Events - 2023

Presented by: Brie McConnell and Caitlin Carter

Day: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Where: Davis Centre Library, DC 1568
Time: 10 am - 12 pm

Are you planning to publish a systematic review? Or considering incorporating a scoping review in your thesis? The Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop series will provide you with foundational knowledge to help prepare and plan the methodologies used in these types of knowledge synthesis projects.

Date: Wed Nov 15
Time: 2:30 – 3:20
Location: Dana Porter Library, Room 329

Learn the basics of programming in Python and build a foundation to start your journey into using Python with ArcGIS.

This workshop is designed for users with no Python experience. It will provide a foundation to using Python and begin to introduce the concepts of working with ArcGIS through Python.

After this workshop, you will have working knowledge of how Python works, and be ready to go out and tackle more comprehensive projects in the future.

Presented by: Jackie Stapleton and Andrea Milne

Day: Thursday, November 2, 2023
Where: Davis Centre Library, DC 1568
Time: 10 am - 12 pm

Are you planning to publish a systematic review? Or considering incorporating a scoping review in your thesis? The Systematic and Scopus Review Workshop series will provide you with foundational knowledge to help prepare and plan the methodologies used in these types of knowledge synthesis projects.

Presented by Tim Ireland and Agnes Zientarska-Kayko
Date: Tues Oct 24
Time: 1 – 2 pm
Location: Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab

Bring your computer to this hands-on Zotero workshop. Zotero is an online citation management software program. If you are writing any academic papers, this software will save you a lot of time and frustration. We will guide you through:

Presented by Lauren Byl
Date: Tues Oct 24
Time: 10 – 11 am
Location: Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab

How do you choose a quality journal? What are predatory journals? How do you avoid publishing in a predatory journal?  By the end of this workshop, you will:

As part of Library Week 2023, join us for the next installment of Anti-Racism Reads, which will feature a group discussion on the book Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the revolution of reciprocal care.

We have copies of this book available at no cost to reduce barriers to participation. Please indicate when you register if you would like a copy.

Facilitator: Jessica Hutchison

When: Thursday October 5, 2023 | 12 – 1 PM

Where: Dana Porter Learning Lab

Presented by Professor Altay Coşkun and Wendy Liu
Wed Oct 4 | 4 - 5:30 pm
Dana Porter Library, Special Collections & Archives, First Floor

Join Classical Studies Professor Altay Coşkun for an introduction to the Special Collection & Archives’ Pyke coin collection and a practical opportunity to learn how to date a Roman Imperial coin.

This hands-on workshop will cover:

Gender-based attacks often coincide with moral panics about societal change. The sentiment behind these responses is often tied to the belief that something perceived as new or different is a threat when it has, instead, always been present but talked about in different or less immediately visible ways.

Presented by Tim Ireland, Agnes Zientarska-Kayko, Sarah Brown
Mon Oct 2 | 1 – 2:30 PM
Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab

Bring your computer to this hands-on Zotero workshop. Zotero is an online citation management software program. If you are writing any academic papers, this software will save you a lot of time and frustration. We will guide you through:

Bring your computer to this hands-on Zotero workshop.  Zotero is an online citation management software program.  If you are writing any academic papers, this software will save you a lot of time and frustration.  We will guide you through:

Musagetes Architecture Library is hosting a discussion session with Dr. Cecilia Chu on Architecture and Colonialism in Asia.  Dr. Chu has recently published a book titled “Building Colonial Hong Kong Speculative Development and Segregation in The City”.

Special Collections & Archives’ latest exhibition, From Sängerfest to Oktoberfest, and from polka to punk: a (short) history of music in Waterloo, showcases music in Waterloo Region both on and off campus.