Scholarly Communications Workshops
Register now for the fall Scholarly Communication Workshops: https://byu.libcal.com/calendar/scholcomm/?cid=11996&t=d&d=0000-00-00&cal=11996
Creative Commons & Copyright
Come learn how Creative Commons (CC) licenses work with Copyright to help you disseminate your work and legally use the work of others. By the end of the workshop you will have an understanding of the CC licens…
- Date:
- Monday 21 October 2019
- Time:
- 10:00am – 10:50am
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Sharing Your Data and Research
This session will provide an introduction to ScholarsArchive, BYU’s Institutional Repository. Learn how to create a free account to add your article, project, poster, or dataset to ScholarsArchive a…
- Date:
- Monday 21 October 2019
- Time:
- 4:00pm – 4:50pm
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Finding, Adopting or Adapting OER
There are many free resources available for use with courses. Learn where and how to find them and how to adapt them for your use, all the while keeping copyright and Creative Commons in mind.
- Date:
- Tuesday 22 October 2019
- Time:
- 10:00am – 10:50am
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Introduction to GIT
Learn the basics of Git, a version-control system for tracking changes to files. The course will cover: Creating a new repository Committing changes to the repository Syncing changes to github.com B…
- Date:
- Wednesday 23 October 2019
- Time:
- 10:00am – 10:50am
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Introduction to OpenRefine
OpenRefine is an interactive data transformation tool. Learn the basics of data profiling (assessing the current state of your data) and data cleaning (correcting errors, removing blanks, etc). No prior knowle…
- Date:
- Wednesday 23 October 2019
- Time:
- 11:00am – 11:50am
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Data Management Fundamentals
Developing consistent data management practices is critical for any researcher and helps ensure you can navigate your data and various documents now and in the future. This session will cover: Data Org…
- Date:
- Wednesday 23 October 2019
- Time:
- 12:00pm – 12:50pm
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Leveraging Library Resources
With rising textbooks costs, textbook affordability for students is a common concern. The BYU library collects and maintains millions of physical and electronic books, ebooks, films, etc that are freely availab…
- Date:
- Wednesday 23 October 2019
- Time:
- 1:00pm – 1:50pm
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Introduction to Regular Expressions
Learn about regular expression search patterns (regex) and how to use them to validate data and perform find and replace operations on data. No prior knowledge needed.
- Date:
- Friday 25 October 2019
- Time:
- 9:00am – 9:50am
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Safeguarding your Data
Learn about ways to ensure your data remains safe and available to yourself and others. This session will cover: choosing sustainable file formats, best practices for data backup, how to archive w…
- Date:
- Friday 25 October 2019
- Time:
- 11:00am – 11:50am
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Introduction to Data Management Plans
Learn how to create a Data Management Plan that meets requirements set by major funding agencies. This session will include: when DMPs are needed, elements of DMPs, online tools and templates to help …
- Date:
- Friday 25 October 2019
- Time:
- 12:00pm – 12:50pm
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL
Online Tools for Open Pedagogy
Teaching courses online can be a difficult task, especially with students who are very adept as social tools. Come learn about tools that work with online resources to encourage student participation and pacing…
- Date:
- Friday 25 October 2019
- Time:
- 1:00pm – 1:50pm
- Location:
- 2233 HBLL