News You Can Use - November 2005

The Friends of the UT Arlington Library holiday meeting this year will offer a Dickens Christmas Celebration featuring Tony Arangio giving a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The meeting is on Friday, December 9, 2005, at 7:30pm in the Central Library's sixth floor parlor. RSVP by December 8 by calling Betty Wood at 817-272-7421 or email at bwood@uta.edu.

Tony Arangio was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and received his Ph.D. from Tulane University. He is a thirty-six year resident of Arlington. Arangio joined the faculty of UT Arlington's Graduate School of Social work in 1969 and in 1981 he left the university to start his own business as a consultant and private practitioner. He has worked in radio, television, commercials, theater, and movies, and has hosted award-nominated and -winning television shows on Arlington cable. Arangio has been president and board member of Theater Arlington for fifteen years and for the past twelve years he has been an administrator for the Arlington Independent School District.

UT Arlington Library's GIS Program is pleased to announce the development of GIS News, a complete resource that provides all of the most current Geographic Information Systems news, discussions, employment opportunities, and cutting-edge research. Available online at http://library.uta.edu/gis/gisNews.jsp. Keeping up to date with the exciting world of GIS and web mapping has never been easier.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer systems that aid in the management and analysis of geographically referenced data. GIS allows the user to link location or spatial data with tabular data in order to see relationships and patterns. If you have a map, tabular data, a computer, a GIS software program and a question, you can utilize GIS to answer your question. For more information visit http://library.uta.edu/gis/gis.jsp.

Reach GIS Librarian Joshua Been at 817-272-5826 or been@uta.edu.

Student Print Quota In Effect Spring 2006

Beginning in the spring semester 2006, UT Arlington students will have a $70 quota for free printing using OIT and Library printers during the spring/summer semesters. This quota calculates to 700 pages of single-sided B&W laser printing at $.10 per page or 933 pages of double-sided B&W laser printing at $.15 per sheet. Once a student has used his/her quota then he/she will have to pay for all subsequent printing for the academic year. Students will use their Mav Money account for this purpose. During the fall semester of 2006, the quota for the academic year will be $100. Students will need their Mav Express Card to release all print jobs.

An exhibition of selected photographs from a new acquisition will be on display in the UT Arlington Library Special Collections from December 5, 2005 through February, 2006. The 25 black and white photographs feature images of local cemeteries and events taken during the 1980s.

The exhibit is located in Special Collections on the Central Library sixth floor (to the left when exiting the elevators). Hours are Monday 9am - 7pm and Tuesday-Saturday 9am - 5pm. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Christian Clark at 817-272-2179 or clarkc@uta.edu . Map.

"Culture Remix"
Nov. 16th, 2005
E. H. Hereford University Center
Free and Open to All

The Tech Fair offers opportunities to:

Hear Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School professor and Internet Futurist, the keynote speaker.
Explore the latest information technologies of more than 30 vendors.
Win prizes! iPods, t-shirts, software, more.
Learn how UT Arlington is using information technology to improve teaching and learning.
Attend track sessions to see new product demonstrations.

A recording of this talk will be available in the near future.

Have you buried yourself all day in your office or library carrel and now you wonder what the weather looks like outside? Or perhaps your family half-way around the globe emailed to say they heard that it's raining pretty hard here? Now you can take a look outside or direct your friends and family to a view of your UT Arlington world with the Library Mall Cam.

News You Can Use is issued periodically with news of new databases, services, and presentations. This newsletter is distributed to students, faculty, and staff. Reach editor Maggie Dwyer at 817-272-5366 or dwyer@uta.edu. To subscribe to the Library-News email list, visit http://listserv.uta.edu/archives/library-news.html .