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Software Carpentries are designed to teach faculty and students introductory research computing skills, reproducible research, and data visualization and analysis. These 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. full-day, in-person sessions are hands-on in nature, as participants follow live-coding exercises that progressively build. The March 10–11, 2022 Carpentries will focus on introductory R and… Read More

Around the Stacks: Library Open House for the Class of 2024 Hello, Class of 2024! Join us in the Central Library Community Room on Thursday, February 24, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m, for “Around the Stacks!” welcome back reception just for you. Drop by for snacks, giveaways, and interactive info-tables from… Read More

Please join us for two on-campus events led by Dr. Trena Paulus on February 22. Dr. Trena Paulus is a professor in the Applied Social Research Lab and director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Paulus is co-author of Doing Qualitative Research in a… Read More

All of us in Digital Scholarship and Communication (DiSC) are pleased to welcome you back to a new semester and new year. We are also excited to offer a new slate of lessons and workshop series this semester, which will be held both in-person and virtually. These include… Read More

Please join us for the annual celebration of GIS Day on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.  The virtual event will begin at 11:10 a.m. with an introductory session on what a Geographic Information System (GIS) is and how you can use it for a variety of applications.  Following this overview, a… Read More

The office of Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) is thrilled to resume in-person trainings this semester, augmented by online and asynchronous options. This fall, beginning tomorrow we start the GIS (geographic information system) Workshop Series, starting with the Basics of GIS. No experience required. Be sure to check out all… Read More

Learn basic research programming skills in: Intro to Unix Intro to Git and Version Control Intro to R/Rstudio Thursday, August 19, 2021 | 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT Friday, August 20, 2021 | 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT Register Here Brought to you by: Office of the Vice Provost… Read More

Are you trapped in a social media echo chamber? Don’t let yourself become a passive consumer of information in a world where informed discourse is intertwined with ‘hot takes’ from Facebook, Twitter, and other user-driven social media. Learn how to critically consume and challenge social media misinformation and disinformation. Read More

Can you critically evaluate news and media sources for fact-based data that is free from ideology? Learn strategies and tools for identifying inevitable bias (including our own) and practice analyzing information resources for evidence-based problem solving and informed… Read More

Are your online activities being tracked? Privacy is essential for our freedom to generate new ideas and formulate our conception of self. Surveillance can influence our behaviors with manipulation and deception and stop us from engaging with new,… Read More