Articles tagged with: Training & Development

• GIS Day Buzz

  Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | By sjanzen

  

  Wednesday, November 15th marks a special day in the geography world as we gear up to celebrate GIS! Geographic Information Systems (GIS) combines software, hardware, data and people to create, analyze and disseminate geospatial data and ideas about where and why things happen as they do. Join us this year to learn more about GIS and specifically ArcGIS, the industry standard for mapping technology. The Map, Data & GIS Library is hosting a variety of events including:

  Wednesday, November 15, 2023

  10-11:30 a.m. GIS for Faculty and Staff: A 90 minute workshop introducing attendees to the Esri site license and ArcGIS software options for research, teaching and administrative tasks. Registration recommended.

  12-1:15 p.m. Pizza & Cake in the MDGL: Join the Tourism and Geography Society (TAGS) for lunch in the MDGL where anyone can buy a slice of pizza ($$) and partake of the infamous GIS Day cake (free)!

  1:30-3:30 p.m. GIS for Brock Community: This 120 minute session will introduce students, faculty and staff to GIS with a hands-on component. Attendees should bring their own device to engage fully with the session. Registration recommended.

  Further to the Brock GIS Day festivities, interested parties can take advantage of the FREE online GIS Days Conference hosted by Western University Libraries. The conference runs from Nov. 13-16, 2023. Check out the schedule and register today!

  Brock representations at the GIS Days conference includes:

  Tuesday, Nov. 14, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Introduction to ArcGIS Online by Sharon Janzen

  Thursday, Nov. 16, 11 a.m. HGIS Lightning talk by Rebecca Nickerson

  Questions? Contact maplib@brocku.ca (Map, Data & GIS Library, MC-C306)

  Tags: ArcGIS, MDGL, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Main, MDGL

• New year, new academic search tool

  Monday, January 06, 2020 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Come explore Omni, our new academic search tool. All students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend one of three hands-on workshops this month.

  Learn to:

  • discover collections at Brock and the 13 other partner institutions.
  • refine search results by availability, resource type, focused subjects, library collection, and more.
  • browse a virtual bookshelf using Virtual Browse.
  • follow citations from references within an article, and those that cite it.
  • pin, collate, and tag materials in your ‘favourites’ file for easy retrieval.
  • cite, email, and export to a citation tool to manage your information.

  You are welcome to just drop-in to a session however, students will earn CWC credit if they register first on ExperienceBU

  Tags: Faculty, Staff, Students, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Main, Uncategorised

• Explore Digital Scholarship This Fall

  Friday, August 30, 2019 | By afloyd

  

  September is here and we are very excited to welcome everyone back to Brock University for the Fall semester! We hope you are as ready to get back to learning and doing as we are.

  This Fall the Brock University Digital Scholarship Lab is offering a series of hands-on workshops, each of which focuses on a different tool or skill that will be beneficial to your learning experience and will also give you skills to add to your resumé.  Another bonus of attending these workshops, is that they will earn you credit towards your Campus-Wide Co-Curriculum Certificate. Each workshop is open to everyone.  Workshops included in this series are as follows:

  September 12 –  Introduction to OpenRefine

  September 18 – Introduction to R

  September 27 – Introduction to Data Visualization

  October 1 – ArcGIS Pro: the software, a flu outbreak and network analysis

  October 7 – Introduction to Python

  October 15-16 – Software Carpentry. This is a two day even that requires a small fee to attend.

  October 21 – Introduction to Data Science with Python. Case Study: Sci-Hub close to home

  October 30 – Python 2.0. Attendance to the first Python workshop is beneficial but is not required.

  November 6 – Introduction to R – Nov. 6

  November 11 – Introduction to the Command Line

  November 12 –  Intro. to Data Visualization – Nov. 12

  November 20 – Introduction to PowerBI

  November 26 – Introduction to Tableau

  To learn more about the series including dates, times and registration information, please visit ExperienceBU. For questions please contact dsl@brocku.ca

   

  Tags: BrockUDSL, Digital Scholarship Lab, MDGL, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Digital Scholarship Lab, Main

• On Display: Have you met Lynda?

  Thursday, August 01, 2019 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Have you met Lynda? You should. She has a thing or two to teach you.

  Brock University students, faculty and staff have unlimited access to Lynda.com which offers more than 5,000 video tutorials taught by recognized industry experts that help people learn business, technology, software and creative skills.

  Here’s how to access courses of interest to you:

  Go to Lynda.com
  Click on the menu on the top of the screen.
  Click Sign In.
  Click the Sign in with your organization portal link.
  Enter brocku.ca and click Continue.
  Sign in with your Brock credentials. Enter your Brock username and password and click the Log in button.

  Tags: display, Training & Development
  Categories: Featured Collections, Main

• Software Carpentry Workshop

  Wednesday, January 09, 2019 | By afloyd

  

  Join the Brock Digital Scholarship Lab for this two day Software Carpentry workshop. The goal of this workshop is 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. This will be an excellent forum for conversation and networking! Hope to see you there. Only 30 spots available so sign up now!

  Who:  This course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

  When: February 21-22, 2019 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  Where: Plaza 600F, Brock University

  Cost: $20.00 + $1.51 Fee

  For more information visit ExperienceBU.

  Register for this event.

   

  Tags: Digital Scholarship Lab, Software Carpentry, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Digital Scholarship Lab

• Introduction to ArcGIS – DSL Style

  Monday, November 19, 2018 | By afloyd

  

  On Wednesday, December 5 from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. in Classroom A on the main floor of the James A. Gibson Library, the Digital Scholarship Lab, in partnership with the Map, Data and GIS Library, is hosting an Introduction to ArcGIS workshop.

  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used to create maps and analyze geospatial data. GIS tools can be used to create data visualizations for a variety projects and its functionality is not constrained to geographical research projects alone. Some examples of diverse GIS applications include research on: disease control, agriculture, tourism, astronomy, archaeology, human behavior, shipping routes and traffic, wildlife tracking, climate change, crime patterns, banking, gaming, history, humanitarianism, and sports. The options really are endless.

  In this workshop you will learn basic functionality of Esri’s front-running software, ArcGIS Pro. Using a fictional scenario, we will use GIS to determine where Starbucks Corporation should build a new coffee shop based on certain criteria. Although previous experience with GIS is helpful, beginners are welcome! This workshop is a great first step in determining if GIS can be applied to your research projects and presentations.

  Sign up at: ExperienceBU or email us at dsl@brocku.ca

  Tags: BrockUDSL, MDGL, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Digital Scholarship Lab, Main, MDGL

• DSL Invites YOU to Introductory GitHub Workshop

  Monday, November 19, 2018 | By afloyd

  

  The Digital Scholarship Lab is hosting a GitHub and version control workshop on Wednesday, December 5th from 2-4:30 p.m. in Classroom A of the James A. Gibson Library.  This is an introductory workshop and is open to everyone. There is no cost to attend this event.

  GitHub is a very useful version control system that allows for efficient and effective project collaboration. GitHub allows multiple people to share and edit projects, as well as track revisions. If you are working on a group research project, want to connect with other GitHub users, or simply would like more information on this innovative tool then this workshop is for you.

  Sign up at: ExperienceBU or email us at dsl@brocku.ca.

  Tags: BrockUDSL, Events, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Digital Scholarship Lab

• Introductory OpenRefine Workshop

  Monday, November 05, 2018 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  The Brock University Digital Scholarship Lab invites you to attend a workshop on the powerful data management tool OpenRefine.  If you work with data in spreadsheets, you will find this tool particularly useful. OpenRefine allows you to work with CSV data in intuitive and efficient ways.  Spot trends in your results, ensure accuracy, and perform transformations to all rows of data based on formulas.  OpenRefine quickly takes messy data and transforms it into a more comprehensive format.  This tutorial starts at the very beginning and provides hands on examples for you to explore.

  When: Monday, November 12^th, 2018, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  Where: Classroom A (ST228), James A. Gibson Library, Brock University

  Sign-up at: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/organization/dsl

  Questions? Contact the DSL team at: dsl@brocku.ca

  Tags: Events, Training & Development, Workshops
  Categories: Main

• Learn a new skill with Lynda.com

  Friday, November 02, 2018 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Brock University students, faculty and staff now have unlimited access to Lynda.com, a leading online, self-paced learning platform. Learn more.

  Tags: Staff, Students, Training & Development
  Categories: Main

• Now Available @ Brock University: Lynda.com

  Friday, July 20, 2018 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Brock University students, faculty and staff now have unlimited access to Lynda.com, a leading online, self-paced learning platform. Learn more.

  Tags: Our Collections, Training & Development
  Categories: Main