Filed on Mar 30th 2009 in Scholarly Publishing
MIT faculty voted unanimously to approve a resolution that allows MIT to freely and publicly distribute research articles they write. This makes MIT the first university to commit to making its faculty's research papers available online to the public. Though the School of Education at Stanford and several departments at Harvard have already adopted these policies, MIT is the first entire...
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Filed on Mar 27th 2009 in Mathematics
Find more comics at xkcd - a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
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Filed on Mar 23rd 2009 in Tips & Tools
Do you work with raw data? Do you need help finding, accessing, understanding, manipulating, collecting, sharing and preserving data? The Data Service Studio is a new service provided by NYU libraries and ITS that provides staff, software, statistical computing, and data collection resources to support NYU research and scholarship. The facility features a 10-seat work and instruction space...
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Filed on Mar 18th 2009 in Tips & Tools
The best time to start planning your future is right now. No matter where you are in your education process, the earlier you start thinking about where you'd like to be after school the better. For great advice for job-seeking grads and future job-seeking grads read, Advice for Students: Start Planning Now for Life After College. It includes useful tips on networking, using your...
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Filed on Mar 12th 2009 in Library News
For those of you lucky enough to escape campus during Spring Break, here are some reminders for using the library remotely.
You have access to all the library’s article databases and other resources while you are home (or lounging on the beach). Just remember, you will be prompted to login using your last name and Poly ID number. We can answer your questions via email, IM, and phone.
If you'...
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