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Writing Tune-Up Workshop

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This two-day workshop focuses on grammar and is open to everyone at U of G and in the Guelph community. Topics include structuring sentences, using verbals and modifiers, punctuating sentences,

Intro to Programming with Python (Part 2)

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the library's Intro to Programming with Python (Part 2), we will go beyond the built-in. Participants will learn to iterate over data with loops, use conditional logic to make

Q&A Session on U of G’s Draft Freedom of Expression Policy Statement

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Open Learning and Educational Support is hosting a Q&A session for faculty and staff on the University of Guelph’s draft Freedom of Expression policy statement that was recently endorsed at

DIY Teaching: Create Open Digital Course Content with the Library

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In this library workshop, instructors will learn about the practice and benefits of integrating open educational practices (OEP) and resources (OER) into their classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to

S2 Speaker Series: Rethink Everything, Or At Least Some Things

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Let’s talk about how to have tough conversations. It feels as though open dialogue is a great next step to confronting biases, assumptions, and exploring unmet needs. How can we

IF Series Brown Bag Lunch: The Open Movement: Where the women at?

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The Open Movement: Where the women at? Bring your lunch to THINC Lab, Library Room 280, and join us for a fun and friendly discussion, lead by Amy Buckland, Head, Research

Control Academic Stress Series: Learning from Failure

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the fifth session of the Control Academic Stress Series, we will discuss how failure affects us and how we can learn from failure. We will learn strategies to help

Introduction to Author Rights

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

So you want to publish your work. Whether it's in a traditional peer reviewed journal, or through github, there are things to consider when publishing to make sure you retain

Control Academic Stress Series: Planning and Prioritizing

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the fourth session of the Control Academic Stress Series, you will learn practical planning and prioritization strategies to help achieve school-work-life balance. The workshop will also review tools to use for short-term and long-term planning and strategies for self-care. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter

Introduction to Research Data Management

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

You've likely come across the term "research data management" with increased frequency now that funding agencies are discussing requirements. Have no fear, the library is here to help you. Join us in this introductory session to learn tips and tricks for managing your research data, and hear how the library can help you. McLaughlin Library,

Modeling in SAS Studio

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Data in real life is messy and not as ideal as what we see in text books. Linear mixed modeling is a technique used in statistical analysis to deal with data that has hierarchical or  clustered levels that are too complicated to be analyzed using general linear modelling techniques. This workshop is intended to demonstrate

Control Academic Stress Series: Coping with Exam Anxiety

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Feeling anxious about tests and exams? In the third session of the Control Academic Stress Series we will discuss strategies to help you cope with exam anxiety while preparing for

Control Academic Stress Series: Procrastination and Perfectionism

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the second session of the Control Academic Stress series,  we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to

Control Academic Stress Series: Procrastination and Perfectionism

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the first session of the Control Academic Stress series, we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition

IF Series Brown Bag Lunch: A White Vegetarian Professor-Mom Supports the Haudenosaunee Hunt in the Shorthills Provincial Park — and Learns to Sit Quietly

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A White Vegetarian Professor-Mom Supports the Haudenosaunee Hunt in the Shorthills Provincial Park -- and Learns to Sit Quietly Speaker: Julie Cairnie Register here: http://cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3462846 Library: THINC Lab, Room 280

IF…Series presents Tara Bynum “Sarah and Bess: An Accounting of Two Black Girl-Friends”

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

THINC Lab welcomes visiting fellow Tara Bynum of Hampshire College for her talk Sarah and Bess: An Accounting of Two Black Girl-Friends. Prof. Bynum will discuss her new project, a digitization of Cesar Lyndon's account book and will consider what a digital scholarly edition can help us understand about a text and its historical moment. Register

Open Access Week Film Screening: “Paywall”

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Did you know that the library spends over $6 million annually to provide access to research outputs that researchers have provided freely to publishers? Globally, academic publishers earn over $25

Open Access Week: Keynote Speaker

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Come kick off this year’s Open Access Week with our opening keynote, Kelsey Merkley. Merkley is a Senior Policy Advisor at Ontario Digital Service and an open innovation practitioner with

Data Skills Workshop: Voyant Tools

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Voyant Tools is a web-based text reading and analysis environment that allows you to do a  number of straight-forward text analysis functions, including but not limited to: word counts, tag cloud creation, colocation and word trending. Voyant Tools allows one to read a single document or an enormous collection of works “from a distance”, meaning

Data Skills Workshop: Tableau Part 1

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A picture is worth a thousand words! Especially when you don’t have to read the thousand words it would take to explain the patterns and trends in your data. There are many reasons why information is easier to explain, explore and convince with in a visual format.  This session will provide you with some introductory