Dear Colleagues:
Please pass this along to your respective Classics departments.
Thanks and regards,
Rhea
From: Center for Hellenic Studies
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Subject: Apply Now: Information Fluency Workshop in Washington, DC
Date: March 28, 2016 at 10:25:09 AM EDT
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Information Fluency in Classics:
A Workshop for Undergraduates
Dates: July 12-21, 2016
Deadline for Applications: May 1, 2016
Deadline for Recommendations: May 8, 2016
The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce college
students to important sources of information for the study of classics and to develop
their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Workshop
participants will also explore how the broader landscape of scholarly communication is
currently evolving.
Students planning to write a senior thesis or considering library science as a career
option will learn essential skills for any researcher or librarian. Workshop sessions will
include:
* What is Information Fluency
* How Libraries Organize Information
* Resources for Citation
* Zotero: Nuts and Bolts
* Research Process and the Critical Assessment of Sources
* Using (Print) Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
* Digital Resources
* Indexes: L'Annee Philologique and Dyabola
* JStor, Google Scholar, and Full-text Searching
* Perseus and Working with Digital Texts
* Wikipedia and Crowdsourcing
* Using WordPress
* Linked Open Data
* Images and Copyright Basics
* Social Media and Scholarly Research
Taking advantage of the setting in Washington, DC, participants will visit area
institutions, including the Library of Congress. The workshop will also feature
contributions from guest speakers.
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Associate and liaison to the Classics department. Phoebe has an M.A. in Classical
Archaeology from the University of Cincinnati and an M.L.S. from North Carolina Central
University. She is currently the Grants Resource Librarian at the Public Library of
Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
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Participants will receive housing on the CHS campus, located near Dupont Circle and
Embassy Row in Washington, DC. The CHS will also provide breakfast and lunch everyday
(except on the free day) and two dinners. Participants should plan to arrive Tuesday, July
12. The workshop will begin on Wednesday, July 13. Departures are Thursday, July 21.
There is no program fee or cost for housing on campus. Participants are responsible for
their transportation costs and for some meals.
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