We’re nearing the end of the semester (don’t panic) so we’re going to take the next two weeks to celebrate our graduating student workers! Jake Santi Hometown: Western Springs, IL Major: Engineering How long have you worked at the Engineering Library? 1.5 years What are your plans after graduation? Working at ComEd in their Engineer Rotational Program in theContinue reading “Graduate Profile: Jake Santi”
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
Happy Native American Heritage Month! As a university that sits on the homelands of many tribes past and present, it is important to us to acknowledge the significant contributions that Native Americans have made to our culture and sciences. When creating our Untold Stories in STEM collection we wanted to include important stories of NativeContinue reading “Celebrate Native American Heritage Month”
Engineering Origami
It’s World Origami Day! Did you know that the art of paper folding has applications in engineering? Biomedical engineering, robotics, space structures and more use techniques from origami. Origami dates all the way back to Song Dynasty China (905-1125 CE), but you may not recognize it as the art form it is today. Many definingContinue reading “Engineering Origami”
How do I… Request an item?
If the University of Iowa Libraries do not have a book you’re looking for, or if it’s checked out, you can request the item and we’ll bring it to Iowa City for you for free! Here’s a quick walkthrough of the InterLibrary Loan (ILL) process: 1. Find the book you’re looking for. If the bookContinue reading “How do I… Request an item?”
Open for Climate Justice
This year’s theme for Open Access Week is “Open for Climate Justice.” Yale Climate Connections assigns three key factors to climate justice: So what does Open Access have to do with climate justice? Everything. Everyone is impacted by climate change, so everyone should be able to freely access and contribute to the best scientific research.Continue reading “Open for Climate Justice”
Finding Open Access Materials
There are many reasons you may want to find Open Access materials – easy collaboration and access, you just like the spirit of Open Access publishing, or more. Here are a few ways you can find what you’re looking for: When searching InfoHawk+ you can filter results specifically for Open Access materials (a lot ofContinue reading “Finding Open Access Materials”
Publish for Free with Transformative Agreements
Open Access publishing comes in many forms, but they are most commonly broken down into Gold and Green Open Access. With Green Open Access, authors directly publish their work to a repository or a preprint server, like ArXiv. Doing this can help you quickly get feedback from peers, or even skip the traditional publishing processContinue reading “Publish for Free with Transformative Agreements”
Open Science
Open Science takes the principles of Open Access and applies them to the scientific process. Researchers working in the Open Science framework actively share their data, tools, results, and more. Going further, Open Science seeks to include and learn from groups that have traditionally been excluded from the publishing process. The six principles of openContinue reading “Open Science”
Celebrate Open Access Week!
This week we’ll be highlighting Open Access on the blog in celebration of Open Access Week! Let’s start with the basics, what is Open Access? From our Scholarly Publishing LibGuide, “Open Access (OA) is the free, immediate, online availability of learning materials, research, and creative work.” Open Access helps to remove barriers to people whoContinue reading “Celebrate Open Access Week!”
Feeling Hungry?
It’s getting chilly and I don’t know about you but I feeling like doing more cooking (mmmm, soup). You can learn more about food here in the Engineering Library! If you’re looking for recipes with science behind them, check out Cooking for Geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food by Jeff Potter. Want the scienceContinue reading “Feeling Hungry?”