Intro to Omeka 3:30 – 4:30 PM on Zoom omeka logoOmeka is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections that allows users to publish and exhibit scholarly collections and cultural heritage objects. The Vassar College Digital Scholarship Services Collaboration (DiSSCo) provides a web hosting resource called vassarspaces.net. This service, a Domain of One’s Own (DoOO) product, provides the flexibility for anyone in our academic community to build websites on a variety of platforms, including Omeka. Led by Nicole Scalessa of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services, nscalessa@vassar.edu. Register Online: https://libcal.vassar.edu/event/15212399 If you cannot attend the specified date we can discuss this topic by appointment:    https://calendar.app.google/Zx5sY85amAPikN1E9

Intro to Scalar 3:30- 4:30 PM on Zoom scalar logoScalar is an open source, web-based publishing software from the University of Southern California’s Alliance for Networking Visual Culture that allows you to create networked, multi-media online publications.This workshop will begin with the basics of installation along with creating accounts, projects, and content path. It will also cover the management and inclusion of media, such as images and video. Led by Nicole Scalessa of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services, nscalessa@vassar.edu. Register Online: https://libcal.vassar.edu/event/15212530 If you cannot attend the specified date we can discuss this topic by appointment: https://calendar.app.google/Zx5sY85amAPikN1E9

Intro to Zotero, 2-2:50pm on Zoom Looking to save time formatting your bibliography? Overwhelmed by unorganized PDFs? Zotero is a free citation manager that helps you organize references, annotate pdfs, and generate in-text citations and bibliographies. Zotero is most useful when used during the research process – finding sources, building your Zotero library, and using Zotero’s citation tools all work together to facilitate your research and writing. During this workshop, you will learn how to: Create a Zotero library Organize and share references Generate bibliographies in your preferred citation style Format in-text citations and reference lists in Word and Google Docs Led by Elizabeth Salmon, Social Science Librarian. Registration appreciated but not required.

Quantum GIS (“QGIS”) 3:00 – 4:30 PM | GIS Lab qgis logo over a mapQuantum GIS (“QGIS”) is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for mapping and spatial analysis. Like other Geographic Information Systems (GIS) softwares such as ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS can be used to create, edit, analyze, and display geographic data, enabling users to understand spatial relationships and patterns. This has wide-ranging applications in fields as varied as environmental management, public health, transportation, marketing, emergency management, and many others. In this workshop, you will learn how to find geographic data, assemble it in a simple map in QGIS, analyze it to identify a potential pattern, and visualize the result. Led by Neil Curri, Academic Computing Consultant for GIS, necurri@vassar.edu 

Campus Resources for Building Websites  4:00 – 5:00 on Zoom Need a website? We will review the options you have available to you as a member of the Vassar Community. We’ll also cover our new resource : vassarspaces.net – where we empower users to become sys admins and install their own apps (WordPress, Scalar, Omeka and more!). Led by Baynard Bailey of Academic Computing Services and Nicole Scalessa of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services.  Register Online: https://libcal.vassar.edu/event/15407387

Intro to the Vassar College Libraries Digital Library  3:30- 4:30 PM on Zoom The Digital Library includes photos, audiovisual materials, manuscripts, and much more! Did you know it now also provides access to Finding Aids, Vassar Scholarship, and a Herbarium? Join us for a tour of the system followed by a Q&A. The tour will include tips on how to find what you need for your research and how to submit your work to the Vassar Scholarship repository. Led by Nicole Scalessa of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services, nscalessa@vassar.edu. Register Online: https://libcal.vassar.edu/event/15212543 If you cannot attend the specified date we can discuss this topic by appointment: https://calendar.app.google/Zx5sY85amAPikN1E9

Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources, 2:00- 3:00 PM on Zoom Open Educational Resources, or OER, are free teaching, learning and research materials that can be reused, remixed or revised; this includes textbooks, question banks, and much more. Once a nascent movement born in the early 2000’s, the quality and disciplinary coverage of OER have significantly improved over the years. Please join us to learn about locating and evaluating OER, as well as interpreting the Creative Commons licenses typically associated with these resources. Presented by Elizabeth Salmon, Social Science Librarian, esalmon@vassar.edu and Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic, Humanities and Multidisciplinary Librarian, LCantwellJurkovic@Vassar.edu. Register Online: https://libcal.vassar.edu/calendar/mainlibrary/fall25-oer