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Introduction to Text Mining with Government Documents (In Person)

Join us for a hands-on introduction to text mining using U.S. government documents. Inspired by the annual UW Libraries Constitution reading, this workshop will explore how computational methods can help uncover patterns, trends, and insights in large collections of legal and historical texts. Whether you’re new to digital scholarship or looking to expand your research toolkit, you’ll gain practical skills and ideas for analyzing primary sources in new ways. To participate in the hands-on portion of the workshop, please visit https://tinyurl.com/txtmininginstall. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Introduction to Text Mining with Government Documents (Online)

Join us for a hands-on introduction to text mining using U.S. government documents. Inspired by the annual UW Libraries Constitution reading, this workshop will explore how computational methods can help uncover patterns, trends, and insights in large collections of legal and historical texts. Whether you’re new to digital scholarship or looking to expand your research toolkit, you’ll gain practical skills and ideas for analyzing primary sources in new ways. To participate in the hands-on portion of the workshop, please visit https://tinyurl.com/txtmininginstall. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Gaming the System: Open Access Week Game Corner

Join UW Libraries for a week-long series of events during international Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH Open Sharing Requirements. See the full schedule. What is Open Access information and Open Science? What does it mean for you as a student, researcher, or instructor? Join the OSC in kicking off International Open Access Week by learning and playing games together! We will have tables set up with different board and party games that connect to and highlight the importance of sharing scientific knowledge and scholarly work freely and openly. Games featured include: Pandemic , Open Science Against Humanity , Decrypto , Publish or Perish , and more! Drop in and play 1:00-4:00pm on October 20 and learn more about this year’s Open Access Week at openaccessweek.org. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Monday, October 20, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

Group Viewing of "Knowledge is Power: Who Owns It, Who Shares It, and Why Libraries Matter"

The UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons invites you to a viewing of: Join the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communication for our 4th annual panel celebrating International Open Access Week 2025. Using this year’s theme, Who Owns Our Knowledge, as a backdrop, panelists will discuss what it means to their libraries’ mission and services. We will also explore how libraries help faculty and students understand their rights as authors and creators, and how they help them to retain ownership of their intellectual property. We will wrap-up by looking ahead at how each panelist envisions the future of libraries as stewards and promoters of knowledge ownership. A Q & A session will immediately follow. This event is co-sponsored by the UAB Libraries and the Alabama Library Association Scholarly Communication Round Table. In addition, please join UW Libraries for a week-long series of events during international Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Collaboration Corner. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Screenings. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Graduate Student Coffee & Conversation at the Simpson Center

The Simpson Center for the Humanities invites current graduate students at the masters and doctoral levels to a morning meet-and-greet event to make connections across the many departments and disciplines of the humanities and social sciences at the University of Washington. The Simpson Center offers UW scholars varied opportunities for intellectual community, professional development, and financial support that advance crossdisciplinary understanding, collaboration, and research. Stop by to learn more about our fellowships, events, and graduate research clusters, and to talk about shared interests over a cup of coffee or tea with colleagues beyond your department. All graduate students are welcome. Questions? Contact Rachel Arteaga, Simpson Center Associate Director, at rarteaga@uw.edu. To stay updated on Simpson Center events and opportunities, subscribe to our email newsletter. Free and open to UW graduate students. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 202. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, humanities@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Student Activities. Event sponsors: Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, humanities@uw.edu. Target Audience: UW Graduate Students. Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Humanities Data Exploration Workshop Series: From Foundations to Practice Workshop One: An Introduction (In Person)

Join us for the opening workshop to explore the opportunities and challenges of working with humanities data and get an overview of what’s ahead. The Humanities Data Exploration Workshop Series: From Foundations to Practice is designed for the data-curious in the humanities. Join this yearlong workshop series that builds your data skills step by step. Across quarterly sessions, participants move from basic concepts to applied practices in a supportive, hands-on environment. Tentative workshops include an introduction to humanities data, data management in the humanities, finding and creating data, text mining, mapping, and more. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Humanities Data Exploration Workshop Series: From Foundations to Practice Workshop One: An Introduction (Zoom)

