Learn about 3D Printing at Pendergrass “Make Break”
Are you curious about 3D printing? Have you ever wondered how to incorporate 3D design into everyday life and classroom projects?
Starting March 17, UT students, faculty, and staff are invited to Pendergrass Library every third Thursday of the month from 2-3 p.m. for “Make Break” – an interactive tour and demonstration of the library’s makerspace and 3D printing technology.
Make Break participants will:
See the library’s two 3D printers
View sample projects and discover classroom applications
Explore software options for 3D design
Learn about the process for printing a 3D object
Participants will also be entered into a raffle for a free 3D print of up to $25 value. Raffle winners will be announced at the end of the semester and receive a consultation on choosing or designing their 3D object.
To register for Make Break, email Richard Sexton at jsexton3@utk.edu. If you are teaching a class that might incorporate a 3D printing, cameras, or other technology, contact us so we can work with you.
Trace (Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange) has reached more than 5 million downloads—1.5 million of which were downloaded in the past year.
Researchers at the Institute of Agriculture can upload their data and scholarly work to Trace. Graduate students can also upload theses and dissertations. Google Scholar indexes works in Trace, making UT research more accessible to people around the globe.
Trace now supports new features such as embargo periods and a distinction for peer-review and non-peer-reviewed work. Trace is also a platform for publishing journals. The newest journal to join Trace’s repertoire is Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature & Culture, which will release its first issue on April 15, 2016.
To learn more about scholarly publishing and the support offered by UT librarians, use UT’s Scholarly Publishing Toolkit.
Meditation Group at Pendergrass Library
The Agriculture Campus Meditation Group meets at Pendergrass Library Wednesdays from noon – 1 p.m. and Fridays from 7:30 – 8 a.m. in Study Room G. Those new to meditation and advanced practitioners are welcome.
Each month, the Meditation Group will explore a new technique or practice, such as mindfulness, breath awareness, visualization, mantras, and more. The group will take suggestions for additional topics and meeting times.
The Meditation Group is a supportive community of UT students, faculty, and staff interested in learning new meditation techniques, practicing as a group, and carving out time during the week to de-stress.
Have a favorite meditation resource? E-mail credmon1@utk.edu to suggest it, and the library will add it to the guide or purchase it for the collection.
Open Data Button
The Open Data Button has launched, making it easier than ever to access researchers’ data. The Open Data Button works to get researchers access to data in published research even if the data is behind inaccessible paywalls.
Funded by the Centre for Open Science and Open Society Foundation, the Open Data Button is a web browser toolbar add-on similar to the Open Access Button. The button lives in the Chrome browser toolbar, and the creators will add support for Firefox in the near future.
When a user finds a paper but would like to know more about the data, a request for the data is sent by clicking the Open Data Button in the browser’s toolbar.
If the data is already available, a link is provided to the user immediately. If it has not yet been provided, the user can click the button to make a request a directly to the author. The author can send a link directly to the dataset, set limits for how long the user may access the data, or let the user know if it is not yet available to the public.
Click here for more information about the Open Data Button, or click here to download and start using it today.
To learn best practices for managing and sharing your data, visit the UT Libraries’ Data Management Guide.
