AGRI/NRES 103 Posters on display in C.Y. Thompson Library

AGRI/NRES 103 Posters on display in C.Y. Thompson Library

The top posters, chosen from the Fall 2015 AGRI/NRES 103 Recitation Sections, are on display on the north side of the main floor of C. Y. Thompson Library. The sixteen posters will be on exhibit through mid-February. Topics, the project groups researched and take a position on, range from animal rights to water quality issues. Head over to CYT & take a look! http://libraries.unl.edu/cy-thompson-library

SciPop Talks: Memes, you're doing it wrong.

Do you find yourself searching for hours to send the funniest meme to your friend? If so, “Memes, you’re doing it wrong,” is the SciPop Talk for you! Brad Elder, Biology Department, Doane College, will explain how high-fidelity memes are what separates humans from everything else. Come learn how to give people brain herpes, Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Adele Hall Learning Commons (formerly Love Library North 1^st Floor), at 13^th and R Streets in Lincoln, NE. Popcorn will be served. The talk is free and open to the public.

The SciPop talk series combines science and popular culture and the spring series will mark the third year of these popular talks. The UNL Libraries provide an online list of books and other resources for every talk, which can be found here: http://unl.libguides.com/scipoptalks.

The SciPop talk series builds on the science café model and is co-organized and sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Chemistry Department, Doane College, and the UNL University Libraries. Speakers give interactive thirty-minute talks and then take questions. All talks are open to the general public. Over 1,500 individuals have attended a SciPop talk in person, and there have been over 550 unique views of the UNL SciPop Talks six video collection on YouTube. This speaker series has highlighted over 680 books, videos, and games in the UNL Libraries’ collection.  

SciPop Talks: Brave New Matter For A Brave New World

Interested in shapeshifting, invisibility and other science fiction tropes? As cutting-edge physics research is reinventing matter itself, phenomena like these are becoming increasingly possible. From metamaterials to claytronics to synthetic biology, this is not your mama's matter—unless, of course, your mama is a condensed-matter physicist.

At the first SciPop talk of the spring, Jocelyn Bosley, Education/Outreach Coordinator for UNL’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and curator of the new web resource Funsize Physics, will discuss our entry into a new era of “programmable matter”!

Learn more about “Brave New Matter for a Brave New World: Shapeshifting & Invisibility,” Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Adele Hall Learning Commons (formerly Love Library North 1^st Floor), at 13^th and R Streets in Lincoln, NE. Popcorn will be served. The talk is free and open to the public.

The SciPop talk series combines science and popular culture, and the spring series will mark the third year of these popular talks. The UNL Libraries provide an online list of books and other resources for every talk, which can be found here: http://unl.libguides.com/scipoptalks.

The SciPop talk series builds on the science café model and is co-organized and sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Chemistry Department, Doane College, and the UNL University Libraries. Speakers give interactive thirty-minute talks and then take questions. All talks are open to the general public. Over 1,500 individuals have attended a SciPop talk in person, and there have been over 550 unique views of the UNL SciPop Talks six-video collection on YouTube. In summer 2015, there was a special series of ten talks for the National Science Olympiad hosted at UNL, which drew over 1,000 attendees. This speaker series has highlighted over 680 books, videos, and games in the UNL Libraries’ collection.  

Art League: College Art Showcase

Art League: College Art Showcase

A show of student artist work will be on display during February in Love Library South, on the second floor. The "College Art Showcase" is sponsored by the Art League, a student organization on campus at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln that fosters a connection between the arts and the campus. Students from many disciplines are involved within the group with volunteering events or installations.

Join them for First Friday Art Walk on Feb 5 and speak with some of the student artists.

'Reading Those Long Articles' Workshops

Having trouble reading those long scholarly articles for your assignments? Come and get some tips on how to read those long scholarly articles in the arts, sciences and social sciences. 

Located in Love Library, Room 224 (Witt Room)

Dates:
Wednesday February 10th, 3 - 4 pm
Tuesday February 23rd, 2 - 3 pm

'Finish the Paper on Time' Workshops

Just received your first research paper and don't know where to start? Need more information and don't know where to find it? Come and find out how use library resources and databases to find the information you need to finish your research paper on time.

Located in Love Library, Room 224 (Witt Room)

Dates:
Wednesday February 17th, 3 - 4 pm
Tuesday February 23rd, 3 - 4 pm

'Finding the 'good stuff' on the Web' Workshops

Can't find all the information you need in Wikipedia? Did Google give you too many hits? Come and find out how to find credible Internet resources from open access journals and databases, Google books and Google Scholars, and other free scholarly sources that you can use in your paper. 

Located in Love Library, Room 224 (Witt Room)

Dates:
Wednesday February 10th, 2 - 3 pm

'Avoiding Plagiarism - 5 Quick Tips' Workshops

Not sure when or how to cite your references? Come and learn how to organize your notes and references, and then use some tools to help you cite them appropriately in your papers. 

Located in Love Library, Room 224 (Witt Room)

Dates:
Wednesday February 17th, 2 - 3 pm

Holiday Hours for Learning Commons (MLK Day)

Due to the Martin Luther King holiday, 

the Learning Commons is closed between: 

1:00 AM – 7:30 AM on 1/18 and 1/19

Learning Commons will resume 24/7 operations at 7:30 AM on Tuesday, 1/19