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Workshop Resources
Slides and additional materials from past workshops and events are shared on this page. Also, see our GIS Day Repository.
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| Library Fellowships Showcase 2024 | 2024-10-18 | Learn about digital scholarship projects and fellowships at University of Idaho Library. Recent graduate student fellows from CDIL and Special Collections present their projects and experiences, as well as an overview of unique digital scholarship projects completed in 2024. Presenter: Alicia Gladman; Kate Morrison; Michael Decker |
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| Exploring Idaho Lookouts: Legacy and Future Perspectives | 2024-10-08 | This session presents research perspectives on fire lookouts in Idaho that highlight the value of lookout towers as historical heritage in forest management and as a resource for future practices in recreation and forest preservation. Presenter: Andrea Dutto; Michael Decker |
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| Distant Listening: Using Python and Apps Scripts to Text Mine and Tag Oral History Collections | 2024-09-27 | sessions presents a process for text mining and encoding subject tags across entire oral history collections to produce richer, more accurate data, allowing researchers to more easily identify connections across collections. Presenter: Andrew Weymouth |
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| Making Research Data Management Easier (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2024-09-25 | Following this workshop, participants will know the purpose of metadata and some approaches to creating it, be able to articulate a backup strategy, and know some techniques to reorganize their data as needed. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Let’s Start from the Beginning: Teaching with Primary Sources in Special Collections (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2024-09-18 | Following this workshop, participants will be able to understand the benefits of using primary sources in class, have some ideas for integrating them into lectures or activities, navigate UI Spec’s finding aids and digital collections, know the repository’s strengths, and find other good quality online primary source collections. Presenter: Dulce Kersting-Lark |
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| Getting Started with Popular Library Databases (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2024-09-11 | Following this workshop, participants will be able to identify relevant databases in their subject area, utilize search strategies to find articles on various topics, and access the full-text of articles. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Cite Me Maybe: Open Access Publishing for Graduate Students (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2024-09-04 | During this workshop, participants will learn more about open publishing, including: how to identify legitimate open access publishing options, how to spot predatory or for-profit publishers pretending to be open, what options we have at the library to support Open publishing, and concepts and practices of Open including Open Educational Resources, Open Pedagogy, and Open Access Publishing. Presenter: Marco Seiferle-Valencia |
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| Geographic Information System (GIS) Resources for Graduate Students (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2024-08-28 | Following this workshop, participants will: Be familiar with GIS support services and learning resources, know where to access GIS software, and be able to navigate the U of I Teaching & Scholarly Research ArcGIS Online Portal. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Slides Like Whoa: Presentation Strategies and Tools (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2024-08-21 | During this workshop, participants will: Identify which presentation tool and style would best fit their needs, explore different interactive presentations tools, learn how to enhance presentation slide decks with high quality free images and graphics, and learn strategies and tips for delivering presentations in person and virtually. Presenter: Tyler Rodrigues |
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| Digital Archives, Shitty OCR, and the Future of Archival Research - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2024-02-06 | These days, academic scholars and independent researchers are regularly stunning readers and overturning paradigms in their fields by rediscovering lost books, manuscripts, poems, and all sorts of forgotten items in digital archives. But how do you deal with the major problem plaguing digital archival researchers today: shitty OCR, the garbled plaintext that stands between you and your longed-for literary treasure? In this talk will offer some solutions, share his experiences in archives physical and digital, and forecast the future of archival research. Presenter: Zachary Turpin |
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| Harnessing the Power of Redis - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2024-02-27 | Redis offers a versatile toolkit for researchers and developers, serving as a caching solution, document database, streaming engine, and message broker. Join us to explore how Redis Stack facilitates advanced querying, empowering research projects and development workflows with unparalleled speed and efficiency. Presenter: Tanner Varrelman |
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| Reaching New and Existing Audiences with Educational Videos - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2024-02-20 | How can researchers and educators use video to increase engagement with their work and make it available to any audience, anywhere, any time? Area Extension Water Educator will discuss the decisions and processes needed when developing educational videos for a variety of audiences, from a non-formal Extension and outreach point of view. Presenter: Jim Ekins |
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| Setting Up QGIS to Access ArcGIS Online - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2024-03-05 | Students and faculty using QGIS at the University of Idaho can take advantage of the U of I ArcGIS Online Teaching & Scholarly Research Portal to host vector GIS data for management and sharing. This talk will show attendees how to setup QGIS to access to the Portal. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Machine Learning in Python: Transformer Models - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2023-12-06 | Part 5 of the series, learn how to develop and train a (simple, small) transformer model from scratch for generative text via next token prediction or language translation. Code and demonstration will use Python and PyTorch. Presenter: Luke Sheneman |
