Register for workshops via our registration page. Most workshops are offered either in-person or remotely via Zoom (a hybrid option is not available). Participants must register in order to receive the Zoom meeting password if attending a workshop offered via Zoom.

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Intro to GIS: QGIS Basics (Adam Lindsley)

Thursday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in person in the Autzen classroom (Valley 2082)

• Need to use geospatial data in your research? Learn how to load tabular, raster, and vector geospatial data, add base maps and other online services, extract relevant data, and author basic maps. In this workshop we'll use QGIS, an open-source software suite compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux/UNIX. If you're already familiar with other GIS software this training may be useful to you, but assumes no prior knowledge.

Introduction to Patent Classification Search (David Irvin)

Friday, October 4, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., via Zoom

• Patent research is useful for inventors and scholars in various fields. This is an introductory workshop to Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) and the 7-step search strategy to find patents for research. For this workshop, we’ll use the CPC index provided by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the patent search tool called Patent Public Search.

Intro to Zotero: Manage Your Citations (Diana Park)      

Monday, October 7, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., in person in the Autzen classroom (Valley 2082)

• Learn the basics about this free web-based citation management tool, which you can use to save citations and PDFs, as well as incorporate citations into a Word document.  In this session we will cover how to set up a Zotero library, how to put citations into your library, how to use Word to cite as you go, and how to sync Zotero across multiple computers.

Intermediate/Advanced Zotero (Diana Park)       

Monday, October 7, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in person in the Autzen classroom (Valley 2082)

• Learn more advanced features of this free web-based citation management tool.  In this session we will cover how to use Zotero as a robust research tool through note taking and tagging options, how to import and export from other citation managers, how to add in more citation styles, and how to use Zotero Groups. 

Intro to LaTeX (Clara Llebot)       

Tuesday, October 8, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., via Zoom

• LaTeX is a free high-quality typesetting system suitable for any form of publishing, but especially useful for technical or scientific documents. It is designed so that you won’t have to worry as much about the appearance of your document, and will be able to focus on getting the right content. We will talk about the basic structure of a document, the typesetting of complex mathematical formulas, inclusion of figures, and the generation of bibliographies with BibTeX.  

Intro to GIS: QGIS Basics (Adam Lindsley)

Wednesday, October 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., via Zoom

• Need to use geospatial data in your research? Learn how to load tabular, raster, and vector geospatial data, add base maps and other online services, extract relevant data, and author basic maps. In this workshop we'll use QGIS, an open-source software suite compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux/UNIX. If you're already familiar with other GIS software this training may be useful to you, but assumes no prior knowledge.

Intro to R (no coding experience) (L .Borland)       

Thursday, October 10, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom

• This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html. 

Get Your Articles Quickly, Easily AND FOR FREE (Hannah Rempel)       

Friday, October 11, 11:00 - 11:30 a.m., via Zoom

• OSU Libraries provides access to scholarly sources, articles and books, in a number of different ways, including via subscriptions, open access, and borrowing from other libraries. In this workshop you'll learn several ways for accessing the articles you need quickly, easily, and FOR FREE - while helping the library maintain its commitment to open and sustainable scholarship.

Introductory Research Data Management Workshop, October 14-17        

October 14-17, asynchronous via Canvas

• Looking for tips and tools to better help you manage your research data, and preserve it for long-term use? Do you want to learn how to write a good Data Management Plan for a grant proposal? Topics in this asynchronous workshop will include getting started with data management planning, funder requirements for data sharing, metadata, tips to help keep you organized, sharing, archiving and preservation, and an introduction to tools and on-campus support to aid researchers.

