Schedule - Open Data Week - LibGuides at Virginia Tech

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"Monday, 4/10 

Open Research/Open Data Forum: Transparency, Sharing, and Reproducibility in Scholarship Optional RSVP | NLI credit available  Panelist Information 6:30-8:00pm, in Torgersen Hall 1100 Join our panelists for a discussion on challenges and opportunities related to sharing and using open data in research, including meeting funder and journal guidelines…More Info

Tuesday, 4/11 Introduction to ContentMine Tools for Mining Scholarly & Research Literature  9:30-10:45am, Newman Multipurpose Room Online participation via WebEx available (RSVP for connection link) Optional RSVP | NLI credit available Coffee and tea Join ContentMine instructors for an overview of text and data mining, and an introduction to ContentMine open source tools for mining scholarly and research literature

Tuesday, 4/11 Data visualization with Tableau 10:30 am -12:00 pm, Torgersen Hall 1100 NLI credit available With the Tableau data visualization software, you or your students can easily turn research data into detailed, interactive visualizations that tell the story that numbers alone struggle to express. The software can link directly to your data sources so you always have the most up-to-date data on hand without exporting manually, and easily generate hundreds of types of visualizations that include interactive elements.

Tuesday, 4/11 Dinner at the Cellar with ContentMine (Pay your own way event) 6:00 - meet at the 1st Floor Library Cafe (Newman) and walk to the restaurant 6:15 - meet at The Cellar Join guest speakers from ContentMine for Greek food, pizza, and other delicious fare at the Cellar, 302 N Main St, Blacksburg, VA 24060. (This is a pay-your-own-way event.) Sign up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054ca4ae2da4fd0-tuesday

Wednesday, 4/12 Introduction to ContentMine Tools for Mining Scholarly & Research Literature 9:00-9:55am, Newman Multipurpose Room Optional RSVP | NLI credit available Coffee and light refreshments Join ContentMine instructors for an overview of text and data mining, and an introduction to ContentMine open source tools for mining scholarly and research literature

Wednesday, 4/12 Making Visible the Invisible: Data Visualization and Poster Design 9:30-11:00am, Newman 207A NLI credit available Visually representing data helps users and readers engage with the content, understand key findings, and retain information. Exploring, creating, and presenting these visual representations is becoming critical for teaching, academic research, and professional engagement. In this session we will explore the basics of data visualization and poster design, and look at a few tools to create different kinds of visualizations. We will also discuss the academic and professional value in visualizing data.

Wednesday, 4/12 Introduction to ContentMine Tools for Life Sciences Research  11:15-12:05pm, Newman MultiPurpose Room Optional RSVP | NLI credit available Join students in a computational biochemistry informatics class session for an introduction to ContentMine open source tools for text and data mining to explore research literature sources, with a focus on tools related to mining and exploring content for Life Sciences research (phylogeny and and visualization).

Wednesday, 4/12 Lunch with ContentMine guest speakers and program participants 12:30-1:30 Registration required (Limit: 50 participants)

Wednesday, 4/12 Text and Data Mining Forum  2:30-3:45pm, Newman MultiPurpose Room Optional RSVP | NLI credit available Panelist Information Light refreshments A discussion with researchers and ContentMine guests about opportunities and challenges related to text and data mining, with a focus on information access.

Wednesday, 4/12 Introduction to ContentMine Tools for Mining Scholarly & Research Literature:  4:00-5:15pm, Newman ScaleUp Classroom  Optional RSVP | N

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