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Workshop Introduction to ProQuest's TDM Studio ProQuest TDM Studio is a web platform that allows us to collect and analyze large amounts of textual data from across Rutgers ProQuest holdings. Given that these holdings include a wide swath of current and historical newspapers, dissertations, scholarly journals, government documents, and primary s... Monday, October 20, 2025, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Online
Workshop Owning Our Knowledge: Meeting the Challenges to Open Access at Rutgers University This event is presented as a part of Open Access Week 2025. Rutgers has long been a leader in open access scholarship, championing the free exchange of knowledge through its pioneering Rutgers Open Access Policy and the SOAR repository (Scholarly Open Access at Rutgers). But the landscape is shiftin... Monday, October 20, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Online
Workshop Data Science Basics: Python Part 2 – From Basics to Data Once you’ve taken your first steps with Python, it’s time to do more. In this workshop, we’ll go further into how Python can help you work with information. You’ll learn how to handle collections of data, write simple reusable code, and explore how to pull meaning out of datasets. By working hands-o... Monday, October 20, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 PM - Online
Workshop Transformative Agreements: Supporting Open Access Publications Without APCs This event is presented as a part of Open Access Week 2025. Did you know that Rutgers-affiliated authors can publish open access with more than 20 top journal publishers without incurring costly Article Processing Charges (APCs)? Thanks to transformative agreements between Rutgers University Librari... Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 PM - Online
Workshop R Graphics with ggplot2 The ggplot2 package from the tidyverse provides extensive and flexible graphical capabilities within a consistent framework. This session introduces the main features of ggplot2. Some prior familiarity with R is assumed (packages, structure, syntax), but the presentation can be followed without thi... Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 2:00 - 3:30 PM - Online
Workshop Running with the Jersey Devil Just in time for spooky season! Learn all about the infamous Jersey Devil that stands over six feet tall with the face of a horse, the body of a kangaroo, and expansive leathery wings. The Jersey Devil has struck fear in the hearts of many a South Jerseyan since 1735. Registration link: https://go.r... Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 AM - Online
Workshop Introduction to ArcGIS Pro A Geographic Information System (GIS) can be a very useful tool for your research by incorporating location when exploring questions. In this short, interactive workshop, we will focus on ArcGIS Pro basics, explore the interface, add and visualize data, and create a map layout that we can either exp... Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 12:00 - 1:15 PM - Online
Workshop Who Owns Our Teaching? Adopting and Creating Open Educational Resources This event is presented as a part of Open Access Week 2025. The Libraries' Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Team's presentation will emphasize the impact of using and creating open educational resources (OER) and other affordable learning materials. Participants will learn how the benefits of OER... Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:30 - 2:30 PM - Online
Workshop Data Publication 1 (creating reproducible research, literate programming documents, and using knitr, Sweave, blogdown, and bookdown) The RStudio environment enables the easy creation of documents in various formats (HTML, DOC, PDF) using Rmarkdown, while knitr allows the incorporation of executable R code to produce the tables and figures in those documents. Sweave provides more advanced LaTeX typesetting, while blogdown and book... Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3:30 - 5:00 PM - Online
Workshop Literature Reviews for the Humanities and Social Sciences Join us for an overview of the basics of creating a literature review for the humanities and social sciences. Registration link: https://go.rutgers.edu/litreview2025 Thursday, October 23, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Online