Join us for the opening workshop to explore the opportunities and challenges of working with humanities data and get an overview of what’s ahead. The Humanities Data Exploration Workshop Series: From Foundations to Practice is designed for the data-curious in the humanities. Join this yearlong workshop series that builds your data skills step by step. Across quarterly sessions, participants move from basic concepts to applied practices in a supportive, hands-on environment. Tentative workshops include an introduction to humanities data, data management in the humanities, finding and creating data, text mining, mapping, and more. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Publishing on the Cheap (In Person)

This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. Want to share your research with the world but can't afford expensive article processing charges (APCs)? You're not alone—and you have more options than you might think. Join us to discover cost-effective strategies for making your research openly available online. In this practical workshop, you'll learn: How to leverage UW Libraries' agreements with some open access publishers for reduced or waived fees , Alternative ways to share your work openly, even when publishing in traditional subscription journals , Platforms for data sharing and digital scholarship that bypass the conventional journal system entirely, Whether you're a student, postdoc, or faculty member, you'll leave with actionable strategies to let you embrace open… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Publishing on the Cheap (Zoom)

This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. Want to share your research with the world but can't afford expensive article processing charges (APCs)? You're not alone—and you have more options than you might think. Join us to discover cost-effective strategies for making your research openly available online. In this practical workshop, you'll learn: How to leverage UW Libraries' agreements with some open access publishers for reduced or waived fees , Alternative ways to share your work openly, even when publishing in traditional subscription journals , Platforms for data sharing and digital scholarship that bypass the conventional journal system entirely, Whether you're a student, postdoc, or faculty member, you'll leave with actionable strategies to let you embrace open… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

The People's Data Workshop: Accessing and Analyzing Government Data Sources (In Person)

This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. Unlock the wealth of information held in government datasets! In celebration of the UW Libraries’ Annual Constitution Reading and as part of Open Access Week, this hands-on workshop explores the public records and datasets that help us understand government, policy, and civic life. Learn how to find, access, and analyze federal and state government data to support research, projects, and decision-making. We’ll introduce tools for working with datasets and strategies for turning raw data into meaningful insights. No prior experience required, just curiosity and a desire to make data work for you. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, October 23, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

The People's Data Workshop: Accessing and Analyzing Government Data Sources (Online)

This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. Unlock the wealth of information held in government datasets! In celebration of the UW Libraries’ Annual Constitution Reading and as part of Open Access Week, this hands-on workshop explores the public records and datasets that help us understand government, policy, and civic life. Learn how to find, access, and analyze federal and state government data to support research, projects, and decision-making. We’ll introduce tools for working with datasets and strategies for turning raw data into meaningful insights. No prior experience required, just curiosity and a desire to make data work for you. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, October 23, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Open Access Demystified

This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. Open access publishing promises to make research freely available to everyone—but the path forward isn't always clear. With multiple publishing models, varying costs, and concerns about predatory publishers, how do you make informed decisions about where and how to share your work? This workshop will help you understand the open access landscape and empower you to choose publishing options that align with your values and career goals. Learn practical strategies for making your research more accessible while contributing to a fairer, more impactful scholarly communication system. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ebedford@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, October 23, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Collaboration Studio: Welcome to Critical Gaming - Let's Play Open!

Attention Gamers, the Critical Gaming Collaboration Studio is recommencing for the 2025-2026 school year with a rush of new events! We welcome all Huskies to the Open Scholarship Commons, where we'll analyze and play video games from a scholarly perspective. This month, we’ll be connecting current and new members, discussing our summer projects, and exploring open-access games in celebration of Open Access Week. Our topic this month will be: "Let's Play Bubble Bobble: A Guide to Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics." Come on by and introduce yourself to our very own critical gaming community! This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. . Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, October 23, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.

