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-- Wednesday,September 5, 2012 --
SUMMARY
1. Announcements
A. DigitalCommons@UMaine for Faculty
B. Fogler Film Series
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1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. DIGITALCOMMONS@UMAINE FOR FACULTY
DigitalCommons@UMaine, our new Institutional Repository, offers a
free alternative to
disseminate research, scholarship, and creative activity as required
by many
departmental missions and federal granting agencies. It benefits
faculty by
increasing global exposure to research, scholarship, and creative
output. Want to
learn more? There will be an introduction to DigitalCommons@UMaine
for Faculty on
Tuesday, October 9th from 1-3 p.m. in the Library Computer
Classroom. This
presentation features an overview of DigitalCommons, a brief
introduction to the
program's essential tools and concepts for uploading material.
Faculty members will
also have an opportunity to set up personal Selected Works pages. To
register, email
Kim Sawtelle at <kimberly.sawtelle@umit.maine.edu>.
B. FOGLER FILM SERIES
Fogler Library is sponsoring film screenings, with discussion, of
four documentaries
recently added to the library's collection. The films will be shown
on Wednesday
evenings in the Collaborative Media Lab on the first floor of the
Library. The first
in the series is "Sexy, Inc.”(a film by Sophie Bissonnette) on
Wednesday, September
12th at 7 p.m. with a discussion facilitated by Mary Madden,
Director of the ADVANCE
Rising Tide Center after the film.
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