Upcoming Events: Workshops in Libraries Digital Scholarship at Penn in October and November

The Kislak Center and Digital Humanities Forum at Penn Libraries continues their workshops on digital methods. Upcoming Workshops in Libraries Digital Scholarship Workshop Series are:

Title: Introduction to Text Mining
Learn the why and the how of text mining, its methodology, cautionary tales, and preferred tools. Presented by Mitch Fraas, Penn Libraries, Kislak Center and Digital Humanities Forum, Molly Des Jardins, Penn Libraries Area Studies Specialist for Japanese Studies, Dot Porter, Penn Libraries, Kislak Center Curator for Digital Servies.
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Wednesday, October 8, 2014,Kislak Center Seminar Room 625, 6th Floor. Van Pelt-Dietrich
Register: http://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event.php?id=794247

Title: Make the Most of your Visit to the Archives
Professor J.C. Cloutier, English and History Ph.D. Candidate Emily Merrill provide insight, both practical and philosophical on making the most of the often limited, and therefore precious, time available for conducting research in archives. Join us to prepare a tool kit for your backpack and for your mind.
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Thursday, October 30, 2014, Kislak Center Seminar Room 625, 6th Floor. Van Pelt-Dietrich
Register: http://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event.php?id=794373

Title: Sharing Research Through Social Media: Scholarly Commons, Academia.edu, and more
There are expanding opportunities for sharing your scholarly work with a global community from the Penn Libraries’ Scholarly Commons, to social media sites for academics including Academia.edu, ResearchGATE and more. Benefits and complications. 12:00pm – 1:00pm, Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Kislak Center Seminar Room 625, 6th Floor. Van Pelt-Dietrich.
Register: http://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event.php?id=794251