Last Call for Library Lightning Talk Proposals for Science Boot Camps
Southeast
From:
"Hoover, Jeanne" <HOOVERJ_at_ECU.EDU>
Please consider attending Science Boot Camp Southeast. Modeled closely on the wildly successful Science Boot Camps that originated in the Northeast US and have spread West and to the far North, Science Boot Camp Southeast is a unique and affordable 2 ½ day in-depth immersion in current science topics for librarians and library students who support scientific researchers. Room and board are included in the "camper" registration fee of $250. Commuters register for $150.
Lightning Talk Proposals: We invite librarians to submit proposals on how they are collaborating with science researchers at their university. The Lightning Talk will last 5 minutes per presenter and a laptop with a projector will be provided. The deadline for proposals is Friday, June 6, 2014. Proposal Submission Form<http://guides.ucf.edu/content.php?pid=581806&sid=4817972>
Registration Deadline: Noon July 1.
Agenda and Registration:http://guides.ucf.edu/sciencebootcampSE
Topics: We will spend ½ day engaging with researchers in each of these fields:
* ALTERNATIVE/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
* DATA SHARING
* DATA VISUALIZATION
* CLIMATE CHANGE
When: July 16th - 18th 2014
Where: The James B. Hunt Jr. Library on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC
Benefits & Outcomes of Science Boot Camp Southeast:
For each of the focus topics covered at Science Boot Camp's science sessions, Science Boot Campers will be able to:
* Explain the structure of the field and its foundational ideas
* Understand and be able to use terminologies for the field
* Identify the big questions that this field is exploring
* Discuss new directions for research in this field
* Discuss what questions research in this field is addressing
* Understand how research is conducted, what instrumentation is used, and how data is captured
* Identify how researchers share information within their fields beyond publications
* Share insights into what current research in the field is discovering and implications of these discoveries
* Share insights into the current and future state of how researchers in specific fields collaborate with librarians
* Identify new ways that librarians can support their research communities
Professional Networking: There will be two scheduled sessions for librarian lightning talks focused on collaboration between science librarian and researchers at their institutions, and a fun evening out at the Nature Research Center at NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
Jeanne Hoover
Science Librarian
Research & Instructional Services
1107 Joyner Library- Mail Stop 516
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
hooverj_at_ecu.edu<mailto:hooverj_at_ecu.edu>
252.328.2261
Received on Wed Jun 04 2014 - 03:01:24 EDT