Maximize your Research Impact Series Understanding how your researcher identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are measured and quantified is crucial for researchers at all stages to understand. The context around how metrics are meant to be used and how they can be misused […]
Learn how to safely operate the Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printers. You must complete this safety training session before you can use our 3D printers. 3D Printing Safety Training Date: Tuesday, February 25 3:10pm - 4:00pm Location: MADLab, Gerstein Science Information Centre, 1 Below, room B112 Presenters: Erica Lenton, Gerstein Librarian & Mike Spears, MADLab Manager What's Covered: […]
Through a combination of lecture and activities, this two-hour workshop will use a data visualization workflow model to introduce participants to best practices and guidelines for designing effective visualizations and evaluating visualizations. There will then be an activity to apply best practices by working in small groups to critique visualizations. For more information on Data […]
Our beloved research cubes are nearing their expiration date and it’s time for a brand new look. Over the coming year, we will be decommissioning the existing cubes and replacing them with a fancy new Tableau-based tool. Join us at this town hall meeting to hear all about what we are planning. Please register through […]
This workshop will provide a background of the Fisher Library and the books and archives we have available. We will take you through how to best find, order and use these materials for your own research (such as papers and presentations). Everybody welcome!
This session occurs at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus and is part of the Digital Scholarship @UTSC Series. An introduction to 3D tools and resources. The session will provide an overview of 3D designing (using Tinkercad), scanning and printing with a focus on the application of these tools within digital scholarship. This session will […]
Through a combination of lecture and activities, this two and a half hour workshop will introduce participants to a common data visualization tool, Tableau Desktop. Participants will learn to create a variety of visualizations such as a line graph of profits over time by product category, a box plot of iris petal widths by species, […]
Having trouble with finding the time and motivation to write? Shut Up and Write is a chance for academic writers within the UofT community to write productively in a communal setting. The drop-in sessions will follow the Pomodoro technique where there will be a sequence of short sprints of writing with a few breaks in […]
Maximize your Research Impact Series Understanding how your researcher identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are measured and quantified is crucial for researchers at all stages to understand. How is your work found and used by others? What type of citation and usage footprint […]
This workshop will introduces you to individual-level social science survey data from Canadian and international sources. We will cover search strategies and techniques and there will be hands-on time for exploring and discovering data of interest to your own research. Location: Robarts Library, 5th Floor. Map & Data Library Computer Lab