Intro to Git-Beginner (Clara Llebot)       

Tuesday, October 15, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., via Zoom

• This workshop is an introduction to version control systems with Git. Version control systems are tools that keep track of the changes made on a document, and help version and merge files. They allow the user to decide which changes make up the next version, and keep useful data about them. Version control systems are usually used by developers and people who write code, but are very useful also for people working with documents in general. It is especially helpful for collaborative work with more than one person working on the same file. The Intro to Git workshop has two parts: beginner and advanced. Participants are welcome to come to only the beginner, only the intermediate, or both. The beginner workshop is designed for people who have never used Git or a version control system before, and want to learn more about what version control systems can do for them and their research. It will be a hands-on workshop where we will create a repository, record changes to files, create a GitHub account, and synchronize the local and remote repositories. This workshop uses the command line to learn git, but no previous experience using command line is necessary. Please install Git on your own computer before the start of the workshop. More information and installation instructions at https://osulp.github.io/workshop_intro_to_git/ 

Intro to Git-Intermediate (Clara Llebot)       

Tuesday, October 15, 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., via Zoom

• This workshop is an introduction to version control systems with Git for people with a little bit of experience with the basic commands of Git. Version control systems are tools that keep track of the changes made on a document, and help version and merge files. They allow the user to decide which changes make up the next version, and keep useful data about them. Version control systems are usually used by developers and people who write code, but are very useful also for people working with documents in general. It is especially helpful for collaborative work with more than one person working on the same file. The Intro to Git workshop has two parts: beginner and advanced. Participants are welcome to come to only the beginner, only the advanced, or both. The advanced workshop is designed for people who are still not very comfortable with Git but know the basic commands. Having completed the beginner workshop is a good way of preparing for the advanced workshop. During the advanced workshop we will work collaboratively in a repository, solve conflicts, create branches, forks, and pull requests. This workshop uses the command line to learn git, but no previous experience using command line is necessary. More information in https://osulp.github.io/workshop_intro_to_git/. If you come to the advanced lesson but not to the beginner lesson please follow the instructions in https://osulp.github.io/git-advanced/setup.html to come prepared before the workshop. Be sure to set up Git on your computer in advanced as there will not be time dedicated to doing this during the workshop.

Intro to R (no coding experience) (L .Borland)       

Wednesday, October 16, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom

• This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html. 

Intro to Zotero: Manage Your Citations (Hannah Rempel)      

Friday, October 18, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., via Zoom

• Learn the basics about this free web-based citation management tool, which you can use to save citations and PDFs, as well as incorporate citations into a Word document.  In this session we will cover how to set up a Zotero library, how to put citations into your library, how to use Word to cite as you go, and how to sync Zotero across multiple computers.

Intermediate/Advanced Zotero (Hannah Rempel)       

Friday, October 18, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., via Zoom

• Learn more advanced features of this free web-based citation management tool.  In this session we will cover how to use Zotero as a robust research tool through note taking and tagging options, how to import and export from other citation managers, how to add in more citation styles, and how to use Zotero Groups. 

Researching for the Literature Review (Hannah Rempel)       

Tuesday, October 22, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., in person in the Nishihara Family classroom (Valley 2024)

• Find out what the literature review is and how to get started, how to keep track of sources, searches and new research, and how to use library resources more effectively. 

Researching for the Literature Review (Hannah Rempel)       

Wednesday, October 23, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., via Zoom

• Find out what the literature review is and how to get started, how to keep track of sources, searches and new research, and how to use library resources more effectively. 

QGIS Intermediate (Adam Lindsley)       

Thursday, October 24, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., via Zoom

• Now that you've picked up the basics of QGIS, learn how to manipulate and analyze your data.  In Intermediate QGIS, we'll use the available spatial analysis tools to generate new insights into the material covered in the Basics workshop.  We'll use the raster calculator, join fields in databases, create hillshades, and make more complex, finished maps.  This workshop builds on the QGIS Basics workshop and may be difficult to follow if you have not taken Basics.

  NOTE: This workshop is provided via Zoom only; you must install QGIS on your own machine prior to the event to follow along.

Illustrator for Scientific Figures (Adam Lindsley)

Friday, October 25, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in person in the Autzen classroom (Valley 2082)

• Learn to use Adobe Illustrator to make and edit figures for publication (posters, presentations, infographics, journal articles!).  In this flipped classroom-style workshop, we'll be gathering to work through several projects from the LinkedIn Learning course, Creating Illustrator Infographics (https://www.linkedin.com/learning/creating-illustrator-infographics) as well as working with your own data.  Prior to the workshop, please watch the first three sections of Creating Illustrator Infographics. NOTE: OSU subscribes to Linkedin Learning for all faculty/students/staff. Please login here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/training/linkedin-learning BEFORE visiting the Creating Illustrator Infographics course!

