The Digital GC: February 20-24, 2017

In an ongoing effort to surface and share relevant events, publications, workshops, and opportunities that may be of interest to “The Digital GC” community, GC Digital Initiatives posts regular updates each Monday to our blog.

If you would like for us to share information about an upcoming event, workshop, or other announcement relevant to the Digital GC community, you can submit your information through the Digital GC Submission Form.

New @ the Digital GC

This week, the GC Digital Fellows’ blog, Tagging the Tower, features a post by Jojo Karlin titled, “Git Ready.” Are you interested to learn git and GitHub? But maybe you are debating if it is worth the effort to learn? Jojo walks through an outline of her own Digital Fellows workshop on git that she led at the GC last week, and discusses the usefulness of a software that tracks your changes and enables collaboration and project management. This includes examples of some super cool projects using GitHub that sparked her interest!

And we wanted to remind you again that the GCDI Digital Project Working Groups are back! The next meeting of the Text Analysis Working Group will be held on Thursday, March 2nd, from 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM in room 7414. This is a great opportunity to share skills, learn skills, and discuss topics around Text Analysis. The next meeting of the GIS Working Group will be announced soon – keep an eye out! For more information about the Digital Project Working Groups, visit cuny.is/gcdiwg.

GC Digital Initiatives Resources

The GC Digital Initiatives offer a wide range of resources to support your interests in scholarly communication, digital scholarship and research methods, digital humanities, and digital pedagogy. Have a question? Want to try something new? Interested in finding a community of resources using a similar digital tool? Here are some of the GD Digital Initiatives resources that you can take advantage of this week.

Monday Maker Hours
When: alternating Mondays from 4:00 – 6:00 PM, starting Feb. 20
Where: The Digital Scholarship Lab, Graduate Center Room 7414

GC Digital Fellows Office Hours
When: Tuesdays from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Where: The Digital Scholarship Lab, Graduate Center Room 7414

Python User Group (PUG)
When: Wednesdays 12:00 – 2:00 PM
Where: The Digital Scholarship Lab, Graduate Center Room 7414

GCDI Digital Project Working Groups
When: the next meeting of the Text Analysis Working Group will be Thursday, March 2, from 12:30 – 2:00 PM
Where: The Digital Scholarship Lab, Graduate Center Room 7414
The next meeting of the GIS Working Group will be announced soon.
Interested in participating? Sign Up!

Workshops & Discussions @ The GC

The GC Digital Fellows of GCDI and many of our partners across the GC offer workshops related to our mission to promote a Digital GC. Here’s what’s planned this week:

ITP Skills Lab: Making Mobile Apps
When: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Library Basement, Room C196.01

Library Workshop: Intro to Library
When: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Library Basement, Room C196.05

TLC Workshop: Teaching as an International Student
When: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Where: Graduate Center, Room 9206

TLC Workshop: NYC as Classroom (Event I): “Pedagogy of Close Looking: An Evening at the Frick”
When: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6:30 PM
Where: Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th Street.

Library Lecture-as-Performance and Discussion with Rommi Smith: “The Map Where We Meet and Other Queer Stories”
When: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center, Segal Theater

Office of Career Planning & Professional Development Event: “Careers in Data Science”
When: Thursday, Feb. 23 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Where: Graduate Center, Room C198

Library Event: Unveiling the Archives: A Paneled Reading
When: Friday, Feb. 24, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center, 9th Floor Skylight Room

Library Workshop: The Music of the Archives: A Creative Writing Workshop
When: Friday, Feb. 24, 2:30 – 5:00 PM
Where: Graduate Center, 9th Floor Skylight Room

Events Nearby

There’s so much going on in the NYC area. Here are just a few of the events that caught our eye.

Black History Month Digital Arts Student Arts Exhibit: “Reflections on Seneca Village”
When: Feb. 1-28, 2017, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: Hall of Fame Gallery, 1st Floor at Bronx Community College, 2155 University Avenue, Bronx, NY

Data & Society: Databite No. 94: Jennifer Pan on “How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts”
When: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Where: Data & Society, 36 West 20th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY

OpenLab Open Pedagogy Event: “Annotating Texts in Open Digital Pedagogy”
When: Thursday, Feb. 23, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Where: CUNY City Tech, Faculty Commons, Room N227, 300 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

2017 Annual Workshop of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
When: Friday, Feb. 24, 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Where: Columbia University, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR, 530 West 120th Street, New York, NY

Digital Bodies: “Virtual Reality and the Future of Learning Lab”
When: Friday, Feb. 24, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Where: Steelcase WorkLife Center, 4 Columbus Circle (Southwest corner), New York, NY
*Note that this event has a registration fee.

Digital Amati: “Structure and Interpretation of Classical Stringed Instruments”
When: Friday, Feb. 24, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Where: Columbia University, Butler Library, Room 208b, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027

Cornell University Medieval Studies Student Colloquium: “Devotional Bodies”
When: Saturday, Feb. 25, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Where: Cornell University Andrew Dickenson White House, Guerlac Room, 27 East Ave, Ithaca, NY

Schomburg Center and AfroCROWD “Black Power! Wikipedia Edit-a-thon”
When: Saturday, Feb. 25, 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY