Date: Wednesday November 20, 2024
Time: 1:30 – 2:20 p.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library, Room 323
Facilitator: Alex Smith
Google Colab with the GeoPandas Python package is an effective platform for GIS analysis. This introductory workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will showcase how users can load, project, query and visualize GIS data through graphs and maps.
By the end of this workshop, participants will have:
Date: Wednesday November 20, 2024
Time: 1:30 – 2:20 p.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library, Room 329
Facilitator: Chris Hewitt
Discover how to harness the power of GeoAI to revolutionize your spatial analysis tasks!
Date: Wednesday November 20, 2024
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day is a day to share how GIS technology supports research, informs decision-making and creates a positive impact around the world.
The Library’s Geospatial Centre, Environment Technology & Instructional Support (ETIS), and the Waterloo Association of Geography Students (WAGS) have partnered to host an afternoon of learning.
Schedule of Events
1 - 3:30 p.m.
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Geospatial Centre welcome and networking
When: Tuesday November 19, 2024
Time: 12 – 2 p.m.
Where: Davis Centre Library, Silent Study Room
Join the Library for an opportunity to connect with others in the UWaterloo community!
Living ‘books’ will be sharing their unique set of life experiences, stories and knowledge during 25-minute one-on-one conversations that challenge stereotypes and promote understanding.
Digital Tools and Methods: An Introduction to Data Cleanup
Date: November 19, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Curious about Special Collections & Archives (SCA)? If you’ve never had an opportunity to visit SCA on the first floor of Dana Porter Library, now is your chance!
Drop in to chat with staff; stay for a hot beverage and listen to music on SCA’s 1921 gramophone. All are welcome!
Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic Screening using Covidence and Zotero
Date: Wednesday November 13, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Davis Centre Library, room 1568
Facilitator: Brie McConnell, liaison librarian
Data Journeys: Sustaining Digital Futures, Planning for the End of Your Digital project
Date: November 12
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Digital Tools and Methods: An Introduction to Web Scraping
Date: November 7, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Learn the basics of obtaining data from the web using a browser plugin. In this workshop, a combination of presentation, hands-on demonstration and question & answer period, web scraping will be explored within the broader context of gathering data to answer a research question. No prior coding knowledge or web scraping skills are required to participate.
Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic Search Methods
Date: Tuesday November 5, 2024
Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Location: Davis Centre Library, room 1568
Facilitator: Jackie Stapleton, liaison librarian
Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic and Scoping Review Methods
Date: Wednesday October 30, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Davis Centre Library, room 1568
Facilitator: Caitlin Carter, liaison librarian
Introduction to GIS: Using ArcGIS for Research
Date: Tuesday October 29, 2024
Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library Computer Lab (Room 329)
Facilitators: Markus Wieland and Eva Dodsworth
GIS is a multi-disciplinary tool that is widely used across campus. Join this one-hour session to learn how you can incorporate GIS in your research, coursework and thesis.
Data Journeys: Data Foundations, A Beginner's Guide to Understanding and Using Data
Date: October 29
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Open Access Week: Publishing Open Access (for free!) as a STEM Scholar
Date: Thursday October 24, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Teams
Facilitator: Priscilla Carmini and Lauren Byl
Open Access Week: Claim your research identity with ORCID
Date: Wednesday October 23, 2024
Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library Computer Lab (Room 329)
Facilitators: Mary Ochana and Tashayla Gouthro
Are you a graduate student looking to establish your research identity?
Open Access Week: Publishing Open Access (for free!) as a Humanities Scholar
Date: Wednesday October 23, 2024
Time: 1 - 2 p.m.
Location: Teams
Facilitator: Priscilla Carmini and Lauren Byl
Open Access Week: Increasing Research Impact and Academic Prestige through Open Access Publishing
Date: Wednesday October 23, 2024
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Dana Porter Library Computer Lab (LIB 329)
Facilitator: Laura Bredahl
Are you a researcher with questions about the citation impact of Open Access (OA) publishing?
Open Access Week: Reproducibility and Replicability in Research
Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024
Time: 10 – 11 a.m.
Location: Teams
Facilitator: Anneliese Eber
Open Access Week: Predatory Publishing: How to Select a Journal and Avoid Bad Publishers
Date: Monday October 21, 2024
Time: 2 - 3 p.m.
Location: Teams
Facilitators: Lauren Byl and Farzaneh Keramati
Systematic Reviews for the Environmental Sciences
Date: Wednesday October 9
Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Location: Teams
Take your literature review one step further!
Geared towards graduate students in the environmental sciences who wish to conduct a systematic review for either a thesis, coursework or journal publication, this workshop will outline systematic review methods and search strategy development through a combination of presentation and interactive activities.
When: Thursday October 3, 2024
Time: 6 – 7:00 p.m. EST
Where: Online via Teams
A panel discussion hosted by the University Librarian, Beth Sandore Namachchivaya, featuring librarians Brie McConnell and Kate Mercer, and associate professor and director of Waterloo's U&AI Lab, Lai-Tze Fan.
Join us for the next installment of Anti-Racism Reads, which will feature a discussion of the book Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education by Jo Chrona.
[All available free copies have been given out] 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.
Event details:
Author: Jo Chrona
Title: Data Journeys: Organizing and Optimizing Your Research Data
Date: September 26
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Learn how to organize and optimize your research data! This workshop, a combination of presentation and question and answer period, will introduce the basics of research data management with a particular focus on best practices for managing research data.
By the end of this workshop, participants will have:
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Time: 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Teams
In recognition of National Indigenous History Month, join Kevin George, Associate Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Library for an informative talk about smudging.
Join us online for a presentation that will provide learning about the spirit, meaning and need for a smudge-friendly campus.
We are pleased to be taking registration to facilitate virtual attendance. We look forward to seeing you!