Digital Humanities Workshop Series
Introduction to StoryMaps
When: Friday, October 13, 12-1 pm
Where: Zoom
StoryMaps is a digital tool that enables you to craft a narrative using maps, images, videos, and text. This workshop session will provide an introductory overview of creating a digital exhibit with StoryMaps. Participants will learn to weave together data points, images, videos, and text to form engaging stories.
Data & Donuts
Customer Reviews Data
When: Friday, October 20, 12-1:15 pm
Where: Zoom
How much is a star really worth? This session will examine customer review data including how to use reviews effectively, how to spot fake reviews, and what consumers, companies and academic researchers do with customer review data.
Open Source Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
When: Friday, October 27, 11-12 pm
Where: Zoom and Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL), Scholars Lab, Data Lab
This workshop will provide an explanation of key geospatial terms and concepts and an introduction to open source geographic information system (GIS) software for visualizing, analyzing, storing, processing, and managing geospatial data. By the end of this session you should have the core knowledge required to start working effectively with geospatial datasets using open source tools.
In-person &
OA Week 2023
Support for Open Access Publishing at UT
When: Tuesday, October 24, 12 – 1 pm
Where: Zoom
In this session we’ll talk about Libraries’ support for open access (OA) publishing, including support that eliminates article processing charges (APCs) for UT authors. We’ll discuss the main types of OA publishing business models (including OA book publishing), and how the Libraries is strategically investing in these options. Finally, we’ll show participants how they can share their work regardless of the publication model. This free session is open to anyone, but will be of most interest to faculty, students, and staff who publish scholarly content. Registration is required.