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 »

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 »