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Survival Skills: Keep Your Research Safe with Backups

November 10, 2021 - 10:00am to 11:00am | Online via Zoom

Survival Skills: Keep Your Research Safe with Backups will help you learn the basics of backing up your valuable research data and other information. In it, we will cover the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of keeping your data safe and secure.

By the end of Keep Your Research Safe with Backups, you should be able to:

Visualization in R using 'ggplot2'

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free intermediate online workshop on Visualization in R using ggplot2. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

This workshop is an active learning “code-along” overview of visualization using the popular R package ‘ggplot2’.  This is an expansion and extension of the R plotting materials presented in Data Carpentry.

***Prior experience coding in R is required.***

Visualization in Python using Matplotlib

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free intermediate online workshop on Visualization with Python. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Matplotlib is the most widely used scientific plotting library in Python . This workshop will cover intermediate uses of matplotlib, including making different types of graphs, customizing graphs, and producing groups of graphs from raw data. 

Software Carpentry: Python Lessons

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free online workshop on Python. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Python is a popular language for scientific computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. This is a beginner-level workshop for researchers presented by OU Libraries. Our workshops cover better practices for research, data, coding, and communication. No prior experience is needed (i.e. no prerequisites).

Introduction to the Unix/Linux Shell

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free virtual workshop on Introduction to the Unix/Linux Shell. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Manage Research Projects with OSF

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free virtual workshop on managing research projects in OSF. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Citation Management with Zotero

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free beginner-level virtual workshop on Citation Management with Zotero. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Participate in an online focus group for our Makerspace

You are invited to participate in an online focus group to help develop a makerspace! Schusterman Library is working on plans for a makerspace, which is a collaborative work place for making things and sharing ideas, for OU-Tulsa students, faculty, and staff. These focus groups are an opportunity for you to help create a great makerspace for our campus.  

Please sign up to share your opinions for our research in one of our 60-minute Zoom sessions below.

Software Carpentry Workshop - Virtual

DAVIS (the Data Analytics, Visualization, and Information Syndicate) at Bizzell Library is offering a free virtual Software Carpentry workshop. Tulsa-based students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Apply to be a Library Ambassador by August 27th

Are you an OU-Tulsa student who would like to help Schusterman Library staff make a difference at our campus? Apply to be a Library Ambassador by Aug. 27th at https://bit.ly/LibAmbassadors2021.

Not only do our Ambassadors play a key role in improving library services and resources, they also get cool benefits like extended study room reservations, free b&w printing, graduation cords, Ambassador Alumni library use privileges, and volunteer experience on their resume plus resume/cover letter support!