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Archival Adventures: Conan, Man of Destiny Online
Off to the Hyborian Age! This week ArchivistAnthony continues our exploration of the Heron Speculative Fiction Collection with the December 1955 issue of Fantastic Universe, featuring the novelette...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
Archival Adventures: CSS H. L. Hunley Online
Let's dive in! This week ArchivistAnthony is seeking the depths of the archives with a look at the CSS Hunley. The Confederate States Ship Horace Lawson Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, August 7, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
Archival Adventures: Hauser Institute of New York - Part 2 Online
Who doesn't love a call-back? This week ArchivistAnthony will be taking another look at the Hauser Institute of New York. (Bengamin) Gayelord Hauser was a food scientist in the 1920s who published...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
Intro to Excel and OpenRefine: working with spreadsheets (Library Carpentry) In-Person / Online
Learn best practices for cleaning up messy real-world data in Excel spreadsheets, then level up your data cleaning skills with the power of OpenRefine. This hands-on workshop will cover ways to clean,...
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- Date:
- Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Time:
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop > Data Science Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 19 seats left
Intro to Unix and Git: working at the command line (Software Carpentry) In-Person / Online
Learn how to automate repetitive research tasks by working at the Unix command line and track your personal and collaborative work with Git.
This hands-on workshop is open to anyone and based on...
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- Date:
- Friday, August 16, 2024
- Time:
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop > Data Science Workshop
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- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 27 seats left
Intro to R and RStudio (Data Carpentry) In-Person / Online
Learn how to work with data in R and RStudio, whether or not you have any experience with coding or data analysis.
This hands-on workshop is open to anyone and based on lessons from Data Carpentry....
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- Date:
- Monday, August 19, 2024
- Time:
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop > Data Science Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 9 seats left
Intro to Python and JupyterLab (Software Carpentry) In-Person / Online
Learn the basics of Python using the JupyterLab interface, including coding and working with data.
This hands-on workshop is open to anyone and based on lessons from Software Carpentry. You do not...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Time:
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop > Data Science Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 7 seats left
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
Meet the University Libraries Online
Who can help me at the library? How many books can I check out? What support do you offer for data management? What kinds of technology is available? How can I get something the library doesn’t own? G...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:15pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 94 seats left
Finding Resources for Literature Reviews in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Online
You’ve been assigned to write a literature review in the social sciences...but how do you get started? What kinds of literature reviews are there? Where should you search? How do you know what search...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 99 seats left
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, September 4, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
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, September 4, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 96 seats left
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, September 9, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
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- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 99 seats left
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
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:
- Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 97 seats left
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, September 16, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 100 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, September 17, 2024
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 100 seats left
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
Getting Started with EndNote Online
EndNote is one of the most powerful citation managers available. In this interactive workshop, you will learn the basics of EndNote, including adding references to your library, organizing your...
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- Date:
- Monday, September 23, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 100 seats left
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
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- Event > Livestream
Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf Online
Come learn how to get started with this popular coding tool for writing technical papers! LaTeX (pronounced Lay-tech or Lah-tech) is a free typesetting system designed for technical publications that...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 99 seats left
Getting the Most Out of Your Citation Manager Online
Citation managers like EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero are powerful tools that can help you save, organize, and cite your references. Their use can also help improve your workflow and make the research...
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- Date:
- Monday, September 30, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 99 seats left
Archival Adventures Online
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
Advanced LaTeX for ETDs and More Online
Looking for a different platform besides Word or Google for your thesis or dissertation? Or do you want to go beyond the basics in LaTeX? Come learn more about working with LaTeX in Overleaf for...
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- Date:
- Monday, October 7, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 99 seats left