Skip to Main Content

Events - Upcoming Events

Time Zone: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)

Search Results

Archival Adventures

It's time for an adventure! Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections...
Date:
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Advanced       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc  
Categories:
    Event > Livestream  

Intro to Unix and Git: working at the command line (Software Carpentry)

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...
Date:
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop       Workshop > Data Science  
Register! - 27 seats left

VTSCOM Library Lunch & Learn

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...
Date:
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Time:
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Location:
Conference Room, Health Sciences & Technology Campus
Audience:
    Graduate Students  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 25 seats left

Intro to Python and JupyterLab (Software Carpentry)

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...
Date:
Friday, January 10, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop       Workshop > Data Science  
Register! - 8 seats left

Intro to R and RStudio (Data Carpentry)

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....
Date:
Monday, January 13, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop       Workshop > Data Science  
Register! - 7 seats left

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Deep Dive

Join us on January 13-16, 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...
Date:
Monday, January 13, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Advanced       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Registration has closed.

Intro to Excel and OpenRefine: working with spreadsheets (Library Carpentry)

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,...
Date:
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
UMALL 2104, Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop       Workshop > Data Science  
Register! - 19 seats left

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Deep Dive

Join us on January 13-16, 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...
Date:
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Advanced       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Registration has closed.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Deep Dive

Join us on January 13-16, 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...
Date:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Advanced       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Registration has closed.

Archival Adventures

It's time for an adventure! Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections...
Date:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Advanced       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc  
Categories:
    Event > Livestream  

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Deep Dive

Join us on January 13-16, 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...
Date:
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Advanced       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Registration has closed.

How to take advantage of Virginia Tech’s open access policy

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...
Date:
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Online
Audience:
    Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Postdoc       Researchers  
Categories:
    Event  

Archival Adventures

It's time for an adventure! Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections...
Date:
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Advanced       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc  
Categories:
    Event > Livestream  

VTSCOM Library Lunch & Learn

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...
Date:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Time:
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Location:
Conference Room, Health Sciences & Technology Campus
Audience:
    Graduate Students  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 25 seats left

Finding Resources for Literature Reviews in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

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...
Date:
Monday, January 27, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 93 seats left

AI Tools for Researchers & Publishing Tips

This workshop is for anyone, whether you have never used an AI tool before or use them daily! Are you curious about AI tools designed for researchers? Or just want to learn about options available to...
Date:
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time:
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 82 seats left

Introduction to Research Data Management

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...
Date:
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 87 seats left

Archival Adventures

It's time for an adventure! Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections...
Date:
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Advanced       Undergraduates       Public       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff       Alumni       Postdoc  
Categories:
    Event > Livestream  

Getting Started with Zotero

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...
Date:
Monday, February 3, 2025
Time:
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 93 seats left

Tips & Tricks for Literature Reviews in Engineering

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...
Date:
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Time:
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Audience:
    Beginners       Undergraduates       Graduate Students       Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
    Workshop  
Register! - 98 seats left