Auburn students, faculty, researchers, and staff.

Its mission to the rest of the world has not been neglected, as research materials have been delivered regularly to global partners. Auburn University Libraries is one of the rare libraries where staff still has access to the print collection. Most libraries have staff working remotely who are only able to share from electronic resources. This has caused some interesting distribution gymnastics to be played out.

Recently a professor for small animal surgery working at the University of Munich in Germany contacted the Charles Allen Cary Veterinary Medical Library, a branch of the Auburn University Libraries, and requested an article from the publication, Auburn Veterinarian, which is held by few other libraries. The veterinary subject librarian, Rob Buchanan, and library technical specialist Jonathon Brock checked the collection and found that holdings in the VetMed branch library began after the requested date but discovered that the Special Collection in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library had the 1976 volume and issue needed. Buchanan contacted ILL with the researcher’s information and that “the catalog shows that we should have a copy in Special Collections.” He asked that ILL scan the article and deliver it electronically. ILL contacted the Special Collections department and almost immediately library technical specialist Elizabeth Bates pulled the journal from the archives and provided it to ILL personnel for scanning and delivery to Germany.

With the assistance of other departments of the AU Libraries, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery has been maintaining a robust research resources exchange with other libraries worldwide and providing our own library users with a continued access to AU Libraries materials through creative use of its capabilities. Users wishing to take advantage of these services should contact ILL through the Libraries website at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/ill/index.php

“We’ve been trying very hard to continue all the services we can during this transition time and we’re doing our best to add more services as solutions are found,” said Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Libraries, Auburn University Libraries. “The HathiTrust temporary emergency access is a huge step forward in being able to offer a large percentage of the most significant thing we lose when the Libraries are closed – the physical collections.”

AUL became a member of the HathiTrust in 2015. Without that membership, the emergency declaration and resulting access to electronic versions of library holdings would not have been possible. HathiTrust is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries. It includes content digitized as part of the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by member libraries.

“While the HathiTrust emergency declaration is a major addition to our offerings, we won’t be stopping there,” said Dr. Zhang. “As the crisis continues, we’re finding solutions to make remote learning, teaching and research easier and more productive.”

Nearing fruition is a project to allow students remote access to the needed software in 78 computers of the Libraries’ newly implemented Innovation and Research Commons. These computers are high-end machines with all manner of powerful software installed. Students will be able tap that power from their home computers without the need to upgrade their computers or purchase new software.

AUL also continues to offer many of the services users have come to expect. In the three weeks since building closure, more than 5,000 users have successful logged in to access e-resources from the Libraries.

Interlibrary Loans (ILL) is busily operating, getting items not held by AUL from other member libraries for our users and providing materials not held by peer libraries to their users so they may continue their research. ILL is also scanning pages and chapters from AUL print holdings and providing them to our users digitally, negating the need for in-person transfers. ILL is currently investigating ways to share e-books between multiple users.

Workshops for both research-enhancing software and Adobe users are being offered remotely via Zoom and recorded video, with 109 users taking advantage of these workshop opportunities so far.

Subject librarians are offering research consultations via Zoom so work momentum is not lost. Reference questions are also being responded to, with 176 such questions already fielded.

And sometimes the library services you might never have thought of become very important as students try to complete all the requirements for their courses.

“It has recently been brought to my attention that 350 students are fulfilling their concert attendance requirement in music appreciation classes by using the Naxos Video Library, a streaming service provided through the library, to watch and listen to masterworks such as the Mahler 1st symphony and Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland,” said Dr. Zhang. “We’ll be working hard to provide innovative solutions for the duration of this crisis – whether it is an appreciation of the beauty of music or the latest scientific journal entry.”

All Auburn University Libraries online services may be accessed at https://www.lib.auburn.edu/ Specific help on remote learning, teaching and research may be found at aub.ie/libraryhelp To access the HathiTrust assets, start at: http://libguides.auburn.edu/hathitrust

“The Auburn Alumnus magazine ran from 1913 to 1939,” said Greg Schmidt, Acting head of Special Collections & Archives and lead on the digitization project. “For those years, it was the go-to source for news of our university’s alumni. These magazines are a view into a different time at Auburn. They’re really fun to take a deep dive into. We are looking forward to making other Auburn-related collections, including historic video and sound recordings accessible to everyone.”

The digitization of the Auburn Alumnus magazine was made possible by a generous gift from the late C. Harry Knowles, an alumnus of Auburn University, and his wife, Dr. Lucy Rorke-Adams.

“The COVID-19 virus may have shut down the buildings of Auburn University Libraries, but the Libraries have continued to offer the research and instruction services required for successful remote learning and teaching online,” said Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Libraries. “However, some departments of AU Libraries are more dependent on access to building collections than others. Those departments have been undertaking projects that daily operating pressures have caused us to put off to a quieter time. The digitizing of The Auburn Alumnus magazine was such a project, and the first two weeks of the remote learning period proved the perfect time to complete it.”

The complete run of The Auburn Alumnus magazine may be accessed at https://archive.org/details/@aulibraries

Teague’s diploma is a major artifact in the history of Auburn University and the changes that have occurred in the years it has served Alabama and the world at large. The admission of women in 1892 and the first graduating class of women in 1894 was the beginning of a series of steps that opened Auburn University to diverse applicants.

After the death of her mother in 1890, Teague came to Auburn from Toledo, Arkansas to live with her aunt. She was tutored and studied for the API entrance examination. She passed the examination and was admitted as a junior in 1892. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in 1894.

After her death in 1960 the diploma was passed down in the family. Teague’s grandson, James “Jim” Pinkerton, and his wife, Nieta, (Tulsa, Oklahoma) became caretakers of the diploma. Both felt strongly that the diploma should be returned to Auburn for permanent safekeeping and history.

“We are very pleased and honored to have been entrusted with this rare artifact that documents a great step forward in education equality at Auburn,” said Tommy Brown, archivist at the Special Collections and Archives Department of Auburn University Libraries. “This diploma is one of only three that were awarded to women in the first class that admitted women. The fact that it has survived to come to us for preservation is amazing.”