NIH Open Sharing Requirements: How to Navigate Your New Responsibilities

The National Institutes of Health now requires researchers to share publications and data from NIH-funded projects immediately upon publication. This workshop will guide you through these new mandates, including what must be shared, where to deposit your materials, and how to comply while protecting sensitive information. Whether you're writing a grant proposal or wrapping up a funded project, you'll learn practical steps to meet NIH requirements and avoid compliance issues. Bring your questions about data management plans, repository selection, and navigating publisher policies. This event is part of UW Libraries week-long series of events during International Open Access Week! We're covering a wide range of topics including gaming, publishing, analyzing government data sources and NIH open sharing requirements. See the full UW Libraries OA Week schedule. . Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ebedford@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Friday, October 24, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Latinx Studies Meet & Greet

RSVP required: bit.ly/LatinxUW Are you a faculty member or graduate student who is interested in Latinx Studies? If so, please join us for a meet and greet at the Simpson Center. Though there are many graduate students and faculty working in Latinx Studies across UW and in the Seattle area, we are often siloed in separate departments. The aim of this gathering is for us to get to know one another and build community across departments and campuses. This is an informal event and will feature light refreshments from a local Latinx-owned caterer. All are welcome–if you are interested in Latinx Studies, we hope to see you there! Organized by: Alexandria Ramos (Assistant Professor, English, UW), Angélica Amezcua (Assistant Professor, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, UW). This event is free and open to all grad students and faculty, at any UW campus or other local college or university, with research interests in Latinx Studies. Questions? Email Alexandria Ramos (anramos@uw.edu) or Angélica Amezcua (aamezcua@uw.e… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 204. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified. Event sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Introduction to Podcasting Workshop

Click the Online Meeting Link above to register. Curious about starting a podcast? Join us for Introduction to Podcasting at the UW Open Scholarship Commons! In this online workshop, you’ll create a podcast intro, share and listen to others' projects in a supportive environment, and learn practical tips for recording high-quality audio. Gain hands-on experience editing tracks in Audacity, and explore important topics like accessibility, preservation, open access, and digital safety. This workshop is part of the OSC Public Scholarship Lab. In this online workshop, you will: Produce an introduction for your dream podcast or for an imaginary one. , Listen to the podcast introductions of others in the workshop in a kind, supportive, growth-mindset environment. , Learn some level-up tricks for getting good voice/sound recordings. , Practice editing 5+ tracks in the sound-editing software Audacity. , Learn about the importance of accessibility, preservation, open access, and digital safety. This workshop… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/aIhSXe-0QXG6EfyJ1OdhTQ#/registration. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Monday, November 3, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.

Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours

Learn about getting started with digital projects at UW. We offer consultations for research and course related projects. Examples include support for digital publishing, building digital exhibits, and more! We can help you find the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project. Come ask us about the Libraries digital scholarship infrastructure tools (Manifold, Omeka, etc.). This service is available only to current UW faculty, students, and staff. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Group Work Space B. Accessibility Contact: oscstaff@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Event sponsors: UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons & Learning Technologies. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, staff, post-docs. Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

"Ten Thousand Things" at the Wing Luke Museum

Registration required: bit.ly/ShinYuPai Join curator Shin Yu Pai at the Wing Luke Museum’s Ten Thousand Things exhibit. The exhibit is an exploration of the objects that shape identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing Luke Museum as a Museology graduate student, Pai has long been fascinated by the way objects function as vessels of memory, meaning, and storytelling. This exhibition expands upon Pai’s acclaimed public radio podcast Ten Thousand Things. Through four seasons of storytelling, Pai has explored the intimate connections people have with everyday and extraordinary items—objects that hold deep personal significance, evoke generational ties, or serve as cultural touchstones. Shin Yu Pai is an award-winning writer, photographer, podcast host and editor based in the Pacific Northwest. She is author of numerous collections of poetry, including No Neutral (Empty Bowl Press, 2023), and was Seattle’s 2023-2024 Civic Poet. Her literary papers… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Event sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Friday, November 7, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King Street.

