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Scholarly Publishing Workshop Part 2: Jump Start Your Scholarly Writing

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 consult in locating possible journals for publication. The session will highlight organizational strategies for productive writing, and concepts such as author identifiers and author metrics data will be discussed.

 

Prerequisites: Familiarity with one’s research interests/agenda

Presenter: Walker Library’s Education Librarian, Dr. Karen Reed

Location: Walker Library, LIB 264A (Instruction Classroom)

REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

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Exploring Wikipedia Workshop

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 instructor will share what she learned after taking a 9 week Wikipedia course, as well as, her experience working with a faculty member on a Wikipedia classroom assignment.

This workshop is for anyone who wants to add to their knowledge of Wikipedia.

Session topics:

  • Overview of Wikipedia and how it really works
  • Learn the ways you can contribute to Wikipedia
  • See examples of how it is being used to teach digital literacy
  • Explore the Library Wikipedia Research Guide for more in depth information

Prerequisites: None

Presenter:  Librarian, Jean Reese

Location: Walker Library, LIB 272 (Instruction Classroom)

REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

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MTSU Library/CHP Awarded the Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities

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 funded, in part, by the Tennessee Board of Regents Office of Academic Affairs and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, a unit of the National Park Service. A topical summary of the research collection and its unqiue content is below:

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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 Tennesseans searched for citizenship, community and opportunity. Citizenship—what that has meant and how that has changed—is at the heart of this digital exploration into Tennessee history and culture. This digital collection’s objects, songs, photographs, paintings, and documents often reveal the challenges faced by Tennesseans as they pursued the rights and benefits of citizenship.

Unique Content
A curated collection of rare, hidden, and unique items uncovered from collaborative partnerships including universities, public libraries, state and local archives, museums, and historical societies across the state. The collection includes interpretive layers such as scholarly essays, lesson plans, interactive visualizations and metadata records.

A visual copy (PDF) of the collection introduction is available for download here.

Presenting the Digital Humanities Collection – Trials, Triumphs, and Transformations

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 Tennesseans searched for citizenship, community and opportunity. Citizenship—what that has meant and how that has changed—is at the heart of this digital exploration into Tennessee history and culture. This digital collection’s objects, songs, photographs, paintings, and documents often reveal the challenges faced by Tennesseans as they pursued the rights and benefits of citizenship.

Collection available at dsi.mtsu.edu/trials

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Unique Content
A curated collection of rare, hidden, and unique items uncovered from collaborative partnerships including universities, public libraries, state and local archives, museums, and historical societies across the state. The collection includes interpretive layers such as scholarly essays, lesson plans, interactive visualizations and metadata records.

Produced by the James E. Walker Library, in partnership with the Center for Historic Preservation and funded, in part, by the Tennessee Board of Regents Office of Academic Affairs and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, a unit of the National Park Service.

Project Update: This scholarly digital research collection was awarded Honorable Mention for the Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities at the American Studies Association Conference in November 2018.

A visual copy (PDF) of the collection introduction is available for download here.

Fall 2018 Digital Workshops

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:

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Those who attend any of the fall 2018 workshops (above) can win a grab bag of prizes (above image)!!

(must be present at the workshop to win)

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How do you win the prize bag? Play LibGO:

  • Take the library tour challenge!
  • Designed for students, faculty, staff and community
  • Pick your character, make decisions
  • Earn or loose point based on those decisions
  • Discover how the library can help you succeed
  • Try to get a high score!
  • Take the short survey, help us improve the game

       (show staff the completed survey at the workshop to win prize bag)

 

Still not sure you want to play?

You decide what paths to take and earn or lose points along the way. There are characters for all: undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and community members. Staff can benefit too by playing faculty or community characters! You can even play characters you don’t identify with and learn even more about how the library can help you succeed. Will you get a high score? Try it out by playing LibGO.

Not interested in prizes?  Play anytime at http://library.mtsu.edu/libgo.

NVivo 12 Workshop

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 of qualitative data sources.

This NVivo overview will include a demonstration of the presenter's research to present real-life examples of qualitative research in the social sciences. Participants will receive a free copy of the NVivo 11 Getting Started Guide.

Session topics:

  • Navigating the NVivo Workspace
  • Uploading and linking different data sources
  • Structuring of data to facilitate coding
  • Basic coding and analysis of text sources

Prerequisites: Familiarity with qualitative research methodology.

Presenter:  Walker Library’s Education Librarian, Dr. Karen Reed

Location: Walker Library, LIB 264A (Instruction Classroom)

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Open Call for Proposals: Digital Projects Showcase 2018

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 from MTSU faculty, staff or students. Great opportunity to highlight research, ideas, works-in-progress, project milestones/challenges/summaries, and to get conference presentation experience, and learn about other projects being done at MTSU.

Examples of digital projects include (but are not limited to):

  • spatial research (with StoryMaps, ArcGIS, QGIS, Zeemaps, CartoDB, Batchgeo);
  • text analysis (with Oxygen, OpenRefine, TEI, Viewshare, or Voyant);
  • crowdsourcing or annotation research (Hypothes.is, Scripto);
  • digital publishing (Scalar, Git, PressForward, Twine, Adobe, Drupal);
  • digitization projects (with Omeka or CONTENTdm) or web applications;
  • applying data visualizations or machine learning for discovery (with Tableau, R, D3, Python);
  • network analysis (with Palladio or Gephi);
  • temporal analysis (with TimelineJS, SIMILE);
  • qualitative research (NVivo) or statistical analysis (SPSS);
  • immersive media; computational methodologies; and others                                                                                                                                        

Selected projects will present in a lightning round style Showcase on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Presenters will have 2, 4, or 7 minutes to present the use of technologies and overview of their digital projects. Computer, internet access, whiteboard and a microphone will be available for use. For examples projects, see the lineup from last year's Showcase 2017 here.

*Applications are due October 26, notifications to selected speakers are November 1. Send questions to digitalscholar[at]mtsu[dot]edu.

** APPLICATION FORM  (Link)         WORKSHOP SCHEDULE/CFP (PDF) 

Social Explorer Workshop

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.

This hands-on workshop will begin with an overview of the data sets in Social Explorer, followed by step-by-step instructions for completing the following tasks:

  • Create maps using specific variables (e.g., race)
  • Change visualization types
  • Create and compare side-by-side maps
  • Save and share your map
  • Use the “Tell a Story” tool to provide context for your maps.

 

Prerequisites: None

Presenter: Walker Library’s Digital Initiatives Librarian, Professor Ken Middleton

Location: Walker Library, LIB 264A (Instruction Classroom)

REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

Scholarly Publishing Workshop

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 of the scholarly publishing model as well as an overview of author publishing concerns. In addition to lecture time, the session will include hands-on activities in which participants will create an individualized, multistep action plan for turning one’s research into a submitted article.

Session topics:

  • Overview of scholarly communication
  • Introduction to the Open Access movement       
  • Using library resources to locate possible journals in one’s field
  • Understanding author publishing agreements
  • Production of an individual action plan

 

Prerequisites: Familiarity with one’s research interests/agenda

Presenter: Walker Library’s Education Librarian, Dr. Karen Reed

Location: Walker Library, LIB 264A (Instruction Classroom)


REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

StoryMaps Workshop

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 start? Come learn about StoryMaps, an interactive mapping application by ESRI.

Unknown Object

Introduction to StoryMaps, Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 11:30am-12:30pm

Prerequisites: Registration required for hands-on learning with the software

Presenter: Walker Library’s Digital Initiatives Librarian, Professor Ken Middleton

Location: Walker Library, LIB 264A (Instruction Classroom)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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