LHOP-list October 2018

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Peer Research Fellows Weekly Newsletter View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/5de485321d1a/9sn9nv465f?e=7f0c25defc) PRF Program Logo Weekly Office Hours Adams: Tuesday, 9pm–10pm Lowell: Tuesday, 8pm–9pm For office hour updates, see our website! (https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pin1.harva…) Study Tip of the Week Planning for J-Term Thesis Writing Study Spaces & Advice during J-Term The Bureau of Study Council has special hours for thesis writers during J-Term. The BSC also offers many workshops aimed at thesis writers, including on time management and how to stay accountable. Find a list of their workshops on their website. If you are struggling with a project, consider reaching out to a subject-specific reference librarian. These librarians are well-versed in a field, and can offer advice on how to find new resources and can be helpful to talk to when thinking about your research! You can request a research consult (https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vY47R1IAq8Uhgh) with a librarian online, or contact a specific librarian through the staff directory (https://emeritus.library.harvard.edu/staff-directory) . Using Citation Software for Your Thesis When you’re writing a thesis, it can be hard to keep track of all the sources that you look at. Luckily, citation management tools offer a way to keep track of all your resources. One popular citation tool is Zotero, which includes free unlimited cloud storage when you sign up using a Harvard email address. Zotero connects to Microsoft Word. For more information, check out the Zotero Research Guide (https://guides.library.harvard.edu/zotero?hs=a) available through the Harvard Library. Announcements & Upcoming Events Tell Stories through Short Film Nov. 1, 3pm to 4 pm | Drop-in Cabot Discovery Bar Learn how to put a short film together and tips on making a short film work. Rich Burns is the co-producer and assistant director of the recent award winning horror short I Want You To Know. He is the co-founder of the production company Backward Scream. He has written, directed, produced, and acted in many locally produced shorts. He was also an extra in 21, The Great Debaters, and Shutter Island. He is a graduate of film studies from Emerson College. Media Copyright, Fair Use, Protecting Your Work Nov. 5, 3pm to 4 pm Cabot Instruction Room Register Here (https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/4631141) Learn about fair use and copyright infringement as it pertains to media you use and create In Pursuit of Petipa: A Bicentennial Symposium Friday, November 9, 1:30-5:30 PM Houghton Library RSVP Here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAY4KBcEP6hqynteMi57_xY1XT1br-fxO…) After more than a century, the ballets of Marius Petipa remain a staple of dance companies around the world. Join Alastair Macaulay (The New York Times) and an international panel of dance experts for a symposium shedding new light on Petipa’s formative years in France and Spain, and the preservation of his choreography through a cache of pioneering films rediscovered in Russia in 1995. Alexei Ratmansky (American Ballet Theatre) will offer concluding remarks on his recent reconstructions of Harlequinade for ABT and La Bayadère for the Staatsballett Berlin, using a unique archive of dance notations in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Seating for this event is limited, please RSVP in advance. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Theatre Collection and the Princeton Department of Music. Harvard Library with Harvard logo http://www.facebook.com http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/prf mailto:LibraryPRF@fas.harvard.edu ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 Harvard LHOP, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) . This email was sent to lhop-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu (mailto:lhop-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu) why did I get this? (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/about?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id=8…) unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) update subscription preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) Library House Outreach Program . Harvard Library . Cambridge, Ma 02138 . USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…

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Peer Research Fellows Weekly Newsletter View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/d8c91cae9989/h0srpkyjk6?e=7f0c25defc) PRF Program Logo Weekly Office Hours Adams: Tuesday, 9pm–10pm Lowell: Tuesday, 8pm–9pm For office hour updates, see our website! (https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pin1.harva…) Study Tip of the Week Microfilm What is Microform? Microfilm is a length of film that contains scaled-down reproductions of documents, such as newspapers or magazines. Many of Harvard’s microfilm collections (https://guides.library.harvard.edu/history/documentary#s-lg-box-6315651) are contained at Lamont Library, as part of the Government Information/Microforms Collections. This collection, which includes information from the U.S. government, the United Nations, and other foreign governments and non-governmental organizations, can be browsed on HOLLIS. You may need to use microfilm if you're working with sources that are only available on microfilm, and haven't been digitized. Reading microfilm requires a special machine, known as a microfilm reader. Such readers are available on Lamont Level B, in the Multimedia Lab (https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/lamont-multimedia-lab) . If you aren’t familiar with how to use microfilm readers, one of the librarians at the Multimedia Desk will be happy to help you! These media consultants are available Monday through Friday, 9am–10pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 10am–10pm. Vocab! You may have heard of different types of microforms, such as microfilm, microfiche, or micro-opaque cards (all of which can be found at the Harvard Library). These three formats differ in the ways that they are stored. Microfilm are stored as reels of film. Microfiche is stored as sheets. Micro-opaque cards (also known as microprint) are stored on cardboard cards. Although micro-opaque cards are generally no longer made, many older collections may be stored on them. Announcements & Upcoming Events Seven Moments In Russian History: A Pop-Up Exhibit On view Thursday 25-Monday 29 October 2018 only! Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA To celebrate the founding of the Russian Research Center at Harvard seven decades ago, Houghton Library has selected seven treasures from its rich collections of Russian material to share with visitors and alumni. See the original telegram sent by John Reed to the New York Call in the midst of the October Revolution, a silk embroidered book from Catherine the Great's library, and other Russian rarities. Curated by Christine Jacobson, A.M. '16, Russian, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Program (REECA). Hosted by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies as part of its 70th Anniversary Celebration (https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/70th-anniversary-weekend-schedule) . This event is free and open to all. See Houghton Library hours (https://library.harvard.edu/libraries?active_filter=1&keywords=houghton&wee…) to plan your visit. Treading The Borders: Immigration And The American Stage Thursday October 25 5:30PM to 6:15PM Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge Exhibition Tour! Join Matthew Wittmann, Curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection for a tour of Houghton Library’s Fall exhibition: Treading the Borders: Immigration and the American Stage. Much of the richness and vitality of the performing arts in the United States derives from creative talent originating elsewhere. This exhibition explores how successive waves of immigration transformed the American stage, highlighting the virtuosity and resilience of a diverse group of actors, artists, and entertainers from the colonial era to the present day. Hosted by the Houghton Library for rare books, manuscripts, archives and other primary resources. This event is free and open to the public. Tour of the User Research Center! Wednesday, October 24, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm User Research Center - Lab Register here (https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/4347590) Interested in User Experience (UX) or Digital Accessibility at Harvard Library? Sign up for a tour of the User Research Center! Learn about the User Research Center's services and see demos of our usability/accessibility testing equipment and software, including: • Morae Recorder/Observer in our participant/observation room. • Assistive technology including screen readers (JAWS, VoiceOver, NVDA), ZoomText, and alternate input devices. • Eye tracking using the screen-based Tobii Portable X2-60 Eye Tracker and wearable Tobii Pro Glasses. • Document camera for paper prototyping and mobile device testing. • iPad desktop/floor stands for surveys. • Loanable equipment available for on-the-spot testing. If you have any questions, please email libraryux(a)harvard.edu. 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Peer Research Fellows Weekly Newsletter View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/292a39b6c906/myqg4x49yn?e=7f0c25defc) PRF Program Logo Weekly Office Hours Adams: Tuesday, 9pm–10pm This week Adams Office Hours will be replaced by an event on Zotero at the same time, see below for details. Lowell: Tuesday, 8pm–9pm For office hour updates, see our website! (https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pin1.harva…) Study Tip of the Week Citation Software: Zotero One popular citation management tool is Zotero. Zotero allows you to save time by automatically creating citations, collaborate with other users, and organize your research. It has great integration with PDFs, from which it can automatically generate citations using metadata. Plus, it’s free—even after you graduate! To download Zotero, go to https://www.zotero.org/download/. There, you can create a free account using your @college email address, which will enable you to have free, unlimited cloud storage. If you are using Overleaf to collaborate on a project in LaTeX, Zotero citations can be easily imported—just follow this guide (https://www.overleaf.com/blog/174-import-your-bibs-reference-management-too…) ! Announcements & Upcoming Events Zotero: The Basics October 16, 9pm–10pm Brower Room in C Entryway of Adams House Working on a thesis? Writing a research paper this semester? You should be using Zotero! Zotero is a research management software program that enables you to save and organize your references, then output them as in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies through a word-processing software plugin. The Adams House PRF will go through the basics of Zotero and how to maximize its utility! Stop by for a tutorial and some SUSHI! Harvard Science Center Book Talk Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond by Marcia Bartusiak Wednesday, October 