During the pandemic, most humanists were limited to searching digitized collections for primary source research. Now more libraries and archives are opening up their special collections readings rooms for on-site research. During this interactive workshop, we'll provide guidance on figuring out what collecting institution to visit, as well as what to know before you go. Then we'll simulate an on-site research visit, including taking pictures of different kinds of materials for your reference long after your visit.

Creating an online scholarly identity can increase the visibility of your research and publications, enhance networking opportunities, and help potential collaborators to find you. Consciously curating and monitoring your scholarly online image helps you take control of what people see when they search for you online. During this workshop you will begin to strategize how to design your online scholarly identity through establishing profiles, sharing your work, using networking tools and social media, and monitoring your presence.

Charts, graphs, maps, and infographics are a great way to communicate research, but not all visualizations are created equal. In this workshop we will talk about the ways that you can create truthful and effective visualizations — as well as common ways it goes wrong. We will implement these principles by creating data visualizations in Adobe Illustrator.

Podcasts can be a way of engaging broad public audiences with your research interests. During this workshop, we’ll help you to conceptualize podcasting as a form of public scholarship, and we’ll equip you with the knowledge and lingo to begin your podcasting journey. After this orientation, you will know:

This is part two of a two-part workshop. Python is a popular and powerful coding language that can be used across multiple disciplines. In this workshop we will explore how you can use Python with the associated pandas library to work with datasets and perform simple analyses. No coding experience is required for this workshop. We'll be following the Plotting and Programming in Python lesson from Software Carpentry.

This is part one of a two-part workshop. Python is a popular and powerful coding language that can be used across multiple disciplines. In this workshop we will explore how you can use Python with the associated pandas library to work with datasets and perform simple analyses. No coding experience is required for this workshop. We'll be following the Plotting and Programming in Python lesson from Software Carpentry.

The Unix shell has been around longer than most of its users have been alive. It has survived so long because it’s a powerful tool that allows people to do complex things with just a few keystrokes. More importantly, it helps them combine existing programs in new ways and automate repetitive tasks so they aren’t typing the same things over and over again. Use of the shell is fundamental to using a wide range of other powerful tools and computing resources (including “high-performance computing” supercomputers).

Charts, graphs, maps, and infographics are a great way to communicate research, but not all visualizations are created equal. In this workshop we will talk about the ways that you can create truthful and effective visualizations and look at a series of examples to see how visualizations can go terribly wrong. We will also start to work with Tableau to make attractive visualizations.

Get your digital hands dirty while getting to know Adobe Illustrator in this experimental, process-focused workshop. We’ll go over a handful of tools both foundational and esoteric while making beautiful vector-based digital canvases. No previous experience with Illustrator is required, and attendees can choose to print their creations on-site in the Digital Design Studio at the end of the workshop.

InDesign is a powerful layout software for making reports and other publications look engaging and readable, from printed booklets to folded mailers. Nonprofits, government jobs, and even private corporations regularly produce reports to communicate information, stories, and data with stakeholders – and they don't always hire a designer, so some InDesign knowledge might go a long way. We'll go over some of the basics of InDesign, take a look at some example reports, and talk about design choices.