Call for faculty participation in LIT and Mellon funded summer GIS Workshops Two GIS workshops for faculty will be offered during Summer 2011. * Introductory GIS workshop (4 days) Monday, August 8th through Thursday, August 11th from 9am-1pm* (lunch provided) * Advanced GIS workshop (2 days) Monday, August 15th through Tuesday, August 16th* (lunch … [Read more...]
TNC Presentation on Marcellus Shale – Monday, April 4 @ 4:30pm
What: Presentation by The Nature Conservancy on Marcellus Shale/PA Energy Impacts When: Monday, April 4th at 4:30pm Where: Bertrand Library, Traditional Reading Room Refreshments will be served. Come and hear Tamara Gagnolet, GIS Analyst and Conservation Data Manager for the Pennsylvania chapter of the Nature Conservancy, discuss her work in using GIS to analyze … [Read more...]
Upcoming webinar: GIS and research innovations at Penn State’s GeoVISTA Center
Join me next Tuesday, March 22nd at 2pm for a webinar about GIS research innovations at Penn State's GeoVISTA Center. Directions Magazine is hosting the event. Click here to register and participate on your own - or come by my office in 107a, Research Services, Bertrand Library to watch. More info from the Directions Magazine ad for the event: Join Dr. Alan MacEachren, Dr. … [Read more...]
Reminder: Margaret Pearce cartography presentation tomorrow, Tues. 3/1
Margaret Pearce, University of Kansas Dept. of Geography, will present a lecture, "Rethink the Reader: Toward Cartographic Design to Engage, Inspire, and Empower" tomorrow (Tues. 3/1) at 4:30 in 221 Coleman Hall. Dr. Pearce works on cartographic representation of cultural and historical geographies, especially indigenous geographies. Her work stems from, as she describes it, … [Read more...]
Open Lab session on Google spreadsheet mapper, docs, sites and video
There will be an Open Lab session for faculty in the ITEC office on Tuesday, March 1 from 9am-11am and Wednesday, March 2 from 2pm-4pm. Drop in at any time during the Open Lab hours to learn more about using the Google suite of tools for your teaching or research. The focus next week will be on Google spreadsheet mapper, docs, video and sites. The Open Lab is intended to be an … [Read more...]