1. Navigating the Computer Science Literature With a little help from University Libraries Janet Fransen Engineering Librarian fransen@umn.edu

2. How do computer science researchers communicate their results?

5. Remember… The Libraries buy and license lots of materials, so you don’t have to You can find it all at www.lib.umn.eduwww.lib.umn.edu I’m your librarian My name is Jan

6. 14 Library Locations Walter: CS print books and journals Others: Cross-disciplinary work Use Get It to have print materials sent to your favorite library

7. Outside the U of M Worldcat –International consortium catalog –Go there to find out what libraries have a book

8. Outside the U of M Interlibrary Loan –Separate login –Print delivered to library of your choice –Electronic delivered online to your account

9. Liaisons Aligned with colleges/departments Me: CS, ECE, AEM, HST –BS in AEM –20 years as a desktop app developer/trainer/writer –MLIS in 2006 –Keenly interested in all my subject areas, but expert in none of them

11. Library Hacks

20. What else do I do? Select books and subscriptions –Suggestions? Let me know. Teach workshops –Public workshops listed online –Custom workshop? Contact me. Work with my colleagues to improve services –Suggestions? Let me know.

21. What else do I do? Consult on subject-specific questions –Not sure where to start a lit search? –Can’t track down an elusive citation? Consult on managing information –How to navigate copyright –How to add your papers to our institutional repository (conservancy.umn.edu) –How to keep current/organize what you collect

22. What else do I do? Work with faculty and instructors to incorporate library resources into classes

24. Contact me at: Fransen@umn.edu 612-624-7446 IM: umjanlib Website: z.umn.edu/umjanlib Office hours: Thursdays 3-4 in the ECE Student Center