Fall library workshops announced
August 06, 2024
Each semester, the University Library offers a lineup of workshops that covers a range of topics. Workshops are designed to help participants build skills and expand knowledge for everyday use, and to apply to course material and research projects. Bullet journals as research notebooks, data management, digital humanities, and records management for student organizations, are a few of the many workshops offered for fall 2024. Preregistration is now open for fall library workshops. To learn more about individual sessions, contact one of the presenters below or visit our online calendar to register.
September
- Digital Humanities 101: What is Digital Humanities 2-3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, Michael Cummings
- LIB 1600 spotlight: Enhancing student research 11-11:50 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 (Zoom), Yen Verhoeven, Emily Simmons, and Rano Marupova.
- Academic AI Tools Petting Zoo, September 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, Kate Garretson, Kris Stacy-Bates, and Becca Yowler
- Bullet Journal as a Research Planner 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, Michelle Zhai
- Fundamentals of Deep Learning 1-3 p.m. on Wednesdays, Sept. 18, 25 and Oct. 2, 2024, Aditya Balu
- Making the Case: Leveraging Open Access and OER in the Promotion Process 2-3 p.m., Sept. 19, Abbey Elder
- Data Management and Sharing Plans 101 9:30-11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, Megan O’Donnell
- Managing Citations with Zotero 3-4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, Dan Coffey
- ArcGIS Online Essentials: Intro to Map Viewer 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 24, Erin Ridnour and Michael Cummings
- Git Basics for Absolute Beginners, September 2-3:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, Michelle Zhai
- Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++ 1-5 p.m. on Fridays, Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. Adarsh Krishnamurthy.
October
- ArcGIS Online Essentials: StoryMaps 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, Erin Ridnour and Michael Cummings
- Unix command line fundamentals 2-2:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, Michelle Zhai
- ArcGIS Online Essentials: Instant Apps 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday Oct. 8, 2024, Erin Ridnour and Michael Cummings
- Data Management 30+30, October noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, Michelle Zhai
- Preserve Your Legacy: Records Management for Student Organizations 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, Rebecca Wells
- Getting Started with Endnote Web 2:10-3:25 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, Jesse Garrison
- Free Textbooks and More! A Guide to OER for Instructors 1-2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 (Zoom), Abbey Elder
- Building Conversational AI Applications 1- 3 p.m., Wednesdays, Oct. 16, 23, and 30, 2024, Aditya Balu
- Getting Started with LaTex and Overleaf 2:10-3:25 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, Jesse Garrison
- Git Basics for Absolute Beginners, October 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, Michelle Zhai
- Unpacking (CY)Box for Better File Management noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 (Zoom), Megan O'Donnell
- Maximizing impact with author profiles 2:15-3:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 (Zoom), Lorrie Pellack and Heather Lewin
- Basic data cleaning with OpenRefine 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, Michelle Zhai
November
- Generative AI with Diffusion Models 1-3 p.m., Mondays, Nov. 4, 11, and 18, 2024, Aditya Balu
- ArgGIS Online Essentials Experience Builder 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, Erin Ridnour and Michael Cummings
- Copyright in the Classroom: Support for Instructors 1-2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 (Zoom), Abbey Elder
- Data Management 30+30, November 2-3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, Michelle Zhai
- Academic AI Tools Petting Zoo, November, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, Kate Garretson, Kris Stacy-Bates, and Becca Yowler
- Build a Quick Website Using Google Sites Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, 2:10 p.m.-3:25 p.m., Lori Bousson
- Escape from spreadsheet hell, 2:10-3:25 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, Katie Wampole and Kris Stacy-Bates
- Data Viz 101: Effective design, noon-1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14 (Zoom), Michael Cummings, Megan O’Donnell, and Anne Shelley
- Intro to AI Tools for Starting a Literature Review, 3-5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13, Kate Garretson
- AI Facilitated Analysis and Interpretation of Scholarly Literature, 3-5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 20, Kristin Terrill