My latest newsletter is out and available online. In it you will find more information about the services I provide at UF, new library resources, the Fall 2023 Graduate Student Workshop Series, and a selection of our newly acquired books and eBooks in European/Middle Eastern Studies.
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Graduate Student Workshop Series Fall 2020
Monday Oct. 5. Getting Started: Finding Scholarly Materials for Your Research
Hélène Huet Ph.D. European Studies Librarian
In this session, you will learn how to navigate the library’s website in order to find the books, articles, videos, and other materials needed for your research. You will also learn about various library and on-campus resources that will be of help during your academic career at the University of Florida.
Monday Oct. 12. Getting a Good Understanding: Learning Academic Critical Reading Skills
Megan Daly Ph.D. Classics, Philosophy and Religion Librarian
Feeling overwhelmed by the reading required for your graduate courses and research? This session will examine some critical reading strategies and open up discussion about how we read as academics.
Monday Oct. 19. Getting Published: Navigating the Peer Review Process
David Schwieder Ph.D. Political Science Librarian
This workshop provides an “authors-eye view” of the peer review process. Covered topics include selecting appropriate journals, understanding editors’ goals, formatting your manuscript, responding to reviews, and more.
Monday Oct. 26. Getting Your Classes on Track: Improving Your Teaching Skills
Sean Trainor Ph.D. Lecturer, Management Communication Center
New to teaching? Struggling to balance your teaching and research obligations? Then attend this session for some easy-to-implement tips on how to maximize your teaching effectiveness while minimizing teaching-related headaches.
ALL ONLINE ZOOM SESSIONS HELD DURING PERIOD 4 (10:40-11:30 a.m.)
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
OPEN TO ALL UF GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS
Message Hélène for zoom info.
Call for Proposals 2020 Digital Humanities Showcase April 6th @ 2-5pm Scott Nygren Scholars Studio, Library West
As part of UF’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week, the Digital Humanities Certificate Committee and Digital Humanities Working Group seek 10-minute presentations on digital humanities projects (past, current or future), or demonstrations on digital humanities skills and methods. The presentations will complement a showcase of graduate student work currently in development in the capstone Digital Humanities Graduate Studio course, as well as a presentation by Erik Deumens, the Director of UFIT Research Computing. The afternoon will highlight a variety of digital humanities practices at UF, and serve as an introduction for graduate students who are interested in pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities. Participation is open to all UF faculty, staff, and graduate students working in the digital humanities.
Deadline: 5 pm March 20, 2020
(notifications of participation will be sent via email by March 23, 2020)
To submit a proposal, go to this form.
Graduate Student Workshop Series: Building Your Career Fall 2019
October 2 (211 Library West), “Getting Your Classes on Track: Improving Your Teaching Skills”
Sean Trainor (PhD), Lecturer, Management Communication Center.
New to teaching? Struggling to balance your teaching and research obligations? Then attend this session for some easy-to-implement tips on how to maximize your teaching effectiveness while minimizing teaching-related headaches.
October 9 (212 Library West), “Getting a Job: Finding Work after Grad School”
Megan Daly (PhD), Classics, Philosophy, and Religion Librarian
This workshop provides a brief introduction and discussion for graduate students about approaching the job market and job application process.
October 16 (212 Library West), “Getting Published: Writing Clear, Effective Academic Prose”
David Schwieder (PhD), Political Science Librarian
This session covers a set of powerful, easy-to-use techniques that will help participants write better theses, dissertations and manuscripts.
October 23 (212 Library West), “Getting Free: Leveraging Open Access Publishing Options”
Perry Collins (MA, MLS), Scholarly Communications Librarian
Are you hearing terms like “open access,” “preprint,” and “data sharing” and want to know more? The open access publishing landscape has expanded exponentially over the past two decades—this workshop will introduce options across disciplines for sharing, reviewing, and publishing open scholarship. This workshop is part of international Open Access Week.
October 30 (212 Library West), “Getting Organized: managing Projects and Time”
Hélène Huet (PhD), European Studies Librarian
This workshop will provide you with tips and tools to help you manage your time and your various projects as you navigate your graduate career.
