Newsletters | Research Commons (ubc.ca)
The UBC Library Research Commons is a multidisciplinary hub supporting research endeavors, partnerships, and education. We are a community space that embraces both new and traditional exploratory scholarship and provides access to services and expertise for the advancement of research.
Our services in Koerner Library include a Digital Scholarship Lab for research, experimentation, and collaboration, consultations and workshops for UBC researchers, expertise in digital scholarship, GIS, and data services; and a welcoming space for projects and presentations.
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If you have thought of working with the UBC Library to help you manage your research cluster’s or unit’s data, you won’t want to miss this story.
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Upcoming highlights
UBC survey about your research data
UBC ARC (Advanced Research Computing) and the UBC Library want to hear about your research data, software, and computational services usage and needs.
Take survey (3-5 mins)
Future-proof your files with Markdown
Come learn the benefits of using plain-text files and simple markup formats.
Introduction to Markdown digital workflows
Monday, May 31 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Manage your citations with ease
Choose the right citation management tool
Thursday, May 20 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Using RefWorks for citation management
Thursday, May 27 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Using Mendeley for citation management
Thursday, June 3 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Using Python to promote social justice
Geocoding & web mapping with Python
Tuesday, June 1 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Geospatial analysis & visualization with Python
Thursday, June 3 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Learn how to visualize data in R
Since R is free and widely used at UBC, why not learn how to use it to visualize your data?
Visualization with R
Friday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take NVivo to the next level
Add demographic data to your nodes and bibliographic data to your sources.
NVivo part 2: classification and datasets
Monday, May 31 from 4 to 6 p.m.
View the full calendar
Browse all our offerings, to help optimize your research, by following the link below.
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R workshops
Introduction to R and RStudio
Friday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Copyright and Open Education
Copyright and licensing for Open Educational Resources
Wednesday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Pedagogical and professional reasons to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER)
Friday, May 21 from 10 to 11 a.m.
Systematic and scoping reviews
Translating database searches and finding grey literature
Wednesday, May 19 from 1 to 2:45 p.m.
Tools, screening criteria, and appraisal
Wednesday, May 26 from 1 to 2:45 p.m.
Writing (Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication)
Abstracts: writing
Tuesday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Lay summaries: writing
Tuesday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Book a one-on-one consultation
For subjects such as:
▸ NVivo, R
▸ GitHub, Docker, UNIX
▸ GIS, APIs, OSF
▸ Citation management, thesis formatting
…+ lots more
Workshop materials
Self-directed learning resources for:
▸ Core skills – such as APIs and GitHub
▸ Data analysis and management
▸ Geographic information systems (GIS)
▸ Thesis formatting
…just to name a few