SORA’s Winter Event – Watch the December Presentations!
We were so excited to bring you this HUGE full day event, and glad you joined us!
At the Portland State Office Building (800 NE Oregon St., Portland) on December 4, 2019.
It’s the first time we’ve been in Portland AND it was a full day event that the State of Oregon Research Academy cohosted with the State Library of Oregon. State Library of Oregon offered THREE training classes, and librarians were onsite and available for consultation
(***Pre-registration was required through iLearn***)
State of Oregon Research Academy hosted TWO presentations
(no sign-up required)
Guided Tours of the International Outbreak Museum
(***Pre-registration was required ***)
Learn more: https://www.outbreakmuseum.com/about-the-museum/welcome-to-the-museum/
In the morning: State Library of Oregon Classes
The State Library of Oregon had three amazing training classes on how to use the library’s research services. State Librarians were available after the event for consultation.
RECAP:
TIME: 9:00am
TRAINING: Introduction to State Library Services
https://ilearn.oregon.gov/ContentDetails.aspx?id=ABE27B7200B1403AACE84CCEF1EC5175
HIGHLIGHTS: We will introduce state employees to the many resources and services the State Library offers primarily through its website. This class will serve as a bridge for more advance library classes and will familiarize the participant how the State Library can assist them with their work.
TIME: 10:00am
TRAINING: Introduction to Scopus
https://ilearn.oregon.gov/ContentDetails.aspx?id=C10C03C248384F9F987F7B205D302778
HIGHLIGHTS: Learn how to use Scopus, an interdisciplinary, bibliographic database from Elsevier that indexes the contents of more than 21,000 publications. Scopus also features cited references and can be searched for articles that cite a specific article. This presentation will focus on using Scopus for research in the many disciplines state employees work within. We will discuss how to order articles and leverage Scopus against other State Library database resources.
TIME: 11:00am
TRAINING: Finding Data & Statistics
https://ilearn.oregon.gov/dl.aspx?id=8DA1E15134D842F8911ABD31A937E6C3
HIGHLIGHTS: This training will highlight State Library supplied databases that provide access to datasets and statistics, along with recommended government statistics portals. We’ll look at ways of searching and browsing for information, along with the functionality of the databases to use and display datasets.
Have questions or need additional information about these classes?
Contact the State Library at 503-378-8800 or library.help@state.or.us.
In the afternoon: Two amazing SORA presentations
The State of Oregon Research Academy hosted two spectacular presentations 1:30pm – 3:30pm.
Larry Martinez, Portland State University – New Research in Diversity, Inclusion, and Allyship at Work
Diversity and inclusion remain critical aspects of organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage. However, there is often a lack of communication between research scholars who uncover data-driven best practices and organizational decision-makers who can enact actual change. In this talk, Dr. Martinez will provide an overview of some of the most contemporary diversity and inclusion research including his own work on allyship in organizational contexts.
Peter Stevens, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife – How Many Roads Must a Sturgeon Walk Down? Movement of White Sturgeon in the Federal Columbia River Power System
Peter Stevens will discuss how a long-term dataset of tagged White Sturgeon was used to examine sturgeon movements up and downstream within the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). This study used multi-state mark-recapture modeling with group co-variates to determine: 1) rates of inter-pool movement, 2) directionality of movement and 3) the physical mechanisms driving directional movement between pools.
In the in-between: Tour the International Outbreak Museum
Learn more: https://www.outbreakmuseum.com/about-the-museum/welcome-to-the-museum/
The Portland State Office Building is also the home of the International Outbreak Museum. The IOM is the culmination one man’s career-long quest to document over three decades of infectious disease outbreak investigations. They hosted free guided tours at 1pm and 3:30pm.