17, 6:00PM Science Center Lecture Hall D Multiple-award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak will talk about her new book, which explores the galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy in an engaging compilation of cosmological “tales.” In its thirty-two concise and engrossing essays, the book provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries. Bartusiak shares the back stories for many momentous astronomical discoveries, including the contributions of such pioneers as Beatrice Tinsley and her groundbreaking research in galactic evolution, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the scientist who first discovered radio pulsars. Basic Sources for History Research Friday, October 19th, 11am-12pm Lamont Library, Room B30 Register here (https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/4706236) Join Reference Librarians Anna Assogba and Fred Burchsted to find out what historical resources Harvard has and how to make use of them for your own research. Harvard Library with Harvard logo http://www.facebook.com http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/prf mailto:LibraryPRF@fas.harvard.edu ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 Harvard LHOP, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) . This email was sent to lhop-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu (mailto:lhop-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu) why did I get this? (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/about?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id=8…) unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) update subscription preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) Library House Outreach Program . Harvard Library . Cambridge, Ma 02138 . USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…

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Peer Research Fellows Weekly Newsletter View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/6d950adc0c49/k3kjvy47aq?e=7f0c25defc) PRF Program Logo Weekly Office Hours Adams: Tuesday, 9pm–10pm Lowell: Tuesday, 8pm–9pm For office updates, see our website! (https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pin1.harva…) Study Tip of the Week Study Spaces at Harvard Cabot Library The Cabot Science Library (https://cabot.library.harvard.edu/) has a variety of innovative spaces that FAS faculty, staff and students can reserve through RoomBook (https://roombook.harvard.edu/) . These include “Study Pods” for individual use and a Videoconferencing Room that seats ten people and includes two large screens and a video camera. Lamont Library While you may be familiar with Lamont Cafe, this library includes other wonderful study spaces, including the cozy Farnsworth Room on the third floor (https://library.harvard.edu/collections/henry-weston-farnsworth-room) . Harvard Law School Library Undergraduates may use the Harvard Law School Library (https://hls.harvard.edu/library/) , located just north of the Science Center. This library includes various collaborative zones, standing desks for work, and a free coffee machine! Announcements & Upcoming Events Final Cut Pro Media Workshop Oct. 16, 1:30pm to 2:45pm Lamont 310 RSVP here (https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/4631908) Learn how to use Final Cut Pro for storytelling & video Editing. Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side Presented by Eve L. Ewing, Ed.M.’13, Ed.D.’16 Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:30-6:00pm Gutman Conference Center – Areas 2 & 3 RSVP here (http://bit.ly/RSVP_GhostsBookTalk) Black communities see the closing of their schools—schools that are certainly less than perfect but that are theirs—as yet one more in a long line of racist policies. The fight to keep them open is yet another front in the ongoing struggle of black people in America to build successful lives and achieve true self-determination. Eve Ewing knows Chicago Public Schools from the inside: as a student, then a teacher, and now a scholar who studies them. And that perspective has showed her that public schools are not buildings full of failures—they’re an integral part of their neighborhoods, at the heart of their communities, storehouses of history and memory that bring people together. If you or another book talk attendee require disability-related accommodations, please contact Eileen Berger (Access and Disability Services Administrator & Assistant Director of Office of Student Affairs) at ads(a)gse.harvard.edu or call 617-495-5838 prior to the event. The Afterlives of Frankenstein: Extinction, Emergence, and the Haunted Screen Friday, October 26, 2018, 10am – 4pm Thompson Room, Barker Center Register here (http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/afterlives-emfrankenstein…) Since 1910, when Thomas Edison’s movie studio released a Frankenstein, doing so at a moment when film technology was barely a decade old, Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has haunted the screen. It has been adapted again and again over the last two centuries, likely because it models for movie-makers their own dream of an animating power that can bring dead matter to life. Commemorating the bicentennial of the novel’s publication, and held in conjunction with a film series running at the Harvard Film Archive in late October, this day-long symposium investigates how and why Shelley’s monster retains this grip on the cinematic imagination. The speakers and their audience will investigate together what the monster’s many afterlives can teach us about the power of the image, about technologies of artificial reproduction, and about cultures’ shifting understandings of the boundaries between life and death. Harvard Library with Harvard logo http://www.facebook.com http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/prf mailto:LibraryPRF@fas.harvard.edu ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 Harvard LHOP, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) . This email was sent to lhop-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu (mailto:lhop-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu) why did I get this? (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/about?