All sessions held during Period 4 (10:40-11:30 am). No registration required. Open to all UF Graduate and Professional Students.
Graduate Student Workshop Series: Building Your Career. Spring 2019
Graduate Student Workshop Series: Building Your Career.
Spring 2019
Getting Published: Navigating the Peer Review Process (Feb. 6). This workshop provides an “authors-eye view” of the peer review process. Covered topics include selecting appropriate journals, understanding editors’ goals, formatting your manuscript, responding to reviews, and more.
Dr. David Schwieder, Political Science Librarian.
Getting Hired: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Feb. 13). This workshop provides a brief introduction and discussion about approaching the academic job market and application process in the last year of graduate school.
Dr. Megan Daly, Classics, Philosophy, and Religion Librarian.
Getting Known: Developing a Web Presence (Feb. 20). This workshop provides an overview of how to create and maintain a professional web presence by using personal websites, digital projects, and social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook.
Dr. Hélène Huet, European Studies Librarian.
Getting (Mildly) Famous: Broadcasting Your Expertise (Feb. 27). This workshop provides tips on how to pitch an op-ed and start a podcast: two tried-and-true techniques for making anonymous graduate students into publicly-recognized experts in their fields.
Dr. Sean Trainor, Lecturer, Management Communication Center.
All sessions are Period 4 10:40-11:30 a.m.
Room 212 Library West (Scott Nygren Studio)
No registration required
All UF Graduate and Professional Students Are Welcome
New Book Chapter is Out: Improving Graduate Students’ Research Skills
Hello everyone. I am pleased to announce that my book chapter “Improving Graduate Students’ Research Skills: The Graduate Student Research Series at the University of Florida.” is out in the book Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students.
Interested in buying the book? You can find it here: https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/transforming-libraries-serve-graduate-students.
Thanks to the editors Crystal Renfro and Cheryl Stiles for their hard work.
Graduate Student Research Series – Fall 2018
Fall 2018
Graduate Student Research Series
Could you use a little help with your research? With finding and synthesizing scholarly materials? With becoming an expert in your field? With editing and polishing your works as well as becoming a more effective academic writer?
UF Librarians Hélène Huet (European Studies), David Schwieder (Political Science), and Megan Daly (Classics, Philosophy, and Religion), and UF Professional Writing Professor Sean Trainor, will present a series of research-focused sessions to help graduate students with the following topics:
Wednesday October 3 Session 1: Finding Scholarly Materials for Your Research
Wednesday October 10 Session 2: Synthesizing Scholarly Materials and Becoming an Expert in Your Field
Wednesday October 17 Session 3: Becoming a Versatile, Effective Academic Writer
Wednesday October 24 Session 4: Editing and Polishing Abstracts, Papers, and Articles for Submission
All sessions are Period 4 10:40-11:30 a.m.
Room 212 Library West (Scott Nygren Studio)
No registration required
All UF Graduate and Professional Students Are Welcome
Session 1: Finding Scholarly Materials for Your Research
In this session, you will learn how to navigate the library’s website in order to find the books, articles, videos, and other materials needed for your research. You will also learn about various library and on-campus resources that will be of help during your academic career at the University of Florida
Session 2: Synthesizing Scholarly Materials and Becoming an Expert in Your Field
The heart of a graduate school education involves becoming an expert in your field. This session draws on cognitive and social psychology literatures to offer practical approaches designed to help you synthesize your voluminous graduate school reading load and effectively and efficiently develop subject field expertise.
Session 3: Becoming a Versatile, Effective Academic Writer
In this session, you will learn:
– Four simple techniques you can adopt to enhance your academic writing, and;
– Why writing like a journalist can make you a better scholarly writer.
Dr. Sean Trainor will lead the session. Dr. Trainor is a professor of professional writing at the University of Florida and a freelance writer.
