Twitter: Social Media Practicum Tuesday, 10/29-5-8pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar In this hands-on workshop, we’ll work with Twitter, taking the steps necessary to establish your academic brand presence on this social media platform. We’ll explore the following skills: Selecting an appropriate user ID or “handle” Creating a useful Twitter profile Writing style when limited to 140 …

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 …

Planning for Data Management This workshop introduces best practices for managing and preserving your research data, as well as what federal granting agencies (NSF/NIH) are looking for in your data management plan. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/omy6z9k Thursday, Nov. 14, 4.15-5.15

Intro to ArcGIS- This workshop will introduce the ArcMap user interface and the fundamentals of interacting with spatial datasets in ArcGIS mapping software. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/pl5b6yv Thursday, Nov. 14, 6.30-7.30 pm

Katina Rogers on Alt-Academic Careers Mon 11/18, 4:15p-5:30p Rooms 9204/9205: Katina Rogers (Modern Language Association) on Alt-Academic Careers While many graduate programs continue to focus on tenure track placement rates, a growing proportion of humanities scholars are embracing a much broader range of intellectually stimulating careers in, around, and beyond the academy. Focusing both on …

Github for Everyone: Open Source Collaboration and Version Control Beyond Coding Tuesday, Nov. 19, 6:30-8:30 pm, Room C196.02 A workshop covering the basics of using Github for a wide range of digital undertakings, from developing code, to working with datasets, to drafting public policy, and beyond. Learn what makes Github such a powerful tool for both …

New Media Lab General Meeting The New Media Lab holds general meetings that are open to the Graduate Center community in addition to other less formal discussions that focus on individual projects.

Advanced Twitter Wednesday, 11/20, 4-7pm. Register here. Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar Already have your Twitter handle?  Know your way around @ replies and hashtags?  Want to start building followers and using Twitter more effectively in your research, scholarship and advocacy?  Then this workshop is for you.  

Research Metrics for the Rest of Us Come learn how scholarly output is measured (through impact factors, citation counts, h-index and more!) plus why it matters for you. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/neb3uxj Thursday, Nov. 21, 4.15-5.15

Planning for Data Management This workshop introduces best practices for managing and preserving your research data, as well as what federal granting agencies (NSF/NIH) are looking for in your data management plan. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/omy6z9k Thursday, Nov. 21, 6.30-7.30

Optimal Dissemination on Graphs: Theory and Algorithms CUNY Data Mining Initiative Friday, November 22, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EST)   Speaker: Professor Hanghang Tong, City College, CUNY Bio: Hanghang Tong is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the City College, City University of New York. Before that, he was a research staff …

Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Skills Workshop: Photoshop Workshop Friday 11/22, 2pm-4pm Room C196.02 Please RSVP to Leila Walker: [email protected]  

Tom Scheinfeldt on DH Project Management Mon 11/25, 4:15pm-5:30pm, Skylight Room (9100): Tom Scheinfeldt (University of Connecticut) on managing DH projects

Luke Waltzer will be leading the Fall 2013 ITP skills workshop on Wordpress Monday, 11/25, at 6:30pm. If you are interested in participating, please contact Leila Walker: [email protected].