The diploma had been stored in a folded condition and is now undergoing treatment to ensure its preservation as an artifact that will be available to researchers.

“Margaret Kate Teague’s diploma has come full circle after 126 years,” said Jennifer Wiggins, Special Collections and Archives technician. “We’re going to see that it continues to be a source of inspiration for the future.”

Learn more about the Special Collections and Archives Department of Auburn University Libraries at https://www.lib.auburn.edu/specialcollections/index.php

As a Federal Depository Library, AU Libraries facilities are open to anyone to come in and use the library for research or reading for pleasure during all operating hours. To actually checkout materials from the libraries users must be members of the Auburn Alumni Association that have paid their annual membership dues or are a lifetime member of the association, or be a community member or business that has paid an annual fee of $35 directly to the library.

For more information on Auburn University Libraries’ policies and services, visit lib.auburn.edu.

“We’ve been hearing for a while that students, especially graduate students, wanted more weekend access for their work,” said Shali Zhang, Dean of Libraries for Auburn University Libraries. “We are pleased that we can now offer these extended hours to our students needing more time to accomplish their research or to find a great place to study.”

Previously, RBD Library was open until 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, a total of 134 hours each week.  Ralph Brown Draughon Library will now be open 140 hours each week during fall and spring semesters. The new hours will be:

Sunday 1 p.m. until Friday at 9 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For detailed library hours, visit  https://www.lib.auburn.edu/

“We’ve been hearing for a while that students, especially graduate students, wanted more weekend access for their work,” said Shali Zhang, Dean of Libraries for Auburn University Libraries. “We are pleased that we can now offer these extended hours to our students needing more time to accomplish their research or to find a great place to study.”

Previously, RBD Library was open until 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, a total of 134 hours each week.  Ralph Brown Draughon Library will now be open 140 hours each week during fall and spring semesters. The new hours will be:

Sunday 1 p.m. until Friday at 9 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For detailed library hours, visit  https://www.lib.auburn.edu/

Workshops are open to faculty, staff, and students. Class size is limited. Please register early through the AU Libraries website at: https://aub.ie/libraryworkshops.

Citation Management

EndNote

EndNote is an online tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references.

Learn five ways to add citations to EndNote: (1) manually; (2) directly from a database; (3) two-step import from a database; (4) using EndNote to search a library catalog; and (5) via PDFs. Additional aspects covered in the workshop include how to handle journal abbreviations, edit Output Styles, manage an EndNote Library, and use EndNote with Microsoft Word to create bibliographies.

Jan. 22: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Feb. 28: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Mar. 18: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Apr. 2: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Apr. 15 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

May 13: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Introduction to Mendeley

Mendeley is a free online resource empowering researchers to organize their references and build their research network.

Learn how to add citations to Mendeley from your computer, a library database, and the web, as well as how to use the software to annotate citations and create bibliographies using the Microsoft Word plug-in.

Jan. 22: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Feb. 27: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Mar. 18: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Apr. 23: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Zotero 101

Zotero is a free easy-to-use, online tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

Learn how to register for a Zotero account, import and organize citations, create a formatted bibliography, and use Zotero with the Microsoft Word plugin. Sharing citations through the Group Libraries feature will also be discussed.

Jan. 23: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Feb. 5: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Feb.: 25: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Mar. 16: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Mar. 31: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Productivity Software

Introduction to LaTeX

LaTeX is a document preparation system used for the production of scientific and technical publications.

Examples of the types of documents that you can create with LaTeX include articles, presentations, lab reports, and other homework assignments.

Learn some of the basic functions of LaTeX in order to create technical and scientific documents using mathematical expressions.  In this workshop, you will learn to set up a basic document in LaTeX and learn basic commands for equations and mathematical expressions.

Jan. 23: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Feb. 19: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Mar. 25: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Apr. 16: 3 p.m.- 4 p.m.

Research Skills and Strategies

Introduction to Systematic Reviews

A systematic review is a formal research study that seeks to first identify, through a systematic and comprehensive search, all relevant literature answering a focused research question, then appraise the identified literature and finally analyze, synthesize, and present data from all studies included in the review.

This workshop examines the steps that scholars take to complete a systematic review. In addition, you’ll learn how systematic reviews differ from other types of reviews, and where to find additional resources and services to help with the systematic review process.

Jan. 17: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Mar. 26: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

May 13: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Introduction to Data Management

Learn some best practices for organizing your data and files.  The workshop will explore basic issues in data management, including data organization and formatting. More specialized, subject-specific topics are addressed based on the participants' research areas.

Jan. 15: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Jan. 22: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Jan. 28: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Feb. 4: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Adobe Creative Cloud Workshops by AU Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab

To help users learn how to use the creative applications of the Adobe Creative Cloud currently offered to students for free by the University, the Auburn University Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab (MDRL) is offering instructional workshops open to all Auburn students, faculty, and staff. Topics include Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Spark, Screen Design: Adobe XD for Beginners, Adobe Photoshop for Beginners, Digital Video: Adobe Premiere Rush and more. Learn to use creative apps to enhance classroom assignments, present research, and design and publish both print and online content.

Workshops will take place in the RBD Library, 3rd floor lab. View MDRL Workshop information at https://www.lib.auburn.edu/mdrl/files/MDRL-Workshops-Spring-20201.pdf

Register at http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops.

Auburn University Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab (MDRL) Workshops

Instructional workshops in multimedia creation open to all Auburn students, faculty, and staff. Registration required. Participants may bring their own device or lab PC’s will be available.

MDRL Workshops also available via Zoom: http://auburn.zoom.us/my/hooperc

MDRL Workshop Contact: Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu

Register: http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops

Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Spark

Workshop highlights: Learn about Adobe Creative Cloud and begin creating in Adobe Spark.
Full description: Students, sign up for your free Adobe ID http://adobe.auburn.edu. Faculty and staff, learn to leverage Adobe Creative Cloud in your courses and work. Explore Adobe Spark, an app that allows everyone to create beautiful web stories, slideshows, and video. Access Adobe’s free resources that will empower you to use more powerful apps such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. Bring your own laptop or use our lab PC’s; additional mobile device recommended.

