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September 17, 2024 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
DSL Flex Space (Main Library, 2 West)
This drop-in workshop is intended to offer an opportunity to ask about the various data services the Libraries make available and how we might be able to assist with your research, from proposal drafting to closeout. The MSU Libraries offer a number of services to assist you with data acquisition, preparation, analysis, visualization and data management for your research project data. Data Services assists researchers with data and statistical resources across the entire research lifecycle, as both consumers and producers of data. Our purpose is: To provide guidance to faculty in the development and execution of research data management plans. To connect faculty to distributed research data support services throughout the university. To educate students, faculty, and staff about the importance of data management. Research Data Management Guidance Effective research data management is an active and ongoing process during the entire research lifecycle, from project conception to long after it is finished. Best practices for research data management can help you secure grant funding enhance the ability to share data internally during a project bring traditional library and archival expertise for the organization and care of digital information to your own personal research projects create a data output that can become part of the scholarly record, earning recognition and citations help you make efficient and effective use of research funding Identify & Access Data and Statistics Assistance identifying and facilitating access to data sets and statistics within our library collection and from outside resources Each subject librarian will be familiar with statistical sources in the various disciplinary areas. Data Acquisitions recommendations for data set purchases are welcomed and will be pursued contingent upon our Data Collection Development Policy
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September 17, 2024 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
DSL VR Room (Main Library, 2 West)
Whether you’re a VR first-timer, an immersive data visualizer, a researcher, a game developer, an artist in search of a new medium, an instructor curious about how to use the tech in class, or a student of storytelling, our VR Open Hours are for you! Try out the Digital Scholarship Lab’s HTC Vive Elite XR headsets and learn about our VR Headset loan program. We love to connect people with hardware, software, and each other. The Digital Scholarship Lab will be hosting Open VR every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00-6:00pm. Join us to explore the expansive world of Virtual Reality: Immersivity visualize data, anatomy, molecules, math equations, historical sites and events, or even comics. Paint, sculpt, animate, and work with 3D models/environments Learn languages, circuitry, lab chemistry, medical procedure, extended-reality (or "XR," including VR and 360) media production. Play games for transportive narrative, exercise, team building, or just plain fun. Explore the great outdoors, real-world geography, or hypothetical interior designs. Simulate colorblindness, an astronaut experience, or a rollercoaster ride. ... And so much more! For parking information visit http://maps.msu.edu/interactive. If you have questions about accessibility or need to request accommodations, please email lib.dl.accessibility@msu.edu.
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September 18, 2024 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
DSL 360 Room (Main Library, 2 West)
Experience the Digital Scholarship Lab’s 360 Room, an immersive visualization space that displays multimedia in 360 degrees with surround sound. Learn about how you might incorporate the 360 in a class or project, get inspired by software equipment available from the DSL, or travel the world virtually in 360 degrees. This semester we’re offering drop-in hours to learn about the technology. Each session has a theme and will begin with a brief presentation on the topic, then open up for general conversation about the different ways immersive visualization can be used in teaching, learning, and research. Here is our lineup for Fall Semester: Using Google Street View in Teaching & Learning (9/18/24, 12-1pm) Creating Immersive Presentations (10/16/24, 12-1pm) Introduction to 360 Cameras (11/13/24,12-1pm)