The well-liked Esri Story Maps workshops and are back this semester. Also returning is the Geography department’s Dr. Steven Ericson, instructor. Dr. Ericson will teach two sessions on how to create and publish interactive web maps combining text, photos, video, and audio with Esri’s cloud-based mapping and GIS system, ArcGIS Online. Continue reading
Workshops
Fall 2015 SPSS workshops at McLure Library
Available on computers throughout the University Libraries, IBM SPSS Statistics is a collection of products used to access and manage data, select and perform analyses, and share results. This semester, the College of Education’s Dr. Sara Tomek will teach three SPSS workshops at McLure Library: Introduction to SPSS, Advanced SPSS: ANOVA, and Advanced SPSS: Categorical Data. Continue reading
Online Microsoft Word workshops (Fall 2015)
In addition to the Microsoft Word workshops scheduled for Gorgas Library, two sessions will be offered online on Sunday, August 30, 2015:
- 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Academic Paper Formatting in Microsoft Word
- 6:00-7:00 p.m.: References in Microsoft Word
Fall 2015 Microsoft Word workshops at Gorgas Library
Fall 2015 Academic Technologies workshop registration opened this week, and next week brings the first workshops of the semester: Academic Paper Formatting in Microsoft Word and References in Microsoft Word. Continue reading
Fall 2015 Academic Technologies workshops open for registration
Registration for Fall 2015 Academic Technologies workshops is now open! This semester will offer opportunities to learn about ArcGIS, Esri Story Maps, Google Geo Tools (My Maps, Earth, and Fusion Tables), Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Sway, and Word), NVivo, SPSS, and more. Download a flyer (landscape (PDF) & portrait (PDF)) or view workshop descriptions and register here. Continue reading
With thanks
During the 2014–15 academic year, the Libraries offered workshops on geospatial information systems software (ArcGIS), web mapping applications (Story Maps), data analysis software (Excel, NVivo, SAS, SPSS), and desktop publishing tools (InDesign, Publisher). Workshops on academic paper formatting and references in Microsoft Word were also offered, both in the classroom and online via Blackboard Collaborate.
In addition to enhancing skills, workshops offer opportunities for collaboration. I would like to recognize and extend my gratitude to the College of Education’s Dr. Sara Tomek, who partnered with the Libraries to offer a series of statistical analysis workshops, and the Department of Geography’s Dr. Steven Ericson, who led introductory and intermediate workshops on ArcGIS as well as two well-received Story Maps sessions.
Special thanks to Kim Smalley for serving as our Fall 2014 ArcGIS instructor in addition to her work in the Libraries’ Web Services department, and Cissy Xue, qualitative assistant for the College of Education’s Research Assistance Center, for teaching the Introduction to NVivo workshop in April.
New this semester: NVivo workshops
NVivo is a qualitative data analysis package used to organize and analyze data in documents, audio, video, images, spreadsheets and database tables, literature reviews and bibliographies, web pages, social media content, and more. The software allows users to work with large amounts of data in many languages and supports a wide range of research methodologies. It is available in McLure Library. Continue reading
SimplyMap Workshop
While this blog’s primary focus is the academic software installed on public computers in the UA Libraries, we occasionally highlight other library and campus services and spaces at the intersection of academics and technology. This post highlights an upcoming workshop offered by the Libraries’ Gorgas Information Services department.
Advanced SPSS: Correlation and Regression
Advanced SPSS: Correlation and Regression is a new addition to the statistical analysis workshop series presented by the University Libraries and the College of Education Research Assistance Center. Continue reading
Introduction to SAS
The Introduction to SAS workshop returns this Friday at Rodgers Library. Continue reading