Journal for Economic Educators now hosted at MTSU Walker Library
During summer 2019, the Journal for Economic Educators (JFEE) migrated publishing platforms. It's new online home is the journal hosting service provided at MTSU Walker Library, which uses the Open Journal Systems (OJS) open access platform.
Visit JFEE at https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/jfee.
Vol 19 No 1 (2019) is now available online, as well as its full issue backlog. The journal is edited by Dr. Michael Roach (Middle Tennessee State University) and is published twice annually. Read more about the journal's scope, focus, and policies here.
CFP Now Open: Digital Seed Grants 2019-2020
Announcing the call for Digital Seed Grant Awards
The Digital Seed Grant competition for 2019-2020 is now open. Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives invites proposals for seed grants to support individual or collaborative digital scholarship projects in research, teaching, or public outreach from any discipline or area at MTSU.
Spring 2019 Digital Workshop Series
The Spring 2019 Digital Workshops Series schedule is now available. Mark your calendar for the following topics.
*All workshops are in LIB 264A or LIB 272. Register to get a reminder email before the workshop and to help with program planning*
Workshop Schedules below:
Exploring Wikipedia Workshop
Exploring Wikipedia Workshop • Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia is part of the fabric of our digital life. It is used worldwide, by millions of people daily. Join this workshop to learn more about it, as well as, how to use your knowledge and research skills to make it better. The instructor will share what she learned after taking a 9 week Wikipedia course, as well as, her experience working with a faculty member on a Wikipedia classroom assignment.
This workshop is for anyone who wants to add to their knowledge of Wikipedia.
Session topics:
- Overview of Wikipedia and how it really works
- Learn the ways you can contribute to Wikipedia
- See examples of how it is being used to teach digital literacy
- Explore the Library Wikipedia Research Guide for more in depth information
Prerequisites: None
Presenter: Librarian, Jean Reese
Location: Walker Library, LIB 272 (Instruction Classroom)
MTSU Library/CHP Awarded the Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities
Project Update: The scholarly digital research collection, Trials, Triumphs, and Transformations, was awarded Honorable Mention for the Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities at the American Studies Association Conference in November 2018.
Collection available at dsi.mtsu.edu/trials
This project was produced by the James E. Walker Library, in partnership with the Center for Historic Preservation and funded, in part, by the Tennessee Board of Regents Office of Academic Affairs and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, a unit of the National Park Service. A topical summary of the research collection and its unqiue content is below:
Presenting the Digital Collection - Historic Clothing Collection
Historic Clothing Collection
Since the inception of the Historic Clothing Collection, the primary method of locating or researching items has been a physical search utilizing hard copy descriptions of items, in three ring binders. The 2017-2018 Digital Seed Grant (and library expertise) enabled the collection’s digital development through photography, garment metadata, digital inventory and a permanent website for the collection’s continued growth. This effort allows visual identification and study of the collection by the current MTSU community, community partners, and the public at large.
The Historic Clothing Collection (1790-1990) provides tremendous growth in learning opportunities for anyone studying historic clothing and accessories. Several TXMD student assistants also worked on this project, which adds to their own digital learning. Additonally advantageous is the project’s contribution to the long-term preservation of the items in the MTSU collection, since garments can now be previewed before being removed from storage.
Collection available at http://dsi.mtsu.edu/clothing
Read more about the collection via the MTSU News article published October 2, 2018, the MTSU Sidelines news article publishing December 2018, or the one-page collection summary (PDF) available here.
MT Engage Week: Play LibGO
During MT Engage Week, be sure to visit the library on Wednesday, September 26th to play LibGO! Snacks and prizes are available to the first 100 participants that play LibGO in room LIB 264A from 10:30am to 1:30pm on Wednesday!
Fall 2018 Digital Workshops
The Fall 2018 Digital Workshops Series schedule is now available. Mark your calendar for the following topics.
*All workshops are in LIB 264A. Register to get a reminder email before the workshop and to help with program planning*
Workshop Schedules below:
Social Explorer Workshop
Introduction to Social Explorer
Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 1:30am-12:30pm, LIB 264A
Social Explorer is a user-friendly tool for creating interactive maps using recent and historical demographic data (e.g., U.S. census and American Community Survey).
This workshop is suitable for students and faculty from many disciplines, including business, criminal justice, education, gender studies, history, sociology, etc.
NVivo 12 Workshop
Getting started in NVivo 12 • Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 11:30am-12:30pm
Have you begun conducting qualitative research, but are finding it difficult to keep your data organized? Would you like a better way to manage data analysis? If so, come learn the basics of NVivo 11, a software tool designed for the collection and analysis of qualitative data sources.