Are you curious about the GC Digital Scholarship Lab, the GC Digital Fellows and the services that we provide? While we may not be meeting in-person this year, come join us at our Digital Scholarship Lab Virtual Open House on Wednesday, September 9th to learn about what we do! Drop in and learn about: Resources …
Python is a programming language that can be used for a wide range of tasks inside and outside of the academic world. It is vastly used for Digital Humanities, collecting and analyzing data in a variety of formats, building web applications, and much more. It is an extremely popular programming language for academic researchers because …
Introduction to the UNIX command line. Topics covered will include navigating the filesystem, manipulating the environment, executing useful commands, and using pipes to communicate between programs. This synchronous workshop will teach you how to communicate directly with your computer’s operating system using a text-based interface and is a useful first step in learning many other …
All GCDI meetings and events will convene remotely until further notice. Please register for the event you’d like to participate in at least two hours prior to the event, and a link and password to join the event will be shared within one hour of the start.
Looking to update your website? In the wake of COVID, many organizations are looking to improve their online presence. In the first of three programs focused on digital communications, Nicholas MacDonald will share what makes a good website, best practices in design, and how to approach building a new website. Virtual Program Registrants will receive …
As we continue to work from home in our remote environments, this has sparked renewed interest in the possibilities of audio recording. While there may be many different entries into audio recording, this hybrid workshop will focus on understanding what a good (enough) audio recording for podcasting, interviewing, and streaming is and how that might …
This fall the GIS/Mapping Working Group will be holding monthly co-working sessions on Zoom. This will be an opportunity for anyone to join the call and receive some support as they are working through their mapping projects. There will be at least one GCDI Fellow on the call who can answer questions and help you …
This fall the Sound Studies and Methods Working Group will be holding monthly co-working sessions on Zoom. Given the recent resurgence in interest in sound studies across the Graduate Center, we’re thrilled to bring the community together once more! We are excited to mobilize this community and help each other out! Our first meeting is …
R is a powerful tool to analyze statistical data. In recent years R has gained popularity because the software is open source and powerful in data analysis and machine learning. However, evaluators and researchers do not exclusively use quantitative data. It is possible to perform qualitative analysis in R. This workshop provides users a basic …
The Digital Archives Research Collective (DARC) is organizing a virtual meeting on the topic of remote human access. The first DARC Open Meeting of the semester will explore ways to connect researchers with archivists and librarians, given the current personal and physical constraints which are disrupting access to resources. This meeting will emphasize the process …
