Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Cormac McCarthy "Wake for Susan" (1959) "A Drowning Incident" (1960) "The Dark Waters" (1965) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be …

Workshop: Building Digital Essays Using Juncture and IIIF

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Ann Hanlon, UWM Libraries. Juncture is an open-source framework to build multimedia exhibits that enables authors to build simple or complex narratives, building on other open tools. Tap into existing digital collections and incorporate high resolution images, zooming capabilities, …

Introduction to OER Adoption Virtual Workshop 

Online

This virtual workshop on Thursday, October 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will introduce faculty to open textbooks -- a type of open educational resource (OER) -- and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. …

Wikipedia Editing Workshop – Music of Slovenia

W194, Golda Meir Library

Celebrate Open Access Week by learning to improve the world's largest open access reference source, Wikipedia. Join us for a Wikipedia Editing Workshop at the Golda Meir Library. At this free event, anyone can learn to edit and improve Wikipedia. …

UWM’s Academic Adventurers Talk: The Geography of Taxonomy, or What is a Type Locality, Anyway?

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Michael Pauers, UWM College of General Studies. Modern taxonomic practice demands that precise information about the location where a new species was found (the “type locality”) be included in the description of new species. Unfortunately, especially for …

Scholar Sip: Benefits and Phenology of Native Flora — A Multi-Year Project

UWM at Washington County Library 400 S. University Drive, West Bend, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Gary Britton. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour at the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff – and …

The Future of Humanities Publishing: Keynote

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. How …

The Future of Humanities Publishing: Panel Discussion and Workshop

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. How …

Workshop: Python for Beginners

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Ann Hanlon, UWM Libraries, and Karl Holten, UWM Libraries and L&S IT. This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of learning how to program using Python for data analysis. Based on the curriculum for the Software Carpentries “Programming …