Scholarly Publishing Workshop Part 2: Jump Start Your Scholarly Writing Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm Building on the concepts introduced in Part 1, the Part 2 session will help graduate students and early-career faculty produce an individualized, multistep action plan for turning one’s research into a submitted article. Participants will review library resources they can…

Exploring Wikipedia Workshop • Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia is part of the fabric of our digital life. It is used worldwide, by millions of people daily. Join this workshop to learn more about it, as well as, how to use your knowledge and research skills to make it better. The…

Project Update: The scholarly digital research collection, Trials, Triumphs, and Transformations, was awarded Honorable Mention for the Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities at the American Studies Association Conference in November 2018.   Collection available at dsi.mtsu.edu/trials This project was produced by the James E. Walker Library, in partnership with the Center for Historic Preservation and…

Trials, Triumphs, and Transformations: Tennesseans’ Search for Citizenship, Community, and Opportunity Tennessee’s history between the end of the American Civil War (1865) and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act often gets ignored. This historic period offers insights into the transformations that took place, including challenges and achievements, as…

The Fall 2018 Digital Workshops Series schedule is now available. Mark your calendar for the following topics. *All workshops are in LIB 264A. Register to get a reminder email before the workshop and to help with program planning* Workshop Schedules below: Introduction to StoryMaps, Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 11:30am-12:30pm More information at http://dsi.mtsu.edu/storymap2018fall Getting Started…

Getting started in NVivo 12 • Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 11:30am-12:30pm Have you begun conducting qualitative research, but are finding it difficult to keep your data organized? Would you like a better way to manage data analysis? If so, come learn the basics of NVivo 11, a software tool designed for the collection and analysis…

Call for Proposals Now Open: October 1 thru October 26 Digital Projects Showcase applications due Friday, October 26, 2018 Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives invites proposals for speakers to present a digital project with emphasis in digital methods or technologies in research, teaching, or outreach from any discipline or area at MTSU. Projects may be individual or collaborative and…

Introduction to Social Explorer Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 1:30am-12:30pm, LIB 264A Social Explorer is a user-friendly tool for creating interactive maps using recent and historical demographic data (e.g., U.S. census and American Community Survey). This workshop is suitable for students and faculty from many disciplines, including business, criminal justice, education, gender studies, history, sociology, etc.…

Getting Started in Scholarly Publishing Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 11:30am-12:30pm This session is primarily designed for graduate students – particularly doctoral students – who need to produce peer-reviewed journal articles as part of their degree programs, or as part of a balanced CV in preparation for employment post-graduation. Participants will receive instruction on the evolution…

Are you a faculty member interested in using a mapping application as a course project or optional platform for an assignment? Are you a student in need of more training on mapping applications to complete an assignment? Are you just interested in learning more about GIS or other mapping alternatives? Looking for a place to…