La transcription automatique de manuscrits à l’aide de l’IA: Introduction à Transkribus
2025-02-03 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
Cet atelier propose une plongée captivante dans le monde de la reconnaissance automatique de l’écriture manuscrite grâce à l’intelligence artificielle. Nous découvrirons les principales fonctionnalités de Transkribus, un outil gratuit qui facilite la transcription d’archives historiques et de manuscrits. Rejoignez-nous pour une expérience stimulante où le passé rencontre l’avenir grâce à la convergence de la technologie et de l’histoire.

La première partie de l’atelier propose un tour d’horizon du fonctionnement de Transkribus. La deuxième partie de l’atelier vise à initier les participants à l’outil.

[Cette formation aura lieu au Laboratoire de données et humanités numériques de la bibliothèque centrale, local A-M203]

(capture d’écran de l’application Transkribus)

Animation de l’atelier : Simon Côté-Lapointe

Simon Côté-Lapointe est bibliothécaire en histoire, philosophie, sciences des religions et linguistique et responsable des humanités numériques à l’UQAM. Il est détenteur d’un doctorat en sciences de l’information portant sur les archives audiovisuelles. Les méthodes et outils numériques pour la recherche ainsi que la gestion, l’organisation, la préservation et la diffusion des données et documents sont parmi ses champs d’intérêt.

Guides liés: Humanités numériques by Simon Côté-Lapointe

Introduction to Machine Learning: Neural Networks
2025-02-03 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
In this workshop, participants will dive into the fascinating world of neural networks. Neural networks have emerged as powerful models for solving complex and nonlinear problems. This workshop begins with an introduction to neural networks, covering their architecture, activation functions, and training algorithms. Participants will gain insights into how neural networks can effectively capture and learn complex patterns in images, making them ideal for tasks like recognizing digits. They will also learn about the importance of preprocessing techniques and streamlining the preprocessing, training, and evaluation steps through pipelines. By the end of this workshop, participants will have a solid foundation in neural networks and the ability to build robust pipelines using Scikit-learn. In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory (https://colab.research.google.com/) account. This workshop will involve hands-on exercises that require the use of programming tools and libraries commonly used in machine learning, such as Python and Scikit-learn. As such, prior familiarity with Python programming is recommended for participants to fully benefit from the practical component of the workshop.

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Microdata Analysis with Python
2025-02-06 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 6 February 2025

This hands-on workshop will guide participants through the process of data analysis using the Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) from Statistics Canada’s sample surveys. You will learn how to access, manage, and analyze microdata to extract meaningful insights. Participants will engage with sample datasets, explore various statistical techniques, and gain practical experience in interpreting and presenting their findings. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or professional, this workshop will equip you with the tools to effectively analyze and utilize Canadian survey data.

Learning Outcomes: The participants will gain practical experience in interpreting and presenting their findings using Python.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared on the same page, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue.

Facilitator Bio:

Vivek Jadon (he/him) provides research support in the use of numeric research data. As part of his role, Vivek is McMaster University’s official representative for Statistics Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) program and Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Both of these programs provide researchers with vast archive of research data from various disciplines for high quality research and instruction. Vivek is also involved in building awareness and promoting RDM activities/services at McMaster.

Workshop: Introduction to making minimal websites and digital ephemera
2025-02-07 00:00 - 23:59 | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Date: February 7 2025

Instructor: Reg Beatty

The “small web” is equal parts political and aesthetic. It engages with questions, posed by the early web, about what it means to have a personal presence online but in the light of today’s ubiquitous social media and commercialization.

This Intro will touch on these aspects of the small web but will focus on one of its hallmarks—the handmade web page. Using a minimal palette of HTML and CSS we will see how quickly a page can be created and published. This can be anything from a professional portal linking dispersed materials, to a zine, a poem, or ephemera like a bulletin, a postcard.

Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)
2025-02-10 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data.

In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory (https://colab.research.google.com/) account. This workshop will involve hands-on exercises that require the use of programming tools and libraries commonly used in machine learning, such as Python and Scikit-learn. As such, prior familiarity with Python programming is recommended for participants to fully benefit from the practical component of the workshop.

The first hour of the workshop will be core content and the last 30 minutes will be reserved for questions and hands on experimentation.

Learning objectives

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

Fine tune pre-trained LLM model to customize for a sample dataset.

