So Meta: Data on our Data Services

Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: So Meta: Data on our Data Services
The Library’s Research Data Services Team supports research projects and learning across multiple disciplines involving quantitative, qualitative, business, and spatial/GIS data. We collaborate with and advise Georgia State University’s researchers across the entire research lifecycle, including accessing and using unique data, using data analysis software, managing data, and sharing data for reuse by other researchers. […]
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Some Data on our Research Data Services

Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: Some Data on our Research Data Services
The Library’s Research Data Services (RDS) Team supports research projects and learning across multiple disciplines involving quantitative, qualitative, business, and spatial/GIS data. We collaborate with and advise Georgia State University’s researchers across the entire research lifecycle, including accessing and using unique data, using data analysis software, managing data, and sharing data for reuse by other […]
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Membrane ‘Holes’ Layer

Source: Georgia Tech Digital Humanities Lab
URL: Membrane ‘Holes’ Layer
As described previously the membrane switch controller can be created by separating two sets of conductive traces with flexible insulating material in between: Membrane keyboard diagram.Credit: FourOhFour, WikiMedia Commons Creating this ‘holes’ layer was a seemingly straightforward yet laborious process – cutting 900 holes precisely ain’t easy! In order to ensure that 30 columns and 30 rows are perfectly exact we used the neoprene cutout stencil to trace and cut squares using an Exacto knife. We also experimented with using a Dremmel cutting attachment, but decided not to use it due to a higher percentage of forced error and lack…
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3D Modeling GSU Library Special Collections

Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: 3D Modeling GSU Library Special Collections
Right now, on the eighth floor of Library South, you can visit Georgia State University Library’s Special Collection exhibit about Eastern Air Lines, a major airline that operated out of Atlanta from 1930 until 1991.  Georgia State University Magazine included an article about Eastern in their December 2016 issue, complete with interviews and oral histories […]
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Hannah Palmer In Conversation with Ryan Gravel

Source: Atlanta Studies News
URL: Hannah Palmer In Conversation with Ryan Gravel
Hannah Palmer in Conversation with Ryan Gravel Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’); Date: Thursday, July 20 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Margaret Mitchell House 979 Crescent Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30309 Tickets: Admission for all lectures is $10 for public, $5 for members, and free to AHC Insiders. You may purchase tickets at this link.  Hannah Palmer works as an urban designer in Atlanta. Her writing, including her recent book Flight Path: A Search for Roots Beneath the World’s Busiest Airport, explores the intersection of southern stories and urban landscapes. Her writing has appeared on CNN, Art Papers, Creative Loafing, here at Atlanta Studies, and in masterplans for urban design projects…
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Bill Gates Visits GSU and CURVE

Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: Bill Gates Visits GSU and CURVE
Bill Gates and representatives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation visited Georgia State University and CURVE on June 12 to learn more about how Georgia State has leveraged technology and data to eliminate achievement gaps and become a national model for student success. Gates spoke with Dr. Timothy Renick, vice provost and vice president […]
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Atlanta History Center Presents “Hidden Midtown: heART of the City”

Source: Atlanta Studies News
URL: Atlanta History Center Presents “Hidden Midtown: heART of the City”
Atlanta History Center  Hidden Midtown: heART of the City Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’); Date: Thursday, June 29, 2017 Time: 6:30pm  Location: Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30309 Tickets: Available here for $15 ($10 for Midtown Alliance members) The Atlanta History Center invites you to join them at their midtown campus, the Margaret Mitchell House, for a scavenger hunt through midtown Atlanta that will highlight how the arts shaped the culture of this community and neighborhood. For more details on this event, see: http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/hidden-midtown-heart-of-the-city
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Larger-scale Photogrammetry at CURVE

Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: Larger-scale Photogrammetry at CURVE
During the spring semester, I acquired a clay whisky jug from the Phoenix Lab, which contains artifacts recovered from the excavation of MARTA lines in the 1970s. Dr. Robin Wharton has worked with students in her multimodel composition course to scan and model objects from the collection, and discussed the process in Atlanta Studies. In […]
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A Curbside Discussion – Corridor Revitalization in Atlanta

Source: Atlanta Studies News
URL: A Curbside Discussion – Corridor Revitalization in Atlanta

Green Eggs & Ham (Evening Edition) A Curbside Discussion: Corridor Revitalization in Atlanta

Date: Tuesday, June 13
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Manuel’s Tavern
Registration is required: https://www.georgiaconservancy.org/greeneggs

For the summer installment of Green Eggs & Ham – an ongoing program of Generation Green from the Georgia Conservancy – panelists and attendees will discuss the investment, design, and community involvement necessary to revitalize some of Atlanta’s most historic and culturally significant transportation corridors. From Peachtree Street to Memorial Drive to Buford Highway to Howell Mill, Atlanta’s embrace of the automobile as the dominant mode of transportation is evident. But, changes are afoot. An understanding…
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Atlanta Regional Housing Forum

Source: Atlanta Studies News
URL: Atlanta Regional Housing Forum

Atlanta Regional Housing Forum: Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Preservation Challenge
Date: June 7, 2017
Time: 9:30 – 11:45 am
Location: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 435 Peachtree St NE
RSVP: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ee69kajz845e4fdf&oseq=&c=&ch=

Housing affordability challenges are acutely felt amongst renters in the Atlanta region. Addressing the need for affordable housing across the region will require a concerted, multifaceted strategy that increases the supply of homes available to households across the income spectrum and preserves affordability where it currently exists. Preservation of the existing affordable housing stock is a particularly urgent challenge. From 2010–2014, there was a 17 percent reduction in the number…
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