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WISER Courses in Week 7

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Next week Bodleian Libraries will be running workshops on data, images and reference management.   Also don’t forget that this Friday we’ll be running WISER: Searching Online New Sources.

WISER: Searching online news sources (Fri 16 Nov 10.15 – 12.15) (wk 6)
News sources are primary resources for researching contemporary political and social issues. This session will provide an overview of the key resources and hands-on exercises with databases such as Nexis UK, Factiva, and Proquest.
Who is this session for? Postgraduates, researchers and academics.    Presenter: Mark Janes > Book Now

ARTstor and Bridgeman: using images in teaching and learning (Tuesday 20 Nov 2.00-4.00) (wk 7) –  The course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University – ARTstor and Bridgeman Education – geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered. Who is this session for? All members of Oxford University.
Presenters: Clare Hills Nova and Vicky Brown > Book Now

WISER: Tech Tools – Reference Management (Wed 21 Nov 2.00 – 5.00) (wk 7)  – Keeping track of your references and formatting them correctly for your thesis or publication is a chore. Reference management software makes it easy and is worth investigating. This introductory session gives an overview of how it works and the pros and cons of RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley. Who is this session for? Postgraduates, researchers and academics.
Presenters: Ljilja Ristic, Oliver Bridle and Angela Carritt > Book Now

Research Skills Toolkit
An introduction to 10 key IT and information tools and skills for research students in a hands on workshop run jointly by IT Services and Bodleian Libraries. Sample topics include: reference management, keeping up to date, finding articles and papers, Excel pivot tables, finding and managing images,  podcasting, Word for your thesis and measuring research impact.    Who is this session for? Postgraduates.  Historians’ session is Tues 27 Nov 10am-12  >  Check dates for your subject and book your place

Keeping up with Bodleian Libraries training opportunities
Why not follow join our mailing list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser or visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com.

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If you are not a current member of Oxford University but would like to attend a workshop please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Please quote your Bodleian readers card barcode number.

Questions? – Please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Related Links WISER webpage | HFL training webpage

Using images in teaching and research – hands-on courses 13 and 20 Nov

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Anybody who works with images in your teaching and research may be interested in the following two courses  taking place in week 7 and week 6 respectively. Booking is required.

Digital images: Sourcing, adapting and safe keeping

Tuesday 13 November, 09:15-12:15

Digital images are a valuable part of your research, sometimes critically so. This three hour session will introduce you to some of the key issues that you need to be aware of when sourcing, adapting and using digital images. Although the focus is the use of images in an academic context, the ideas covered are equally relevant to your personal image collections.

Booking at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TIMY

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ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning

Tuesday 20 November, 14:00-16:00ArtSTOR logo

 

The course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University – ARTstor and Bridgeman Education – geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered.

Booking at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TIMS

Bodleian Libraries WISER workshops on using images and reference management

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Bodleian Libraries will be running  the following workshops in Hilary Term week 3:

ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning [Tuesday 7 February 2.00 – 4:00]  –  This  course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University – ARTstor and Bridgeman Education – geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered. Presenter:  Clare Hills-Nova and Vicky Brown.  > Book your place.

WISER: Tech Tools – Reference Management [Wednesday 8 February 2.00 – 5.00]  –  Keeping track of your references and formatting them correctly for your thesis or publication is a chore. Reference management software makes it easy and is worth investigating. This introductory session gives an overview of how it works and the pros and cons of RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley.  >  Find out more about courses in reference management. Presenters: Ljilja Ristic, Ollie Bridle and Angela Carritt .  > Book your place.

Keeping up to date with the WISER programme – Why not follow  us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser You can also check the timetable on the WISER web site at wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk

Not a member of Oxford University? – If you are not a current member of Oxford University but would like to attend a workshop please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Please quote your Bodleian readers card barcode number.

If you have any questions please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

New in ARTstor: images of medieval churches

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ARTstor has added a new image collection which might be of interest to medievalists historians:

Via Lucis  Collection:

“ARTstor and Via Lucis have released more than 1,300 high-resolution images of medieval Christian churches in France and Spain by photographers Dennis Aubrey and PJ McKey in the Digital Library. The collection primarily features interior architecture, especially the arches, vaults, domes, and buttressing that define the Romanesque and Gothic styles. The collection also features a selection of images of the Vierges Romanes, stylized wooden statues of the Madonna and Child from the 11th century to the 13th century, usually polychrome but sometimes covered in plate and jewels. A subset of these sculptures includes the Black Madonnas, which are particularly venerated in Spain and France.  The Via Lucis collection also includes images of church exteriors.”

Oxford users can view the Via Lucis collection or enter the keyword search: “Via Lucis”.

Taken from ARTstor blog.

ARTstor news: Now available: Special collections from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Ada Rehan as Sylvia and Virginia Dreher as Mistress Melinda in a scene from "The Recruiting Office," 19th century. University of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection.

Ada Rehan as Sylvia and Virginia Dreher as Mistress Melinda in a scene from “The Recruiting Office,” 19th century. University of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection.

Today’s ARTstor news:

“ARTstor Digital Library has released nearly 4,000 images from a variety of special collections from the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The collection in ARTstor consists of images digitized from visual materials held in the University Library, which are relevant to a variety of fields, including Irish political history, theater and costume history, and campus architecture and design.”

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ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning

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ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning

Wednesday 18 May 9.15-11.15

The course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University, ARTstor and Bridgeman Education, geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered.

OUCS – Book Here

ARTstor news: Additional images of European architecture and sculpture images by Sarah N. James

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These ARTstor additions should be of interest to historians of medieval and early modern English and European history:

“ARTstor is collaborating with Sarah N. James to add more than 450 images of Italian architecture and painting and more than 400 images of English art and architecture to the Digital Library. The new images will join James’s collection of more than 600 images of Italian and English architecture. The collection currently centers on England, including cathedrals and parish churches from the Norman Romanesque period; ecclesiastical buildings in the early English, decorated, and perpendicular styles; medieval secular architecture including castles, marketplaces, and town halls; perpendicular gothic collegiate buildings; and Tudor, Elizabethan, baroque, and neoclassical country houses and churches. Photographed in situ during James’ travels throughout Europe, the images provide contextual views of sculpture and architecture from various angles.

View the collection in the ARTstor’s Digital Library:

For more detailed information about this collection, visit European Architecture and Sculpture (Sara N. James) collection page.”

[ARTstor 11 April 2011]

ArtSTOR mobile arrived

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All 1,000,000+ images from the ARTstor Digital Library are now accessible through iPad, iPhone, and the iPod Touch to registered ARTstor users.

ARTstor Mobile provides read-only features such as searching, browsing, zooming, and viewing saved image groups. Also try the new Flashcard View, which allows you to test your knowledge by viewing the image without textual information, and then flipping the image to reveal the image record.

There’s no need to download special software, just go http://library.artstor.org from your mobile device. ARTstor Mobile is only available through the Safari browser.