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| Machine Learning in Python: Diffusion Models - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2023-11-28 | Part 4 of the series, explore about developing and using (simple, small) diffusion models from scratch for generative text-to-image generation. Discussion and demonstration will be using Python and PyTorch. Presenter: Luke Sheneman |
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| Web Mapping for Every Discipline – How to Use ArcGIS Online (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2023-10-11 | Following this workshop, participants will be able to: Select GIS software and navigate the U of I Teaching & Scholarly Research Portal; Access apps for mobile data collection, web mapping, conveying information, and storytelling; Choose how to share their content using ArcGIS. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Make Data Management Easier (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2023-10-04 | Following this workshop, participants will: Know the purpose of metadata and some approaches to creating it, Be able to articulate a backup strategy, Know some techniques to reorganize their data as needed. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Six Questions to Ask before Publishing Your Journal Article (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2023-09-27 | During this workshop, participants will learn more about: Finding relevant journals that reflect their research scope and audience, selecting a publishing model that meets their needs and budget, tracking the impact of their published articles, understanding the peer-review process and their rights as authors. Presenter: Tyler Rodrigues |
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| The Textbooks are Too Expensive! Open Educational Resources and Graduate Students (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2023-09-20 | During this workshop, participants will learn more about various topics, including: Concepts and practices of Open including Open Educational Resources, Open Pedagogy, and Open Access Publishing; What recent research has revealed about student costs on our campus; Where to find high-quality educational resources and what to look out for. Presenter: Marco Seiferle-Valencia |
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| New Whitestar Spatial Data Layers - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2023-09-19 | This information session will introduce attendees to a new set of foundational data layers for performing geospatial research and analysis in Idaho. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Getting started with Zotero (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2023-09-13 | Following this workshop, participants will be able to: Download the free desktop version of Zotero; Collect and organize items; Create reference lists in the application and with a word processor plug-in; and share Zotero ‘group libraries' with others Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Essential Library Resources, Services, and Skills for Graduate Students (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2023-09-06 | Describe key library spaces for essential services, study, and research and experiential learning. Search and locate books, eBooks, and articles using the library catalog and databases. Utilize search strategies to find information resources. Identify other library resources for graduate students. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| Exploring the Information Landscape: Image Illusions and Mind tricks | 2023-04-26 | Learn about logical fallacies and the methods used by professional fact checkers to fact check images and root out the truth. Presenter: Diane Prorak |
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| Exploring the Information Landscape: Introduction to Algorithmic Awareness | 2023-04-27 | This workshop will give an overview of how algorithms and the data they use affect what you see online, including concerns around privacy, racial justice, and the spread of misinformation. Presenter: Diane Prorak |
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| ArcGIS Experience Builder - Data Hub Tool Talk | 2023-04-18 | ArcGIS Experience Builder is a tool, built into ArcGIS Online, that enables you to build mapcentric or nonmapcentric web apps without writing code. We will perform drag-and-drop operations to choose various tools from a rich set of widgets and create a basic web app. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online - Data Hub Tool Talk | 2023-04-05 | ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online is a cloud software offering for hosting, analyzing, and streaming imagery and other raster data. Rasters are able to be published as web services that, unlike simple tile caches, are ready for analysis as pixel information is retained and different renderings can be applied. We will take a look at publishing a collection of images files as well as sharing and accessing the layer from a few apps. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Machine Learning in Python: Convolutional Networks for Semantic Segmentation in TensorFlow and Keras - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2023-03-07 | Part 3 of the series introduces TensorFlow with Keras to train a convolutional neural network capable of recognizing and labeling objects within images, TensorBoard, and ways to optimize TensorFlow models to run efficiently on a variety of hardware. Presenter: Luke Sheneman |
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| Qualcoder - Data Hub Tool Talk | 2023-02-28 | QualCoder is a free and open source tool for qualitative data analysis. We will walk through the basic features of Qualcoder, including how to code text and run an initial report. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Write Markdown *Everywhere* - Data Hub Tool Talk | 2023-02-14 | Markdown is a simple standard to create formatted documents in plaintext--a lightweight markup language based on how people intuitively write emails. This session introduces the basics of writing Markdown, useful applications, and tips for efficient writing. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Introduction to Falcon Supercomputer - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2023-02-07 | Learn about how U of I researchers can access and use the powerful Falcon Supercomputer at Idaho National Laboratory. Presenter: Benji Oswald |
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| Machine Learning in Python - part 1/3 - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2022-12-13 | Overview on using Machine Learning with Python, discussing basic ML concepts with code examples, such as ensemble methods (random forests, gradient boosting), multi-level perceptrons (simple neural networks), and K-means clustering using the Python scikit-learn framework. Presenter: Luke Sheneman |