Session 4: Editing and Polishing Abstracts, Papers, and Articles for Submission
How do you edit an abstract so it’s less than 300 words but still effectively communicates your ideas? How can you polish your conference paper so it reads well in front of a live audience? How can you perfect a draft of an article to make it clear, scholarly, and professional? This session offers tips on how to put the finishing touches on your work so you can put your best foot forward.
Workshops at the University of Florida in May
Please join us for the following workshops:
Wednesday, May 9, 1-3 pm
Introduction to 3D Technologies and Augmented Reality
Marston Science Library, Rm L136
Workshop created and hosted by graduate students Brittany Mistretta and Francisco Morales
Wednesday, May 16, 1-2 pm
Introduction to Project Management
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Scholars Studio)
Workshop created and hosted by graduate students Holland Hall and Patrick Daglaris
FSU Digital Humanities Graduate Program – deadline March 30, 2018; tuition waiver and stipend
What is digital humanities?
Digital humanities embraces a wide variety of activities that, in different ways, bring together data science, computing, data curation, and humanistic study. Work in the digital humanities can range from digital exhibitions in museums and libraries, to the work of scholars using computers to analyze literature and art, to study of and engagement with social media and social networks, to the practice of digital publication and media.
Why should I pursue a degree in digital humanities?
Students of digital humanities can apply their skills and expertise in universities and cultural heritage institutions or in a variety of roles in non-profit or private industry which require a combination of both traditional “soft” skills in the liberal arts and the digital skills of the 21st century. Though some students will come to digital humanities as a way to prepare for pursuing a Ph.D. in a discipline and in order to do research specifically in digital humanities, others will find digital humanities a pathway to humanistic careers well beyond the academy. Students will find in digital humanities the tools for engaging with humanities in a new and different way than they had before.
What is the Master’s degree program like?
FSU’s digital humanities MA degree is a 2-year degree hosted in the Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities. The program is highly flexible and individualized to suit each student’s chosen specialty within the large field of possibilities open to digital humanists. There are a series of core classes where students learn essential digital humanities skills for data analytics (DH 1: Humanities Data), data curation (DH 2), and for communicating and teaching (Digital Pedagogy). Students are also part of a growing and vibrant community of digital humanities scholars across many departments and schools of the university, including the Office of Digital Research in the University Libraries and the Digital Scholars group sponsored by the History of Text Technology Program in the Department of English. Beginning in 2018, PIH will host its own digital humanities workshop series. A collaborative digital humanities lab will start work in the coming year as well.
How much does it cost?
All students in the program are fully funded. Students are provided with a full stipend (13K +) and tuition waiver in exchange for service as teaching assistants and, in the second year of study, as instructors of record for an undergraduate course.
Questions?
For more information, contact the director of the graduate program, Dr. Allen Romano, at aromano@fsu.edu.
Information can also be found on the website, http://pih.fsu.edu, under “Program”
To Apply:
Visit http://admissions.fsu.edu/graduate/
The program in digital humanities is open to students from all majors, including especially all humanities disciplines, library or information studies, and any computing disciplines.
Applications require a statement of purpose, 3 letters of recommendation, and a sample of written or (if applicable) digital work.
Application deadline is March 31, 2018.
Graduate Student Research Series at UF Spring 2018
Could you use a little help with your research? With finding better scholarly sources and building scholarly knowledge? With preparing a research poster? With becoming a good academic writer?
UF Librarians Hélène Huet (European Studies), David Schwieder (Political Science), and Neelam Bharti (Chemistry), and UF Writing Instructor Sean Trainor, will present a series of research-focused sessions to help graduate students with the following topics:
Thursday February 8 Session 1: Finding Scholarly Sources
Thursday February 15 Session 2: Building Scholarly Knowledge
Thursday February 22 Session 3: Designing and Preparing a Research Poster
Thursday March 1 Session 4: Writing for All: How Thinking Like a Journalist Can Make You a Better Academic Writer
All sessions Period 4 10:40-11:30 a.m.
Room 212 Library West (Scott Nygren Studio)
No registration required
All UF Graduate and Professional Students Are Welcome