Jan. 22: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Feb. 4: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Creating Graphics: Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

Workshop highlights: Learn the basics of Photoshop.
Full description: Learn the basics of Photoshop and develop photo editing skills to enhance your class assignments and projects, including combining graphics with layered text and images for collages, adjusting photo colors, and adding effects. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with Photoshop installed or use our Shared Lab licensed computers.

Jan. 27: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Mar. 23: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Digital Video: Adobe Premiere Rush

Workshop highlights: Create and edit video.
Full description: Need a quick way to create slick video, on the fly? Explore Adobe Premiere Rush for video creation and editing. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with Rush installed or use our Shared Lab licensed lab computers. Additional mobile device recommended. Discover Adobe’s free resources that will empower you to use more powerful video apps such as Premiere Pro.

Jan. 28: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Mar. 3: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Poster Design

Workshop highlights: Learn the basics of poster design.
Full description: Need to design a poster for a class assignment, research presentation, or a conference presentation? Begin with the drag and drop features of PowerPoint to design and print a poster; basic design tips included. Explore ways to get started with more advanced poster design using Adobe InDesign and interactive apps.

Jan. 23: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Apr. 1: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Designing Documents: Adobe InDesign for Beginners

Workshop highlights: Learn the basics of InDesign.
Full description: Learn the basics of InDesign, including how to create brochures, flyers, and custom documents and how to place images and add text. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with InDesign installed or use our Shared Lab licensed lab computers.

Jan. 28: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Mar. 25: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Digital Drawing: Adobe Illustrator for Beginners

Workshop highlights: Learn the basics of Illustrator.
Full description: Learn the basics of Illustrator and develop digital drawing skills to enhance your class assignments and projects, including layering shapes, drawing lines, using color effectively, and creating vector images. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with Illustrator installed or use our Shared Lab licensed computers.
Feb. 5: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Mar. 26: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

NEW FOR SPRING 2020

Designing for Screens: Adobe XD for Beginners

Workshop highlights: Learn the basics of Adobe XD.
Full description: Learn the basics of Adobe XD and design a presentation, a prototype or mockup, or an application for touch screens such as smartphones and tablets; no coding required. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with XD installed or use our Shared Lab licensed computers. Additional mobile device recommended.

Feb. 18: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Mar. 30: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Creating Graphics 2: Intermediate Photoshop

Workshop highlights: Learn additional features of Photoshop.
Full description: Designed as a follow-up session to Photoshop for Beginners, this workshop helps you take the basics of Photoshop and develop additional photo editing skills to enhance your class assignments and projects, including working with layers, the selection tool, and incorporating effects. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with Photoshop installed or use our Shared Lab licensed computers.

Feb. 6: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Mar. 4: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Designing Documents 2: Intermediate InDesign

Workshop highlights: Learn additional features of InDesign.
Full description: As a follow-up session to InDesign for Beginners, this workshop helps you take the basics of InDesign and develop additional publication layout skills including working with layers and custom documents. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with InDesign installed or use our Shared Lab licensed lab computers.

Mar. 2: 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Dr. Mallory Lucier-Greer, associate professor in the College of Human Sciences, Denise Baker, manager of Information Technologies at Auburn University Libraries, and Aaron Trehub, assistant dean of Technology and Special Collections and Archives at Auburn University Libraries, gave a project briefing entitled “The Academic Library as IT Partner: Supporting Sponsored Research at Auburn University”. The briefing described the collaboration between the AU Libraries and CHS on the Military REACH Project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense.

Dr. Lucier-Greer gave an overview of Military REACH, recounting how the project came to Auburn and emphasizing the importance of getting the results of academic research to the target community—in this case, military families—quickly and in an easily usable form, “Each year hundreds of studies across the country are conducted about the well-being of service members and their families. By collaborating with different departments across campus, like the Auburn Libraries, we have the opportunity to identify those studies and make them accessible to families, helping professionals, and policymakers."

Ms. Baker and Mr. Trehub described the collaboration from the point of view of the libraries, saying that providing high-level IT support to the Military REACH Project has highlighted a new service model for the libraries. As Mr. Trehub put it, serving as a source of IT expertise for externally funded research projects at Auburn “directly supports the research priorities of the university and plays to the library’s comparative advantage in this area.” All three speakers pointed to the publicity value of these kinds of projects, showing a photo of the Military REACH team being saluted on the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium during the Military Recognition Day football game against Ole Miss on November 2, 2019.

The project briefing was well-attended and well-received, with a standing-room-only audience and positive feedback from attendees. “Auburn University Libraries’ unique partnership with Military REACH is a striking example of how libraries can accelerate access to leading research by our communities,” said Leonora Crema, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. “As librarians interested in fostering community engagement, we can learn much from their experience.” Ms. Crema singled out Military REACH and Auburn University as models for other universities during her presentation the following day at a Mellon Foundation-funded symposium on “Critical Roles for Libraries in Today’s Research Enterprise”.

More information about Military REACH can be found here: https://militaryreach.auburn.edu/

Up All Night with the SGA - Dec. 8 - 12, midnight, Help Desk, 2nd floor. Stop by for free doughnuts, juice and scantrons. Special guest Aubie on December 8, 10 and 12. Sponsored by the SGA.

Coloring & Chill with Relaxing Music - Gibbs Lab, 2nd floor. Treat your over-worked brain to some relaxing music and creative art activities to regain the focus on studying. Sponsored by AU Libraries.

Oculus VR Demonstration in the Mell Classroom Building - Get a sneak peek at the new virtual reality system being installed in RBD Library for spring semester. See this exciting technology in the Mell Building atrium each day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9 through Friday, Dec. 13.

Quiet Meditation Room - Room 4006, 4th floor. Slow down. Unplug and unwind and reconnect with your inner peace and calm before you go back to the study grind. Sponsored by AU Libraries.

