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VT Therapy Dogs Finals Visit In-Person
Join members of the VT Therapy Dogs team from Cook Counseling for finals season. Stop by for pets and encouragement on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. Dates and...
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- Date:
- Monday, December 15, 2025
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- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Undergraduates Graduate Students
Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour In-Person / Online
Join us for the weekly Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour in the Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126) on the 1st floor of Newman Library. Bring your lunch or afternoon coffee and join us in...
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- Date:
- Monday, December 15, 2025
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- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event > Data Science
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 19 seats left
VT Therapy Dogs Finals Visit In-Person
Join members of the VT Therapy Dogs team from Cook Counseling for finals season. Stop by for pets and encouragement on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. Dates and...
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- Date:
- Monday, December 15, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Undergraduates Graduate Students
VT Therapy Dogs Finals Visit In-Person
Join members of the VT Therapy Dogs team from Cook Counseling for finals season. Stop by for pets and encouragement on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. Dates and...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025
- Time:
- 8:00am - 9:00am
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Undergraduates Graduate Students
Is Every Publisher a Predator? How to Find High Quality Journals to Publish In Online
The Open Access movement has many, many benefits to getting scholarship and research out to everyone, but it has also created an environment with less-than savory players. How can you determine if...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025
- Time:
- 12:15pm - 12:45pm
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 28 seats left
VT Therapy Dogs Finals Visit In-Person
Join members of the VT Therapy Dogs team from Cook Counseling for finals season. Stop by for pets and encouragement on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. Dates and...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Undergraduates Graduate Students
Is Every Publisher a Predator? How to Find High Quality Journals to Publish In Online
The Open Access movement has many, many benefits to getting scholarship and research out to everyone, but it has also created an environment with less-than savory players. How can you determine if...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025
- Time:
- 5:15pm - 5:45pm
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 30 seats left
VT Therapy Dogs Finals Visit In-Person
Join members of the VT Therapy Dogs team from Cook Counseling for finals season. Stop by for pets and encouragement on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. Dates and...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Undergraduates Graduate Students
Archival Adventures: A Universe of Sky and Snow! Online
It's Winter Wonderland time! This week archival materials will blanket us in fresh snowfall as we explore snow-related items from our collections. See the list of items:...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
VT Therapy Dogs Finals Visit In-Person
Join members of the VT Therapy Dogs team from Cook Counseling for finals season. Stop by for pets and encouragement on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. Dates and...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- 2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Undergraduates Graduate Students
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, December 18, 2025
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
Center for Digital Research & Scholarship Distinguished Lecture Series Online
Mining Scholarly Big Data in the Large Language Model Era
A PRESENTATION BY Dr. Jian Wu
Online Event via Zoom
Abstract:
Since 2023, there has been a surge of public and research interest in large...
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- Date:
- Friday, December 19, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event > Center for Digital Research and Scholarship Event > Livestream
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 87 seats left
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, December 25, 2025
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, January 1, 2026
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, January 8, 2026
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
Intro to R and RStudio - Data Carpentry In-Person / Online
This hands-on, participatory workshop provides an introduction to using the R programming language for reproducible data analysis and scientific computing. Learn how to work with data in R and...
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- Date:
- Monday, January 12, 2026
- Time:
- 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop Workshop > Data Science
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 33 seats left
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Deep Dive Online
Join us on January 12-15, 10am - 3pm ET for the activity-based Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Deep Dive!
During this 4-day workshop participants will become familiar with the major required...
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- From:
- 10:00am, Monday, January 12, 2026
- To:
- 3:00pm, Thursday, January 15, 2026
- Audience:
- Beginners Advanced Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
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Intro to Python and JupyterLab - Software Carpentry In-Person / Online
This workshop provides an introduction to using the Python programming language for reproducible data analysis and scientific computing. Learn how to work with data in Python using the JupyterLab...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, January 13, 2026
- Time:
- 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Public Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop Workshop > Data Science
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 40 seats left
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, January 15, 2026
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
Survey Research Jump Start with Qualtrics In-Person / Online
Whether you're getting started with survey research, moving from another platform to Qualtrics, or just looking to improve your skills in collecting survey data, this workshop has something for...
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- Date:
- Friday, January 16, 2026
- Time:
- 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Location:
- UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Alumni Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop Workshop > Data Science
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 42 seats left
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, January 22, 2026
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
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:
- Monday, January 26, 2026
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 48 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:
- Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 50 seats left
Self-Paced Scholarly Identity Challenge Course Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...
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- Date:
- Thursday, January 29, 2026
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- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Graduate Students Faculty/Staff Postdoc Researchers
- Categories:
- Event
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 2, 2026
- Time:
- 3:30pm - 4:45pm
- Audience:
- Beginners Undergraduates Graduate Students Faculty/Staff
- Categories:
- Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 48 seats left