  NOTE: This workshop is provided in-person; you will use software on computers in the Valley Library.

Using Qualtrics to Make Great Surveys (Diana Castillo)       

Wednesday, October 30, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., via Zoom

• If you will be doing research that involves collecting survey data, then you'll want to learn about Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful survey research tool (think Survey Monkey on steroids) available to all OSU faculty and students. It's easy, powerful and, best of all, IRB compliant.  This session will include content covered in both the Intro to Qualtrics and Intermediate/Advanced Qualtrics sessions. 

Exploring AI Tools for Literature Reviews (Hannah Rempel)

Wednesday, October 30, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., in person in the Nishihara Family classroom (Valley 2024)

• We'll explore generative AI tools that can be used in the literature review process. Likely tools to explore will include Scite.ai, Elicit, Research Rabbit, Semantic Scholar, along with some mind mapping and note taking tools TBD (note that these tools are constantly evolving, so it's possible the tool list will change). We'll review pros and cons of these tools and try them out to see how they might work for your context. There will also be time for attendees to share about generative AI tools they have tried.

Intro to R (no coding experience) (L .Borland)       

Tuesday, November 5, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. via Zoom

• This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html. 

Intro to R (some experience coding) (L .Borland)       

Wednesday, November 6, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., via Zoom

• This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. This course will be taught under the assumption that attendees have some experience in other coding languages and file organization and structure. For a more beginner-focused course, see Introduction to R (no coding experience). 

  We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html. 

Using Qualtrics to Make Great Surveys (Diana Castillo)       

Thursday, November 14, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m., in person in the Nishihara Family Classroom (Valley 2024)

• If you will be doing research that involves collecting survey data, then you'll want to learn about Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful survey research tool (think Survey Monkey on steroids) available to all OSU faculty and students. It's easy, powerful and, best of all, IRB compliant.  This session will include content covered in both the Intro to Qualtrics and Intermediate/Advanced Qualtrics sessions. 

Exploring AI Tools for Literature Reviews (Hannah Rempel)

Friday, November 15, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., via Zoom

• We'll explore generative AI tools that can be used in the literature review process. Likely tools to explore will include Scite.ai, Elicit, Research Rabbit, Semantic Scholar, along with some mind mapping and note taking tools TBD (note that these tools are constantly evolving, so it's possible the tool list will change). We'll review pros and cons of these tools and try them out to see how they might work for your context. There will also be time for attendees to share about generative AI tools they have tried.

Intro to Zotero: Manage Your Citations (Diana Park)      

Thursday, November 21, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., via Zoom

• Learn the basics about this free web-based citation management tool, which you can use to save citations and PDFs, as well as incorporate citations into a Word document.  In this session we will cover how to set up a Zotero library, how to put citations into your library, how to use Word to cite as you go, and how to sync Zotero across multiple computers.

Intermediate/Advanced Zotero (Diana Park)       

Thursday, November 21, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., via Zoom

• Learn more advanced features of this free web-based citation management tool.  In this session we will cover how to use Zotero as a robust research tool through note taking and tagging options, how to import and export from other citation managers, how to add in more citation styles, and how to use Zotero Groups. 

Illustrator for Scientific Figures (Adam Lindsley)

Friday, November 22, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in person in the Autzen classroom (Valley 2082)

• Learn to use Adobe Illustrator to make and edit figures for publication (posters, presentations, infographics, journal articles!).  In this flipped classroom-style workshop, we'll be gathering to work through several projects from the LinkedIn Learning course, Creating Illustrator Infographics (https://www.linkedin.com/learning/creating-illustrator-infographics) as well as working with your own data.  Prior to the workshop, please watch the first three sections of Creating Illustrator Infographics. NOTE: OSU subscribes to Linkedin Learning for all faculty/students/staff. Please login here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/training/linkedin-learning BEFORE visiting the Creating Illustrator Infographics course!

  NOTE: This workshop is provided in-person; you will use software on computers in the Valley Library.

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Some workshops are offered via Zoom and require registration through the workshop registration page in order to receive the Zoom password. 

If you have any questions about these workshops, contact Hannah Rempel (hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu).