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

Fall 2024

Tabular Data In Spreadsheets: OpenRefine & Python Donut logo

Instructor:	Meryl Brodsky & Michael Shensky
Date:	9/13/2024
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	PCL Scholars Lab Data Lab & Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
Registration:	Sign Up Here

In this workshop, participants will learn best practices for working with spreadsheet data. The session will showcase how researchers can use tools like OpenRefine and Python scripts to manage tabular data effectively. Please download and install OpenRefine – http://openrefine.org/download.html prior to the workshop. OpenRefine runs in a browser. It works best with Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.

Research Data Management Best Practices Donut logo

Instructor:	Grant Hardaway & Michael Shensky
Date:	9/27/2024
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	PCL Scholars Lab Data Lab & Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
Registration:	Sign Up Here

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.

Managing Research Code with Git and GitHub

Instructor:	Ian Goodale & Michael Shensky
Date:	10/11/2024
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
Registration:	Sign Up Here

When you utilize custom research software to manage your data collection, processing, analysis, or visualization it is important to ensure that your code is backed up and versioned. Join this session to learn how you can utilize Git and GitHub to effectively manage the research code you develop and share it with other researchers as open source software.

Intro to R for Data Management Donut logo

Instructor:	Willem Borkgren
Date:	10/25/2024
Time:	12:00 - 1:15p.m.
Location:	PCL Scholars Lab Data Lab & Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
Registration:	Sign Up Here

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 for working with research data.