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| ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online - Data Hub Tool Talk | 2022-12-06 | ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online is a cloud software offering for hosting, analyzing, and streaming imagery and other raster data. Rasters are able to be published as web services that, unlike simple tile caches, are ready for analysis as pixel information is retained and different renderings can be applied. We will take a look at publishing a collection of images files as well as sharing and accessing the layer from a few apps. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| RAWGraphs - Data Hub Tool Talk | 2022-11-29 | RAWGraphs is a browser-based app for quick data visualization. With extensive help built in, this is a great tool for teaching, learning, and experimenting with charts. This sessions will introduce the tool, along with tips for working with data on the web and other browser-based apps. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Exploring the Information Landscape: Defend yourself against misinformation! | 2022-11-09 | What tricks do creators of misinformation use to mislead? How can you sleuth out misinformation and its more devious partner, disinformation? Learn about logical fallacies used by misinformation creators and the methods used by professional fact checkers to root out the truth. Presenter: Diane Prorak |
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| SQLAlchemy - Data Hub Tech Talk | 2022-11-15 | SLQAlchemy is a Python toolkit and object relational mapper for abstracting your application's data model away from underlaying relational databases and specific SQL dialects. When used properly, SQLAlchemy makes writing database-backed Python applications much easier to write, deploy, and maintain. Presenter: Tanner Varrelman, John Brunsfeld |
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| Exploring the Information Landscape: Optimizing Online Shopping | 2022-10-27 | In this workshop, we'll take a look at some of the common and emerging mechanisms of ecommerce and explore tools and techniques to help you save money and get what you really want when you shop online. Presenter: Sarah VanGundy |
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| Web Mapping for Every Discipline – How to Use ArcGIS Online (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2022-10-04 | Select GIS software and navigate the U of I teaching and scholarly research portal, access apps for mobile data collections, web mapping, conveying information, and storytelling, and how to share their content using ArcGIS Online. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Supercharging Your Scholarly Presence in 3 Easy Steps (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2022-09-28 | Learn more about ORCID; creating a scholarly and professional presence on Google Scholar, LinkedIn, and social media; Altmetrics; and easy productivity hacks for managing digital clutter. Presenter: Marco Seiferle-Valencia |
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| 3 Simple Tips for Expanding Your Literature Review (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2022-09-20 | Learn more about: Saving searches and setting search alerts; Mining author networks; Conducting citation chaining; and Strategies for organizing and planning literature reviews. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| 7 Tips To Make Your Data Management Life Easier (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2022-09-13 | Know the purpose of metadata, articulate a backup strategy, know some techniques to reorganize the data as needed. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Essential Library Skills to Ace Graduate School (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2022-09-06 | Identify key library resources and services. Navigate the library website. Utilize search strategies to find books and articles. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| Become a Power Browser --> Understanding How the Web Works! | 2022-04-20 | Join us to explore the basics of how the web works (servers, addresses, and web browsers) and what the web is made of (HTML, CSS, JS). Taking a peek under the hood will give you a more critical view of the web--and help you become more savvy with your web browser! Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Exploring the Information Landscape: Exploring the Outdoors in Idaho | 2022-03-24 | Are you interested in exploring the Idaho outdoors but don't know where to begin? Learn how to use the tools and resources in the library's collection and online to help you navigate where to go to learn more about enjoying Idaho's great outdoors, whether it's camping, hiking, fishing, or water sports. Presenter: Samantha Thompson-Franklin; Ramirose Attebury |
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| Exploring the Information Landscape: Adulting 101: What you need to know to be a responsible grown-up (especially in college!) | 2022-03-25 | Now that you are in college, you might need to ask yourself the following questions: How do I budget to pay the bills? What should I cook to eat smart and save money? How do I work on my resume writing and interviewing skills? In this workshop, we will use the lateral reading technique to examine some sample information sources on money management, cooking, job hunting, and other essential life skills topics. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| Hello Arduino: Introducing Microcontrollers, Code, and Simple Circuits for Everyone! | 2022-03-03 | Learn about the Arduino electronics platform by making lights blink and buzzers buzz! Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Create instructional videos using an illuminated eGlass whiteboard | 2022-02-23 | An eGlass is a transparent glass that allows instructors to write, draw, and annotate. It comes with a built-in camera that can capture any instructor’s facial expressions and gestures while facing their (remote) students for better engagement. In addition, the eGlass can be used for creating asynchronous instruction videos and allows for zoom integration for live classes. In this workshop, we will do a live demonstration of using the eGlass, and talk about why this tool is perfect for remote instruction and how to use it. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| Create Instructional Videos Using Camtasia | 2022-01-19 | Camtasia is a beginner-friendly video editor suitable for instructional video creation. Any U of I faculty and staff who assist in creating instructional material for courses can install and use Camtasia for free. This workshop will cover the essentials of video editing and instructional video production. Participants will learn how to use Camtasia to edit Zoom/Teams lecture recordings, record a PowerPoint slide show with narration, create screencast tutorial videos, and create interactive videos. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| Get Git! Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub | 2021-11-10 | This workshop will get you started with version control by introducing the basic Git workflow and commands, and will cover Github features for collaboration, project management, and sharing. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Idaho 911! The Steunenberg Assassination | 2021-10-13 | True Crime from the Files of the Gem State session looks at the assassination of Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, examining the related artifacts held in the University Archives. Get hands on with the more sinister side of Idaho history! Presenter: Robert Perret |
