Library Calendar

In this workshop, you will learn a method for planning qualitative data analysis (QDA) and choosing which tools you will need for your project. We begin by focusing on the intended outcomes of your project and moving back from there to decide your next steps.

Happy Lunar New Year 2024! Please join us on Monday, 2/5 from 2-4 pm in the Orange Room of the Main Library to make your own DIY paper lantern. Free! Snacks provided.

Have you ever been curious about how 3D Printing works? This Savvy will help you get familiar with 3D Printing processes at the University.

In this workshop, you will learn a method for planning qualitative data analysis (QDA) and choosing which tools you will need for your project. We begin by focusing on the intended outcomes of your project and moving back from there to decide your next steps.

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Illinois REDCap and how it can be used for the collection of research data, including how to create projects, instruments, and surveys and how to start collecting research data.

Curious about mapping the relationships between people, places, and institutions and seeing how they change over time? Join us to play with GephiLite, a beginner-friendly network analysis tool, and learn how to visualize relationships as webs of connection.

This session will cover conceptual design, storytelling techniques, and scriptwriting. Our goal is to set a strong foundation to help researchers understand communication in this popular, innovative format.

Funk ACES Library is celebrating Chinese New Year from February 9 to February 15. All are welcome to stop by our 2nd floor to play with fortune telling, pick-up a Lucky Red Envelope and traditional Chinese candies (while supplies last)!

This webinar introduces the basic tools and resources for government statistics and data. Attendees will learn about the major federal government and intergovernmental organizations' statistics and data as well as strategies to search for government statistics.

In this workshop, we will discuss free tools that are available for conducting qualitative data analysis, with a focus on Taguette and spreadsheet tools. This workshop does not assume any previous knowledge of Taguette or other QDA software, but does expect that you know how to work with data in spreadsheet format.

In celebration of the upcoming holiday, join us on 2/12 in the Orange Room of the Main Library from 1-3 pm to make homemade stickers inspired by everyone's favorite little Valentine's candies that say so much with so few words! Free conversation heart candies and other sticker templates provided. We hope to see you there!

Mediaspace is a YouTube-like service that allows U of I people to post and share videos, and you can use it to promote your research, for teaching, or outreach. Now, Zoom meetings you record to the cloud go directly into Mediaspace! You can publish your media broadly or selectively.

This workshop illustrates a wide array of data formats used in research and socially. In this workshop we will talk about data use, reuse, data management and ethics of using data.

Technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help researchers to enhance their data management plan. There are many areas where AI can help researchers strengthen and improve data quality. However, researchers must manage their data and build a strategy before using AI.

In this workshop, we will discuss free tools that are available for conducting qualitative data analysis, with a focus on Taguette and spreadsheet tools. This workshop does not assume any previous knowledge of Taguette or other QDA software, but does expect that you know how to work with data in spreadsheet format. If you would like to explore Taguette before the workshop,

This Illinois REDCap workshop will focus on advanced ways Illinois REDCap can be used to collect research data, including how to build or edit projects with a Data Dictionary, collecting data with repeatable instruments, and collecting longitudinal data with defined events.

Are you having trouble organizing all of your sources but don’t know where to start? A citation manager can help you store your files, create citations, and insert formatted citations into papers.

Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly?

If you work with data you know it takes a ton of knowledge, skill, and effort. Did you know you could turn that hard work into a publication? Data papers are scholarly articles that provide detailed context about a dataset and promote its reuse. A data paper just might be the best way to get more recognition for your research.

During this webinar, Nora Davies will present some examples of the broadside ballad in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s Collection and discuss the importance of the ballad in the early modern era as well as the “true” characters featured in crime ballads to expand on her former exhibit Crymes and Rhymes: The Broadside Ballad and the Celebrity Criminal.

Trying to figure out how one event fits within the larger picture? Want to find patterns across hundreds or thousands of texts? Unlock the power of studying text on a large scale by joining us to play with AntConc, a beginner-friendly text mining software.

New to the university? Need a refresher on using the library? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to library resources and services. After this workshop, you’ll be able to navigate the library website with confidence to access print and electronic materials. Come with questions if you have them!

Material Driven, an international design firm and materials library, led by Purva Chawla and Adele Orcajada, will host a workshop in which participants will get hands-on experience creating their own bioplastics and bioleather from easy to find, sustainable, and edible materials. This is an online and in person workshop.

iSchool faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members are invited to a screening of The Right to Read. The film shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.

Are you struggling to keep track of all your sources? Looking for an easier way to cite as you write? Mendeley is a free citation manager that helps you organize your citations, store and annotate your files, and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with the ability to set up and use your very own Mendeley library!

Are you overwhelmed by organizing your sources? Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that helps you store and organize your files and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with a Zotero library set up and ready to use!

This Savvy will guide you through the basics of 3D printing, and best practices.

Professor Elizabeth Massa Hoiem (iSchool, University of Illinois) joins us to discuss her new book analyzing the rise of playful learning in the context of colonization and child labor.

Google Scholar is an incredibly popular and useful tool for research with several features that scholars may not be familiar with.

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) holds an extensive collection of primary source material, including 500,000 volumes and 5,000 linear sq. ft. of archival material. This workshop will explore the various ways in which patrons can engage with the RBML’s collection, including individual research, classroom instruction, and opportunities for collaboration.

In this session, new podcasters learn how to create an intentional, personalized brand to really make their show their own. We cover promoting and marketing podcasts through social media and other ways to get word out!

Are you preparing for an upcoming conference? Need to design a poster for your class? This workshop will give you tools for communicating your research for academic conferences and professional meetings in a concise and visually effective poster presentation. This event is co-sponsored by the University Library, the Writers Workshop, and the Office of Undergraduate Researc

Are you having trouble organizing all of your sources but don’t know where to start? A citation manager can help you store your files, create citations, and insert formatted citations into papers.

Learn how to use EndNote, a citation management software program, to keep track and organize citations and cite while you write your papers.

In our everyday experience, sounds come from all around us; however, recorded sound has been traditionally limited to two speakers. New processing hardware and software algorithms allow us to work with sound in three dimensions!

Join us on Tuesday, Feb 27, for an interactive Fair Use Gameshow to celebrate Fair Use Week! Your host, Sara Benson (U of I) will be joined by an all-star panel including Kyle Courtney (Harvard), Sandra Enimil (Yale), and Pia Hunter (U of I Law).

New to the university? Need a refresher on using the library? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to library resources and services. After this workshop, you’ll be able to navigate the library website with confidence to access print and electronic materials. Come with questions if you have them!

The HathiTrust Digital Library is the world’s largest, holding nearly 17.5 million digitized volumes from research libraries around the world. The HathiTrust Research Center, co-located here at UIUC and at Indiana University, is the research gateway to that enormous, near-universal library.