Today's Events & Exhibitions

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Apr
14
Promotional image of the workshop, with UCSB Library and DREAM Lab logos
  • Mon, 04/14/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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In this beginner-friendly workshop, you'll learn the basics of Git, a powerful command line tool for tracking changes in coding projects, and GitHub, a web-based platform for sharing and collaborating on code. We'll guide you through setting up a Git project, making and tracking changes,...

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Apr
16
Promotional image of the workshop, with UCSB Library and DREAM Lab logos
  • Wed, 04/16/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This workshop builds on the Getting Started with Git and GitHub session, introducing essential collaboration techniques. You'll learn how to work with branches and forks, follow best practices for preventing and resolving merge conflicts, and use Git effectively within integrated development...

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Apr
28
  • Mon, 04/28/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Data visualizations are powerful tools for showcasing patterns and insights from research findings. However, their effectiveness in communicating information relies heavily on sound design and accuracy principles. Join us for a discussion on what makes data visualizations effective and the...

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May
1
Promotional image of the workshop, with UCSB Library, DREAM Lab, and Data Carpentry logos
  • Thu, 05/01/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. It starts with information about the R programming language and the RStudio interface. It then moves to loading in data and exploring how to visualise it with ggplot2. The next episode takes learners through...

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May
2
Promotional image of the workshop, with UCSB Library, DREAM Lab, and Data Carpentry logos
  • Thu, 05/01/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. It starts with information about the R programming language and the RStudio interface. It then moves to loading in data and exploring how to visualise it with ggplot2. The next episode takes learners through...

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May
7
Illustration of a grid of items around a three books with a checkmark
  • Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Registration is required.

The UCSB Library is offering a workshop for graduate students on publishing. This workshop is designed to teach students about the different venues available for publishing articles, manuscripts, and...

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May
8
Promotional image of the workshop, with UCSB Library, DREAM Lab, and Data Carpentry logos
  • Thu, 05/01/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. It starts with information about the R programming language and the RStudio interface. It then moves to loading in data and exploring how to visualise it with ggplot2. The next episode takes learners through...

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May
9
  • Fri, 05/09/2025 - 9:30am to 11:30am
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to transform and clean messy spreadsheets using OpenRefine, an open-source tool designed for data wrangling. Whether you're dealing with inconsistent data, duplicates, or complex formatting issues, OpenRefine will help you automate and streamline the...

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May
13
  • Tue, 05/13/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This is a hands-on workshop where we will introduce participants to APIs and how to interact with them using Postman, without requiring programming knowledge. Attendees will learn key API concepts, authentication methods, and how to perform requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) using the GitHub API...

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May
15
Illustration of a grid of items around a green circle with ID in the center
  • Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Registration is required.

The UCSB Library is offering a workshop for graduate students on managing professional identities online. 
In this workshop we will cover:

  • Identifying...
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May
21
Illustration of a grid of items around a circle R, a TM, and a SM
  • Wed, 05/21/2025 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Registration is required.

Please join UCSB librarians for a presentation all about trademarks. This event is geared to graduate students, although everyone is welcome.

Attendees will learn about:

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May
28
Illustration of a grid of items around the eScholarship logo
  • Wed, 05/28/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Registration is required.

This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to the University of California Open Access Repository, eScholarship. Attendees will learn how to claim their eScholarship author profile,...

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