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Newsletters | Research Commons (ubc.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Read story<\/p>\n

Upcoming highlights<\/p>\n

UBC survey about your research data<\/p>\n

UBC ARC (Advanced Research Computing) and the UBC Library want to hear about your research data, software, and computational services usage and needs.<\/p>\n

Take survey (3-5 mins)<\/p>\n

Future-proof your files with Markdown<\/p>\n

Come learn the benefits of using plain-text files and simple markup formats.<\/p>\n

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Introduction to Markdown digital workflows<\/p>\n

Monday, May 31 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Manage your citations with ease<\/p>\n

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Choose the right citation management tool<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 20 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Using RefWorks for citation management<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 27 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Using Mendeley for citation management<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 3 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Using Python to promote social justice<\/p>\n

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Geocoding & web mapping with Python<\/p>\n

Tuesday, June 1 from 2 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Geospatial analysis & visualization with Python<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 3 from 2 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Learn how to visualize data in R<\/p>\n

Since R is free and widely used at UBC, why not learn how to use it to visualize your data?<\/p>\n

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Visualization with R<\/p>\n

Friday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Take NVivo to the next level<\/p>\n

Add demographic data to your nodes and bibliographic data to your sources.<\/p>\n

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NVivo part 2: classification and datasets<\/p>\n

Monday, May 31 from 4 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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View the full calendar<\/p>\n

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Browse all our offerings, to help optimize your research, by following the link below.<\/p>\n

View calendar<\/p>\n

R workshops<\/p>\n

Introduction to R and RStudio<\/p>\n

Friday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Copyright and Open Education<\/p>\n

Copyright and licensing for Open Educational Resources<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Pedagogical and professional reasons to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER)<\/p>\n

Friday, May 21 from 10 to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Systematic and scoping reviews<\/p>\n

Translating database searches and finding grey literature<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 19 from 1 to 2:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Tools, screening criteria, and appraisal<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 26 from 1 to 2:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

Writing (Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication)<\/p>\n

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Abstracts: writing<\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Lay summaries: writing<\/p>\n

Tuesday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Book a one-on-one consultation<\/p>\n

For subjects such as:<\/p>\n

\u25b8 NVivo, R<\/p>\n

\u25b8 GitHub, Docker, UNIX<\/p>\n

\u25b8 GIS, APIs, OSF<\/p>\n

\u25b8 Citation management, thesis formatting<\/p>\n

…+ lots more<\/p>\n

Workshop materials<\/p>\n

Self-directed learning resources for:<\/p>\n

\u25b8 Core skills – such as APIs and GitHub<\/p>\n

\u25b8 Data analysis and management<\/p>\n

\u25b8 Geographic information systems (GIS)<\/p>\n

\u25b8 Thesis formatting<\/p>\n

…just to name a few<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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