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Data Day 2016: Maximize the Impact of Your Data

Posted: April 26th, 2016

Please join us for Queen’s University’s third annual Data Day. You will learn about evolving Queen’s data services, national guidelines (e.g. Tri-Council), and national and international initiatives for managing, linking and promoting your research data. You will hear from Queen’s researchers about their experiences in data management and learn more about digital scholarship across disciplines.

Registration and the program for Data Day 2016 are available here.

Free webinar, Oct 29, 10am – 11am EST: Knowledge Unlatched – enabling Open Access for scholarly books

Posted: October 22nd, 2015

Wed October 29th 10am – 11am EST – FREE Webinar: Knowledge Unlatched Round 2 Webinar– enabling Open Access for scholarly books.

Description:
Knowledge Unlatched Round 2

After a highly successful pilot project last year in which 28 scholarly ebooks were funded by libraries all over the globe in order to make them openly accessible, Knowledge Unlatched (KU) returns with a Round 2 collection of 78 ebook titles. Come hear the Deputy Director of Knowledge Unlatched, Dr. Lucy Montgomery of Curtin University in Australia, share information about the creation of the Round 2 collection and how KU’s innovative open access model is attracting publishers and libraries alike.

Access the webinar here.

Publish your journal at Queen’s: Webinar – ‘Introduction to Open Journal Systems’

Posted: September 11th, 2015

Did you know that Queen’s Library manages a Journal Hosting Service for faculty or students who wish to publish an online Journal, conference proceedings or occasional papers series at Queen’s?   Find out more at this upcoming webinar:

Introduction to Open Journal Systems (OJS), Queen’s journal management and publishing system.

When: Monday, September 14th 2015 – 10:00am – 11:30am EST.

Connect to the webinar: https://join.me/publicknowledgeproject .

Register for QLC Workshops

Posted: January 6th, 2015

Welcome back!  The Queen’s Learning Commons offers a wide variety of workshops. To register, go to: www.queensu.ca/qlc/workshops

Digital Humanities in Academia – Expanding Horizons Workshop for Graduate Students

Posted: September 24th, 2014

Digital Humanities is a hot topic in academia, but what is it and how can you include it in your research? The Queen’s Learning Commons and the Queen’s University Library will host a panel discussion with Graduate Students, Faculty, and Librarians about their experiences with Digital Humanities (DH).  The event will take place on Wednesday, October 1, 4-5:30PM in Speaker’s Corner (main floor of Stauffer Library).

Panelists for the discussion:

Dr. James Carson, Department of History

Emily Murphy, Department of English

Jon DeTombe, Department of English

Kendall Garton, Department of History

Jennifer Hardwick, Department of English

Dr. Catherine Dhavernas, Department of French Studies

Graduate students can register for this workshop by going to the School of Graduate Studies’ website: http://www.queensu.ca/exph/

Nov. 5 workshop – Introduction to RefWorks

Posted: August 27th, 2013

Refresh your citation management abilities and create quick and easy bibliographies! Tired of manually typing in your citations? A long reference list can be a ton of work! With RefWorks, you can save time and energy on citations and devote yourself to your thoughts and ideas. We’ll go over how to import citations from a variety of sources, de-duplicate and manage your folders, and integrate RefWorks into Word through “Write and Cite”.  Register for a workshop.

Research Methods & Resources at Queen’s Library – Workshop

Posted: October 15th, 2012

Research resources at Queen’s are extensive and there are several approaches to discovering what is available in your discipline. This workshop provides an introduction to searching research literature strategically and comprehensively using a range of tools including discovery layers, interdisciplinary and discipline-specific databases, article alerts, open access materials, and citation analysis. Support for e-thesis production and citation management will also be reviewed.

This workshop will be held on Thursday, 25th October, 4:00-5:30pm.

To register, or to see a list of all Expanding Horizons Workshops, go to http://www.queensu.ca/sgs/exphor/schedule.html

Introduction to RefWorks – workshops for graduate students

Posted: October 5th, 2012

This session will provide graduate students and faculty with an introduction to RefWorks 2.0 bibliographic management software. Participants will have an opportunity for hands-on practice with importing and organizing references, creating bibliographies, and using the Write-n-Cite component of the software.

This course will be offered on two dates:

Thursday, October 11, 2012, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Tuesday, October 30, 2012,
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Register online.

Writing Successfully in the Social Sciences: Advice from the Experts

Posted: February 29th, 2012

“Writing Successfully in the Social Sciences: Advice from the Experts” will be a Speaker’s Corner Forum event presented by the Writing Centre and the Queen’s Learning Commons.

The forum will be held on Monday, March 5, 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Speaker’s Corner, ground floor, Stauffer Library.

Featured Panellists: Professor Jonathan Rose, Department of Political Studies; Sylvia Andrychuk, Stauffer Library, Gender Studies and Sociology Librarian; Christina Salavantis, Head TA, Sociology 122; Nadine Compton, 4th year student, Global Development Studies

The event is open to all students, TAs, and faculty

Who’s Citing You? Citation Search Tools Workshop

Posted: April 25th, 2011

Tue., May 10, 10:00-11:30am
Wed., May 11, 1:00-2:30pm
Location: E-classroom, Engineering & Science Library (Douglas Library)

Citation-tracking databases offer powerful analytical capabilities that can improve your literature searches and help you understand the impact of your research. Knowing where and how often your work is being cited is useful when preparing grant applications, applying for a new academic or research position, preparing a tenure or promotion portfolio and deciding where to submit an article for publication.

Register online at http://library.queensu.ca/node/8465.

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