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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Author's rights

In this session, participants will be introduced to copyright and licensing, and the rights and responsibilities they have when publishing their research. This session includes an introduction to:

  • copyright and licensing as they apply to publication
  • your rights as an author and tips on how to keep them
  • suggestions of helpful resources for publication
  • questionable publisher practices and how to avoid them
Friday, October 6, 2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Getting started with ArcGIS

You may have heard of GIS, but what exactly is it? More importantly, how can you use it in your own research and academic work? This introductory workshop presents the basic concepts of GIS and will teach you the skills you need to find geospatial data, map it, and discover new dimensions of information.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

Friday, October 6, 2017 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Editing with ArcGIS

This tutorial is designed to introduce you to the basic editing tools used in ArcMap, for the creation and modification of geospatial data. Editing is an essential skill for GIS users that helps build spatial awareness and a broader understanding of topological relationships. This tutorial will cover several common editing functions and workflows using the Feature Template editing environment in ArcGIS 10.x.

Friday, October 13, 2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Getting started with QGIS

Ever wanted to try Open Source GIS but didn’t know where to start? Here you will learn how Open Source compares to the “big guys.” This workshop builds on “Getting started with ArcGIS” (a recommended prerequisite for those with no previous GIS experience, but not absolutely necessary). This workshop introduces users to a different environment for creating maps with GIS.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

  • Understand what QGIS is and its capabilities

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Pizza & movie: "The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz"

With an intent to raise awareness of Open Access, Creative Commons, and Open Access Week, the Library is please to offer a pizza dinner and screening of The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Techniques for managing theses using Microsoft Word and RefWorks

Theses and other long documents (e.g., books, manuals, reports) can present challenges that shorter documents don't. It is more difficult to maintain a standard "look and feel" throughout a long document like a thesis. This course will demonstrate features in Word that will make formatting your thesis easier and less time consuming, such as: styles, numbering headings, page numbering, captioning tables and figures, footnotes, cross references, table of contents, and lists of tables and figures.