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The Joy of Search: Research with Open Content


October 4, 2019


Join The Joy of Search: Research with Open Content with Google's Senior Research Scientist for Search Quality and User Happiness, Daniel Russell. Hear from Daniel what Google's searchers think about open content and why open access is not yet the perfect solution to all information access problems.

Punctum Books: Experimental Publishing & Unconventional Scholarlship- A Talk with Eileen Joy


September 26, 2019


Join Eileen Joy, co-founder and publisher of Punctum Books, for a talk about innovative publishing models and unconventional scholarship. An Open Access Week event.

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Using & Finding Data Workshops


August 30, 2019


This series of workshops will help you better use the data you have gathered, as well as find data critical for your research. All workshops will take place in KL 361.
Presenter: Elizabeth Salmon, Research Services Librarian-UC Merced Library

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Elevate Your Research Data Workshops


August 30, 2019


Take your research to the next level with workshops geared towards enhancing your research publications and exploring new research and data tools. All workshops will take place in KL 361.

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Cite Right: Citation Management Workshops


August 30, 2019


Cite Right: Citation Management Workshops will discuss the citation management tools available to you so you can decide how best to organize citation information and generate your own bibliographies.

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Research Data Management Workshop Series


August 30, 2019


Research Data Management Workshop Series: Co-sponsored by the Office of Research Development and the UC Merced Library

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Research Starters


August 29, 2019


Join us for one or more of our 20 minute Research Starters the week of September 16th. These will all be hosted in KL 361. See each event for details and to RSVP.

Library Hosts Successful Software Carpentry Workshop
Author: Kathleen Coburn


April 1, 2019


The UC Merced Library organized a two-day Software Carpentry workshop during Spring Break that covered Unix, Git, and Python. The workshop was given by two excellent instructors, Kate Barron (Data Services Librarian at San Jose State University's Martin Luther King, Jr. Library) and Avishek Kumar (Research/Data Scientist at the University of Chicago's Center for Data Science and Public Policy).

The helpers, those who volunteer to attend Carpentry workshops to assist and answer students' questions, are equally valuable! We would like to thank Matthias Bussonier (Research Facilitator at UC Merced and co-developer of Project Jupyter), Sarvani...

Research Starters Workshops


March 1, 2019


Start your research off right by attending the Research Starters workshop series! The series consists of five short 20-minute workshops that will prepare you to dive into your research with confidence. The series will be offered twice, the first time they'll be offered will be on March 14th and 15th and the second time on March 18th and 19th.  

RSVP is appreciated but not required.

Research Starters - 1st Series

March 14

March 15

Workshops for Staff: Leveraging Library Resources


December 18, 2018


Short (25 minutes) workshops are available the week of January 14th for staff. These sessions are intended to increase familiarity with library resources and services for staff’s professional and personal use. Each workshop is offered at least twice. RSVPs are appreciated.

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