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| 7 Tips To Make Your Data Management Life Easier (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2021-09-28 | Know the purpose of metadata, articulate a backup strategy, describe an organizational scheme for your data, find a repository where you can store your data, explain the value of unique identifiers. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Web Mapping for Every Discipline – How to Use ArcGIS Online (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2021-09-21 | Select GIS software and navigate the U of I teaching and scholarly research portal, access apps for mobile data collections, web mapping, conveying information, and storytelling, and how to share their content using ArcGIS Online. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Six Questions You Need to Ask Before Publishing a Journal Article (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2021-09-14 | Find relevant journals that reflect your research scope and audience, select a publishing model that meets your needs and budget, and track the impact of your published articles. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| 10 Essential Library Skills to Ace Graduate School (Graduate Student Essentials) | 2021-09-07 | Refresh your research skills! Access the library from anywhere, find theses and dissertations, connect Google Scholar to the library, and quickly find useful articles and books. Presenter: Jessica Martinez |
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| Create Visuals for Instruction: Screen Capture with Snagit | 2021-09-01 | If you need to capture or edit images and videos for your instruction, Snagit is a powerful tool that can make your life easier. Any U of I faculty and staff who assist in the creation of instructional material for courses can install Snagit for free. This workshop video will cover the essentials of capturing, editing, and sharing images and videos. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| Web Mapping – An Introduction to ArcGIS Online | 2021-04-14 | Want to share data and make web maps? This tutorial will show you how by providing an overview of ArcGIS Online. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Alternative Literature Searching for Live Animal Research | 2021-04-07 | An overview for live animal researchers on finding alternative research methods to reduce, refine, and replace their use of animals. This process is an essential part of the protocol submission for live animal research. Presenter: Jessica Martinez |
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| Introduction to Instructional Design | 2021-03-31 | Have you heard about instructional technology, educational design, learning sciences, or other similar terms, but aren't sure what they entail? And what about the instructional designers—what do they do exactly? This workshop covers the basics of instructional design, including the theories, processes, models, and strategies. Presenter: Hanwen Dong |
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| ArcHub, Experience Builder, and Other Esri Apps for Research and Education | 2021-03-30 | An overview of the Esri web tools and services available help to store and disseminate your ideas and data. Presenter: Dan Cronan |
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| ArcGIS Pro Basics Plus | 2021-03-29 | An overview of Esri’s next-generation desktop GIS that integrates web GIS, spatial machine learning, open science technologies, and 3d rendering into one package. Presenter: Dan Cronan |
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| Get Started with OpenRefine: Explore, Clean, and Transform your Data! | 2021-03-03 | Before analysis comes the messy work of evaluating, cleaning, and transforming data. This hands on workshop will introduce a free power tool to get the job done: OpenRefine. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Canva 101: Introduction to the Basics of Design | 2021-02-10 | Learn Canva, a free web-based graphic design program designed for non-designers! No experience necessary to learn and make engaging flyers, cards, presentations, resumes, and more! This webinar will cover the basics of elements, templates, fonts, uploads, as well as tips and tricks for accessibility, balance, and making the most out of the free version of the program. Presenter: Shelley Carr |
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| Try Linux: Getting Started with Linux Desktop Operating Systems | 2021-02-17 | Want to get started with Linux on your laptop? This workshop will introduce the most popular operating system in the world! Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Essential Excel Skills – on a Time Budget! | 2020-11-05 | Do you want to learn more about Excel but don't have the time to attend an entire workshop? Then check-out this series of pre-recorded short video sessions covering some of the most valuable Excel skills, such as organizing and formatting data, inserting functions, creating charts and graphs, and generating PivotTables. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Go-Go GH-Pages: Introduction to Creating Websites with GitHub Pages and Jekyll | 2020-11-04 | With GitHub Pages you can create and publish a website for free! It is an ideal solution for creating a simple project, open educational workshop, or personal site to highlight your academic work. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Web Mapping – An Introduction to ArcGIS Online | 2020-11-04 | Want to share data and make web maps? This tutorial will show you how by providing an overview of ArcGIS Online. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Creating a Research Poster | 2020-10-20 | Do you need to create a poster presentation for a class or a conference? Use PowerPoint to easily design and print a poster to to exhibit your research. Presenter: Perri Moreno |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Organizing your Research and Data Management | 2020-10-13 | Data management is an increasingly common aspect of research. In this workshop, we will discuss file organization strategies, storage options, naming conventions, and tips to manage your workflows when analyzing data. Never lose a file again! Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Word, Excel, and OneDrive | 2020-10-06 | Do spreadsheets and paper formatting leave you frazzled and confused? When you know how to use them, Microsoft apps are powerful tools and include many features and shortcuts that can make work more efficient. Join the Library to learn about some of the hidden tricks and time-saving tips available to you in Word, Excel, and OneDrive. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Intro to Web Archiving: Fight Link Rot and Preserve Your Citations | 2020-09-30 | Fight link rot by creating permanent archived records of web pages with Archive.org and Perma.cc. This workshop will introduce the issues of link rot, web archiving services, and best practices for citing web pages in your articles. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Citation Management with Zotero | 2020-09-29 | Writing a research paper or thesis? Drowning in citations? Zotero is here to help! Zotero is a citation manager that can save citations online, insert them into Word or Google docs, format them into a number of citation styles, then create a bibliography automatically. Presenter: Jessica Martinez |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Tools for Building Scholarly Presence | 2020-09-22 | Do terms like ORCID, author profile, metrics and Altmetrics, and professional social media have you scratching your head? These concepts are all important aspects of your scholarly presence. At this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn more about creating and managing your scholarly presence and the ways that you can create greater visibility for your work. Presenter: Marco Seiferle-Valencia |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Planning and Organizing a Literature Review | 2020-09-15 | Don’t know where to start when it comes to your literature review? Literature reviews are often key parts of theses, dissertations, and research articles but are difficult to begin. We will discuss planning for a literature review, utilizing advanced search strategies to find sources, and options for organizing the review. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Research Refresher | 2020-09-08 | Do you have questions about getting started on research or how to access resources from the library? This session re-introduces everything the Library has to offer to graduate students! Presenter: Jessica Martinez |
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| Organizing your Research and Data Management | 2020-04-03 | Data management is an increasingly common aspect of research. In this workshop, we will discuss file organization strategies, the benefits of data management plans, as well as cloud-based storage options. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Creating a Research Poster | 2020-03-26 | Do you need to create a poster presentation for a class or a conference? Use PowerPoint to easily design and print a poster to to exhibit your research. Presenter: Perri Moreno |
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| Markdown and Pandoc for Academic Writing | 2020-02-21 | Markdown offers a quick and intuitive way to write formatted documents in plaintext that can be converted to other formats such as PDF or HTML using Pandoc. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| What does your data mean? Tools for understanding and making metadata for data | 2019-12-04 | This workshop introduces common types of metadata used for describing data with a focus on creating metadata in numerous fields. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| ArcPro Basics: A beginner's guide to Esri ArcGIS Pro | 2019-10-31 | An overview of ArcGIS Pro, Esri’s next-generation desktop GIS that integrates web GIS, spatial machine learning, open science technologies, and 3d rendering into one package. Presenter: Dan Cronan |
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| LaTeX for Beginners | 2019-10-30 | LaTeX is a powerful free software for typesetting documents, designed for techincal and scientific writing. This workshop will introduce LaTeX using the online platform Overleaf. Presenter: Siva |
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| Quick and Simple Podcasting! | 2019-10-24 | An introduction to simple podcast production, including recording techniques and using Audacity for audio editing. Presenter: Corey Oglesby |
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| Office 365 for Academics – It’s more than just your email! | 2019-10-23 | Did you know that Office 365 has apps that go above and beyond your email and calendar? U of I has access to a suite of tools through our campus license to power communication, collaboration, and research. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Getting Started with Password Managers | 2019-10-17 | You have too many passwords... a password manager, such as LastPass and KeePass, will simplify and secure your digital life! Presenter: Carrie Roever |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Citation Management with Zotero | 2019-10-10 | Learn how to keep your citations and notes organized with this free and easy-to-use platform. Presenter: Jessica Martinez |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Organizing your Research and Data Management | 2019-10-01 | Data management – either by choice or by requirement – is an increasingly common aspect of research. In this workshop, we will discuss file organization strategies, the benefits of data management plans, as well as cloud-based storage options. Never lose a file again! Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Tools for Accessing Literature on the Web! | 2019-09-25 | While the U of I Library is a hub for scholarly literature, searching the library website is not the only way to gain access to material. This workshop will focus on using the Library’s log-in bookmarklet, browser extensions like Kopernio, Unpaywall, and others. We will look at advanced methods for searching Google, and utilizing specialized tools like Google Dataset Search, and others. Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Web Crash Course! | 2019-09-25 | HTML and CSS and JS, Oh My! Designed for beginners, this workshop will dive into the fundamentals that power the websites you look at everyday. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Scholarly Presence | 2019-09-17 | Do terms like ORCID iD, author profile, metrics and altmetrics, and professional social media have you scratching your head? These concepts are all important aspects of your scholarly presence. At this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn more about creating and managing your scholarly presence and the ways that you can create greater visibility for your work. Presenter: Marco Seiferle-Valencia |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Tips and Tricks for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint | 2019-09-10 | Are you a graduate student who wants to become a Microsoft power-user? Then this is the workshop for you! Learn about some of the hidden tricks and time-saving tips available to you in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Graduate Student Essentials: Research Refresher | 2019-09-03 | Do you have questions about getting started on research or how to access resources from the library? This session re-introduces everything the Library has to offer to graduate students! Presenter: Jessica Martinez |