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id=8…) unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) update subscription preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) Library House Outreach Program . Harvard Library . Cambridge, Ma 02138 . USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…

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Peer Research Fellows Weekly Newsletter View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/33a500e91e33/q3obm6idgg?e=7f0c25defc) PRF Program Logo Weekly Office Hours Adams: Tuesday, 9pm–10pm Lowell: Tuesday, 8:30pm–9:30pm For office hour updates, see our website! (https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pin1.harva…) Study Tip of the Week Free Textbooks FREE Textbooks! Outraged by the ridiculous price of textbooks through the COOP? So are we. Here are some ways to get access to textbooks for free or for greatly discounted prices! 1. Search for the item by title (and author) on HOLLIS (https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/search?vid=HVD2&sortby=rank〈=en_US) . 2. Check them out on reserve at one of the Harvard libraries. Sometimes they’re even digitized and you don’t even have to check it out in hard copy! 3. Check it out even if it’s not on reserve or we don’t have it. Use Borrow Direct (http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eother:BD) or Interlibrary Loan Get It (https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/interlibrary-loan) services to have it delivered to you from another library. 4. See if you can check it out at the Cambridge Public Library (http://www.cambridgema.gov/cpl) and Boston Public Library. (https://www.bpl.org/) 5. Find it in the used books section of the Harvard Book Store (located in the basement). Announcements & Upcoming Events Book Talk and Discussion: The Cost-Benefit Revolution by Cass R. Sunstein Thursday, October 4, 2018, at noon Harvard Law School WCC Milstein West B 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA “Opinions on government policies vary widely. Some people feel passionately about the child obesity epidemic and support government regulation of sugary drinks. Others argue that people should be able to eat and drink whatever they like. Some people are alarmed about climate change and favor aggressive government intervention. Others don’t feel the need for any sort of climate regulation. In The Cost-Benefit Revolution, Cass Sunstein argues our major disagreements really involve facts, not values. It follows that government policy should not be based on public opinion, intuitions, or pressure from interest groups, but on numbers—meaning careful consideration of costs and benefits. Will a policy save one life, or one thousand lives? Will it impose costs on consumers, and if so, will the costs be high or negligible? Will it hurt workers and small businesses, and, if so, precisely how much? As the Obama administration’s “regulatory czar,” Sunstein knows his subject in both theory and practice. Drawing on behavioral economics and his well-known emphasis on “nudging,” he celebrates the cost-benefit revolution in policy making, tracing its defining moments in the Reagan, Clinton, and Obama administrations (and pondering its uncertain future in the Trump administration). He acknowledges that public officials often lack information about costs and benefits, and outlines state-of-the-art techniques for acquiring that information. Policies should make people’s lives better. Quantitative cost-benefit analysis, Sunstein argues, is the best available method for making this happen—even if, in the future, new measures of human well-being, also explored in this book, may be better still.” — MIT Press Min Kahng: From Manga to Musical Wednesday, October 10 Workshop 4:00-5:15 PM, Farkas Hall Lecture 6:00-7:30 PM Join playwright and composer Min Kahng, for a vocal workshop and lecture on his Broadway-style show The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga. Min Kahng is one of the most exciting new voices in American musical theater. The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga received the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for Original Script and Original Music, the Theatre Bay Area Award for World Premiere Musical and the Edgerton New Play Award. Further details can be found here (https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/min-kahng-manga-musical-at-Harvard) . Harvard Library with Harvard logo http://www.facebook.com http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/prf mailto:LibraryPRF@fas.harvard.edu ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 Harvard LHOP, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f3&id…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://harvard.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dda0ccd00b6d7270a8c9448f…) . This email was sent to lhop-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu (mailto:lhop-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu) why did I get this? 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