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Introduction to Research Data Management Online
You're about to collect or already have data for your research project...now what? How do you manage it? What do you name the files? How do you share it? Learn the answers to all of these questions...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 69 seats left
Archival Adventures: He from Procyon Online
It's time for an adventure! This week we return to author and sci-fi historian Sam Moskowitz's list of sci-fi classics from his 1940 letter to the editor of Comet. Today's tale: "He from Procyon" by...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
Elements Faculty Activity System: Overview Workshop and Drop-In Q&A In-Person
Virginia Tech Elements, a faculty activity repository, is used for a variety of purposes, including data for department, college, or broader institutional analytics and reports, the Virginia Tech...
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- Date:
- Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 47 seats left
Transforming Library Collections and Research with AI and Machine Learning Online
A PRESENTATION BY Greg Ritter
Strategy Lead for Research Data, Scholarly Communications, and Libraries at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have...
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- Date:
- Friday, January 31, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:15am
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 85 seats left
Elements Faculty Activity System: Overview Workshop and Drop-In Q&A In-Person
Virginia Tech Elements, a faculty activity repository, is used for a variety of purposes, including data for department, college, or broader institutional analytics and reports, the Virginia Tech...
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- Date:
- Monday, February 3, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 50 seats left
Josie's Office Hours In-Person
Join Josie the Therapy Dog from Cook Counseling for her weekly office hours located on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. If you are an individual with a disability...
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- Date:
- Monday, February 3, 2025
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- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library)
Getting Started with Zotero Online
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use citation manager that can help researchers save time and frustration. In this interactive workshop, you will learn the basics of Zotero, including adding references to...
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- Date:
- Monday, February 3, 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 63 seats left
Tips & Tricks for Literature Reviews in Engineering Online
You need to write a literature review for your research or project... but how do you get started? What type of review do you need? What about AI tools to save time? We will go through the answers to...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 93 seats left
How to take advantage of Virginia Tech’s open access policy In-Person
Since March 2021, all Virginia Tech researchers can provide immediate open access to the accepted version of scholarly articles through the university’s repository, VTechWorks, regardless of their...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
Craft & Chat: Block Printing and Quieting Your Inner Critic In-Person
Are you your own worst critic? Create your own block print with us and learn how to communicate better with yourself.
Craft & Chats provide informal arts instruction for all levels with gentle...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Project Design Studio (Newman 419) (Map )
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registrations are fully booked!
Archival Adventures: USS Dacotah Engineer's Journal, Part 8: Caribbean Encounters Online
It's time for an adventure! This week, we return to the journal of Chief Engineer of the USS Dacotah, Philip Peltz as the ship patrols the Caribbean hunting Confederate blockade runners and trying to...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
VTSCOM Library Lunch & Learn In-Person
Please join us at the VTCSOM library to learn more about resources available to you as a VTC student.
On the first and third Thursday of every month, VTCSOM Library staff will host Lunch & Learn...
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- Date:
- Thursday, February 6, 2025
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- Time:
- 12:15pm - 12:45pm
- Location:
- Health Sciences & Technology Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 24 seats left
Elements Faculty Activity System: Overview Workshop and Drop-In Q&A In-Person
Virginia Tech Elements, a faculty activity repository, is used for a variety of purposes, including data for department, college, or broader institutional analytics and reports, the Virginia Tech...
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- Date:
- Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 49 seats left
Josie's Office Hours In-Person
Join Josie the Therapy Dog from Cook Counseling for her weekly office hours located on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. If you are an individual with a disability...
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- Date:
- Monday, February 10, 2025
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- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library)
Getting Started with Mendeley Online
Mendeley is a free, easy-to-use citation manager that can help researchers save time and frustration. In this interactive workshop, you will learn the basics of Mendeley, including adding references...
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- Date:
- Monday, February 10, 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 94 seats left
Craft & Chat: Zine Making and Accessibility In-Person
Learn to make your own eight page zine while discussing accessibility in the arts and the power of self publication.
Craft & Chats provide informal arts instruction for all levels with gentle...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- Project Design Studio (Newman 419) (Map ), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 9 seats left
Literature Reviews and Database Searching for Animal & Life Sciences Online
You’ve been assigned to write a literature review...but how do you get started? What kinds of literature reviews are there? Where should you search? How do you know what search terms to use? Learn...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 97 seats left
2025 Virginia Tech Authors Recognition Event In-Person
University Libraries will host a celebration of authorship, the Virginia Tech Authors Recognition Event, on Feb. 11, 2025, from 5 - 7 p.m. in Newman Library. This event is made possible by the Alfred...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Time:
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Event
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 22 seats left
Valentine's Day with the Therapy Dogs In-Person
Join the VT Therapy Dogs for a Valentines Day celebration on the 2nd floor of Newman Library. If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact digilit-g@vt.edu as...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
Introduction to Geospatial Mapping and ArcGIS Online Online
The Introduction to Geospatial Mapping and ArcGIS Online session will focus on introducing the concept of geospatial mapping covering the basics of what Geographic Information Systems (GIS),...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop Workshop > Data Science
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 38 seats left
Archival Adventures: More from the Black History Pamphlet Collection Online
It's time for an adventure! This week we dive into our extensive Black history pamphlet collection to uncover rich and powerful narratives. From the connections between the Black liberation movement...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
Elements Faculty Activity System: Overview Workshop and Drop-In Q&A In-Person
Virginia Tech Elements, a faculty activity repository, is used for a variety of purposes, including data for department, college, or broader institutional analytics and reports, the Virginia Tech...
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- Date:
- Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 50 seats left
Center for Digital Research & Scholarship Distinguished Lecture Series Online
AI Literacy in Libraries: A Roadmap for the Future
A PRESENTATION BY Dr. Leo Lo
Dean and Professor of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at the University of New...
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- Date:
- Friday, February 14, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:15am
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 99 seats left
Unity and Game Development for Beginners In-Person
Learn the basics of game development with Unity, a free software available for everyone. We'll cover downloading and installing Unity, then making and moving simple objects. All attendees are eligible...
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- Date:
- Friday, February 14, 2025
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- Torgersen 3310, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 15 seats left
Josie's Office Hours In-Person
Join Josie the Therapy Dog from Cook Counseling for her weekly office hours located on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. If you are an individual with a disability...
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- Date:
- Monday, February 17, 2025
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- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library)