Our Fall Workshop schedule is now available. You can register now for our workshops, and this semester we returning to in person instruction in the classroom in Brown Library. In addition to our workshops, you will also find some offerings from Research Computing (which will largely take place over Zoom). More Research Computing Workshops will be added later in the semester. Our lineup includes:
Data Transformation in R with dplyr
Data Visualization in R with ggplot2
Data Visualization in Python with Matplotlib and Pandas
Organize for Transparent and Reproducible Research
Introduction to LaTeX/Overleaf
Introduction to Qualitative Analysis Using Dedoose
Workshops are free and all are welcome! And be sure to check out additional workshops and training offered by the Scholars' Lab – including a popular series on ArcGIS as well as Maker-focused offerings with tools like Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
Please also take a look at the workshops offered by our colleagues in the Health Sciences Library.
What to Expect in the Library in Fall 2021
With classes nearly fully in person for the first time since March 2020, and with the Main Library closed for a multi-year renovation project, what can you expect in the Library? Please check out this guide to how library services are changing for Fall 2021.
Recent Highlights from our Statlab Blog
As we begin a new academic yearr, we wanted to share some of the highlights from our Statlab Blog from last year:
The Census recently released its 2020 redistricting data - these are relatively simple population counts. The data are in a format that requires special handling. More granular data about people (like demographic components) and places (like county and town-level) are expected next Spring. The COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted ACS data collection. The Census reports that they will not provide the standard 1-year estimates for 2020, but instead will release "experimental" 1-year estimates in November.
Questions about Census data? Reach out to our data librarian at data@virginia.edu.
Follow us on Twitter!
We're tweeting! Follow us on our new twitter account – @uva_data – to hear about what we're doing, learn about new workshops and materials, and see what resources we're excited about.