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| Introduction to Using Web APIs | 2019-02-27 | Many websites provide Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that allow users to access data and services via simple web queries. For example, you might want to retrieve a historic image, harvest the latest tweets, or run sentiment analysis on a text. This session will use several examples to introduce the basics of understanding and using server-side web APIs, including the IIIF image API, Chronicling America historic newspaper API, and Text Processing Sentiment Analysis demo. We will learn how to construct queries as HTTP GET and POST requests to retrieve information from services, and introduce ways to integrate them with tools such as commandline, programming languages, or OpenRefine. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Teaching Digital Humanities with Analog Tools: Text Mining | 2019-02-20 | It's difficult to guarantee access to the range of tools needed to bring digital humanities into the standard classroom, especially when it's not feasible to schedule every single class session in a computer lab. But one of the most exciting aspects of digital humanities is that it's what we do with the tools, not the tools themselves, that matters. This session introduces the basics of text mining, a technique that provides several different approaches to exploring and reading large swaths of information, and sends you home with an activity that you can adapt and use to introduce your students to text mining, no matter your discipline or the digital capacity of your classroom. Presenter: Olivia Wikle |
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| Textual Analysis and Digital Tools for Writers | 2018-11-28 | Analyze your own writing using a variety of digital scholarship tools, including those that provide sentiment analysis, corpora comparisons, and visualizations and insights of all kinds. Presenter: Devin Becker |
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| Introduction to Text Encoding for Digital Humanities Scholarship and Teaching | 2018-11-14 | Ever wish for a new way to approach the texts you study? Encoding text in a machine-readable language can present exciting opportunities for research and teaching, and may be applied to documents with content as wide ranging as comics and music notation. This workshop introduces text encoding and demonstrates examples of its scholarly and educational uses. This is an introduction for beginners from all backgrounds, no experience with coding required. Presenter: Olivia Wikle |
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| Introduction to SPSS | 2018-10-24 | SPSS is a statistical analysis program which combines ease of use with a wide variety of data processing and analysis options. It is available on all library computers, and through Vlab. Presenter: Amanda Pavlov Culley |
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| Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses | 2018-09-26 | Do you want to make your work more available and encourage its reuse while also protecting your copyright? This workshop will discuss the basics of CC licenses, including: what they are, how to apply them, and how to find and use CC-licensed material. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| How to Create Publication-Quality Figures | 2018-04-25 | You have spent months, if not years, working on your research project, and you are finally ready to share it with the world. Next that high-impact journal article needs to be accompanied by high-impact figures. In this 30-minute presentation, we will introduce you to some tips and tricks to create journal-ready figures. While we won’t cover all topics related to figure design, we will discuss the technical and practical issues involved with turning your results into something that can be proudly displayed in print or on a computer screen. Presenter: Carrie Roever; Gina Wilson |
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| Combining the Power of ArcGIS, Jupyter Notebook, and R | 2018-04-11 | ArcGIS Pro, a newer desktop GIS product, offers the ability for integration with open-source software such as the R to perform statistical analysis and Jupyter Notebook to prototype geoprocessing workflows in an interactive manner. This presentation will provide attendees with information about how to configure these tools to work together and will show simple examples of integrating ArcGIS spatial data into R and Jupyter Notebook. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Introduction to Linux! | 2018-03-29 | Want to get started with Raspberry Pi or Linux on your laptop? This workshop will introduce the most popular operating system in the world! Although most people are more familiar with Windows or Mac, Linux OS runs the vast majority of web servers, super computers, smartphones (Android), TVs, and other electronic devices. You can also use desktop versions for free on your laptop or home computer! Come get an introduction to free and open source operating systems, and see desktop versions of Linux in action on Raspberry Pi and laptops. We will get oriented to the basics of the desktop, burn USB/SD images, and learn how to install it on a computer. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Visual Programming with ArcGIS ModelBuilder | 2018-03-21 | ModelBuilder, included with ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro, provides a visual drag-and-drop interface (i.e. no coding required) to create geoprocessing models that automate GIS workflows. ModelBuilder is a valuable tool for stringing together geoprocessing tools to conduct spatial analysis. If you need to visually represent a GIS workflow for a presentation or publication or if you need to create a reusable tool for repeatability and efficiency ModelBuilder might be helpful to you. This presentation will provide an introduction to ModelBuilder and attendees will leave with a basic understanding of its capabilities enabling them to determine if it is useful for their needs. Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Introduction to Excel: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies | 2018-02-21 | Excel is a powerful tool that can help you organize information and data. In this workshop, participants will learn Excel basics as well as time-saving tricks. Presenter: Jylisa Kenyon |