Understand architecture and working of LLM

Gain knowledge of some popular pre-trained LLM models

Instructor: Aisha Eldeeb

Finding, Accessing, and Adding GIS Data to Your Project
2025-02-11 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 11 Februrary 2025

Geospatial data is data about objects or features on or near the surface of the Earth and can be mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. This workshop introduces participants to geospatial data formats as well as sources for this data.

This workshop will teach participants to: differentiate between geospatial data models; locate datasets using common sources for geospatial data; and, evaluate a dataset for use.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This workshop will not be recorded.

Facilitator Bio: Christine Homuth (she/her) is the Library’s GIS Specialist, providing support and resources to students, researchers, and faculty members working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial data.

Sensitive Data Management
2025-02-12 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 12 February 2025

Are you working with environmental, commercial, health, personal, or other sensitive data? Are you unsure whether your data is sensitive and unclear on your responsibilities for managing it?

In this workshop, we will discuss the foundations of working with sensitive data including how to protect your data, your research participants, and yourself. We’ll take about how and when to de-identify sensitive data, and how to share sensitive data.

Presentation by Isaac Pratt, Research Data Management Specialist. Book an appointment with Isaac or another member of the Sherman Centre Team.

Details: This virtual workshop will be recorded. The recording will be posted to the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue.

Facilitator Bio:

Isaac Pratt (he/him) is a research scientist by training and has a PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology. He leverages nearly a decade of interdisciplinary research experience to help support students, staff, and faculty. His expertise lies in questions surrounding data storage, security, planning, archival, and sharing. Isaac also provides support and curation services for McMaster Dataverse. His other interests include reproducible research methods, open science, and data science.

Comment créer des récits interactifs avec ArcGIS StoryMaps
2025-02-13 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
ARCGIS StoryMaps est une plateforme de création de récits cartographiques immersive qui permet aux utilisateurs de combiner des cartes interactives, des médias audiovisuels et du texte pour raconter des histoires de manière captivante. En intégrant la cartographie dynamique avec des éléments narratifs, ARCGIS StoryMaps permet de partager des contenus de manière engageante et accessible, facilitant ainsi la communication visuelle de données et d’analyses.

La première partie de l’atelier propose un tour d’horizon des principales fonctionnalités de ARCGIS StoryMaps et des étapes nécessaires pour vous lancer dans la création de votre premier récit interactif. La deuxième partie de l’atelier est consacrée à la mise en pratique et l’exploration de l’outil en créant votre premier récit en ligne.

[Cette formation aura lieu au Laboratoire de données et humanités numériques de la bibliothèque centrale, local A-M203]

Atelier présenté et animé par Simon Côté-Lapointe

Simon Côté-Lapointe est bibliothécaire en histoire, philosophie, sciences des religions et linguistique et responsable des humanités numériques à l’UQAM. Il est détenteur d’un doctorat en sciences de l’information portant sur les archives audiovisuelles. Les méthodes et outils numériques pour la recherche ainsi que la gestion, l’organisation, la préservation et la diffusion des données et documents sont parmi ses champs d’intérêt.

Guides liés: Humanités numériques by Simon Côté-Lapointe

Workshop: Introduction to making minimal websites and digital ephemera
2025-02-14 00:00 - 23:59 | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Date: February 14 2025

Instructor: Reg Beatty

The “small web” is equal parts political and aesthetic. It engages with questions, posed by the early web, about what it means to have a personal presence online but in the light of today’s ubiquitous social media and commercialization.

This Intro will touch on these aspects of the small web but will focus on one of its hallmarks—the handmade web page. Using a minimal palette of HTML and CSS we will see how quickly a page can be created and published. This can be anything from a professional portal linking dispersed materials, to a zine, a poem, or ephemera like a bulletin, a postcard.

Visualizing with R gganimate
2025-02-19 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 19 February 2025

This virtual workshop will introduce gganimate in the statistical programming language R. This workshop will go examples on how to create visualizations that change over time and how to and customize the design of those graphs. This will build on the previous workshop Data Visualization in R using ggplot2 which is recorded on the Sherman Centre website.

Learning Outcomes: Understand the basic principles and functionalities of the gganimate package in R. Design dynamic visualizations using those functionalities.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared on the same page, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue.

Facilitator Bio:

Subhanya (she/her) brings a background of research in data justice, science and technology studies, and environmental humanities. She is currently thinking through participatory data design which allow for visualizations that are empowering for the end user.

Introduction aux humanités numériques
2025-02-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Ontario
Les humanités numériques réfèrent à l’utilisation d’outils et de pratiques numériques dans les sphères des sciences humaines et sociales et des arts et lettres. Le numérique peut intervenir à différents moments d’une recherche en sciences humaines et sociales et en arts et lettres, et ce, peu importe la nature et la portée du projet.

