LibGuides: Data & Donuts: Current Semester Schedule

Data & Donuts is a workshop series organized each semester by the UT Libraries Research Data Services team. Instructors from UT Libraries and partners across campus share expert advice, resources, and tools that will help you take good care of your data through all phases of the research lifecycle, from project planning to data preservation.

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Workshops on select Fridays from 12 to 1:15pm

Please consider attending the upcoming workshops below. If you are interested in presentation slides, Zoom recordings, and other materials from past events you can access these resources at https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/data-and-donuts/information-about-past-workshops

Spring 2024

Open source data analysis and visualization with R

Instructor:	Alex Marden
Date:	1/26/2024
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	PCL Scholars Lab Data Lab & Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
Watch:	Zoom Recording
Downloads:	Presentation Slides
Downloads:	Colab Notebook
Downloads:	RMD file

R is a powerful statistical computing and graphics software that is open source and widely popular—particularly in academia. In this workshop we will cover how to use the R scripting language to construct workflows for reproducible, publication ready analyses and graphics. This workshop is being presented in collaboration with the UT Open Source Program Office (UT-OSPO)

Research Data Management Best Practices Donuts will be provided!

Instructor:	Michael Shensky
Date:	2/16/2024 (Fri.)
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	PCL Scholars Lab Data Lab & Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
Watch:	Zoom Recording
Downloads:	Presentation Slides

This workshop will go over helpful strategies and techniques for effective research data management in all stages of the research lifecycle, from the drafting of comprehensive data management plans to successful publication of research data. Join this session to learn how to overcome data management challenges and stay in compliance with research data management regulations.

Discovering and Utilizing Data From Research Databases

Instructors:	Meryl Brodsky & Michael Shensky
Date:	3/1/2024 (Fri.)
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	Zoom
Watch:	Zoom Recording
Download:	Presentation Slides (1)
Download:	Presentation Slides (2)

This workshop will demonstrate how to search for datasets in different research databases that are available through UT Libraries subscriptions. In this session you will have the opportunity to get hands on experience utilizing the interfaces of databases like ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive to query and download datasets for use in research.