Find and Use Images– What’s Fair? (ninety minutes) Tuesday, February 21, 4–5:30 p.m. in Young Research Library, Research Commons Classroom This workshop, scheduled in celebration of Fair Use Week, combines online demonstrations and hands-on practice to show researchers how to find images in databases, as well as from open content, creative commons, and other sources....
Come to this (un)workshop and get a brief introduction to a range of mapping resources available at UCLA Library, from print maps to Social Explorer to ArcGIS and other online web-mapping options (Carto, GitHub, etc). We will then decide collectively what we do next! Maybe it will be the basics of QGIS or extracting data...
Introduction to R R is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows, Macintosh, and Unix. This class is designed for people who are just getting started using R. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using R for statistics, graphics, and data management. The R class notes do...
This workshop introduces how to use the R ggplot2 package, particularly for data analysis accompanying a planned regression model. First, the underlying grammar (system) of graphics is introduced with demonstrations. Then the usage of ggplot2 for exploratory graphs, model diagnostics, and presentation of model results is illustrated through 3 examples.
Find out about the purpose, uses, and features of Zotero, a free, open-source application that helps researchers manage references and notes and create formatted bibliographies. The first half will be a demonstration of everything Zotero can do; the second half will focus on hands-on practice. Bring your laptop! Taught by Teresa Barnett, Head of the Center...
Lunch will be provided (RSVP required) Featuring: · Peter Jaszi, Professor, Washington College of Law, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University · Janet Landay, Program Manager, Fair Use Initiative, College Art Association If you use copyrighted materials in the Visual Arts in your teaching and/or scholarship, the Code of Best Practices is written for you, and...
This workshop covers Stata commands and methods for common data management tasks, such as identifying data errors, identifying duplicated data, specifying missing values, working with string variables, labeling variables, creating new variables, merging datasets, processing data by groups and using loops for repetitive tasks. The workshops is focused on preparing data for statistical analysis. ...
Scope Lab is a workshop series focused on exploring code as a creative medium with which to understand and represent diverse perspectives. These studies are framed by the questions: “Whose perspectives are represented?”, “Who has access to the tools to learn and express themselves?”, and “How do we design tools and projects that are more...
PLEASE NOTE: WORKSHOP HELD ON 3 THURSDAYS May 4, 11, 18 from 9:00am to 11:45am in the History Reading Room, Bunche 6265 Catherine Hall, Professor, Dept. of History, University College London. “Making "Race" in the 18th Century Atlantic” This workshop will focus on the processes through which the binaries of black/white, slave/free were constituted in...
A part of the Cornerstone Research Workshop series. Keep your stress levels down while pursuing your research interest! You'll learn how to create a timeline for your project and manage challenges while staying on track toward your goal. RSVP recommended but not mandatory. All are wlecome! Undergraduate Research Center for the Humanities, Arts, and Social...