Cette présentation se veut une introduction aux méthodes et outils en humanités numériques ainsi qu’un tour d’horizon des ressources et services offerts au Service des bibliothèques de l’UQAM en lien avec les humanités numériques.

Guides liés: Humanités numériques by Simon Côté-Lapointe

Data Bites - Best Practices for File Naming
2025-02-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file naming. Join us to develop a naming convention based on elements that are important to your work.

Instructor: Eugene Barsky, Andrew Li

Using Spreadsheets to Organize Data
2025-02-26 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Good data organization is the foundation of any research project. Most researchers have data in spreadsheets, so it’s the starting place for many research projects. To use tools that make computation and analysis more efficient, such as programming languages like R or Python, we need to structure our data the way that computers need the data. This workshop aims to teach researchers basic concepts, skills, and tools for working with data to get more done quickly and with less pain. In this lesson, you will learn good data entry practices, how to avoid common formatting mistakes, approaches for handling dates in spreadsheets, basic quality control and data manipulation, and exporting data from spreadsheets.

Instructor: Meghan Landry

Critical Paratexts (Technical)
2025-02-27 00:00 - 23:59 | LEMDO
In this technical webinar, LEMDO Project Manager, Navarra Houldin, will guide editors through creating structure and adding media to critical paratexts.

Data Bites - Best Practices for File Formatting
2025-03-04 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-04-22 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file formatting. Join us to learn more about data formats, data access, and data preservation.

Instructors: Eugene Barsky, Andrew Li

Introductory Programming with Python
2025-03-04 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Dates: March 4th & 6th, 2025

Join us for an engaging and interactive introduction to programming with Python. Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to strengthen your foundational knowledge, this session will provide you with the essential building blocks of Python programming.

Throughout these sessions, you’ll build a strong foundation in Python by learning how to write and structure code, work with different types of data, and create dynamic programs using decision-making and loops. You’ll also explore how functions help organize your code and how libraries can expand your programming capabilities, making it easier to tackle more complex tasks. This hands-on experience will give you the confidence to start coding and problem-solving effectively.

You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience but intermediate level experience with a computer is highly recommended.

You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages.

Instructors: Sarah Clarke and Tannia Chevez

Introduction to Critical Digital Humanities
2025-03-05 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 5 March 2025

Join us for a workshop that introduces the field of Critical Digital Humanities. This interdisciplinary field emphasizes questions of power, social justice, and critical theory in the creation and analysis of digital projects. Through interactive discussions, hands-on exercises, and case studies we will explore the potential in these tools for social and political transformation. This workshop will introduce you to the knowledge and skills to utilize digital tools for research, analysis, and visualization, and ask questions from critical perspectives, and collaborate with others to advance social justice and equity.

Learning Outcomes: Analyze case studies of critical digital humanities projects to identify key methodologies, challenges, and successes.

Details: This workshop will not be recorded.

Introduction to Creating and Sharing Maps Using ArcGIS Online
2025-03-11 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 11 March 2025

This beginner-friendly session introduces participants to the core concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial data, then shows how to apply these concepts during a hands-on exercise where you will create a web-based map in ArcGIS Online.

Learning Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to explain Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts and identify potential applications for GIS; locate sources of geospatial data; apply the skills learned to author a simple map using ArcGIS Online.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page.

Facilitator Bio: Christine Homuth (she/her) is the Library’s GIS Specialist, providing support and resources to students, researchers, and faculty members working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial data.

La création de cartes interactives avec uMap
2025-03-11 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
Cette présentation vise à faire un tour d’horizon de uMap et Storymaps, deux logiciels qui permettent de créer des cartes interactives.

L’application en ligne uMap permet de créer et de diffuser des cartes géographiques personnalisées, interactives et collaboratives. uMap est utile pour les chercheurs et étudiants universitaires, car l’application permet de présenter des données sur une carte en ligne et de collaborer à plusieurs personnes sur une même carte, offrant ainsi une plateforme conviviale pour la visualisation et la communication efficace des informations géospatiales.

ArcGIS StoryMaps est une plateforme de création de récits cartographiques immersive qui permet aux utilisateurs de combiner des cartes interactives, des médias audiovisuels et du texte pour raconter des histoires de manière captivante. En intégrant la cartographie dynamique avec des éléments narratifs, ARCGIS StoryMaps permet de partager des contenus de manière engageante et accessible, facilitant ainsi la communication visuelle de données et d’analyses.

