Happy Earth Month® 2018!! Plastic Pollution! This is the 48th anniversary of Earth Month® and the theme this year is Plastic Pollution. For the purposes of this blog, I’m only going to focus on marine plastic pollution. Learning about all the plastic pollution in our rivers and oceans is quite depressing and aContinue reading “Earth Day 2018 – End Plastic Pollution!”
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Learn OpenRefine! New Learn & Create Xpress Class!!
Using OpenRefine for Cleaning Up Spreadsheet Data!!! We have joined with the Engineering Technology Centers to present a new series of classes!! The Learn & Create Xpress Classes will cover a variety of topics and are scheduled for Thursday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. in the Engineering Library Creative Space. The classes are half an hour long andContinue reading “Learn OpenRefine! New Learn & Create Xpress Class!!”
Join us for Library Events During Engineering Research Week!
The University of Iowa College of Engineering has expanded its traditional Annual Research Open House event into a Research Week, celebrated this year from April 9-13. The week now features numerous activities that showcase how Engineering impacts the university’s stratetic direction in conducting leading-edge research. We are excited to be participating in Research Week!! Continue reading “Join us for Library Events During Engineering Research Week!”
Check Out a Living Book!
ENGINEERING LIVING LIBRARY EVENT!! Friday, April 13, 2018 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Lichtenberger Engineering Library Friday the 13th could turn out to be your lucky day!! Why? Because that’s the day we’re having a Living Book event! As part of National Library Week and the University of Iowa College of Engineering Research Week, we areContinue reading “Check Out a Living Book!”
Check Out The Creative Kick-Start Winners!!
CONGRATULATIONS 2017-2018 KICK-START WINNERS!!! Kick-Start is a program which was developed by the Engineering Library and the Engineering Technology Centers and it is now in its 2nd year! Engineering students – both undergrad and graduate – submit a proposal to receive funding for prototyping a new project or finishing a current project. Ten awards forContinue reading “Check Out The Creative Kick-Start Winners!!”
Camtasia & Video Creation! New Learn & Create Xpress Class!
We have joined with the Engineering Technology Centers to present a new series of classes!! The Learn & Create Xpress Classes will cover a variety of topics and are scheduled for Thursday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. in the Engineering Library Creative Space. The classes are half an hour long and are limited to 20 participants. Click onContinue reading “Camtasia & Video Creation! New Learn & Create Xpress Class!”