Location: Africana Center

How we organize (or don’t) the various media we collect can help to either facilitate or obscure connection. In this workshop we’ll start by looking at Homosaurus, an international LGBTQ+ vocabulary to enhance discoverability of LGBTQ+ resources, as an example for making connections and worlds visible. We’ll introduce best practices for file management, then focus specifically on organizing images using two different applications (Tropy and Adobe Bridge) for researchers and photographers.

This workshop moves beyond the basics of Zotero. In this workshop you will learn to...

Are you managing data for a research project and feeling overwhelmed? Learn tips & techniques for organizing your data from Tisch's research data librarian. This workshop will touch on folder structures, file naming, metadata, and more.

This workshop is part of the Graduate Workshop Series for an AS&E graduate student audience, but we invite undergraduate students and grad students from other Tufts schools to join us at this workshop if you're interested!

Need a brain break? Come meditate on shape, color, and pattern using basic graphic design tools (no prior experience needed). At the end of our time we’ll print out designs to make into buttons!

Registration optional.

Need a brain break? Come learn how to animate in Adobe After Effects using shapes and found images. At the end of our time we’ll compile everyone’s animation into one video to create a collaborative loop. No prior experience required.

Esoterica! Join Special Collections for a lecture on Tarot and other forms of cartomancy. 

**This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience**

Who: The Digital Humanities curious

What: Lunch, lightning talk style presentations focused on GIS, and conversation

Where: Tisch Library Room 223

When: Tuesday November 14 from noon-1pm

Why: Because we want to learn and build community

For questions please contact Peter Nadel (peter.nadel@tufts.edu) or Micah Saxton (micah.saxton@tufts.edu)

Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.