Gain insight into the resources and services available at the library and learn strategies for efficiently finding information for your research projects. Join a U-M Librarian as the questions below are explored: How can I access library resources remotely or in person? What kind of technology help can I get at the library? How can I find scholarly books and articles? What are some of … Continue reading U-M Library Basics Central Campus Sessions »

Are you interested in using command-line file systems, but maybe also a little intimidated? This two-part basic introduction to the Unix shell will help demystify the command line! Part 1 will cover: basic file system structure and navigation; creating new directories; moving and renaming files; and basic use of a text editor. This is a hands-on workshop, so plan to bring a laptop with you; … Continue reading Introduction to the Unix Shell, part 1 »

Are you interested in using command-line file systems, but maybe also a little intimidated? This basic introduction to the Unix shell will help demystify the command line! Part 2 picks up where part 1 left off, and covers: use of pipes and filters; using loops; and basic scripting in the shell. This is a hands-on workshop, so plan to bring a laptop with you; we’ll … Continue reading Introduction to the Unix Shell, part 2 »

Gain insight into the resources and services available at the library and learn strategies for efficiently finding information for your research projects. Join a U-M Librarian as the questions below are explored: How can I access library resources remotely or in person? What kind of technology help can I get at the library? How can I find scholarly books and articles? What are some of … Continue reading U-M Library Basics Central Campus Sessions »

Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring the fascinating world of flexagons—folded paper creations that can be flipped and flexed to reveal surprising hidden designs. Similar to Jacob’s Ladder toys, flexagons are flat, book-like paper objects that unfold, or “flex,” to reveal multiple hidden faces. Participants will learn how flexagons work through playful paper-folding, experiment with patterns and color, and make a couple of their … Continue reading Flexagons Workshop: Fold, Flip, and Create »

Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring the fascinating world of flexagons—folded paper creations that can be flipped and flexed to reveal surprising hidden designs. Similar to Jacob’s Ladder toys, flexagons are flat, book-like paper objects that unfold, or “flex,” to reveal multiple hidden faces. Participants will learn how flexagons work through playful paper-folding, experiment with patterns and color, and make a couple of their … Continue reading Flexagons Workshop: Fold, Flip, and Create »

Do you want to keep track of and organize the sources that you find for your research (journal articles, books, websites, reports, videos, and more)? Do you want to share those sources with classmates and colleagues? Do you spend hours trying to format your bibliography? Join us for this workshop to learn about Zotero, a free citation management tool! You will learn to: – Create and … Continue reading Introduction to Zotero for Citation Management »

Session for new faculty and visiting scholars in area and global studies introducing U-M library resources, services, and expertise to support your research and teaching.

Join us for the Fall 2026 kickoff of CAM (Creative Arts Meetup) on Tuesday, September 22 from 6:00–8:00 PM in the PIE Space at Shapiro Library. We’re kicking off the semester with a few different ways to participate: Creative Showcase: Share your digital artwork, photography, music, video, writing, or other creative work using our display and sound system. Art Swap: Bring physical artwork, prints, crafts, … Continue reading CAM Kickoff: Creative Showcase, Art Swap & Open Studio »

Curious about whether GIS is right for your project? GIS tools and best practices are applicable across many disciplines, from history to public health! This hour-long lecture-style workshop will introduce participants to basic GIS concepts such as vector and raster data types and map projections, and demonstrate some commonly-used tools such as clips and buffers. Intended for those with no experience with GIS. This workshop … Continue reading What is GIS? »

Library Launchpad is a series of library workshops aimed at graduate students on the Ann Arbor campus. Join library experts to learn about research services and spaces for graduate students, and to get comfortable in your new academic home. In this informal walking workshop, you will get a guided tour of the Harlan Hatcher Library, U-M’s largest and most historic library. During the tour, you’ll … Continue reading Library Launchpad: Workshop Series for Graduate Students: Explore Library Spaces and Services »

Generative AI chatbot tools like ChatGPT or U-M GPT can suggest sources to be cited in academic works. They can also summarize and create a bibliography of those sources. Unfortunately, those AI-suggested articles may not actually exist, or their citations may contain errors. Citing a fake article, even inadvertently, significantly undermines the trustworthiness of the content and the academic research process as a whole. In … Continue reading Verifying the Accuracy of Citations Generated by AI Chatbots »

This 90-minute session will include a broad overview of what is available to you through the U-M Library for your GIS needs, including tools and data from ESRI (the creators of ArcGIS), with a focus on two sources of data/basic analysis that the Library subscribes to: Social Explorer, and PolicyMap. There will be brief demonstrations of the capabilities of some of these tools. No experience … Continue reading Introduction to Library GIS Resources – Social Explorer & PolicyMap »