Wellness & Self-Care During Finals - Dec. 9, 1 to 5 p.m., stop by the Newspaper Reading Room, 1st floor, to greet Moose and Nessie the therapy dogs.  Staff from the Student Counseling & Psychological Services in collaboration with Health Promotion and Wellness Services will host wellness-promoting activities and help with stress management.

Board and Card Games - Gibbs Lab, 2nd floor, 7 - 9 p.m., Dec. 9 and 10.Take a break from studying to play a quick game or two. We will have classic favorites like Sorry!, Uno, and SkipBo, along with “new classics” like Exploding Kittens and Sushi GO.  Play a little to re-sharpen your thinking then get back to your studies. Sponsored by AU Libraries.

Music Program - Exit 51 saxophone quartet. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Mell Building.

CramCart - Dec. 9-12. Free snacks, drinks, promotional items, and scantrons. Follow @autigerdining to find the #CramCart during finals week. Sponsored by Tiger Dining.

Recharging Station - Stop by the Help Desk, 2nd floor, to recharge your devices and yourself. Pick up a complimentary high protein snack, while supplies last. Sponsored by AU Libraries.

Users are requested to remove their shoes upon entering the room and limit the use of electronic devices. The room may not be reserved and is available on a first-come-first-served basis. Auburn University Libraries welcomes any suggestions for improvements to the room, and hopes this can be a new space for everyone at Auburn to feel welcomed and take a moment to breathe.

“Auburn University Libraries is very pleased to be offering these new desks that not only help in the development of the student mind but also contributes to student health,” said Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Libraries. “We’re grateful to the donors from Tiger Giving Day 2019 that made this initial offering of treadmill and stationary bike desks possible. As we head into the fall semester, we look forward to seeing how these new desks are utilized by students.”

The concept for this Tiger Giving Day project began in 2018 when AU Libraries started looking for ideas that would impact student engagement and campus experience.

AU Libraries personnel consulted with the Department of Kinesiology’s Dr. Danielle Wadsworth, whose lab has conducted studies regarding sedentary behavior interruption and its correlating improvements to the body’s glucose utilization and how that can decrease the risk of diabetes. With their input, it was decided to make the purchase of treadmill and stationary bike desks AU Libraries’ Tiger Giving Day project.

Since their installation, these machines have already seen tremendous usage by summer students. Their usage in the fall semester will determine if the program will be expanded further in the AU Libraries.

Since late 2017, the Auburn University Libraries have been providing high-level information technology (IT) support and subject-matter expertise to the externally funded Military REACH Project, which is based in the College of Human Sciences (CHS). Originally based at the University of Minnesota, the Military REACH Project moved to Auburn in late 2017 as the result of a successful proposal in response to a competitive funding solicitation from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Defense (DoD).

The mission of the Military REACH Project is to support U.S. military families and family readiness by translating academic research and other resources into practical applications. This means making research both accessible and usable by DoD family support specialists and military families themselves. A key component of the project is the design and development of a publicly accessible, easy-to-navigate library of research publications and other resources on military life and family health, delivered through an attractive, user-friendly Web site. This is where the Libraries’ extensive experience in designing and building information technology infrastructure, bibliographic databases, information management and delivery systems, and user-focused Web sites came into play.

At the invitation of the project’s principal investigator, Dr. Mallory Lucier-Greer of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in CHS, the Libraries contributed their knowledge and expertise to the successful funding proposal that brought the Military REACH Project from Minnesota to Auburn. From the beginning of the project, the Libraries’ Military REACH support team—Denise Baker, Adam Chalkley, Midge Coates, Michael Stone, and Adam Wendling in the AUL Systems Department, and Nancy Noe in the AUL Research and Instruction Services Department—have worked with their counterparts in CHS and the project leadership to build the robust IT and bibliographic infrastructure on which the project rests. Among other things, this has included setting up and configuring the Military REACH server computers in the OIT Data Center; creating the infrastructure for the Military REACH publications library in an open-source content management software system; assisting in the development and hosting of the Military REACH Web site; providing expert guidance on metadata standards, accessibility, usage statistics, and social media; training IT support staff in CHS on the tools being used in Military REACH; and helping the Military REACH team transition gradually to a new IT support structure.

Thanks in large part to the Libraries’ contributions, the Military REACH Project was able to meet its ambitious goal of launching a fully-functioning, publicly-accessible website and library of research publications in its first year of funding. The project was recently renewed for a second year of funding under Dr. Lucier-Greer’s leadership. The Military REACH Project is just one example of how the Libraries are supporting externally funded research, helping to put Auburn on the map as a major research university that is doing work of critical national importance.

Military REACH: Research and Outreach: https://www.militaryreach.auburn.edu/.

August 29 - Dr. Salhia Ben-Messahel   -  “The White Australia Policy and the Stolen Generations: Issues of Race and Identity”

September 5 - Dr. Dennis Bodewits – “Auburn University and the Hubble Telescope”

September 26 - Dr. Andrea Kelley – book talk: “Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small Screen Culture”

October 24 - Dr. Mark Thornton – book talk: “The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century”

November 14 - Dr. Tim Dodge – ‘I’ll Be Locked Here in this Cell ‘til my Body’s Just a Shell:  Hank Williams on Crime and Punishment”

All events are open to the public and will be held at 3 p.m. in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

The Discover Auburn Lecture Series showcases the work of Auburn’s faculty and staff. Past lectures in the series may be viewed at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/discoverauburn/

In December 2018, Dr. Bodewits, an associate professor of astrophysics at the College of Science and Mathmatics, and his research collaboration team were the recipients of an award to use the Hubble Space Telescope for two days and six hours (36 orbits) to study the chemical composition of Comet 46P/Wirtanen and atomic and molecular reactions near its nucleus.

The program is open to the public and a reception will follow the lecture. Past lectures in the series may be viewed at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/discoverauburn/

In the Level Up: Improve Your Research Skills series, Auburn University Libraries’ faculty will lead workshops which include citation management software, data management, strategic searching, and LaTeX.

The Adobe Creative Cloud workshop series, led by staff from the Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab, includes Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud, Poster Design 101, Free Online Multimedia Creation Tools, Adobe Photoshop for Beginners, and more.

Class size is limited. Register through the AU Libraries website at: https://aub.ie/libraryworkshops

Level Up: Improve Your Research Skills

EndNote

EndNote is an online tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references.

Learn five ways to add citations to EndNote: (1) manually; (2) directly from a database; (3) two-step import from a database; (4) using EndNote to search a library catalog; and (5) via PDFs. Additional aspects covered in the workshop include how to handle journal abbreviations, edit Output Styles, manage an EndNote Library, and use EndNote with Microsoft Word to create bibliographies.

Time: 90 minutes

Monday, August 26, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 11, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 26, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 9, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Zotero 101

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use, online tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Learn how to register for a Zotero account, import and organize citations, create a formatted bibliography, and use Zotero with the Microsoft Word plugin. Sharing citations through the Group Libraries feature will also be discussed.

Time: 60 minutes

Monday, August 26, 4 p.m.  – 5 p.m.

Tuesday, September 10, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 26, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Introduction to Data Management

Learn some best practices for organizing your data and files.  The workshop will explore basic issues in data management, including data organization and formatting. More specialized, subject-specific topics are addressed based on the participants' research areas.

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, August 27, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Monday, September 9, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 17, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Monday, September 23, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Monday, September 30, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday, October 1, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Monday, October 7, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday, October 8, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Making the Most of Your ORCID ID

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is part of a global effort to ensure researchers are correctly connected to their scholarly output. ORCID IDs are increasingly requested or required elements of publishing, funding, and university reporting workflows. This hand-on workshop will help you understand the benefits of ORCID, create an ORCID iD (if you don't already have one), and use ORCID’s convenient features to populate your profile and maximize its impact.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, September 25, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Open Access & AU's Digital Repository

AUrora is AU’s institutional repository for faculty, students and staff to self-archive their research. Self-archiving is a way to make your work open access, reach a broader audience and ensure long-term preservation of your work. In this workshop, you will learn about the best practices for self-archiving, your rights as an author, and the benefits of open access to you and the research community.

Related LibGuide: Scholarly Communication and Open Access by Jaena Alabi

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, October 1, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Managing Your Scholarly Identity

Creating an online scholarly identity (SI) can increase the visibility of your research and publications, enhance networking opportunities, and help potential collaborators find you. Consciously curating and monitoring your online image helps you take control of what people see when they search for you online. This interactive workshop will introduce you to some of the most popular SI platforms and tools and help you get started on your own online scholarly profile.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, October 2, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Introduction to LaTeX

LaTeX is a document preparation system used for the production of scientific and technical publications.  Examples of the types of documents that you can create with LaTeX include articles, presentations, lab reports, and other homework assignments. Learn some of the basic functions of LaTeX in order to create technical and scientific documents using mathematical expressions.  In this workshop, you will learn to set up a basic document in LaTeX and learn basic commands for equations and mathematical expressions.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, August 28, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Tuesday, September 10, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Strategic Searching

Do you have a go-to search engine or database that you use almost exclusively when searching for literature in your field? Are you hesitant to stray too far from the familiar, but suspect you could be searching more effectively? This workshop will review common research scenarios to help you strategize the best places to find the resources that you need depending on the purpose of your search and your stage of research. Library databases and Google Scholar will be discussed.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, August 28, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 19, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Monday, September 30, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Adobe Creative Cloud Workshops by AU Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab

To help users learn how to use the creative applications of the Adobe Creative Cloud currently offered to students for free by the University, the Auburn University Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab (MDRL) is offering instructional workshops open to all Auburn students, faculty, and staff. Learn to use creative apps to enhance classroom assignments, present research, and design and publish both print and online content.

Workshops will take place in the RBD Library, 3rd floor lab. Register at http://aub.ie/libraryworkshops.

MDRL Workshops are also available via Zoom (please still register): http://auburn.zoom.us/my/hooperc

For additional information on MDRL Workshops, contact: Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu

Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Spark

Students, sign up for your free Adobe ID http://adobe.auburn.edu. Faculty and staff, learn to leverage Adobe Creative Cloud in your courses and work. Explore Adobe Spark, an app that allows everyone to create beautiful web stories, slideshows, and video. Access Adobe’s free resources that will empower you to use more powerful apps such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. Bring your own laptop or use our lab PC’s; additional mobile device recommended.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, August. 28: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m
Tuesday, September 10: 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Creating Graphics: Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

Learn the basics of Photoshop and develop photo editing skills to enhance your class assignments and projects, including combining graphics with layered text and images for collages, adjusting photo colors, and adding effects. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with Photoshop installed or use our Shared Lab licensed computers.

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, September 3, 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Wednesday, September 25, 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Digital Video: Adobe Premiere Rush

Need a quick way to create slick video, on the fly? Explore Adobe Premiere Rush for video creation and editing. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with Rush installed or use our Shared Lab licensed lab computers. Additional mobile device recommended. Discover Adobe’s free resources that will empower you to use more powerful video apps such as Premiere Pro.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, September 4, 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Poster Design

Need to design a poster for a class assignment, research presentation, or a conference presentation? Begin with the drag and drop features of PowerPoint to design and print a poster; basic design tips included. Explore ways to get started with more advanced poster design using Adobe InDesign and interactive apps.

Time: 60 minutes

Monday, September 9, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Designing Documents: Adobe InDesign for Beginners

Learn the basics of InDesign, including how to create brochures, flyers, and custom documents and how to place images and add text. Adobe ID preferred http://adobe.auburn.edu. Bring your own laptop with InDesign installed or use our Shared Lab licensed lab computers.

Time: 60 minutes

Monday, September. 16: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Poster Design Open Session

Join your peers in sharing your poster topic, planning, design, and presentation. Work on any aspect of your poster in this group setting and receive feedback from peers and facilitators on your planning, design, and / or your presentation of your poster.

Time: 90 minutes

Thursday, September 26, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Additional advantages for users over the former catalog search tool include: quicker access to more information resources (including article databases), integrated research starters to jump-start research, richer facets for making searches more focused, and an integral search history feature enabling users to save and retrieve searches via their EBSCOhost accounts.

