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Seeking Asylum in Connecticut: A lunchtime talk

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Seeking Asylum in Connecticut: The Work of the UCONN School of Law Asylum and Human Rights Clinic, Anna Cabot, J.D., UCONN School of Law

The Asylum and Human Rights Clinic handles every aspect of representation in high-stakes cases that determine whether a client who has fled political, religious or other persecution in his or her home country will be granted asylum in the United States.  Come hear about this important work!
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Hartford Campus Undergraduate Building Room 126

Sponsored by Trecker Library

Discovering Demographic Data from the U.S. Census, With Ana-Maria Garcia, Data Dissemination Specialist

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Learn how to use the American FactFinder (AFF) to access the most current and relevant demographic, socioeconomic, and housing statistics about your community.  During the training, you will learn about Census Bureau programs, geographies and datasets available and how to use the search and navigation features of the AFF.

Thursday, Nov. 12
12:35-1:35
Hartford Campus, ITC Room 113

Please register for this free workshop at
http://workshops.lib.uconn.edu/index.php?sessionid=737

For more information, please call Janice Mathews, 860-570-9105.

Workshop: Tableau Public

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Introduction to Data Visualization Using Tableau Public
With Steve Batt

Tableau Public allows anyone to explore and present quantitative information in compelling, interactive visualizations. This hands-on session will work with several prepared data files to create online interactive bar graphs, scatterplots, thematic maps, and much more.

Monday, October 26, 12:35-1:35
Hartford Campus, ITC Room 113

Please register for this workshop at http://workshops.lib.uconn.edu/?sessionid=725

For more information, please call Janice Mathews, 860-570-9105.

 

 

Independent Voices: An Open Access Collection of an Alternative Press

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We have access to a new resource:

 

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A digital collection made up of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals from the latter half of the 20th century, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals and the New Left, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines.

National Poetry Month

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April is National Poetry Month.  To celebrate, Trecker Library is asking you to bring in a copy of a favorite poem (or two).  It can be a poem you wrote, a classic, famous, obscure, long, short…  It’s all good!    If you participated last year, you can submit a different favorite or even re-submit the same one if it is the BEST POEM EVER!  Bring in a print copy to the Trecker Library service desk or email a link to Janice.mathews@lib.uconn.edu.  Include the author, and, if you choose to, “Contributed by Your Name.”  Poems will be displayed in the exhibit cases in the hallway outside Trecker Library.  Share a favorite poem and stop by the exhibit to see what others love!

See you at the Library!