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7 Habits of Highly Productive People at Duke

Whether organizing a meeting time, reading hundreds of emails or working on a large project with stakeholders, Duke offers technology solutions that help increase productivity and efficiency. Check out this Duke Today article: http://today.duke.edu/2016/03/sevenhabits.

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Screenshot of staff participating in a virtual meeting (via WebEx) from 4 different locations throughout Duke!

Registration Open: Getting Started with Julia

Julia is a new programming language for numerical computing that aims to
combine the flexibility of dynamic languages like Python or Matlab with
the speed of Fortran or C.  Full description here.  Lunch will be provided. Registration required.

Getting Started with Julia
Date: Thursday, February 11
Time:  9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: SSRI – Gross Hall 230 E – Map
Register online at: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eROUhgaLWiRP73n

For questions, contact Alexandra Cooper cooper@duke.edu.

This event is being co-sponsored by Social Science Research Institute (SSR), Duke Libraries, Office of Information Technology (OIT) and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies.

Browse, read and monitor scholarly journals online with BrowZine

BrowZine delivers thousands of academic journals to your Web Browser, iPad, iPhone or Android tablet.  For full details, visit: http://library.duke.edu/research/browzine.   For questions, assistance or a demo, contact Melanie Sturgeon in the Library or your subject librarian.

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Save the Date! Rubenstein Library Open House, Sept. 10

Save the date for the Rubenstein Library Open House on Thursday, September 10.  For complete details, visit: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2015/07/31/save-the-date-rubenstein-library-open-house-sept-10/

Easy mobile development with Appery.io

Appery.io is one of a new breed of mobile app development services that reduces the time and effort needed to build an app by leveraging a web-based, visual “programming” environment. Join the Library for a session on “Easy Mobile App Development with Appery” being hosted at The Edge (first floor Bostock.) This session is being offered twice. For the schedule and session details, visit: http://library.duke.edu/events/edge/event.do?id=6885&occur=15375  (No registration is required).

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Duke Library uses Google Analytics to track Digital Collections

Check out this blog post to learn how Duke’s Library is using Google Analytics to track how much their collections are accessed. To learn more about Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics Essential Training through the lynda.com online training library.

Need to recharge? Go to the library!

Perkins and Lilly Library service desks now have a variety of chargers that you can check out. For full details, visit: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2015/04/24/chargers-now-available-at-service-desks/

Free Workshop: Easy Mobile App Development with Appery

Appery.io is one of a new breed of mobile app development services that reduces the time and effort needed to build an app by leveraging a web-based, visual “programming” environment. Join the Library for a session on “Easy Mobile App Development with Appery” being hosted at The Edge (first floor Bostock.) This session is being offered twice. For the schedule and session details, visit: http://library.duke.edu/events/edge/event.do?id=6785&occur=15141

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Submissions being accepted for 2015 Student Data Visualization Contest

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Duke Data and Visualization Services is now accepting submissions for the 2015 edition of the Duke Student Data Visualization Contest. All Duke students who have produced data visualizations for research, education, fun, or profit over the last year should consider submitting their best work.  Winners will receive an Amazon gift card, and their work will also be exhibited in the Data and Visualization Services lab for the coming year.

Submissions will be accepted until December 14, 2014, at 11:59pm. For details, see the full contest website. Questions?  Email angela.zoss@duke.edu with any questions.

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