For additional help in using the Discovery search tool contact a subject librarian, visit the RBD Library Help Desk on 2nd Floor, or use the “Chat Online Now” link on the main AU Libraries page. Help is also available by phone at (334) 844-1737.

Please direct feedback and problems regarding Discovery to libwebm@auburn.edu. Users may also use the Feedback form: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/feedback/EDS/form.html.

ILLiad users may submit requests before this scheduled shutdown in order to avoid delays in receiving materials. Normal processing of requests will resume as soon as the systems work is complete.

For questions, contact 334-844-1728 or illhelp@auburn.edu.

“We are very grateful to the family of Dr. Hall for entrusting the care of this excellent collection of 20^th Century paperbacks to us,” said Greg Schmidt, special collections librarian at Auburn University Libraries. “What they tell us about the dreams, morals and mores of the period they come from is an illuminating window into the time.”

A native of Alabama, Hall is the author of “Conecuh People: Words of Life from the Alabama Black Belt,” an oral history of his home community. The book was made into a successful play that is still presented regularly in Union Springs. The first of his family to graduate high school, Hall earned a BS from Troy State Teachers College, an MA from the University of Alabama and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

Hall spent most of his career in Kentucky. In 1962, he became the head of the Kentucky Southern College English department, and in 1969, he moved to Bellarmine College where he taught for 30 years and chaired the English and Humanities programs. While there, he edited the Kentucky Poetry Review and was the host of a long-running interview show, “Wade Hall’s Kentucky Desk.”  Throughout his life, Dr. Hall was a passionate collector of books and Southern Americana. In 2006, Hall and his partner, Gregg Swem, returned to Union Springs. Wade Hall passed away in 2015. Hall wanted his collections to be shared, and he eventually donated significant collections to the universities of Alabama and Kentucky and to art museums in Birmingham, Mobile, and Columbus (Ga.).

In honor of Wade Hall, Special Collections is displaying a small number of his collected novels. The exhibit will includes works dating from 1912 until the late 1950s to illustrate production and illustration during the modernist and postmodernist era. In addition to Wade Hall’s collection, Betty Ballantine, co-founder of Bantam and Ballantine Books, will be highlighted in memory of the legacy she and her husband built with paperback novels. Bantam and Ballantine Books represent a significant proportion of works in the Wade Hall paperback collection.

The Wade Hall 20^th Century Paperbacks exhibit is open during all Special Collections and Archives hours of business and is located on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. The exhibit will run through the end of 2019. For a full list of Special Collections and Archives hours, visit https://www.lib.auburn.edu/hours/spec

Auburn University Libraries serves the more than 30,000 students and faculty of Auburn with a collection in excess of 3.6 million volumes. The Special Collections and Archives Department collects, preserves, and houses rare and unique items relating to the histories of Auburn University, the state of Alabama, the southeastern region, the Civil War, Native Americans and aviation. The Auburn University Digital Library develops accessible digital collections of materials that support the teaching and research of Auburn faculty and students, and that, in turn, further the mission of Auburn University.  These collections are made available to researchers, educators and students in the state, nation and the world.

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Dr. Suppiramaniam will discuss how Auburn researchers will work in the new center to mitigate against mental, neurological and substance use disorders, which make up a substantial proportion of the world’s disease burden. A team of experts in chemistry, physiology, development, degeneration, and imaging of the brain are collaborating to develop a neuroscience center to increase fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system, and how that knowledge can be used to reduce the burden of neurological disease.

The public is welcome and a reception will follow the program.

Dr. Liles’ research seeks to address the many disease-causing organisms that are resistant to current drug therapies. Researchers will test and develop new therapeutic strategies for treating infectious diseases through the study of antibiotic-producing bacterial cultures they have discovered in soil. These are potentially life-saving antibiotics that could have application in human medicine, agriculture, and veterinary practice.

A reception will follow the lecture and the public is welcome.

Smith’s research focuses on helping those in poor, rural areas gain greater access to resources that will ultimately lead them to finding affordable housing options. He is working toward the creation of a National Institute of Rural Prosperity that will foster partnerships to help rural residents more easily overcome barriers to home ownership, including mortgage lending, home insurance, and local ordinances and policies.

The public is welcome and a reception will follow the program.

The archives recently acquired the papers of the former dean of engineering, which include Wilmore’s personal papers and family records dating back to 1834. Wilmore began his career at Auburn in 1888 when he designed a steam engine that was used to generate electricity for Langdon Hall and Old Main. He served as dean of engineering from 1907 until his death in 1943. Wilmore worked alongside Bolling Crenshaw, Luther Duncan, George Petrie, and many others who shaped the university during the beginning of the 20th century.

The exhibit will continue through December 2019 and is located on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library inside the Special Collections & Archive Department. It is open to the public during all regular Special Collections & Archives hours. Hours for Special Collections & Archives may be found here. For more information on the Wilmore papers, visit the SC&A page here.

These interviews may be listened to online at https://archive.org/details/AUP128Program3?

and https://archive.org/details/AUP128Program4. They offer a fascinating look into Governor Ivey’s early political career.

Auburn University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives Department has been working through its collection of analog media and transforming them into digital files that can be readily shared with researchers worldwide.  The sheer volume of material has necessitated that this effort be a multi-year project with new discoveries being shared as they become available. It is expected that the remainder of the materials will be completed within the next two to three years.

The SC&A digitization project began when Auburn donors funded the purchase of a reel-to-reel tape deck and digitizing equipment during last year’s Tiger Giving Day. During Tiger Giving Day, projects throughout campus have 24 hours to meet their fundraising goals. Auburn University Libraries will have another project featured this year during Tiger Giving Day on Feb. 21.

All programs will begin at 3 p.m. in the Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium on the first floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. The public is welcome and a reception with the presenter will follow the lecture portion of the program.

