Are you looking to enhance your research skills? Look no further than the University of Miami’s Libraries Digital Scholarship and Data Services Workshop Series.
Starting Monday, Sept. 10, a series of workshops and seminars will be offered by librarians and other data specialists for students and any other member of the UM community who will be undertaking research in any discipline.
The workshops will cover everything from methods for transforming and analyzing information to how to use ESRI and GIS software to analyze, manage and present geospatial data. The workshops are free, but registration is required.
All sessions will be held at the Otto G. Richter Library Digital Scholars Lab in the Learning Commons.
Some of the workshops offered include:
Digital Scholarship Research Methods
Cleaning Data with OpenRefine
Instructor: Paige Morgan, Digital Scholarship Librarian and Scholarly Publishing Officer
Monday, Sept. 10 from 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Research Data Management
The Data Management Challenge: Wrangling Data in the Research Environment
Instructor: Timothy Norris, Research Data Scientist
Friday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Utilizing GIS Data Series
ESRI Insights
Instructor: Abraham Parrish, GIS Services Librarian
Friday, Oct. 5, from 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Creating raster Digital Elevation Models from LIDAR data using ArcGIS Pro
Instructor: Jorge Quintela, GIS and Data Specialist
Friday, Oct. 12, from 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Working with Data and Data Analysis Series
Data Visualization with Tableau
Instructor: Cameron Riopelle, Data Services Librarian
Monday, Oct. 29, from 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
To sign up for the workshops listed and others offered by the same instructors, visit: https://mailchi.mp/miami/digital-scholarship-and-data-services-workshops-fall-2018?e=d071bc2b14
