Fall 2025 workshops announced
August 11, 2025
Each semester, the University Library offers a lineup of workshops that covers a range of topics. Workshops are designed to help participants build skills and expand knowledge for everyday use, and to apply to course material and research projects. Avoiding AI Fails, ArcGIS Online Essentials, Intro to Citation Management, and Basic Data Cleaning with OpenRefine, are a few of the many workshops offered for fall 2025. Preregistration is now open for fall library workshops. To learn more about individual sessions, contact one of the presenters below or visit our online calendar to register.
September
Integrating Research Guides into Canvas, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, Yen Verhoeven
Avoiding AI Fails, 3-4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, Kate Garretson
Copyright in the Classroom: Support for Instructors, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 (Zoom), Abbey Elder
Avoiding AI Fails, noon-1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, Kate Garretson
Fundamentals of Deep Learning, 1-5 p.m., Mondays, Sept. 15 and 22, 2025, Aditya Balu
ArcGIS Online Essentials: Intro to Map Viewer, 2-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, Michael Cummings
Integrating Research Guides into Canvas, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, Yen Verhoeven
Unix Command Line Fundamentals, 2-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, Michelle Zhai and Ben Tibbs-Cortes
Data Viz 101: Effective Design, 11 a.m.-noon, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, Michael Cummings, Anne Shelley, and Katie Wampole
Introduction to Citation Management Tools, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, Dan Coffey, Eric Schares, Jesse Garrison, and Kris Stacy-Bates
Git Basics for Absolute Beginners, 2-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, Michelle Zhai and Ben Tibbs-Cortes
Creating a Google Website, 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, Lori Bousson
October
Introduction to Python for Non-programmers, 2-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, Michelle Zhai and Ben Tibbs-Cortes
Generative AI with Diffusion Models, 1-5 p.m., Mondays, Oct. 6 and 13, 2025, Aditya Balu
ArcGIS Online Essentials: StoryMaps, 2-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, Michael Cummings
Better Data Management in 5 Practices, 11 a.m.-noon, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, Michelle Zhai
Basic Data Cleaning with OpenRefine, 2-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, Michelle Zhai and Erin Ridnour
Getting Started with EndNote Web, 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, Jesse Garrison
Strikingly Workshop, 2:10-3:25 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, Lori Bousson and Becca Yowler
Building Impact: How ISU Experts Share their Work [Panel], noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, Abbey Elder
Getting Started with LaTeX and Overleaf, 2:10-3:25 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, Jesse Garrison
Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++, 1-5 p.m., Mondays, Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2025, Adarsh Krishnamurthy
November
Making LaTeX PDFs Accessible in Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, 9-10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, Jesse Garrison and Kristin Terrill
Exploring Free Tools for Text Analysis, 2:10-3:25 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, Erin Ridnour
Intro to DataShare and the ISU Digital Repository, 11-11:50 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, Anne Shelley, and Katie Wampole