This year’s schedule is:

Thursday, January 24 – Dr. Steven Brown, Professor, Department of Political Science – Alabama Justice:  The Cases and Faces that Changed a Nation

Thursday, February 28 - James Rusty Smith – Associate Director, Rural Studio. Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning, & Landscape Architecture - Communication is Key: Unlocking Home Affordability and Prosperity in Rural America 

Thursday, March 7 – Dr. Mark Liles – Professor, Biological Sciences – Drugs From Dirt - Development and Characterization of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds

Thursday, April 11 – Dr. Geoff Hill – Professor of Biological Sciences - A Mobile Mitochondria Laboratory (AU MitoMobile) to Lead the World in Measuring Bioenergetics in Natural Settings

Thursday, April 25 – Dr. Vishnu Suppiramaniam - Professor, Department of Drug Discovery & Development and Director, Center for Neuroscience Initiative – Establishing a Center of Neuroscience at Auburn

To view previous Discover Auburn lectures, visit: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/discoverauburn/

In the Level Up: Improve Your Research Skills series, Auburn University Libraries’ faculty will lead workshops on citation management software, systematic reviews, data management, Google Scholar, and LaTeX.

New for spring 2019 is the Adobe Creative Cloud workshop series led by staff from the Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab. Auburn began offering the Adobe Creative Cloud free to all students at the beginning of fall semester 2018. Topics include Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud, Poster Design 101, Free Online Multimedia Creation Tools, Adobe Photoshop for Beginners, and more.

Class size is limited. Register through the AU Libraries website at: https://aub.ie/libraryworkshops

Level Up: Improve Your Research Skills

EndNote

EndNote is an online tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references.

Learn five ways to add citations to EndNote: (1) manually; (2) directly from a database; (3) two-step import from a database; (4) using EndNote to search a library catalog; and (5) via PDFs. Additional aspects covered in the workshop include how to handle journal abbreviations, edit Output Styles, manage an EndNote Library, and use EndNote with Microsoft Word to create bibliographies.

Time: 90 minutes

Saturday, January 19, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, February 13, 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 2, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, March 12, 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 30, 10:30 a.m.

Introduction to Mendeley

Mendeley is a free online resource empowering researchers to organize their references and build their research network.

Learn how to add citations to Mendeley from your computer, a library database, and the web, as well as how to use the software to annotate citations and create bibliographies using the Microsoft Word plug-in.

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, January 22, 2 p.m.

Friday, January 25, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, February 19, 2 p.m.

Friday, February 22, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, March 19, 2 p.m.

Friday, March 22, 10 a.m.

Zotero 101

Zotero is a free easy-to-use, online tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

Learn how to register for a Zotero account, import and organize citations, create a formatted bibliography, and use Zotero with the Microsoft Word plugin. Sharing citations through the Group Libraries feature will also be discussed.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, January 23, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, February 5, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, February 20, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6, 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 21, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 4, 4 p.m.

Introduction to Data Management

Learn some best practices for organizing your data and files.  The workshop will explore basic issues in data management, including data organization and formatting. More specialized, subject-specific topics are addressed based on the participants' research areas.

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, January 15, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, January 29, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, January 12, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, January 26, 3 p.m.

Introduction to LaTeX

LaTeX is a document preparation system used for the production of scientific and technical publications.

Examples of the types of documents that you can create with LaTeX include articles, presentations, lab reports, and other homework assignments.

Learn some of the basic functions of LaTeX in order to create technical and scientific documents using mathematical expressions.  In this workshop, you will learn to set up a basic document in LaTeX and learn basic commands for equations and mathematical expressions.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, January 23, 3 p.m.

Thursday, February 14, 3 p.m.

Thursday, March 7, 10 a.m.

Introduction to Systematic Reviews

A systematic review is a formal research study that seeks to first identify, through a systematic and comprehensive search, all relevant literature answering a focused research question, then appraise the identified literature and finally analyze, synthesize, and present data from all studies included in the review.

This workshop examines the steps that scholars take to complete a systematic review. In addition, you’ll learn how systematic reviews differ from other types of reviews, and where to find additional resources and services to help with the systematic review process.

Time: 90 minutes

Friday, March 29, 3 p.m.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar has changed the research landscape, yet many students and faculty feel apprehensive and uncertain when using it. Learn about the advantages and limitations of using Google Scholar for scholarly research, and how it works in conjunction with library subscription databases.

Time: 60 minutes

Thursday, January 24, 3 p.m.

Friday, February 15, 12 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5, 9 a.m.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Learn how to use the creative applications of the Adobe Creative Cloud offered to students free by the University. Led by staff from the Libraries’ Media and Digital  Resource Lab, topics include Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud, Poster Design 101, Free Online Multimedia Creation Tools, Adobe Photoshop for Beginners, and more. Contact: Chelsy Hooper hooperc@auburn.edu

Digital Design for Faculty and Instructors: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud

Learn about Adobe Spark, an app that allows you and your students to create beautiful web stories, slideshows, and video, as well as Adobe Premiere Rush, an app for simplified video creation. Explore Adobe’s free resources to incorporate more powerful apps such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. Investigate ways to integrate Adobe Creative Cloud apps in your courses to foster digital literacy skills.

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, January 22, 3 p.m.

Wednesday, January 30, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, February 27, 3 p.m.

Digital Design for Students: Getting Started with Adobe Creative Cloud

Sign up for your free Adobe online account. Learn about Adobe Spark, an app that allows you to create beautiful web stories, slideshows, and video, as well as Adobe Premiere Rush, an app for simplified video creation. Access Adobe’s free resources that will empower you to use more powerful apps such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. Participants may use instructional lab PC’s or can bring their own laptop; additional mobile device recommended.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, January 23, 9 a.m.

Monday, January 28, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, February 6, 2 p.m.

Free Online Multimedia Creation Tools

Learn about free online tools to create graphics, text, web pages, workflows, and video. Learn to use tools for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices, including Moqups, Piktochart, Adobe Spark, Adobe Capture, and more. Participants may use instructional lab PC’s or can bring their own laptop; additional mobile device recommended.

Time: 60 minutes

Tuesday, January 29, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, February 5, 2 p.m.

Monday, March 4, 2 p.m.

