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Love Data Week Workshops, February 13th through 17th, #LoveData23

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Love Data Week kicks off February 13 and runs through February 17, 2023.

Celebrate International Love Data Week with the Digital Scholarship Center (DiSC)! We will be hosting an in-person open house on Thursday, February 16th in room 2701 Fenwick Library. Throughout the week we will be offering series of short, 30-minute data workshops (virtual) at noon. Use the links below for more details and to register.

The theme this year is Data: Agent of Change — using data to bring about changes that matter. Policy change, environmental change, social change… we can move mountains with the right data guiding our decisions. This year, we are focused on helping new and seasoned data users find data and other resources that can help move the needle on the issues they care about. #LoveData23

Monday, Feb 13: A Beginner’s Guide to Text Analysis Tools

Tuesday, Feb 14: Resources for Finding Geospatial Data

Wednesday, Feb 15: R for Data: How to Get Started

Friday, Feb 17: Writing NIH Data Management & Sharing Plans: Tips & Tools

Questions? Feel free to send us an e-mail at datahelp@gmu.edu.

This Friday: Library Block Party!

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Come hang out with the libraries for a virtual chat on Friday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Relax and pour yourself a large mug of tea or coffee for this casual session. This session will start with a series of five-minute lightning talks from each of our departments followed by breakout rooms where you can ask follow-up questions about our resources and services, and find out how to start collaborating! Register at https://gmu.libcal.com/event/8541428.

Libraries celebrates Love Data Week 2022

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Data is for everyone! Wait … data are for everyone? Either way, Love Data Week 2022 (February 14-18) is about how different folks use data.

Love Data Week is sponsored by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). This year’s theme focuses on the people side of data and asks questions like “What does data look like in different disciplines?” and “How about biases in data… who is ‘in’ the data and who is invisible?” Follow the activities on social media using #LoveData22.

In celebration of Love Data Week, the Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Center (DiSC) will be offering three short 30-minute workshops focusing on data tools. You can learn more and register at the links below.

Faculty Fridays with the Libraries

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Curious about how Mason Libraries can support you in your research and instruction? Have questions about various services or resources? Join us this semester for Faculty Fridays with the Libraries, a virtual workshop series catered to your research and library-related instruction needs. In these workshops, we will introduce you to the tools, services, and people that will help you be a more efficient and organized researcher and instructor! You can view all of our upcoming workshops – from Google Scholar to Academic Publishing, and more – and register at https://go.gmu.edu/facultyfridays.