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Morris Library

605 Agriculture Drive
MC 6632
Carbondale, IL 62901

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Morris Library Events

Alan Schoen and the Gyroid Surface: Adventures in Geometry

Friday, September 6, 1pm

Join us in the third floor Rotunda for the inaugural Alan Schoen Memorial Lecture presented by Gerd Schröder-Turk called "Alan Schoen and the Gyroid Surface: Adventures in Geometry that Gave Materials Sciences a New Twist."

Schröder-Turk is a professor of mathematics, statistics, chemistry and physics at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. The lecture will be available via Zoom; register for the link.

Presented by the University Honors Program, this event will also feature presentations by Lingguo Bu, a professor in SIU Carbondale’s early childhood program; Duston Wetzel, a doctoral student in applied physics, and Paul Gailiunas, a retired high school teacher and math enthusiast from Newcastle, England.

A reception will follow.

The talks and reception honor the groundbreaking work of the late Alan Schoen, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor who discovered the gyroid--an infinitely connected periodic minimal surface with no straight lines--while working for NASA as a scientist. He taught at SIU Carbondale from 1973 to 1996.

Individuals with disabilities are welcomed. Call 618-453-5738 to request accommodations.

Read more about the event from SIU News.
Friends of Morris Library Fundraiser 2024

Student Center Ballrooms A & B and Corker Lounge

Saturday, September 7, 5:30-9:30pm

Join us for the Friends of Morris Library's annual fundraiser on Saturday, September 7, 2024, featuring music by The Phonics. The fundraiser will be held in the SIU Student Center's Ballrooms A & B and Corker Lounge from 5:30 until 9:30pm with appetizers and a buffet dinner catered by Hunan.

All proceeds will be used to support the educational mission of Morris Library.

Call 618-453-1815 for more information.
Library Skills Refresher: Graduate Student Workshop

Monday, September 9, 10-11am

Join us for an in-depth online presentation of the services, resources, and research assistance Morris Library provides to support you and your research.

Register at https://libguides.lib.siu.edu/gradworkshops

Contact amber.burtis@siu.edu with questions.
Navigating Free Speech: A Civic Humanistic Approach

Wednesday, September 11, 3:30-4:30pm

Please join us for a presentation by Dr. Erec Smith, Associate Professor of Rhetoric at York College, entitled "Navigating Free Speech: A Civic Humanistic Approach" from 3:30-4:30pm on September 11, 2024, in the John C. Guyon Auditorium on Morris Library's first floor. A reception will precede the lecture.

Individuals with disabilities are welcomed. Call 618-453-5738 to request accommodations.
Morris Library's Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program

Deadline September 13

Morris Library's Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program supports students by offering financial incentives for teaching faculty to use alternative lower-cost educational materials rather than high-cost textbooks. This may include the adoption or adaption of an existing open textbook, or, in some cases, the creation of a new open textbook. To learn more, visit our program page.

The submission deadline is September 13, 2024, and award notification is by September 27, 2024. The open textbook can be used in a course in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025. Interested faculty must submit a proposal to receive the grant.
Red Cross Blood Drive

Tuesday, September 17, 10am-2pm

The Red Cross' annual fall blood drive at Morris Library will be held September 17, 2024, in the first floor Rotunda from 10am - 2pm.

Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit https://redcrossblood.org and enter SIUCMorrisLibrary to schedule an appointment.
Zotero: Graduate Student Workshop

Tuesday, September 17, 1-2pm

Zotero is a free citation management program that can aid in organizing and citing with writing papers and conducting research. This online workshop will demonstrate how to download Zotero and its add-ons, add citations to its library, and streamline the writing process.

Register at https://libguides.lib.siu.edu/gradworkshops

Contact amber.burtis@siu.edu with questions.
Getting Started on the Literature Review for Your Thesis or Dissertation: Graduate Student Workshop

Wednesday, September 18, 3-4pm

In this online workshop, librarians will guide you through the process of crafting a thorough and refined literature review.

Register at https://libguides.lib.siu.edu/gradworkshops

Contact amber.burtis@siu.edu with questions.
The Journal Submission Process: Graduate Student Workshop

Wednesday, September 25, 10-11am

This online workshop covers the journal submission process from start to finish with special emphasis on journal rankings, impact factors, OpenSIUC, and copyright.

Register at https://libguides.lib.siu.edu/gradworkshops

Contact amber.burtis@siu.edu with questions.
EndNote Desktop: Graduate Student Workshop

Thursday, September 26, 3-4pm

Learn how to most effectively use EndNote Desktop to save you time and headaches. This online, beginning-level workshop will help those with little experience with EndNote. Please request a copy of EndNote Desktop from the SIUC Office of Information Technology before the workshop (https://oit.siu.edu/salukitech/software/).

EndNote Desktop citation management software is available free to SIUC faculty and graduate students courtesy of Morris Library.

Register at https://libguides.lib.siu.edu/gradworkshops.

Contact amber.burtis@siu.edu with questions.
Getting Started on the Literature Review for Your Thesis or Dissertation: Graduate Student Workshop

Thursday, October 3, 2-3pm

In this online workshop, librarians will guide you through the process of crafting a thorough and refined literature review.

Register at https://libguides.lib.siu.edu/gradworkshops.

Contact amber.burtis@siu.edu with questions.
Game Night!

Sunday, October 6, 1-7:30pm

Morris Library and Saluki Con present GAME NIGHT!

Join us Sunday, October 6, from 1 - 7:30pm on the first floor for tabletop and card games. We'll teach newcomers to play. Door prizes! Free parking! Join the fun!

Inclusive Collection

The Inclusive Collection highlights books featuring topics, authors, characters, perspectives, experiences, and expertise that members of systemically marginalized and excluded communities of people bring to every genre and discipline.