Features of Your MacBook for Students

Have a MacBook but want to learn more about its features? Bring your Mac laptop and learn about free software that comes installed on your Mac that you can use in your class assignments. Learn keyboard shortcuts and productivity tips to help you efficiently use your Mac.

Time: 60 minutes

Monday, January 28, 3 p.m.

Thursday, January 31, 2 p.m.

Friday, February 22, 9 a.m.

Poster Design 101

Need to design a poster for a class assignment or a conference presentation? Begin with the drag and drop features of PowerPoint to design and print a poster; basic design tips included. Explore ways to get started with more advanced poster design using Adobe InDesign.

Time: 60 minutes

Thursday, January 31, 9 a.m.

Monday, February 4, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5, 3 p.m.

Podcasting 101 in GarageBand

Bring your Mac laptop and learn the basics of GarageBand, a free software program on your Mac for recording and editing audio.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, February 6, 10 a.m.

Thursday, February 7, 3 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6, 9 a.m.

Creating Graphics: Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

Learn the basics of Photoshop and develop photo editing skills to enhance your class assignments such as combining graphics with layered text and images for collages, adjusting photo colors, and adding effects. Requires Adobe ID [adobe.auburn.edu] or bring your own device with Photoshop installed.

Time: 60 minutes

Wednesday, February 20, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, February 20, 3 p.m.

Thursday, February 28, 9 a.m.

Designing Documents: Adobe InDesign for Beginners

Learn the basics of InDesign, including how to create brochures, flyers, and custom documents and how to place images and add fonts. Requires Adobe ID [adobe.auburn.edu] or bring your own device with InDesign installed.

Time: 60 minutes

Monday, February 25, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, February 26, 10 a.m.

Thursday, February 28, 2 p.m.

Workshops will take place in the RBD Library, Gibbs Instructional Lab, January 22- March 6. View MDRL Workshop information at: https://www.lib.auburn.edu/mdrl/files/MDRL-Workshops-Spring-2019.pdf. Register at https://www.lib.auburn.edu/ under “Workshops.”

The interactive exhibit, developed in part for Alabama’s bicentennial celebration, outlines eight of the most important cases to go before the Supreme Court. The cases, all of which originated in Alabama, include the Scottsboro Boys case, New York Times v. Sullivan and Gomillion v. Lightfoot. Each case led to landmark rulings that established or enhanced fundamental rights and continue to guide our understanding of American law.

The exhibit presents each case by issue, the arguments made before the justices and the Supreme Court’s ruling. Digital interactive components enable viewers to scroll through the historical background and legal precedents for each case, hear portions of the actual oral arguments and read more about the rulings and their effect on law and on every American. Additional panels include information about the Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as profiles of Alabama’s three Supreme Court justices.

The cases are part of state history, but they have national significance. As Dr. Steven P. Brown, professor of Political Science at Auburn University and project scholar-consultant, has noted, these cases “are important because of the rights and liberties the Court recognized or established in them that apply to all Americans.”

What can viewers take away from the exhibit? At least three things, notes Brown: “First, an appreciation for the ordinary people who made the deliberate decision to challenge governmental action that they believed was unconstitutional. Second, an appreciation for the rights and liberties they are able to enjoy now because of what others – regular people, lawyers and Supreme Court justices – did. And third, a desire to learn more about those rights and liberties and a commitment to preserve them for later generations.”

The exhibit, developed by Brown and Backstory Educational Media, is sponsored by ALABAMA 200, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Humanities Foundation and Auburn University, with support from the Alabama Bench and Bar Historical Society. After its debut at Ralph Brown Draughon Library, it will travel to selected sites around the state through 2020. For more information about Alabama Justice and other bicentennial events and projects, visit ALABAMA200.org.

Encyclopedia of Alabama Links related to the exhibit.

Court cases

Wallace v Jaffree (1985)

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1623

NAACP v Alabama (1958)

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1494

New York Times v Sullivan (1964)

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2990

Scottsboro Trials

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1456

Gomillion v Lightfoot (1960)

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3064

Frontiero v Richardson (1973)

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3162

Reynolds v Sims (1964)

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2023

Supreme Court Justices

John McKinley

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2052

John Archibald Campbell

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2387

Hugo Black

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1848

Auburn University Libraries’ Media and Digital Resource Lab will host an open session for all faculty and instructors on the Adobe Creative Cloud. The Adobe solutions team will be on hand November 14, 2018 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gibbs Lab on the second floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library to answer questions, demonstrate software, and offer ideas on integrating the Adobe Creative Cloud into instruction and research.

Steve Adler, Adobe Team Senior Solutions Consultant, will lead the session, offering faculty all manner of help and advice on using the Adobe Creative Cloud in the classroom.

With Adobe Creative Cloud, Auburn University students now have ready-access to a full array of powerful and versatile creative applications, such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. Not sure how you and your students can use these apps? Adler will share classroom integration of Adobe apps and creative lesson ideas. Been using these apps and hit a few snags? Bring your questions and enjoy active discussion. Come see how you and your students can unleash the creativity of these products to enhance classroom assignments, present research, and design and publish both print and online content.

For faculty unable to attend the open session, current Adobe resources such as Adobe’s official online video tutorials are available via Auburn University Libraries Media and Digital Resource Lab: Adobe Creative Campus Resources. (http://www.lib.auburn.edu/mdrl/adobecc.php) For faculty, the Adobe Education Exchange (https://edex.adobe.com/en) offers free online learning for educators.

For more information, contact:

Chelsy Hooper

Information Technology Specialist

Media & Digital Resource Lab

(334) 844-7398

Cph0023@auburn.edu

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use, online tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. This hands-on workshop will cover registering for an account, importing references, organizing your references, creating a formatted bibliography, and using Zotero with the MS Word plugin. Sharing references through the Group Libraries feature will also be discussed. Bringing your laptop is encouraged, but not required. RBD Library 2nd Floor Gibbs Lab, across from the Mell Commons entrance into RBD Library. For more information and if you would like to schedule a separate Zotero workshop for a course or group, see http://libguides.auburn.edu/zotero.