Digital Resources for GREEN
Center Faculty, Staff and Students
Alison Brown
GREEN Center Manager
ASSET II Annual Meeting, August 13, 2012
The new GREEN Center Website
http://www.argreencenter.org
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Resources to publicize the GREEN center and your
research group
Publications page
Each faculty member has their own page on the
website with contact information, lab members and
group research focus
Quick links to featured researcher, news and calendar
sections
Opportunities page
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The Arkansas Multi-User Instrument Database
http://www.amuidb.org
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Listing of all multi-user instruments available in the state
Shows name of instrument, manufacturer, brief explanation, location,
contact name and information
• Instruments located at UA, UAFS, UALR, UAPB, UCA, PSC,
ASU, UAM, SAU, HSU, ASMSA
Available to any Arkansas researcher and their out of state
collaborators
Also available to K-12 educators looking for educational materials and
professional development opportunities
Equipment listing for UA
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Example information on J.A. Woollam IRVASE Spectroscopic Ellipsometer
GREEN Center SharePoint
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The SharePoint will allow faculty, staff and
students to share information quickly and easily
‘Shared Documents’ section for updates,
publications, conference abstracts
‘Calendar’ and ‘Tasks’ to keep track of important
upcoming deadlines/events
Controlled access for higher security
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GREEN Center SharePoint
‘Shared Documents’
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Monthly center updates
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Important events, proposals,
publications, awards, etc.
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Publications sorted by year
• Hosted on the University of Arkansas GACL server
• Login required for access
• Added security when sharing information
• Any non-Fayetteville GREEN participants have been
provided with a UARK username in order to gain access to
the SharePoint
Faculty: full access, can
upload/update
documents
Staff and students:
partial access, can read
all documents and post
in ‘Team Discussion’ but
cannot make changes
The Year 2 GREEN Center publications, including journal articles and conference proceedings
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GREEN Center Facebook Account
http://www.facebook.com/argreencenter
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One of the busiest websites in the world
Many people already have a facebook, only need to ‘like’ the GREEN Center in
order to have information automatically appear on their newsfeed
Easy to post pictures, short updates, links to other sites for news articles
When someone ‘likes’ the GREEN Center it is visible on their personal page –
automatic publicity to their facebook friends
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GREEN Center Facebook Account
Timeline
GREEN Center Photo Albums
‘Events’ section – easy way to increase publicity and
send out invitations for an event
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All new updates from center, including:
• Events
• Photos
• Messages
• Links to other sites
• Tweets
GREEN Center Twitter Account
http://www.twitter.com/argreencenter
The Twitter account allows us to make short, immediate
updates. Pictures and videos can also be incorporated
into a post. Anyone who ‘follows’ the GREEN Center will
see a post in their twitter feed. All tweets are
automatically reposted on the facebook page
A tweet including a picture
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A tweet containing a video