Join Larry Smarr, founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), as he explores the future of the Internet and digital culture. The Institute develops next generation of information technologies, including optical networks, information visualization, and global telepresence. Under Smarr's leadership, Calit2 also supports a wide range of innovative projects in digital …

Organizing Your Research With Zotero: Creating a Digital Library Wednesday, Oct. 30, 6:30-8:30 pm, Room C196.02 This workshop will focus on the best practices for using Zotero, a kind of open-source reference management software. If you would like to attend the workshop, please click here to RSVP at Eventbrite. This workshop is a part of the Fall 2013 …

Blogging: Social Media Practicum Friday 11/1, 1-4pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar This workshop takes academic attendees through the basic steps of establishing a blog — an online space to highlight their research and accomplishments. We’ll consider the merits of various free plug-and-play blogging platforms like WordPress.com and Tumblr. While each has its merits, we’ll delve into WordPress.com …

Kathleen Fitzpatrick on Scholarly Communication Mon 11/4, 4:15pm-5:30pm, Room 9206/9207: Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Modern Language Association) on scholarly communication

Analytics and Metrics: Advanced Social Media Tuesday, 11/5 1-4pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar You’ve built a WordPress site and meticulously posted your research and analysis. You’re Tweeting up a storm. But is anyone actually reading and sharing your work? The first step in driving more traffic to your site is to get a better sense of …

Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Skills Workshop: HTML Workshop Thursday 11/7, 6:30-8:30 Room C196.02 Please RSVP to Leila Walker: [email protected]  

Ray Siemens on the Digital Social Edition Mon 11/11, 4:15p-5:30p Rooms 9204/9205: Ray Siemens (University of Victoria) on the Digital Social Edition   “Building Blocks of the Social Scholarly Edition”: This talk explores elements of the scholarly edition in the context of new and emerging social media from two pertinent perspectives: the first from the …

Text Analysis Methods in Humanities Research Monday, Nov. 11, 6:30-8:30 pm, Room C196.02 This workshop will explore a number of approaches for analyzing text as part of humanities research. Using tools to count word frequency and correlation, topic modeling and sentiment analysis, host and Digital Fellow, Micki Kaufman will review her research and methodology using text …

RefWorks interacts with Microsoft Word to easily manage and enter citations, footnotes, and bibliographies into your papers.  Learn how! An introduction for intermediate to advanced. 18 slots only. Wednesday, November 13th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Room C196.03 RSVP with [email protected]

Zotero Citation Manager training with interest in plug-ins for data-visualization, troubleshooting, and discussion on translators. Come to learn about Zotero as a citation manager, how it can help you manage your science resources, and tips for capturing sources when using unique databases. For intermediate to Advanced. 18 slots only. Wednesday, November 13th, 6:00pm – 7:00pm Room C196.03 …