10 Days of Career Services (Jan 17-28)

CALS Career Services is pleased to offer ten days of career-oriented events in anticipation of the Spring Career and Internship Fair, Tuesday, January 25 at the Kohl Center (4:30-8:00 PM).

Visit the CALS Career Services site (or its flyer and blog) for a listing of each event designed to make you comfortable with the resume-writing and interviewing process.

The Spring Career and Internship Fair is a collaborative effort between CALS, the Wisconsin School of Business, the College of Letters and Sciences, the School of Human Ecology and the Wisconsin Alumni Association. This fair is free and open to all UW-Madison students.

For more information, contact CALS Career Services (116 Ag Hall), phone 608-262-3460 or email.

Forward Thinking Redux

Earlier this fall, library staff from UW-Madison and the UW System launched a beta edition of "Forward"--a reinvention of our library catalogs and a fresh approach to resource discovery.

Find links to Forward from the Websites to UW-Madison Libraries and Steenbock. Set your search for UW-Madison or for the UW System and UW Digital Collections.

While you give it a try, be sure to send your thoughts and suggestions to the development team by clicking on the Feedback button links.

View the flyer and instructional video clips to learn more about how to use Forward effectively or speak with your campus librarians.

• Choosing a Campus in Forward
• Searching Forward
• Item Records in Forward
• Placing a Request in Forward
• Toolbar in Forward
• Your Account in Forward
• Digital Collections in Forward
• Browsing Forward

ASM Bus Pass, Get Yours for Spring (Jan 10-)

ASM bus passes for the spring semester can be picked up at Steenbock Library.

Collect your pass, weekdays January 10-14 (10:00AM - 5:00PM) and January 18-28 (10:00AM - 6:00PM) in Room 240 (across the room from the main entrance). The bus pass can also be picked up, during these dates, at the Student Activity Center (333 East Campus Mall).

While most UW students qualify for an ASM Bus Pass, there are some conditions. See the ASM FAQ page to learn more. Do note that you must have a valid WisCard with you and be registered for spring semester classes before you can pick up your pass. If you have a brand new WisCard, you may need to wait overnight before your records are completely updated.

If you are not able to pick up your pass during this period, you will be able to pick one up from ASM StudentPrint Offices, after January 28, 2011. StudentPrint is located on the third floor of the Student Activity Center, 333 East Campus Mall (9:30AM – 6:30PM, Monday-Friday).

Data Curation, What is Your Plan?!

Do you need to describe your data-management plan in your NSF grant application? Are you frustrated by losing your research data to disk failure, laptop theft, or record-keeping issues? Would you appreciate an unbiased review of your lab's data-management practices?

If so, then Research Data Services is available to help.

Research Data Services is a team of librarians, IT professionals, and research-support staff who help researchers with answering data-management questions. For instance, the team can help with addressing the following concerns:

• Data-management plans for the NSF and other funding agencies
• Best practices in digital-data preservation and data sharing
• Process and workflow evaluation and assessment
• Connections with helpful experts and other campus resources

Learn more about data management and arrange for individual consultations by visiting the Research Data Services Website.

Research Data Services is a pilot collaboration between UW-Madison Libraries, DoIT, the CIO office, the Graduate School, and the School of Library and Information Studies to assist researchers with data curation needs. Digital data curation has been identified as a campus IT strategic initiative.

With thanks to Dorothea Salo, Research Services Librarian, for this blog post.

Suggest a Title!

There is still time to suggest a title for the next Go Big Read. What have you read lately that you have found insightful or inspiring? An ideal book for this program will possess the following qualities:

• Be readable (relevant, engaging, and well-written)
• Appeal to individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences
• Encompass sufficient depth and scope to generate discussions from different points of view
• Be conducive to teaching and learning with opportunities for integration into academic programs
• Lend itself to a variety of activities and programming (maybe even an author visit!)

The deadline for submitting a recommendation is Thursday, January 6, 2011.

The Go Big Read Review Committee will sort through the nominations for the Chancellor’s sub-committee, which will then make the final selection.

See the list of suggested titles as it grows...(updated daily!)

Suggest your book here.