Hoover’s database available through Penn State Libraries

Looking for a way to find information about key employers and the industries that hire our grads? University Libraries has a subscription to Hoover’s database. Per their website, Hoovers “offers proprietary business information through our online platform...

Pennsylvania State Data Center Presentation

About 50 people spent part of their Valentine’s Day at the February 14, 2013 IR Interest Group’s presentation about the resources and services of the Pennsylvania State Data Center (PaSDC). Center Director, Sue Copella, and Data Services Unit Manager,...

Virginia Assessment Group 2012 Annual Conference

Below is a professional development opportunity in our region. I have never attended this particular conference, but if some of you have, please comment and share your experiences. Virginia Assessment Group 2012 Annual Conference: Celebrating Progress, Looking to...

Tech Tips – Using Heat Maps in Excel

Today’s issue of eAIR features a nice description of using conditional formatting in Excel to create “heat maps” that can help readers focus in on high and low points in complex datasheets. This technique, described by John Leonard, Associate Dean of...

Free Online R Class: “Computing for Data Analysis”

Our colleagues in the Penn State R Users Group passed along a notice about a free online class from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health being offered through Coursera. According to the course description: [“Computing for Data Analysis”] is...