Events by month

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

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.

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 

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

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! 

Digital Tools and Methods: An Introduction to Data Cleanup    

Date: November 19, 2024 

Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.   

Location: Zoom 

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.  

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.  

Geospatial Centre welcome and networking

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! 

Introduction to GIS: Using ArcGIS for Research

Date: Tuesday November 26, 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.