The WRDS technical infrastructure will be undergoing a major upgrade from 8:00 - 11:00 AM EDT (GMT -4) on Friday, Aug 23rd 2019. During this time, most WRDS services will be unavailable. The website should only be inaccessible for 30 minutes near the beginning, but interactive services -- including the WRDS Cloud, SAS/Connect, SAS/Studio, Python, R, MATLAB, Stata, etc -- will be offline for the full duration of the window. Unique to this downtime only, all WRDS Cloud grid jobs -- both batch and interactive -- will be terminated. Please plan your research accordingly!
This is being done as part of a large-scale effort to upgrade WRDS infrastructure to the latest hardware and network configuration, to provide the best large-scale research platform we can. We hope you notice faster code execution, data access, and network response. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to improve our platform for you.
Monday, August 19, 2019
Friday, August 16, 2019
Fall Copyright Workshops 2
Copyright and Coffee: Public Domain
Oct 15th, 2-3p.m. Hatcher 806, Hatcher Graduate Library South
Please join us for coffee and to learn about copyright and the public domain.
What is the public domain and how can you determine whether a work has entered the
public domain? You will learn how works enter the public domain and where you can
find public domain works. This 60-minute workshop from Justin Bonfiglio of the
U-M Library Copyright Office will focus primarily on the public domain but will
also cover additional copyright-related topics, including Creative Commons licenses
and fair use. All are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by contacting
Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
What is the public domain and how can you determine whether a work has entered the
public domain? You will learn how works enter the public domain and where you can
find public domain works. This 60-minute workshop from Justin Bonfiglio of the
U-M Library Copyright Office will focus primarily on the public domain but will
also cover additional copyright-related topics, including Creative Commons licenses
and fair use. All are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by contacting
Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
Copyright and Your Dissertation: Don’t Get Spooked!
Oct 31st, 2-3p.m. Clark Library Presentation Space
Have you ever wondered what is the difference between copyright infringement and
plagiarism? Do you know when it’s okay to use copyrighted works without permission
or how to get permission when you need it? Explore these and other questions about
copyright and dissertations in a workshop facilitated by Melissa Levine, Director of the
U-M Library Copyright Office. This workshop is primarily designed for students in the
Rackham Graduate School -- all are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by
contacting Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
plagiarism? Do you know when it’s okay to use copyrighted works without permission
or how to get permission when you need it? Explore these and other questions about
copyright and dissertations in a workshop facilitated by Melissa Levine, Director of the
U-M Library Copyright Office. This workshop is primarily designed for students in the
Rackham Graduate School -- all are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by
contacting Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
Copyright and Coffee: Publishing Contract
Nov. 11th, 2-3:30p.m. TAFR (Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Room 4004)
Please join us for coffee and to learn about how to negotiate common terms in scholarly
publishing agreements in a workshop facilitated by Yuanxiao Xu of the U-M Library
Copyright Office. This workshop will focus on publishing contracts for journal articles.
After a brief discussion of negotiation techniques, some fun negotiation exercises, and
an overview of the law in this area, participants will have the option to negotiate a mock
publishing contract. All are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by contacting
Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
Fall Copyright Workshops
Copyright and Coffee: Copyright Essentials
Sept 17th, 10-11a.m. TAFR (Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Room 4004)
Have you ever wondered whether you are allowed to use someone else’s work? Or whether you have a copyright in a work that you have created? If you are not entirely sure how copyright works, this is the workshop for you. Sip some coffee as we discuss the basics of copyright law in the US. This 90-minute workshop from Yuanxiao Xu of the U-M Library Copyright Office will cover copyright concepts from the public domain to fair use. All are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by contacting Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
Copyright and Coffee: the Open Access Publishing Trap Game
Oct. 3rd, 2-3:30p.m. TAFR (Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Room 4004)
Play a game over coffee and learn about Open Access! The Publishing Trap is a game about research dissemination and scholarly communication in higher education. The game follows the academic career of four characters who, at each stage in their career, from dissertation to tenure, are presented with a series of decisions. The game will be led by Raven Lanier. All are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by contacting Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu. See the MLibrary website for more information.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Simmons OneView is now Simmons Insights
Simmons OneView has undergone a name change and interface update. Simmons Insights still provides access to the same demographic, psychographic and media use characteristics of users of products, brands and services, but with an updated look.
This database is limited to Ross Users and Kresge Library Guests. Users will be required to provide their name and umich.edu email prior to each session.
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