OSC Public Scholarship Lab: Publish & Protect Your Research in a Flash with Manifold (Online)

Learn how to create the world's fastest book using the Manifold digital book publishing platform! Manifold offers the opportunity to upload texts, seamlessly integrate images, media, and more into your text, and allows users to annotate texts within the platform. You'll come away from this workshop with a text of your choice (either your own or a sample text that will be provided) loaded into Manifold with images added to the text. This workshop includes a mix of lectures and hands-on time that you’ll spend learning to build your own digital book. This event is part of the OSC Public Scholarship Lab. This event will be online via Zoom. Please register before the workshop to receive your Manifold account. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.

Fine-tuning LLMs on Custom Datasets (In Person)

In this interactive workshop, you will explore how LLMs work and practice fine-tuning a model on two custom datasets. Through a guided demo using Python and Jupyter Notebooks, you will: Implement fine-tuning on a Llama 3 model with two examples: sentiment analysis of IMDB movie reviews and text summarization of biomedical papers. , Use techniques that enable training a 3 billion-parameter model in five minutes. , Learn how to scale fine-tuning using multi-node workflows on UW's Tillicum GPU cluster. , Identify when fine-tuning is appropriate compared to other methods. A free Google Colab account is recommended to run the workshop demos. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: jcols@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Fine-tuning LLMs on Custom Datasets (Online)

In this interactive workshop, you will explore how LLMs work and practice fine-tuning a model on two custom datasets. Through a guided demo using Python and Jupyter Notebooks, you will: Implement fine-tuning on a Llama 3 model with two examples: sentiment analysis of IMDB movie reviews and text summarization of biomedical papers. , Use techniques that enable training a 3 billion-parameter model in five minutes. , Learn how to scale fine-tuning using multi-node workflows on UW's Tillicum GPU cluster. , Identify when fine-tuning is appropriate compared to other methods. A free Google Colab account is recommended to run the workshop demos. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: jcols@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Digital & Data Humanities Meet & Greet

RSVP Encouraged: bit.ly/dhmg The Simpson Center and the Humanities Data Lab invite current UW community members and scholars working in the digital and data humanities, broadly defined, to a fall meet-and-greet to make connections and learn about upcoming events, workshops, and ongoing projects. RSVP encouraged. Refreshments provided. Featured Projects & Resources, Black Digital Studies in the Age of Techno-Fascism, Cultural Analytics Praxis, Digital Humanities Reading & Research Cluster, Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies, Humanities Data Lab , Minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, Society + Technology at UW Free and open to UW faculty, students, and staff; RSVP encouraged. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by November 4, 2025 to the Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event generously made possible by the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 204 (enter through CMU 206). Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Event sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Target Audience: UW Faculty, Students, & Staff. Friday, November 14, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

OSC Public Scholarship Lab: Exploring Research and Teaching with Humap (In-Person)

Curious about new ways to visualize research? Join us for an introduction to Humap, a digital humanities platform designed to create interactive maps, timelines, and exhibits. Designed for academic use, Humap makes it easy to bring research and classroom projects to life, helping students and audiences engage with ideas in dynamic, visual ways. This hands-on workshop will introduce the platform’s core features and guide you in building your own projects. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.

OSC Public Scholarship Lab: Exploring Research and Teaching with Humap (Online)

Curious about new ways to visualize research? Join us for an introduction to Humap, a digital humanities platform designed to create interactive maps, timelines, and exhibits. Designed for academic use, Humap makes it easy to bring research and classroom projects to life, helping students and audiences engage with ideas in dynamic, visual ways. This hands-on workshop will introduce the platform’s core features and guide you in building your own projects. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff. Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.