University Libraries will offer a series of workshops, beginning in September, that will focus on topics including artificial intelligence, geographic information systems and data management.
A highlight of the workshops is a new monthly offering, AI and Society Conversation Series, in which the Libraries' Research Partnerships department will lead conversations meant to help people think about artificial Intelligence beyond both the hype and the doom. The AI and Society Conversation Series will start with the nuts and bolts of AI and offer tools for thinking about AI, algorithms, and other technologies. Registrants will receive an accessible resource (reading, video or podcast) and reflection questions to prepare for the session. During each session, a brief introduction to the topic will be followed by facilitated discussion and opportunities for questions.
Many of the sessions are on Zoom and registration is required. All events can be found on the department’s event calendar.
These workshops are also a part of the year-long celebration of University Libraries called Pages to Paths, an initiative to raise awareness, celebrate history, accomplishments, people and services, and co-create the future with our communities.
Workshops
Introduction to Advanced Review Methodologies | Noon to 1 p.m., Sept. 4, Zoom
This workshop discusses the similarities and differences between the difference between systematic reviews, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, and qualitative evidence syntheses and when you might want to use one over the other. Register here.
ArcGIS Online: Maps for Everyone | 10 a.m., Sept. 9, Love Library South 224
This workshop introduces GIS through an easy to understand and practical tool using only a web browser. ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based mapping and analysis solution, which can be used to create stylish, fully interactive maps or web map applications. Tailored for entry-level researchers, this engaging session aims to equip participants with essential skills to seamlessly connect tabular information to geographic representations. Attendees will gain hands-on experience linking tabular census data to a map. Additionally, you will learn to “georeference” an image by using media layers, which are intended for quick visual overlays. Registration
Introducing SANDY, UNL's Data Repository | Noon to 1 p.m., Sept. 15, Zoom
Learn how to share research data via SANDY, UNL's data repository, in a live demo and Q&A session. A Zoom link will be provided to registrants. Registration
AI & Society Conversation Series: AI & Society: Nuts and Bolts | Noon to 1 p.m., Sept. 19, Love Library South 224
This session will share a foundation for understanding what AI is, and some approaches for thinking critically about AI in society. Registration
Introduction to comprehensive searching | Noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 2, Zoom
Learn how to strengthen your search skills with comprehensive search techniques informed by systematic review methodology. Registration
AI & Society Conversation Series: Data Privacy, Surveillance, and AI | Noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 17, Love Library South 224
Using critical tools for thinking about AI in society, this session will focus on threats to privacy posed by AI and consider some solutions to those challenges. Registration
Essentials of Data Management for Graduate Students | Noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 20, Zoom
Learn how to successfully manage your research data and create a personal data management plan. A Zoom link will be provided to registrants. Registration
Prepare Your Data for Openness | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Zoom
Adopting open data practices can improve collaboration, safeguard data, and help researchers get ahead of data sharing requirements from funders and publishers. Data sharing and transparency can benefit science and increase researcher impact. This presentation will provide strategies for meaningfully open data, offer choices in data sharing, describe some limitations of openness, and help researchers get a jump start preparing data for openness. Part of Open Access Week. Registration
Prepare Now to Survive Your Personal Digital Dark Age | 1-2:30 p.m., Nov. 6, Zoom
All digital files are vulnerable to decay and loss. Sometimes a hard drive fails, or a file becomes corrupted. But we can also lose files due to bad data management habits, obsolete technology, or, paradoxically, because we have too many copies and too many storage options. It is easy to overlook the digital photos, documents, and other files we create in daily life, in our personal research, and in our citizen science and historian scholarship. In recognition of World Digital Preservation Day, this workshop helps participants identify their most valuable computer files and create a plan for backup, self-curation, and preservation. Registration
AI & Society Conversation Series: Accountable Algorithms and AI | Noon to 1 p.m., Nov. 14, Love Library South 224
This session will discuss different efforts to ensure that artificial intelligence tools are responsible and transparent. Registration