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| Get Git! Introduction to version control with Git and GitHub | 2018-01-31 | Do you have files like final.txt, final_revised.txt, final_revised2.txt, final_revised2_revised.txt? Version control WILL make your life better! Git is a free version control system originally developed for coordinating huge software development projects. However, Git is also great for personal uses such as organizing the code for your research project or the drafts and notes for writing an article. Pair Git with free hosting from Github and you have a powerful platform for managing your code and writing while collaborating and sharing with others. This workshop will get you started with version control by introducing the basic Git workflow and commands, and will cover Github features for collaboration and sharing. Members of the university community from all disciplines are encouraged to attend as Github has diverse applications from managing code and technical documentation, to collaborative writing of lessons and articles, to setting up free blogs and websites. We will introduce Git on the command line, but will also feature the Github web interface. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Zotero: Simplify your Citations! | 2018-01-24 | Writing a research paper or thesis? Drowning in citations? Zotero is here to help! Zotero is a citation manager that can save citations online, insert them into Word documents, format them into a number of citation styles, then create a bibliography automatically. It will also save PDFs and notes, and allows for organization by folders and tags--plus find anything using full text search! This workshop will cover the basics of Zotero for researchers.expand Presenter: Kimberly Foster |
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| Climate Engine | 2017-11-15 | U of I GIS Day 2017 lightning talk presents Climate Engine, a web tool that allows the visualization of maps and time series from large climate and remote sensing datasets. Presenter: Katherine Hegewisch |
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| Web GIS - Making Your Data Available as Maps, Apps, & Layers | 2017-09-27 | ArcGIS Online is a web-based collaborative platform that allows users to create, manage, store, and share maps, applications, and data layers. The University of Idaho ArcGIS Online Portal makes these services available to faculty, staff, and students for research, teaching, and administrative purposes. Attendees will leave the presentation with a broad understanding of the capabilities of ArcGIS Online enabling them to determine if it is useful for their needs.expand Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| R: Beautiful graphics with ggplot2 | 2017-09-12 | In this workshop, participants will learn to visualize data using the R package, ggplot2. ggplot2, named for the “grammar of graphics”, is a (free and open source) popular and flexible plotting system that is well suited to multivariate data exploration as well as developing graphics for academic publication and popular science communication. In this workshop, we will introduce the ideas behind the grammar of graphics, briefly identify the structure of data required for plotting with ggplot2, and work together through examples that will give participants the tools they need to use ggplot2 in their own data visualization projects. Participants will leave with sample scripts that can be modified for use with their own data and a list of resources for learning more. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with a recent (2016 or later) installation of R and RStudio. Presenter: Adrienne Marshall |
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| Make @ the MILL! | 2017-06-27 | Hands-on session in the MILL offered as part of Idaho 4-H State Teen Association Convention. This workshop will provide an opportunity to engage with emerging technologies that offer the stepping stones for solving real world challenges of the future. Explore The MILL’s many resources, including tools for fabricating and printing (3-D printer and vinyl cutter); open source electronic-based tools for coding and programming (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Makey Makey); and tools for virtual and augmented reality (Google cardboard, View-Master, and Leap Motion). Use your creativity and curiosity to collaborate with peers on a simple electronics-based project using Arduino to explore engineering and technology. Presenter: Evan Williamson; Beth Hendrix |
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| Build a Website with Jekyll and GitHub Pages | 2017-04-19 | With GitHub pages and Jekyll you can quickly create and publish a website for free! It is an ideal solution for creating a simple project or personal site to highlight your academic work. This workshop will introduce the basics of using the popular static website generator Jekyll integrated with GitHub pages. You will learn how to set up a project directory, write content in Markdown, and publish your site, all using GitHub's user friendly web interface. More advanced usage of Jekyll for local web development will be introduced in the second half of the workshop for those wishing to dive deeper. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Apps for the Field: Mobile Data Collection using ArcGIS Online | 2017-03-31 | Collecting data in the field this summer? Maybe ArcGIS Online’s apps that offers data collection on smartphones or tablets would be helpful to you. This presentation will provide an introduction to Collector for ArcGIS and Survey123 for ArcGIS which are available to students, faculty, and staff for teaching, research, or administrative purposes. Attendees will leave the presentation with a basic understanding of the capabilities of these two apps enabling them to determine if they are useful for their needs.expand Presenter: Bruce Godfrey |
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| Creating Digital Exhibits with Omeka | 2017-03-22 | Omeka is a flexible, easy to use web tool that will allow you to share projects or resources online. It provides a web-based platform for creating digital exhibits on your research, class resources, or student projects. Take digital images, audio files, maps, or datasets and design an Omeka exhibit by uploading items, adding metadata, and organizing them into different collections to tell a story about your work. Explore free plugins to enhance the functionality of your exhibit. Omeka is a great way to build or enhance any digital humanities project.expand Presenter: Ashlyn Velte |
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| Geospatial Metadata: a survey of tools | 2017-03-08 | Sharing data – either by choice or by requirement – is an increasingly common aspect of research. In order to make data useful to other parties, it must be documented. This session will explore a range of tools available to assist you in documenting the details of your geospatial datasets. We will cover tools for use with ArcGIS, platform-independent tools, free and proprietary, that will help you explain your data to others. No experience necessary.expand Presenter: Jeremy Kenyon |
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| Intro to the Command Line | 2017-03-02 | Mini-workshop: Does command line interface (CLI), REPL, terminal, console, or shell sound scary? Don’t worry, we’ll learn about the basic computer interface that gives you super powers! If you want to work with Raspberry Pi, Linux, or many programming languages you need a basic familiarity with the CLI. This MILL-Mini will demystify the terminal so you can use it to get things done.expand Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Start a Website with WordPress | 2017-03-02 | Want a great looking personal or project website that is easy to build and maintain? This workshop will make you a web master in about an hour! WordPress is a flexible, open source that powers more than 25% of the world's top web sites. You can start your own site for free on the hosted service WordPress.com. No code and no experience necessary! Come to the workshop with your ideas and you will leave with a new website. Start a blog, create a personal portfolio, or share your academic projects to start building an online presence -- all while gaining experience with a powerful CMS used by thousands of organizations worldwide.expand Presenter: Evan Williamson; Devin Becker |
