We will be offering many fun and useful workshops this semester!
Print your Neighborhood: 3D Printing From A Topographic Map: No 3D printing experience necessary. Use simple applications to prepare a file to 3D print a small area relief map of your favorite place or research area. Please bring a laptop with Autodesk 123D loaded (it can be downloaded for free here) Tuesday January 26th 3-4 PM (in the Makerspace Series) No registration needed - just show up to the Makerspace on the second floor of the library
QGIS Workshop 1: Choropleth Mapping will demonstrate how to make a...
Continue reading "Spring Semester 2016 Workshops"...The History of Cartography v.5 (Cartography in the 19th Century) is seeking contributors to write entries on the following topics.
If you are interested in writing one (or more) of these, please contact
Claudia Asch
Research Assistant
Volume 5, History of Cartography
http:www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/
claudia.asch@sas.ac.uk
Cluster Entry Term Words Contracted
1.1.1 Property Mapping Property Mapping in the Caribbean 2000
1.1.1 Property Mapping Property Mapping in Portugal 2000...
In his speech to the US Congress on September 24, Pope Francis stated that “Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War.” This common refrain can be heard throughout the current dialogue on the refugee and migrant situation in Europe and elsewhere but, what does it really mean?
Following the Potsdam Agreement, there were approximately 23 million people displaced either by the war’s effect or through the forced expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe. These population movements are reflected in our map from 1952, showing an astounding...
Continue reading "The European Migration Crisis in Perspective"...Sinha, R.K. Modern Plant Physiology. Alpha Science International Ltd. ©2014 Call Number: QK 711.2 .S55 2014 c.2
Ochterski, J. The Pond Guidebook. Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service, Cooperative Extension. ©2007 Call Number: TD 392 .P66 2007
Hoffman and Plourd. Raising Dairy Replacements. Midwest Plan Service. ©2003 Call Number: SF 206.5 .R35 2003 c.2
Molles. Ecology: concepts and applications. McGraw-Hill Education. ©2016 Call Number: QH 541 .M553 2016
Jones, Hyde and Pang. Freshwater fungi and fungal-like organisms. Walter de Gruyter GmbH...
Continue reading "New Books"...In 1986 MSU cartography student Brenda Mathenia made this map of campus that highlights the 14 library locations and their collections. The back summarizes the collections and services of the libraries at that time. Over the intervening 29 years we've changed drastically both in size and composition. Our collections are larger and our locations are fewer. Our computing and study spaces are vastly enhanced and modernized. One thing hasn't changed one iota though, and that is expressed in the last sentence: "The MSU Libraries are constantly growing and changing, responding to the...
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Participate in a humanitarian mapping project, no GIS experience needed! Bring your laptop to the library and join us in developing map data to aid a humanitarian project. The exact project is to be determined, but likely will involve improving our knowledge of road networks in an African country by looking at satellite images and marking the roads with your mouse. We will supply the refreshments while you save the world, one click at a time. If you plan on joining us, create an OpenStreetMap account and download the browser plugin here: http://hotosm.org/get-involved/disaster-mapping...
Continue reading "GIS Day November 18, 2015, drop-in 2-4pm"...QGIS is a popular open source Geographic Information System that runs on several operating systems. The introductory workshop on October 19th will focus on introductory topics such as how to acquire and display GIS shapefiles, map a list of addresses, perform a spatial analysis, and create a layout. The second workshop will further build on QGIS skills by working with raster images and data. Participants will learn how to georeference a digitized map (such as a historic map or aerial photo) and create vector data from it for basic analysis. Map Projections and data alignment will also be...
Continue reading "QGIS Workshops @ MSU Libraries"...Choudhary, ML. Climate Dynamics in Horticultural Science: Principles and Applications. Apple Academic Press/CRC Press ©2015. Call Number: S 600.7 .C54 C664 2015 v.1
Choudhary, ML. Climate Dynamics in Horticultural Science: Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation. Apple Academic Press/CRC Press ©2015. Call Number: S 600.7 .C54 C664 2015 v.2
de Jong, P. Sustainable Dairy Production. Wiley-Blackwell, ©2013. Call Number: SF 247 .S86 2013
Gliessman, Stephen R. Field and laboratory investigations in agroecology. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ©2015. Call Number: S 589.7...
Continue reading "New Books"...With the success of recent podcasts such as NPR’s Serial, it appears this medium has finally hit its stride and is finally delivering on its earlier promise. People are increasingly listening to podcasts and they can also be valuable as an educational tool. With their rising popularity, there is a podcast for everyone’s taste. Business Insider recently released an article titled “17 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter.” This list includes Ira Glass’ wildly popular “This American Life”, “Freakanomics Radio”, based on the New York Times Bestselling book Freakanomics, and “WTF” a podcast...
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