This workshop aims to equip participants with a basic understanding of Generative AI (GenAI) and the ethical implications of its use in student research. Participants will explore its use for idea generation, and literature reviews, and consider ethical considerations such as plagiarism, privacy, and research integrity. In the hands-on portion of the workshop, participants will […]

Aimed at grad students and faculty researchers, this lecture-style workshop reviews the key components of a data management plan (DMP) and offers guidance on using the DMP Assistant, a bilingual tool for preparing data management plans. A DMP is a formal and evolving document that outlines the practices, processes, and strategies of the data you expect to acquire or generate […]

Are you a UVic student, staff, or faculty member and want to learn more about creating infographics? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an introduction. Once you’ve completed this session you will be able to do or be aware of the following: Instructor: TBA

Have you heard of, or been wondering about, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how it might benefit your work? Are you an university researcher and looking to learn more about, gain access to, or be able to use ArcGIS Pro? Are you looking to become familiar with the use of Storymaps as part of your […]

Linked Open Data (LOD) refers to a set of standards and practices that allow data to contribute to the Semantic Web. This introduction will cover how LOD works in theory and practice. It will provide an overview of various projects and tools for using and making it, with an emphasis on cultural data and on […]

This workshop dives into the Semantic Web with its possibilities for humanities research through exploring ontologies and vocabularies for Linked Open Data (LOD): providing an introduction to how they function in relation to data structure and creation, and how they impact data publication, querying, and visualization. An understanding of the complementary roles played by OWL […]

OpenRefine is a free and easy-to-learn tool for changing and augmenting data. It has many uses, including cleaning and reconciling structured data (e.g., spreadsheets) in preparation for creating Linked Open Data (LOD). This workshop will provide a hands-on introduction to OpenRefine. Using sample data provided in the workshops, participants will be taught how to clean […]

The Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS) has developed several Application fProgramming Interfaces (APIs) that enable developers to access LINCS datasets and tools. In this workshop, we will provide an overview of how LINCS data is modelled as Linked Open Data (LOD), and introduce participants to the LINCS authority service, LINCS API, and the […]

This workshop will provide an overview of the ResearchSpace environment for linked data. ResearchSpace is a web-based tool for the storage, review, publication, and discovery of Linked Open Data. It allows users to search, browse, visualize, and edit existing LOD stored in the LINCS triplestore. LINCS has adapted ResearchSpace as a publishing platform to support […]

Lead by the co-leads the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance’s Respectful Terminology Platform Project, this workshop will introduce the work of the RTPP which brings together community projects with a similar goal of respectful terminology for all, and to discuss needs and goals of a national, Indigenous-led platform for respectful terminologies. Instructors: Stacy Allison–Cassin […]

LEAF-Writer is a free web-based semantic editor that supports text encoding with the Text Encoding Initiative and linked open data annotation without users having to learn complex encoding. LEAF-Writer supports all the core functionalities of an XML editor including tagging and adding attributes, validation, and error feedback within a stylesheet-based what-you-see-is-what-you-get interface that can show […]

This is an opportunity for researchers who have data within LINCS, or prospective LINCS projects, to consult with LINCS developers and UX specialists about how their data works or will work in ResearchSpace. Possibilities for consultation include tuning search pages, reviewing how their data interacts with the entity summary pages, planning how in-progress datasets will […]