Did you know about?:

• Open Access is coming.  The scholarly publishing model is changing, so how can you keep its benefits while reaping the new opportunities?  UTA Libraries staff invite you to get in on the ground floor as we all learn about this new development together.    We will be viewing a Webcast “virtual seminar” on open access as it pertains to libraries, on Wednesday, December 1, at 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm in Central Library 315A.  Presentations to broader sectors of the university committee will come later—this is a first glimpse.
   

• Technology Fair:

  "More than 30 firms as well as numerous UTA departments will demonstrate how they are using information technology at the Fourth Annual UTA Technology Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the E.H. Hereford University Center. The event is free and open to the public and will also include track sessions on how to use the latest technology and product demonstrations. Trends in higher education that are either being seen or are anticipated as a function of information technology and its effect on the learning environment will be the topic of a talk by Brian Hawkins, president of EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. He will discuss the trends' impact on organizational structures on campus, the marketplace for higher education, the culture of our institutions and the business practices that we employ, all leading to both a turbulent and transformed enterprise. The UTA Honors College will host an interactive session for all students (not just Honors students) who want to meet and talk with Dr. Hawkins. Door prizes will include iPods and software. For more information on the fair, go to http://www.uta.edu/techfair/."    UTA Today Wed. 11/3/04  (Donna Darovich)

   

  Dr. Brian Hawkins, President of Educause, will be on campus for the Technology Fair. His article, “A Framework for the CIO Position”, which is published in the current issue of Educause Review is online at http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm04/erm046.asp.  Students are invited to meet and talk with Dr. Hawkins at the TechFair Student Session to be sponsored by the Honors College in the Red River/Concho Room in the Hereford UC from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10.  

   

• Focus On Faculty:

  Professor and chair of the UTA Department of Biology Dr. Jonathan Campbell will discuss some of the 190 species of dangerously venomous snakes in North, Central and South America at the UTA Libraries Focus on Faculty lecture from 12:05-1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17. Campbell is the author of the recently published book Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere, which received a highly favorable review from Science magazine. The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
   

• Database Spotlight:
  arXiv.org - One of the oldest open access e-print services, arXiv.org (formerly xxx.lanl.gov) is an openly accessible, moderated repository for scholary papers in physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computational linquistics, neuroscience, and quantitative biology.  While not traditionally peer reviewed, arXiv uses an automated endorsement system:  current members of arXiv scientific communities endorse new submitters.
   
• New reference resources:
  • The Oxford dictionary of statistical terms - Call Number:  HA17 .K4 2003
  • Filing patents online : a professional guide - Call Number: KF3125.C5 N53 2003
  • Dictionary of Video and Television Technology - Call Number:  TK6634 .J33 2002
  • Acronyms in Aerospace and Defense - Call Number:  TL509 .M67 2002

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Exhibits:      Current exhibit:     "Journey to Infinity: A 70th birthday tribute to Carl Sagan, Nov. 9, 1934-December 20, 1996"

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