Events - 2018

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Have you heard increasing references to ‘data science’ about campus?  Arcana such as ‘data notebooks’ and ‘APIs’ dropped into conversations?  Weird mention of animals like pythons and pandas?  If you fancy a non-threatening peek at a few basic data science tools in the Python ecosystem, or you just need to give the old eyeballs a break from the Excel grind, come and eat your lunch with us. Presented by Jonathan Sutherland.

Construction on campus has meant the loss of some trees. The Library and Registrar’s Office are having a joint fundraiser this week (June 18-21) to raise $300.00 toward planting a tree on campus!

Make your donation and enter to win one of 7 WatCard top-ups! Fill out 1 entry for donating $2.00 and 2 entries for $3.00. Donation jars are located in the 1^st and 5^th floor lunchrooms in Porter and the lunchroom in Davis.  Prizes will be drawn on the 21^st.

Thank you for helping to make our campus greener!

NISO webinar: Innovative tools and apps: What’s hot

Are there interesting new tools and/or apps emerging that are revolutionizing the work being done by scholars, researchers, and students? This event will convene a variety of information community professionals to talk about the tool or app that they know to be indispensable to either themselves or their community. What does it do? Why is it important? What else do you wish it did? And what does this resource portend for the future?

Lightning Talks on Collaboration

Join colleagues across the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) for a webinar tour of our communities of practice. Get some insight into the work they have been doing over the past year, and the conversations they have been contributing to across Ontario and beyond.

Libraries collect many different types of data, from demographic data, usage statistics to survey responses. As the amount of data grows, how can we present data and information clearly and efficiently in order to assist decision making? In this 90 minute webinar, we will discuss what data visualization is, learn different types of visualization and how to choose an effective visualization for a dataset. Last, but not least, we will explore Microsoft Power BI that enables users to create dashboards and interactive reports.

Join your colleagues for an open and supportive discussion about the Library’s workplace culture, practices and norms. We will be tackling topics such as email etiquette, workplace cues (e.g., What does it mean when your colleague’s door is shut? Can you interrupt?), and more! If you have a topic you would like addressed, email it to the Library’s HSW Committee.

A computer can help people do work, but not if they don't let it. There are many common ways that people get in the way of the help that a computer could give them. One cause is lack of trust: people don't always trust a computer to do the work correctly, so they'd rather do it manually. Another cause is lack of training. They naturally think and work like human beings and not like computers, and they aren't taught how computers' capabilities are different from theirs.

Trends in Technology: Smart Services in the Academic Library

Bring your lunch and learn about:

• Nick Richbell’s experience attending the Coalition for Networked Information - Association of Research Libraries (CNI-ARL)  Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop
• Danielle Robichaud and Jane Forgay’s experiences attending the ARL Digital Scholarship Institute

The Davis Renovation Team invite Library Staff to an open house to showcase the improvements made during the 2017/2018 renovations. View a renovation photo slideshow and ask any questions you might have about the changes to the Davis Centre Library.

There will be an option for (quiet) guided tours through the space. Coffee and snacks will be available.