Come explore the creative possibilities of maze books while making Maze & Blue, a miniature U-M–themed accordion artist’s book designed by Lara Unger! You’ll learn a variety of book-arts techniques as you assemble this more complex accordion structure, featuring a folded map, two small sewn-in sections, and miniature reproductions of U-M–related ephemera. During this hands-on workshop, you’ll get an introduction to maze-book construction, the Hungarian … Continue reading Maze & Blue Mini Book »

Come explore the creative possibilities of maze books while making Maze & Blue, a miniature U-M–themed accordion artist’s book designed by Lara Unger! You’ll learn a variety of book-arts techniques as you assemble this more complex accordion structure, featuring a folded map, two small sewn-in sections, and miniature reproductions of U-M–related ephemera. During this hands-on workshop, you’ll get an introduction to maze-book construction, the Hungarian … Continue reading Maze & Blue Mini Book »

In this workshop: You will learn about two major United States Census datasets: the decennial census, done every 10 years, and the ongoing American Community Survey. You will explore the different demographic and housing related questions asked in these two surveys, and how these have changed over time. You will see how the data can be mapped from the state all the way down to … Continue reading Accessing and Mapping Census Data »

Ever wondered if Zenodo is a data repository that would work for your data? Join us to learn more about Zenodo, what data the repository works with, how to include it in your data management plan, and how to deposit data. The workshop will include a demo and/or screenshots of each step of the deposit process, and we’ll also have time for questions and answers.

Library Launchpad is a series of library workshops aimed at graduate students on the Ann Arbor campus. Join library experts to learn about research services and spaces for graduate students, and to get comfortable in your new academic home. In this informal walking workshop, you will get a guided tour of the Harlan Hatcher Library, U-M’s largest and most historic library. During the tour, you’ll … Continue reading Library Launchpad: Workshop Series for Graduate Students: Explore Library Spaces and Services »

Looking to advance your skills in Excel? Are you wondering how to analyze data with an easily accessible program? Few programs are as prevalent or as powerful as Microsoft Excel for working with data. Excel enables you to transform raw data, create summary statistics, and develop clear visualizations. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to use advanced Excel formulas to turn rows of … Continue reading Data Analysis with Excel »

The NSF has a new format for Data Management & Sharing Plans. This workshop will walk through the new template’s, required fields and offer ample time for your specific questions. The Zoom URL for this session will be included in the confirmation message you receive 5-10 minutes after you register, as well as in an automatic reminder message sent two days prior to the session.

Join us for this workshop to learn about EndNote, a citation management tool! You will learn to: – Create and organize personal and group libraries, – Invite collaborators to view or contribute to those libraries, – Annotate the PDFs you read, – Add a bibliography and in-text citations in your Microsoft Word document. Please note: EndNote is NOT a free tool, and it is NOT … Continue reading Introduction to EndNote for Citation Management »

Are you interested in finding research funding opportunities and don’t know where to start? In this workshop, we will explore the database Pivot and identify funding opportunities relevant in your research area. You will learn about: How to construct search strategies How to save search results How to set up email alerts What support is in place for finding research funding at U-M Please note: … Continue reading Finding Research Funding using Pivot »

Are you working on or considering beginning a systematic review, meta-analysis, scoping review, or other literature review project? Learn to use the software Covidence, which is free for U-M faculty, staff, and students (and any project collaborators from other institutions). Covidence can help you: – Deduplicate your literature search results set – Share your literature search results with your collaborators – Keep track of your … Continue reading Introduction to Covidence: A Systematic Review Software Tool »

Library Launchpad is a series of library workshops aimed at graduate students on the Ann Arbor campus. Join library experts to learn about how the library supports graduate students’ research in different disciplines. In this session, we’ll demonstrate: Aspects of Library Search, the library’s search engine, including how and when to use Catalog Search and Articles Search, as well as how to interpret your results. … Continue reading Library Launchpad: Workshop Series for Graduate Students: Explore Discipline-based Library Research Tools »

Georeferencing is taking a digitized historic map (or other inherently spatial thing that cannot yet be used in its spatial context) and assigning it to the place in space where it belongs, so that it can be viewed in the context of other geospatial elements. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to turn a historical map into usable GIS data in ArcGIS Online. … Continue reading Georeferencing Maps »

Try your hand at Coptic bookbinding, a centuries-old Egyptian technique celebrated for its decorative exposed spine, durable construction, and ability to open completely flat. In this fun, hands-on workshop, you’ll fold paper into sections called signatures and sew them directly to the covers using a beautiful link stitch—no glue required! This flexible binding style is perfect for journals, sketchbooks, artist books, or thoughtful handmade gifts. … Continue reading Coptic or Link Stitch Book »

This hybrid session offers general guidance for students and scholars who are planning to conduct research in archives, libraries and other cultural institutions abroad. Instructors will focus on identifying collections and materials of interest, gathering required documents and permissions for access, making contacts with local experts and institutions, travel and safety considerations, and technology planning. Followed by Q&A. The Zoom URL for this session will be included … Continue reading Preparing for Research Abroad »

Library Launchpad is a series of library workshops aimed at graduate students on the Ann Arbor campus. Join library experts to learn about how the library supports graduate students’ research in different disciplines. In this session, we’ll demonstrate: Aspects of Library Search, the library’s search engine, including how and when to use Catalog Search and Articles Search, as well as how to interpret your results. … Continue reading Library Launchpad: Workshop Series for Graduate Students: Explore Discipline-based Library Research Tools »

Try your hand at Coptic bookbinding, a centuries-old Egyptian technique celebrated for its decorative exposed spine, durable construction, and ability to open completely flat. In this fun, hands-on workshop, you’ll fold paper into sections called signatures and sew them directly to the covers using a beautiful link stitch—no glue required! This flexible binding style is perfect for journals, sketchbooks, artist books, or thoughtful handmade gifts. … Continue reading Coptic or Link Stitch Book »

This hybrid session offers general guidance for students and scholars who are planning to conduct research in archives, libraries and other cultural institutions abroad. Instructors will focus on identifying collections and materials of interest, gathering required documents and permissions for access, making contacts with local experts and institutions, travel and safety considerations, and technology planning. Followed by Q&A. The Zoom URL for this session will be included … Continue reading Preparing for Research Abroad »

Got an idea for a digital project but not sure how to get it off the ground? Curious about how to do digital scholarship research while navigating an increasingly uncertain, unethical, and biased digital world? This workshop covers an introduction to Anti-racist research frameworks and digital scholarship principles. Participants will leave the workshop with a road map for developing an ethical, sustainable, and justice-oriented digital … Continue reading ARDRI 101: Introduction to Anti-Racist Digital Scholarship »

What is Remote Sensing? The discipline of remote sensing concerns processing and analysis of any imagery obtained from satellites, drones, or other airborne sensors. Remote sensing tools and best practices can be used to investigate land use change, check agricultural crop yields, monitor wildfires, and more. This session will introduce basic concepts used in the discipline of remote sensing such as image collection and interpretation, … Continue reading Intro to Remote Sensing »

Library Launchpad is a series of library workshops aimed at graduate students on the Ann Arbor campus. Join library experts to learn practical tips about how to conduct archival research with primary sources that comprise our rich special collections. During this workshop, we will: * Provide you with a general overview of the wonderful items you can study in the Special Collections Research Center * … Continue reading Library Launchpad: Workshop Series for Graduate Students: Introduction to Archival Research in the Special Collections Research Center »

Join us for a short, informative session about article processing charges (APCs), which are associated with publishing in open access journals. We will define what APCs are, help you better understand the purpose and variations of APCs, and share relevant U-M Library resources. We will also highlight the new U-M Library tool, Journals with Article Processing Charge (APC) Agreements, which provides comprehensive information about discounts … Continue reading ABCs of APCs: Understanding Article Processing Charges »

Library Launchpad is a series of library workshops aimed at graduate students on the Ann Arbor campus. Join library experts to learn practical tips about how to conduct archival research with primary sources that comprise our rich special collections. During this workshop, we will: * Provide you with a general overview of the wonderful items you can study in the Special Collections Research Center * … Continue reading Library Launchpad: Workshop Series for Graduate Students: Introduction to Archival Research in the Special Collections Research Center »

Are you struggling to organize the sources that you’ve found for your research (journal articles, books, websites, reports, videos, and more)? Do you want to share those sources with your colleagues around the world? Do you spend hours trying to format your bibliography? Join us for this workshop to learn about Zotero, a free citation management tool! You will learn to: – Create and organize … Continue reading Introduction to Zotero for Citation Management »

This hour-long workshop will show participants how to create a basic webmap in ArcGIS Online using open data. Please bring a laptop if you’d like to follow along, all you need is a browser. Intended for those with little to no experience with GIS or ArcGIS Online. NOTE: This session does not include StoryMaps. This workshop is part of a series offered by the Clark … Continue reading Intro to ArcGIS Online »

Although it’s not actually magic, having organized and tidy data to analyze can help make analysis go smoother. Join us to learn some basic principles and practices in project organization, file naming, and structuring tidy data within spreadsheets. This workshop is an edited version of Data Organization in Spreadsheets by Hao Ye [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3991311]. The Zoom URL for this session will be included in the confirmation … Continue reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidy Spreadsheets »

Ready to put what you learned in Rethinking PDFs: Using EPUB for More Accessible Academic Documents into practice? This applied working session provides dedicated time and support to create or convert your own academic materials into accessible EPUBs.  Rather than presenting new concepts through a traditional workshop format, this session concentrates on learning through doing. Participants will work independently or alongside facilitators to apply skills … Continue reading EPUB Working Session: Putting Accessible E-Publishing into Practice »