Présenté par Katerine Grandmont et Simon Côté-Lapointe

Katerine Grandmont occupe le poste de technicienne en cartographie à la Cartothèque de l’UQAM. Elle détient une maitrise en géographie et a travaillé de nombreuses années dans le domaine de la recherche nordique, notamment à la cartographie des risques en milieux de pergélisol. Elle offre du soutien à la communauté universitaire pour l’utilisation d’outils et logiciels de cartographie et d’analyse spatiale et l’utilisation des données géospatiales.

Simon Côté-Lapointe est bibliothécaire en histoire, philosophie, sciences des religions et linguistique et responsable des humanités numériques à l’UQAM. Il est détenteur d’un doctorat en sciences de l’information portant sur les archives audiovisuelles. Les méthodes et outils numériques pour la recherche ainsi que la gestion, l’organisation, la préservation et la diffusion des données et documents sont parmi ses champs d’intérêt.

Guides liés: Humanités numériques by Simon Côté-Lapointe

Data Bites - Best Practices for Creating a README file
2025-03-11 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for creating a README file. A README is a guide to your data and assists other researchers to understand your dataset, its contents, provenance, licensing and how to interact with it.

Instructors: Eugene Barsky, Andrew Li

Data Management Plan Bootcamp
2025-03-13 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 13 May 2025

Data Management Plans (DMPs) are both incredibly helpful research tools and increasingly required for grants but it can hard to know how to complete a Data Management Plan if it’s your first time. If you’re in the process of creating a DMP, either for a grant application or for your own research, join RDM Services for this afternoon session. By the end of the session, you’ll understand what the major components of a DMP are and walk away with a potentially completed plan for your own research!

This session is especially relevant if you’re in the beginning stages of a research project or streamlining best practices for your research team. Come on your own, send your research staff, or bring your whole research group. This 3-hour session will briefly introduce the different sections of a DMP and all the important things to consider as you build it. The RDM services team will provide tailored guidance as you write your plan on site, and we’ll have some light snacks and refreshments to keep you going. Come away with a clear path forward or even a finished DMP!

Let us know if you’re solo or joining as a research team – we’ll make sure you space to work together.

Learning Outcomes: Identify a strong data management plan compared to a weak response, section by section. Produce a solid outline of their own DMP.

Details: This workshop will not be recorded.

Facilitator Bio:

Isaac Pratt (he/him) is a research scientist by training and has a PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology. He leverages nearly a decade of interdisciplinary research experience to help support students, staff, and faculty. His expertise lies in questions surrounding data storage, security, planning, archival, and sharing. Isaac also provides support and curation services for McMaster Dataverse. His other interests include reproducible research methods, open science, and data science.

Danica Evering holds expansive experience with research support, education, project management, advocacy, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art, healthcare, community research, data, and systems development. Danica supports students, postdocs, faculty, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans, storage and backup, data security, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.

Introduction à la gestion des données de recherche (GDR) en sciences humaines, arts et lettres
2025-03-17 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
La gestion des données de recherche (GDR) s’intéresse à la production et au partage des données produites lors du cycle de vie d’un projet de recherche : leur collecte, consignation, stockage, partage et préservation. Cette présentation vise à expliquer les enjeux de la (GDR) en lien avec les arts, lettres, sciences humaines et sociales.

Dans un premier temps, le concept et l’historique de la GDR seront abordés puis des exemples de réutilisation de données seront présentées. Dans un deuxième temps, les politiques appliquées actuellement en recherche et les principaux outils pour la GDR tels que le plan de gestion des données (PDG), le stockage et les dépôts numériques seront exposés. Pour finir, nous discuterons des enjeux épistémologiques propres aux sciences humaines, arts et lettres à travers le courant des Critical data studies. Une période de question complètera la séance.

Atelier présenté et animé par Édith Robert

Édith Robert est bibliothécaire en soutien à la recherche. Elle s’occupe entre autres du dossier de la GDR et de l’accompagnement des revues savantes.

Guides liés: Gestion des données de recherche by Sylvie Goulet

Data Bites - Best Practices for Organizing File Directories
2025-03-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for directory structure conventions and directory names that will help organize your files in a way that is meaningful to both you and others.

