This session will demonstrate real workflows and tools for backing up and versioning your research data. We will cover a variety of techniques for protecting your data, from low/no tech to more technical coding based tools, such as github. No matter what your discipline or what materials you work with, this workshop will assist you […]
Join us on Oct. 6 for the first event in the 2023-24 First Fridays season, featuring presentations from the Performing Arts Archives and from the central processing unit at the Archives and Special Collections. Please register to attend in person or online. ASL interpreters will be present for all First Fridays events.
Ready for midterms? Have tests, papers and projects or a mountain of homework? Do you need some new study tips and tricks for midterms? In this online workshop, reflect on your semester so far and make a study plan whether you have papers, finals or other types of assignments. Learn new time management techniques and […]
This workshop will cover: learning from a quant about the value of the Bloomberg Terminal on the job; practicing on the terminal in small teams to access data and do project analysis; learning how MFM and FQF help prepare you for Quantitative Finance/Data Science jobs. This is an important resource to have access to on campus, with two terminals on the East Bank at Walter Library.
Join us to celebrate children’s literature at the annual Kerlan Awards! The Kerlan Award Committee, led by chair Alex Genis, has selected two recipients of the 2023 Kerlan Award to be presented on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 at Elmer L. Andersen Library: Laurie Hertzel, former editor of the Star Tribune Book Review and past president of the National Book Critics Circle; and award-winning artist/writer Lauren Stringer. This hybrid event takes place in person and online.
Meet with fellow students on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more. Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office. […]
Please join us on Oct. 12 to celebrate the launch of Dianna Hunter’s latest publication, “Clouded Waters,” a mystery/romance novel set in what we now call the Mesabi Range in Minnesota, published by Holy Cow! Press. While reading, Dianna will be accompanied by local musician Lisa Kane. Following the reading, we will have the opportunity to explore the Dianna Hunter Papers collection, which is archived in the Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries. The collection’s curator, Aiden Bettine, will be available to help guests explore the papers, and enjoy a tour of the Tretter Collection housed in the Elmer L. Andersen Library’s geology-friendly underground caverns (pre-registration required).
Recently, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memo requiring that all federal funding agencies adapt a data sharing policy for their grantees. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is one agency that has already implemented this requirement, and all federal funders will do so by 2025. What does this mean for […]
Learn about using EndNote to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNote Online, a web-based version of EndNote freely available to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff. We will send a Zoom link to students who are registered one […]
Meet with fellow students on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more. Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office. […]
Join us Friday, Oct. 27 for the opening reception of Dance Roots: Minnesota’s Movers and Shakers, an exhibit celebrating the breadth and depth of Minnesota's dance community preserved in the University’s Performing Arts Archives. Enjoy refreshments as you mix and mingle over this rare exhibition. The reception begins at 5 p.m. A reading of the new book Grace & Grit with the author Georgia Finnegan will begin at 6:30 p.m. Please register if you plan to attend the event.
Join us on Nov. 3 for an event in the 2023-24 First Fridays season, featuring presentations from the Upper Midwest Literary Archives and the University Archives. Please register to attend in person or online. ASL interpreters will be present for all First Fridays events.
Join us on Monday, Nov. 6 to hear author Samuel Freedman speak about his new publication “Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights.” Following the talk will be a reception with a book signing and an opportunity to view the new exhibit “Symbolic Significance: Tracing the History of Jewish High Holidays and the First Day of School.”
This session will help you form good practices as you prepare to submit your research to a journal and affiliated data to a repository. Attendees will learn how to make informed decisions about where to publish by learning how to select appropriate journals and how to advocate for yourself and your research throughout the publication […]
Meet with fellow students on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more. Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office. […]
Learn about using EndNote to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNote Online, a web-based version of EndNote freely available to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff. We will send a Zoom link to students who are registered one […]
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