Introduction to the New Libraries Search Tool, Presented by Amanda DuBose, Visual and Performing Arts Librarian, and John Stawarz, Online Learning Librarian
Description: This online workshop will introduce you to Libraries Search, Syracuse University Libraries’ new search tool that over the summer replaced the Summon and Classic Catalog search tools. We’ll share search strategies to help you find the library resources you need using Libraries Search, as well as specific tips related to submitting interlibrary loan requests, saving and exporting your searches, and setting customized alerts to let you know when new resources have been added to our collection. We’ll also answer any questions you might have about using Libraries Search for your research or coursework.
Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty, Staff
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Location: ZOOM
Recording Available: https://video.syr.edu/media/t/1_ep8lod2p
News and Newspaper Databases, Presented by Michael Pasqualoni, Librarian for the Newhouse School of Public Communications
Description: Undergraduates from any SU school or college who anticipate working with news sources are encouraged to join Newhouse School Librarian Michael Pasqualoni to boost effectiveness when using news and newspaper databases for exploring current or historical journalism, alternative press sources and publications outside the United States. Although not required, students can also bring specific questions about a project or assignment that is in progress or upcoming. Two session opportunities are offered.
Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 11:00-12:20pm OR Thursday October 3, 2024 3:30-4:50pm
Location: Wednesday's in person session is in Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (114), Thursday's class is via ZOOM.
Saving, Organizing, and Citing Your Sources and Collaborating with Zotero, Presented by Winn Wasson, Social Science Librarian
Description: This introduction will provide an overview of Zotero, a free platform that allows students and researchers to save and annotate sources, collaborate with classmates and colleagues, generate citations and bibliographies in papers, and access references from anywhere. Students and researchers of all experience levels are encouraged to attend and ask questions.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: ZOOM
Citation Workshop: A Deeper Dive, Presented by Michelle Mitchell, Reference and Instruction Librarian and Juan Denzer, Librarian for the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Description: Do you know how to cite some less common resources such as personal communications, legal documents, and historical documents (letters, speeches, diaries, etc.)? What about sources from generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, Copilot, etc.)? Just because they might seem less common doesn’t mean you don’t have to cite them. Don’t wait until after you submit your dissertation, thesis, or other project at the last minute. Learn about what and how you should cite sources that are not just articles and books. Learn to properly cite less common resources that might get overlooked such as personal communications, legal documents, historical documents, figures, tables, images, social media, conversations, programming code, etc. Also, learn how to contact an author or publisher. Join us for an exercise and discussion on how to do all of this.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Dinner will be provided.
Date: Wednesday October 16, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Bird Library, Room 114
Let's Go on a Research Journey with Sage Research Methods, Presented by Ana Guimaraes, Engagement Librarian for Sage Publications
Description:
Sage Research Methods (SRM) is an online resource provided by SU Libraries, offering learning materials to help you design and conduct every step of your research process. Explore and compare detailed information on hundreds of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, and use SRM to support developing a research question, doing a literature review, planning a project, collecting and analyzing data, and writing your results in a report, thesis, or dissertation. Please join Ana Guimaraes, Engagement Librarian for Sage Publications, for this in-person session in Bird Library. We will take a research journey with some sample social science and STEM topics and you can follow along and learn how Sage Research Methods can help you with your own teaching or research.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Dinner will be provided.
Date: Thursday October 24, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Bird Library, Lower Level, Room 004
Using Generative AI for Literature Reviews and Research, Presented by Juan Denzer, Librarian for the College of Engineering and Computer Science and John Stawarz, Online Learning Librarian
Description: This workshop will introduce you to generative AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Copilot, as well as specific AI research tools including Research Rabbit and Keenious. Librarians will demonstrate how to use these tools effectively and ethically in an academic setting through examples. They will include how to use AI to help you summarize an article, choose a research topic, and enhance your research. In addition to demonstrations, they will answer any questions you might have. We encourage all researchers including students, faculty, and staff to attend this session.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: ZOOM
The Misappropriation and Misrepresentation of Research: Strategies for Facing a Growing and Problematic Trend, Presented by Winn Wasson, Social Science Librarian
Description: The good news is that your research got published. The bad news is that a group you have never heard of is now misappropriating or misrepresenting it to push an agenda that neither you nor actual research conclusions support. This workshop will help you prepare for how to handle these situations should they arise, covering topics such as keeping current in your field inside and outside of academia, techniques for handling misunderstandings of your research, and ways to gauge (mis)understanding of your field of research and try out potential responses.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Faculty
Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Time: 5:00-6:15pm
Location: Bird Library, Lower Level, Room 046
Academic Book Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Presented by SU Press
Description: Book publishing can often be a murky and mysterious process for both scholars and non-academic authors alike. Acquisitions editors from Syracuse University Press hope to make that process clearer for early career scholars at SU to better prepare them as they determine their publishing goals for the future. The editors will walk participants through the stages of gauging editors’ and presses’ interest in research projects, the key elements of a book proposal, peer review and manuscript preparation, what each department at a press helps the author accomplish, and what happens when a book enters the wider world. They will also clarify common misconceptions about publishing and what it means to publish with a university press, an academic press, and a commercial press. There is no expectation of prior knowledge about book publishing, and students and scholars at all stages of their career are welcome to attend and ask questions.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Dinner will be provided.
Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Bird Library, Room 114
Copyright, Contracts, and the Creative, Presented by William Matthew Krueger, Esq., Law Reference Librarian
Description:
Are you planning on publishing soon or thinking about it in the future? Along with getting accepted, writing, and permissions, you need to deal with copyright and contracts. Avoid getting overwhelmed and just signing on the dotted line without knowing what you are signing. Don’t let bigger companies confuse you with their legal jargon when trying to get permission to use their copyrighted media.
Come learn some of the foundational concepts of copyright and contract law in a presentation more targeted to the creative mind. Learn about topics like fair use and copyright infringement. Will also will share resources available on the Syracuse University campus onsite and digitally for legal research. (It is not just the Law Library!). Ask questions and get answers from our Syracuse University College of Law Librarian. Be sure to bring a laptop or equivalent device and join us for a fun and educational evening.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Dinner will be provided.
Date: Wednesday October 30, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Bird Library, Room 004
Navigating Bias in Generative AI, Presented by Kiley Jolicoeur, Metadata Strategies Librarian, and John Stawarz, Online Learning Librarian
Description: This online workshop will introduce students and researchers to topics regarding bias in generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Starting with discussing how to spot bias, we’ll explore how bias is introduced to AI tools during their construction and how researchers bring their own biases when using these tools. This will lead to a discussion of how bias can be confronted, building methods to develop ethical and effective approaches to utilizing AI tools in your coursework and research.
Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty, Staff
Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
Time: 11:00-12:00 pm
Location: ZOOM
Experimenting with Emerging Media Platforms, Presented by Daniel Pacheco, Newhouse School Professor and Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation
Description:
Professor Pacheco, author of Experimenting with Emerging Media Platforms: Field Testing the Future (Routledge, 2023), will look at how Extended Reality (XR) technology can be applied by students, faculty or staff, at low cost and with vivid results.
Be sure to bring a smartphone, and a laptop or equivalent device if you like, and join us for a fun and educational evening.
Intended Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Faculty or Staff interested in this topic.
Sponsored by the GSO and Syracuse University Libraries
Dinner will be provided.
Date: Tuesday November 19, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Bird Library, Room 114