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| Intro to OpenRefine: Explore, Clean, and Transform your Data! | 2019-01-30 | Before analysis comes the messy work of evaluating, cleaning, and transforming data. This hands on workshop will introduce a free power tool to get the job done: OpenRefine. We will install Refine, create a project, and get oriented to the many features for exploring and transforming tabular data. Intended for: students, faculty, and staff with an interest in cleaning, transforming, and working with diverse data sources. No experience necessary.expand Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Implementing DOIs for Research Data | 2017-02-08 | Come learn about the process involved in linking your academic publications to your research data by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to the the underlying datasets. Traditionally, research is shared in the form of a publication such as a journal article. However, only a very small proportion of the research is made available in the typical journal. The original data used to produce the research is often lost to poor archiving practices. This workshop provides an overview of DOIs -- what they are, how they work, and the current approach at the U of I for obtaining one. No previous experience is required for this introductory level workshop. expand Presenter: Beth Hendrix |
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| Introducing Arduino | 2016-10-26 | Come learn about the Arduino electronics platform by making lights blink and buzzers buzz! Using simple, open-source, and interactive hardware and software components, Arduino makes learning code and creating physical computing projects easy. During this workshop we will build basic electronic circuits and program an Arduino micro controller. This is an introduction for beginners from all backgrounds, no experience with electronics or coding required! expand Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| The Many Faces of Joe Vandal | 2016-09-30 | The U of I Library celebrates Homecoming with a special workshop where you can learn about the evolution of Joe Vandal. Come see how our mascot has progressed over time looking at materials in Special Collections and Archives. Then see how Joe Vandal has turned 3-D while touring the new MILL space (Making, Innovating, and Learning Laboratory). Workshop begins in Library Room 120.expand Presenter: Erin Stoddart; Kristin Henrich; Annie Gaines |
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| Perma.cc: Fight Link Rot with Archived Web Citations | 2016-09-07 | Your citation URLs are in danger: "Over 50% of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended page. Roughly 70% of cited links in academic legal journals and 20% of all science, technology and medicine articles suffer from link rot" (Perma.cc). Fight link rot by creating permanent archived records of web pages with Perma.cc, a free service developed and maintained by the Harvard Law School Library. This workshop will introduce the service and best practices for citing links in your articles. expand Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Tinkering with Technology at The MILL | 2016-06-28 | Introduction to 3D printing and Arduino for the Idaho 4H Leadership Conference. Presenter: Evan Williamson; Beth Hendrix |
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| Meaningful metrics and what to do with them | 2016-03-23 | Although the impact factor can sometimes be a useful tool to measure journal prestige and impact, this metric has come under considerable criticism due to its limitations, misuse, and inaccuracy. With impact factors no longer credible, what other metrics are available, and how should they be used? This workshop will go over the basics of metrics and altmetrics, discuss current trends and limitations of metrics, and explore various scholarly metrics tools. expand Presenter: Annie Gaines |
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| Introducing Jupyter Notebook for Python and R | 2016-03-02 | Jupyter Notebook is a powerful tool for writing, using, and sharing code, perfect for academic teaching and learning. For researchers using Python and other languages, it is an efficient interface to iteratively explore data, present live code to students, or share data driven visualizations with colleagues. If you are just getting started with programming, it is also a great interactive environment for learning and prototyping code. This workshop will introduce the unique features that code notebooks offer to researchers and students. Participants will learn how to install and use Jupyter with the IPython and R kernels. Intended for: students, faculty, and staff interested in learning about code notebooks, sharing code, or learning to code. Complete beginners interested in learning about programming with Python are welcome and encouraged to attend! expand Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| DH 101 for History | 2016-02-26 | A short introduction to the possibilities of Digital Humanities for history majors. Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Data Visualization 101: Concepts and Tools | 2016-02-03 | Visual Analytics (VA) and Information Visualization are booming interdisciplinary fields grappling with new methods to interact with and comprehend complex data. Informed by theories of interactive design, human perception, and statistical computation, VA tools enable researchers to ask new questions and transform abstract information into meaningful representations. This workshop will provide a brief introduction to the underlying concepts of visualization and VA, as well as present several VA tools freely available for academic use. It will include a demonstration of Tableau Desktop, a powerful and flexible visualization software used in many industries. Participants will be provided with further resources to explore the field and find software with free academic licenses. Intended for: students, faculty, and staff with an interest in exploring data and creating visualizations. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop. expand Presenter: Evan Williamson |
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| Using ArcGIS Story Maps to Map Hemingway | 2016-11-11 | Mapping Hemingway in Idaho, a unique interactive digital story map, is an ongoing collaboration between the North Idaho College English Department, the University of Idaho Library, and the Ketchum Community Library. Presenter: Laura Godfrey |
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