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Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)

Date: 19 December 2024 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 […]

Best Practices for Managing Data in your Research

McMaster University

Date: 15 January 2025 TIFU by losing a ton of data for my research – Have you ever seen a description like this on Reddit? Are your desktop and downloads folders a jumble of files named Data-finalFINAL-USETHISONE? Is all of your lab’s data stored on a single drive? Join research data management services and learn how […]

Sources (Technical)

LEMDO

In this technical webinar, LEMDO Project Manager, Navarra Houldin, will guide editors through encoding and linking to a bibliography entry.

Creating Exhibitions with Omeka S

McMaster University

Date: 22 January 2025 Learn how to use Omeka S to manage digital collections and create scholarly exhibits. This tutorial will introduce participants to the basic functions of Omeka S, including how to create an archival item collection, add metadata, and build a digital exhibit. Learning Outcomes: Learn how to add items to Omeka S. Understand […]

Introduction to Python 

McMaster University

Date: 23 January 2025 This beginner-level workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts of the world’s most popular Python programming language. You’ll learn to store data in Python data types and variables, as well as learn how to perform operations on numbers and strings. No prior knowledge of Python is required. This session will […]

Streamline Your Research Materials Photos 

McMaster University

Date: 29 January 2025 You’ve been there–getting home from an incredible research trip to an archive, maps collection, or gallery only to face a folder with thousands of photos all labelled “IMG50293.png.” Join Research Data Management Specialist Danica Evering and Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian Subhanya Sivajothy for an overview of Tropy: an open-source solution to […]

Microdata Analysis with Python

McMaster University

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 […]

Finding, Accessing, and Adding GIS Data to Your Project

McMaster University

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 […]

Sensitive Data Management

McMaster University

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 […]

Visualizing with R gganimate

McMaster University

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 […]

Critical Paratexts (Technical)

LEMDO

In this technical webinar, LEMDO Project Manager, Navarra Houldin, will guide editors through creating structure and adding media to critical paratexts.

Introduction to Critical Digital Humanities

McMaster University

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 […]