Friday 11:10-12:00 in Central 418a: Introduction to tools for data visualization, weighing Tableau, Python, and R. Interested in learning about options for your data visualization project? In this workshop, participants will learn the comparative strengths and weaknesses of three popular methods of data visualization. This workshop is intended to catalyze further learning through one… Keep reading
Author: Andrew Wesolek
Digital Scholarship Workshop: Introduction to tools for data visualization
Internet Privacy: Skills for Encrypting your Online Activity
In this increasingly open and connected world, does privacy really exist? Does it matter? If so, what are the links between privacy and intellectual freedom? The Libraries is pleased to welcome Alison Macrina to campus on March 14. Ms. Macrina is the founding director of the Library Freedom Project, an internet activist, and core contributor… Keep reading
2nd Annual Edible Books Festival
Join us for the 2nd Annual Edible Books Festival where the worlds of food and books collide in creative and delicious ways. Let your imagination run free and create an edible work of art inspired by your favorite book or author. Have fun with puns, or create something in the shape of a book. The event will take place Monday April 1 in the… Keep reading
Internet Privacy: Skills for Encrypting your Online Activity
In this increasingly open and connected world, does privacy really exist? Does it matter? If so, what are the links between privacy and intellectual freedom? The Libraries is pleased to welcome Alison Macrina to campus on March 14. Ms. Macrina is the founding director of the Library Freedom Project, an internet activist, and core contributor… Keep reading
Digital Pedagogy: Engaging Students through Open Education
Vanderbilt Libraries’ offices of Teaching and Learning and Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications are pleased to welcome Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia professor of teaching in philosophy and Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC Vancouver to campus for an event exploring students as creators of open digital content…. Keep reading
Puppy Love in the Libraries
This Valentine’s Day (Thursday, 14th), join us to de-stress from 12:00-2:00 pm in Central, Eskind, Music, Peabody, or the Science and Engineering Library. Each location will host a furry four-legged buddy begging for pets, along with cookies, kisses, hot chocolate, hugs, and of course, tail wags! Hope to see you there!
GitHub Boot Camp and other Upcoming Events
Next week, the Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications Office is hosting a GitHub boot camp. This boot camp will consist of three one-hour sessions that range from beginner- to advanced-level topics. The first session will teach you how to get started creating and using an online Github repository. The second session will include implementing version… Keep reading
Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications Workshop Series
I am pleased to remind you of the third installment of our Spring workshop series: sharing and preserving your born-digital work, to be held Friday in Central 418a 11:10-12:00. Continuing on our theme of creating, sharing, and preserving multimodal works, Elisabeth Shook will discuss mechanisms for effectively sharing and preserving born-digital scholarship in open and… Keep reading
Digital Pedagogy: Engaging Students through Open Education
Vanderbilt Libraries’ offices of Teaching and Learning and Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications are pleased to welcome Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia professor of teaching in philosophy and Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC Vancouver to campus for an event exploring students as creators of open digital content…. Keep reading
Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications: Upcoming Events
The second installment of our Spring workshop series: Tools for Creating Multimodal Works, will be held Friday in Central 418a 11:10-12:00. Continuing on our theme of creating, sharing, and preserving multimodal works, Stacy Johnson will offer a brief overview of sources of reusable content, followed by an introduction to the Adobe Creative Cloud tools. Stacy… Keep reading