Intro to Zotero

Mina Rees Library @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Intro to Zotero, March 4, 6.30 This 90 minute hands-on workshop will teach you how to install Zotero, add references to Zotero from library databases, websites, and Google Scholar, how to use Zotero to easily add citations to Word documents, and how to create a stand-alone bibliography. RSVP HERE<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m_PsBKnBbmfLSjg0GW6kohYPsUeihnAeePcI1F3iJ4g/viewform>   Bibliographies Made Easy Overwhelmed with …

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Basic SPSS

Mina Rees Library @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

The library is offering basic and advanced SPSS workshops in March. Register by clicking on a workshop’s title. Questions? Contact the Reference Desk at 212.817.7077 or by email<http://library.gc.cuny.edu/questionpoint/question.html>. Basic SPSS March 5, 6.30-8pm<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_sM_AsnZPshwd9qUj62EHS4sbiWCBiDnu4-EpikeQX4/viewform> This class will give a general overview of the SPSS statistical package: What is it? What can it do? What do you need to know …

Organizing Your Research with Reference Management Software: Zotero & Mendeley

Room C196.03 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Please join us for the latest workshop of the Spring 2014 term: Organizing Your Research with Reference Management Software: Zotero & Mendeley  Wednesday, March 5, 6:30-8:30 pm, Room C196.03 This workshop introduces two popular reference and citation management systems, Zotero and Mendeley Desktop. Great for beginners who want to learn how to organize their references …

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Tanya Clement: “HiPSTAS, What?: Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, and Visualizations with Sound”

Room C197 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Tanya Clement  – March 5th, 6:30-8:30pm in room C197  – “HiPSTAS, What?: Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, and Visualizations with Sound” We are pleased to announce our schedule of events for the spring semester at the Graduate Center, CUNY. More information about each event will be posted, so please follow our twitter feed @cunydhi for updates.

WordPress Workshop

Mina Rees Library @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

WordPress Workshop: March 6 Want to create a website to showcase your academic work? Organizing a conference and need an accompanying website? Interested in starting your own blog? WordPress allows you to do all this and more with ease. Join Stephen Klein, GC Digital Services Librarian, for a hands-on introduction to the blog and website platform …

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Data for Social Justice part 1: Finding Data

Mina Rees Library @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

This semester, the library is offering three “Data for Social Justice” workshops: Finding Data, Analyzing and Visualizing Data, and Mapping Data. To sign up for a workshop, click its title: Data for Social Justice part 1: Finding Data - March 6, 6.30-8pm<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1l2tzqbGkL8H3a2sHrBJYXM60eEpWcIoqEK6Yj-RNnpM/viewform> This class will introduce various sources of data (including demographic, economic, and social data) …

Open Books, Not Open Wallets: How Open Educational Resources Help Students Spend Less and Learn More

The Segal Theater @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

You are invited to an event in the Information Interventions @ CUNY series: Open Books, Not Open Wallets: How Open Educational Resources Help Students Spend Less and Learn More Friday, March 7, 2014, 10am – noon The Graduate Center, Segal Theater (1st Floor) Refreshments will be served Do your students sometimes resist buying and reading …

Excavating Knowledge from Data: Introducing Data Mining using R

Room 6304.01 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

MARCH 7, 2014, 10 AM to 5 PM @ The Graduate Center, Room 6304.01 Excavating Knowledge from Data: Introducing Data Mining using R. Speaker: Dr. Graham Williams, Australian Taxation Office   To RSVP for any event you can do so at cunydatamining.eventbrite.com. Alternatively, you can register by emailing us with your name, institutional affiliation (if any), and …

WORDPRESS 2: ENHANCING YOUR DIGITAL ACADEMIC IDENTITY

Room C196.03 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Please join us for our latest workshop of the Spring 2014 term: WordPress 2: Enhancing Your Digital Academic Identity Tuesday, March 11th 2014 – 6:30-8:30pm; Room C196.03 This workshop will focus on improving the appearance and functionality of your existing WordPress site.  We will review some of the basic components of WordPress from our previous …

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