Workshops

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Workshops at the University of Texas Libraries are free, drop-in workshops on topics related to research, digital tools and more. All workshops are free, open to everyone and located across Libraries locations. Workshops with invited speakers or co-organized with outside institutions may be subject to registration fees. Non-UT affiliated persons can connect to our WiFi network through the UTGuest network or EduRoam.

Upcoming Workshops

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We love data! ❤️ Celebrate International Love Data Week 2025 with UT Libraries and our Data and Donuts workshops!

There are a wide range of platforms available to researchers to share their data, and it can be overwhelming trying to find the best home for your data (including which platforms to avoid). This workshop will provide an overview on how to pick a repository for publishing your data, with an emphasis on generalist (non-discipline-specific) platforms, and provide best practices for sharing high-quality metadata and data that maximizes their accessibility and reuse potential and that complies with federal agencies' policies. 

Oh, and did we mention free donuts? 🍩 See you then!

Presenter: Bryan Gee
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (PCL 2.202) or Zoom
Registration: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/vV7b7T2AQxa_YB9dKa0Crw

About International Love Data Week
Love Data Week is an international celebration of data, taking place every year during the week of Valentine’s Day. Universities, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, corporations and individuals are encouraged to host and participate in data-related events and activities.

Spring 2025 Data and Donuts
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Are you looking for a method to organize your research that works with your existing workflow? Learn about the options available from Zotero, a free citation management tool. 

In this 60-minute session, we will cover collecting citations from a variety of sources, organizing your research, annotating in the platform’s PDF reader, creating in-text citations and bibliographies in Word and Google Docs, and (free!) storage considerations. This workshop is aimed at the beginner, but can also be a helpful refresher. 

If you’d like to follow along with the demonstration, plan to have Zotero and Zotero Connector (the browser plug-in) installed on your computer before the session. Please consult this ​downloading guide and contact Grant Hardaway if you have questions about downloading.

The virtual workshop will take place Wednesday, February 19, 2025, from 12-1 pm. Registration is required to get a Zoom link. Click here to register!

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Microsoft Co-pilot and Chat GPT are popular large language model (LLM) tools used for answering questions, brainstorming, coding, and other innovative applications. 

In this in-person Using AI for Research session, we will demonstrate how to use these tools to enhance your research methods, including brainstorming topics, searching for articles, analyzing literature trends, and developing keywords. While LLMs offer innovative ways to conduct research, they also come with challenges and limitations. Understanding these hurdles will help you determine if LLMs are the right fit for your research needs.

Instructors: Willem Borkgren (Scholars Lab GRA), Karina Sánchez (Scholars Lab Librarian), and Michael Shensky (Head of Research Data Services)
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (PCL 2.202) 
In-person Registration: https://forms.gle/j6FBKxh1qVM6wrFS9

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This hybrid Digital Humanities Workshop will introduce attendees to distant reading — a form of text analysis, from the creation of a corpus to its analysis. 

Attendees will learn how to apply UDPipe and Voyant Tools to analyze a large textual corpus. Using the Lázaro de la Garza Collection to create a corpus with UDPipe, they will apply Voyant Tools as a distant reading tool, and discuss how to implement these tools in their own research methods.

Presenter: Ana Rico
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (2.202) or Zoom
Zoom/In-person Registration: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/WSCGJpy0Tqa2fjFagP_jeg#/registration

Digital Humanities Workshop Series
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Sharing research data is a requirement of many funding agencies and journals. When the data includes information which, when made public, could be used to harm research participants, researchers must maintain a duty of care to keep the data secure and to protect participants’ identities. 

In this virtual Data & Donuts workshop, we’ll discuss how to meet requirements for data sharing while ensuring ethical treatment and protection of sensitive data. We will address consent issues and IRB, secure storage, anonymization, and de-identification, as well as data (re)use agreements. We will also point out which data can be shared. 

Presenter: Meryl Brodsky & Bryan Gee
Location: Zoom
Registration: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/LWi3nZeFTJqXosQ0w-e-XQ

Spring 2025 Data and Donuts

Contact Us

Location:
Perry Castañeda Library
101 E. 21st Street
PCL 1.342
Austin, Texas 78712