The University Libraries will celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons from Feb. 9-13.
The Research Partnerships unit of the Libraries is organizing a scavenger hunt and reception honoring the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons on East Campus.
Scavenger hunt participants can search for posters in the building that highlight statistics and other information about the services, collections and expertise of the faculty and staff in the Libraries. Participants will have a leg-up on other researchers and learners, as they uncover more of the ways that the Libraries team is here to support their needs.
Anyone who finds all eight posters and scans the QR code on each will receive a new library notebook and will be entered in a drawing for Libraries hoodies. The winners will be announced during a reception, 12:30-3 p.m. Feb. 13. Cake, snacks and Libraries swag will be available.
Other activities in support of Dinsdale Family Learning Commons and Love Data Week include workshops offered by faculty in Research Partnerships. The celebrations kick off at noon Feb. 9 with the workshop Crash Course in Research Data Management in the Stock Seed Farms Classroom. Registration is required.
The Dinsdale Family Learning Commons opened on Jan. 27, 2021, after a privately funded renovation. The University Libraries stewards the space, which honors the C.Y. Thompson library of the past, as well as the history of East Campus. The space includes group and individual study spaces, the Kimmel Foundation community room, flexible teaching spaces for the Libraries and partners and selected book collections. Partners include the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program, which occupies two-thirds of the second floor, and Information Technology Services. Natural light is a signature of the East Campus Learning Commons.
Other workshops hosted by Research Partnership that week include:
- Survey to Map: An Introduction to ArcGIS Survey123, Feb. 11, 10-11 a.m., Love Library South 224 (Witt Room), Register.
- Introduction to comprehensive searching, Feb. 11, 4-5:30 p.m., Zoom, Register.
- Data Management for (Digital) Humanities, Feb. 12, noon to 1:15 p.m. Zoom, Love Data Week, Register.
- This celebration is a signature event of the Pages to Paths: A Celebration of Our Libraries initiative to celebrate our history, raise awareness and co-create the future of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries with our communities.
