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We read as a group: Hryhoriy Skovoroda
December 3 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and very unique personality – Hryhoriy Savich Skovoroda.
The best greeting for a writer is reading his works. So we invite you to read Skovoroda’s «Kharkiv Fables» together.
Registration.
To visit the Library, you must have a student card, pass or passport with you.
Ukrainian basics: reading and discussion
We continue to read and discuss the book «Ukrainian basics» («Українські основи»).
This is a collection of essays by famous Ukrainians, written for a wide range of readers.
The topic of this meeting will be «Values». We invite everyone to join!
The recording of the previous meeting via the link.
A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to your email on the day of the event.
XXII All-Ukrainian dictation of national unity
On November 9, at 11:00 Kyiv time, we write the XXII All-Ukrainian dictation of national unity.
This year, on the Day of Ukrainian writing and language, dictation will be a meeting place for Ukrainians scattered all over the world.
We invite students, teachers, employees of KPI named after Igor Sikorskyi and all those willing to traditionally write a dictation with the KPI Library.
The author of the text is the Ukrainian writer and director, member of the Ukrainian PEN Iryna Tsylyk, and it will be read by the People’s Artist, Hero of Ukraine Ada Rogovtseva.
More details about dictation can be found at the link.
AIP Style (style of the American Institute of Physics) – the international style of citation and reference in the field of physics
The KPI Library invites scientists, teachers, graduate students, students, librarians and everyone else to participate in events within the framework of the International Open Access Week and the World Media and Information Literacy Week (October 24-30).
At the scientific and practical seminar «AIP style (style of the American Institute of Physics) – international style of citation and reference in the field of physics» we will consider:
- AIP Style as the most widespread international style in the field of physics;
- peculiarities of design of references in the text of the work;
- arrangement of the list of used sources.
SciVal Without Secrets – Analyzing Researcher and Institutional Development
Webinar «SciVal Without Secrets – Analyzing Researcher and Institutional Development» by Elsevier.
The webinar will consider:
- What is the SciVal tool;
- Functionality and capabilities;
- How SciVal can help in the analysis of scientific work (institution/researcher/country).
Lecturer: Lyudmila Trotsenko, ambassador of Research Intelligence Elsevier, leading editor, head of the Scientific Publications Support Sector of Igor Sikorsky KPI Department of Information Support for Education and Research of the KPI Library
How to read the news during the war. Practical advice
The Ukrainian Library Association and the information hygiene initiative «Як не стати овочем» launched a series of lectures on information hygiene, where the lecturer will tell how to filter information during war and how to form information hygiene.
The lecture will consider:
- Benefit, knowledge, emotions: how do we perceive information in the media?
- Communicative overload and communicative chaos. Why do people watch scary news?
- The structure of the media field (professional media, scavengers, bloggers).
- How does a journalist differ from a blogger?
- Index of media literacy. 5 principles of understanding mass media and fact-checking.
- How to understand how the media affects me personally and overcome information overload?
Lecturer: Tetyana Troshchynska, editor-in-chief and deputy head of the Board of Public Radio, presenter. Finalist of the Georgy Gongadze Award for 2022. Doctor of Science in Public Administration invited lecturer at the A. Melashevich Kyiv-Mohyla School of Government a specialist in negotiation skills according to the Harvard methodology.
Watch the previous lecture «Overwintering. How to prepare for winter and not become a victim of propaganda, panic, hysteria, and marketing»
How to find quality educational and scientific information for your research
Finding and processing information is an important stage without which no scientific research is possible. And if you have questions or difficulties during this process, that’s not a problem.
Postgraduate students at KPI and everyone interested are invited to attend the webinar «How to find quality educational and scientific information for your research».
During the event, we will find answers to common questions together:
- what requirements should educational and scientific information meet?
- how to find the right source on a large number of sites and web pages?
- how should a search query be formed correctly?
- how to save search results?
The webinar is conducted by Olena Kosmina, the chief librarian of the Department of Information Support for Education and Research.
Registration is mandatory.
You will receive a link to the Zoom conference in your e-mail on the day of the event!
Integrity: values in daily actions” Open Dialogue on Academic Integrity: «Integrity: Values in Everyday Actions»
Since 2020, the topic of academic integrity began to be rapidly covered in the information space of KPI. A series of comics, which you can view using the hashtag #Комікс, an open dialogue, and a round table, were devoted to this topic.
Today, Ukraine is fighting for its future – independent, free, and European. This is our inalienable right, but also our responsibility to ourselves and the entire community. Today, we defend our achievements and hopes, our principles and values every day. Academic integrity certainly belongs to such values.
On the International Day of Academic Integrity, we will talk about how it manifests itself and works in the daily life of the KPI community. The Department of Organization of the Educational Process, the Department of Educational Work, and the KPI Library invite the entire university community to join the open discussion «Integrity: values in daily actions»
Webinar series from Elsevier
Elsevier is starting an autumn series of webinars in Ukrainian.
The first event «Functional capabilities of the Scopus database – how to use its potential» will consider what an abstract database is and what can be found in it, how to effectively use its potential, how to search for the necessary scientific literature and what can be learned about a researcher or institution in Scopus.
Lecturer: Lyudmila Trotsenko, ambassador of Research Intelligence Elsevier, leading editor, head of the Scientific Publications Support Sector of KPI named after Ihor Sikorsky of the Department of Information Support for Education and Research of the KPI Library.
Unwinding with a book
The last week seemed quite difficult. So it’s time to visit the «Unwinding with a book»!
Bad news, problems, losses, worries – twist us into a spring that does not allow us to live. In order to overcome it, the necessary internal forces must be developed. And books are a great anti-stress. Let’s do it together!
Join good company and tell us which books help you feel better. Share your emotions and receive positivity in return.
Registration.
Let’s meet on October 20 at 19:00 on the Zoom platform.
A link to the Zoom conference will be sent to your email on the day of the event!
