This practical workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, explores how selecting the right file formats can support long-term preservation, data sharing, and reuse. Aimed at graduate students, […]
Date: January 20 2026 Presenter: Jacob Turola Get started with the makerspace laser cutter. We’ll demonstrate how it works and how you can use the cutter to make amazing designs with […]
Date: January 21 2026 From datasets and code to podcasts, reports, and performances, not all research outputs take the form of journal articles or books. These are known as Non-Traditional […]
Date: January 21 2026 Presenter: Jack Leong Participants will learn the basics of virtual reality technology, and get hands-on experience with Quest headsets in this gentle introduction. Using a Quest headset, […]
Date: January 26 2026 Presenter: Jacob Turola Join us for this introduction to a staple in makerspace technology! Attendees will get started with 3D printing in the makerspace. The session will […]
This hands-on workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, introduces the importance of README files in documenting research data for long-term access and reuse. Designed for graduate students, […]
Date: January 27 2026 You’ve been there–getting home from an incredible research trip to an archive, maps collection, or gallery only to face down thousands of photos all labelled “IMG50293.png.” […]
Reg Beatty and Alex Pospisil GitHub is a platform designed to help software developers manage large collaborative projects. Essentially, it is a repository for different files, but it has a […]
Date: January 28 2026 Presenter: Lana Yuan This workshop will introduce participants to Cricut Maker 3 and its application “Cricut Design Space” in creating custom stickers for journaling, scrapbooking, and other […]
Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration. Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository. GitHub […]
Rester à la fine pointe de la technologie, ça coûte cher. Mais est-ce même utile ? Est-ce que ça se fait de seulement remplacer la batterie de son ordinateur, ou un […]
Reg Beatty and Alex Pospisil This workshop will get you up and running on GitHub — creating a repository, adding and editing files, and learning how to understand and use some […]