Instructors: Eugene Barsky, Andrew Li

Electronic Lab Notebooks
2025-03-26 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: 26 March 2025

This beginner-level session introduces participants to Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs), covering common functions, ELN options, and key research considerations. This workshop will provide guidance on selecting and implementing ELNs for both personal use and within research groups.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will understand common features and functions of ELNs as well as the key considerations and tradeoffs involved in ELN selection. Participants will be better equipped to evaluate ELN options and select and implement ELNs to suit their unique research needs.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared on the same page, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue.

Facilitator Bio:

Isaac Pratt (he/him) is a research scientist by training and has a PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology. He leverages nearly a decade of interdisciplinary research experience to help support students, staff, and faculty. His expertise lies in questions surrounding data storage, security, planning, archival, and sharing. Isaac also provides support and curation services for McMaster Dataverse. His other interests include reproducible research methods, open science, and data science.

Danica Evering holds expansive experience with research support, education, project management, advocacy, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art, healthcare, community research, data, and systems development. Danica supports students, postdocs, faculty, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans, storage and backup, data security, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.

Matthew « the midnight oil » Burns (he/him) is the Digital Research Technology Analyst with AskResearch, a collaborative network of support units providing accessible and effective digital research services to the McMaster research community.

Putting it All Together (Technical)
2025-03-27 00:00 - 23:59 | LEMDO
This month we are discussing the final stages of preparing an edition for publication. In this technical webinar, LEMDO Project Manager, Navarra Houldin, will explain how to encode an edition landing page.

Fouille de texte et analyse automatique d’images avec Python
2025-04-09 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
L’objectif de cet atelier est d’initier les participants à la fouille de texte et à l’analyse automatique d’images à l’aide du langage de programmation Python. Cet atelier ouvert à tous et à toutes, qui ne nécessite pas de connaissances informatiques préalables, vous propose des outils concrets pour explorer des corpus documentaires (articles de journaux, archives, etc.) à travers la reconnaissance d’entités nommées (personnes, lieux, etc.), l’analyse de cooccurrences, l’extraction d’images ou de texte.

La première partie de l’atelier vise à présenter et expliquer le fonctionnement de scripts prêts à l’emploi accessibles sur la plateforme JupyterHub du Centre pour les humanités numériques de l’UQAM. Dans la deuxième partie de l’atelier, notre équipe sera là pour vous aider à explorer par vous-même les scripts et à les adapter selon vos champs d’intérêts et besoins de recherche.

[Cette formation aura lieu au Laboratoire de données et humanités numériques de la bibliothèque centrale, local A-M203]

Capture d’écran d’un script Python dans JupyterHub

Atelier présenté et animé par Olivier Lapointe

Olivier Lapointe est analyste aux Services-conseils à la recherche des Services informatiques de l’UQAM. ll a occupé pendant plusieurs années le poste de responsable des infrastructures numériques du Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture au Québec (CRILCQ) et a contribué à la mise sur pied de nombreux outils informatiques sur lesquels se sont appuyés divers projets de recherche en sociologie et en histoire de l’art et de la culture dont la Vie littéraire au Québec, NumaPresse et le LaboPop, le Laboratoire de recherche sur la culture de grande consommation et la culture médiatique au Québec.

Data Bites - Best Practices for File Naming
2025-04-15 00:00 - 23:59 | Ontario
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file naming. Join us to develop a naming convention based on elements that are important to your work.

Instructors: Eugene Barsky, Andrew Li

Releasing Your Anthology (Technical)
2025-04-24 00:00 - 23:59 | LEMDO
In this technical webinar, LEMDO Project Manager, Navarra Houldin, will guide anthology leads and interested editors through the workflow and technical side of publication.

Digital Sustainability and Preservation in Digital Archives Projects
2025-05-05 00:00 - 2025-05-08 23:59 | St Francis Xavier University, 4130 University Ave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
Instructors:Dr. Constance Crompton, Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities, University of OttawaMeghan Landry, ACENET

Max Participants: 25

This four-day in-person workshop at St. Francis Xavier University will discuss in-depth the role of metadata standards, controlled vocabularies, and linked open data in digital archives projects. This workshop will be inspired by the theory and practice of LINCS, Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship, and the Endings Project (https://endings.uvic.ca), which has “created tools, principles, policies and recommendations for digital scholarship practitioners to create accessible, stable, long-lasting resources in the humanities.” Hands-on use of OpenRefine, an open-source data cleaning and transformation tool, will frame the discussions of metadata best practices, followed by a brief introduction to HTML and building projects to last online in keeping with Endings Project principles. The workshop concludes with an outline of how to embed a project within a broader network of support through libraries, archives, associations, and community groups.
