iSkills: Professional, Academic, & Technical Workshops


iSkills workshops enable current students and alumni to learn professional, academic, and technical skills beyond the classroom. We offer workshops during the Fall, Winter, and Summer terms.

This page includes information related to our current roster. Further information will be provided via email.

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Overview

Faculty of Information professors, librarians, staff, current students, alumni, and a collective of professionals and academics from each program and concentration, worked together to create the iSkills roster of workshops listed below. Together with the required curricula, these workshops create a unique information and heritage educational experience. They also address academic, professional, and technical competencies aligned with your program and / or concentration(s).

To view a catalogue of our past sessions, please view the Historical iSkills Catalogue (updated November 2022).

For students and alumni looking for workshop materials from previous sessions, including slides and handouts, please contact Daisy Dowdall, Instructional Coordinator.

Registration

  • Registration is required for all workshops.
  • BI, MI, MMSt, and PhD students and Faculty of Information alumni are eligible to register for iSkills workshops.
  • Students and alumni will receive an email from Daisy Dowdall with the calendar and registration links.  You can also find registration links within each of the workshop pages below.
  • If a workshop is full, be sure to sign up for the waitlist.  We work hard to open spots for waitlisted students.

Withdrawing, No Shows, and General Etiquette

If you are unable to attend a workshop for which you have signed up, be sure to withdraw at least 48 hours prior to the session.

To withdraw from a session, please use the link provided in your initial registration confirmation email for the workshop, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Students and alumni who repeatedly fail to attend workshops they have registered for will be suspended from the iSkills program and may receive a fine.

Aim to arrive 10 minutes early for in-person workshops.  If you need to leave the workshop before it ends, notify the instructor at the beginning of the session.

iSkills workshops are not recorded.  Do not ask instructors to record their workshops.

 


Questions, Comments, and Suggestions

All questions, comments, and suggestions related to iSkills workshops can be directed to Daisy Dowdall, Instructional Coordinator.

iSkills Catalogue (Winter 2023)

Workshops are online unless otherwise noted.  Online workshops are NOT recorded.

ACADEMIC SKILLS

Academic writing in the Canadian context Saturday, Jan. 21, 10 am – 1 pm
Citation analysis for bibliometric studies and research impact Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6 – 8 pm
Designing a workflow for managing readings Sunday, Jan. 15, 6 – 8 pm
Pre-writing techniques: Formulating and organizing your ideas for a stellar paper or presentation Tuesday, Jan. 17, 6 – 7 pm
Researching, organizing, and writing literature reviews in the information sciences Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5 – 7 pm
Zotero: Introducing citation and reference management too Tuesday, Jan. 24, 5 – 8 pm

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Creating your online portfolio with Google Sites: A primer for MMSt students Monday, Jan. 30, 2 – 4 pm
Dewey Decimal System: A crash course Friday, March 3, 1 – 3 pm (in person)
Digital marketing for GLAMs: Social media and beyond Monday, Feb. 6, 5 – 7 pm
Disaster response techniques in libraries: A hands-on workshop about saving books from fire and water! Sunday, Jan. 22, 10 am – 1 pm (in person)
Human-computer interaction and marginality Thursday, Feb. 9, 5 – 7 pm
Infographics: An introduction Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2 – 4.30 pm (in person)
Making libraries, museums, and gallery spaces accessible Tuesday, Feb. 7, 3 – 4.30 pm (in person)
Managing volunteers in museums Wednesday, Jan. 17, 4.15 – 6.15 pm
MEDLINE fundamentals for health-curious iSchool students Monday, Feb. 13, 4 – 6 pm
Music librarianship: An introduction Monday, Jan. 16, 1 – 4 pm (in person)
Printmaking for community programming Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2 – 4 pm (in person)
Simple book repairs for general & reference collections Thursday, Feb. 2, 4 – 6.30 pm (in person)
Special collections cataloguing: An introduction Friday, Jan. 27, 2 – 4 pm (in person)
Standing out in UX interviews Wednesday, Feb. 16, 6.30 – 8 pm
Systematic reviews: An introduction Tuesday, Feb. 21, 4 – 5.30 pm
UX portfolio Wednesday, Feb. 1, 6.30 – 8 pm

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation with Python Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 – 5 pm
Basic video preservation hands-on training Monday, Jan. 23, 2 – 4 pm (in person)
Building ML Models in Python: Decision trees, K-Means, and NLP Sunday, March 12, 6 – 8.30 pm
Create your first iOS App Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2 – 4 pm (in person)

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2 – 4 pm (in person)

Data analysis with SQL and MySQL Saturday, Jan. 28, 10.30 am – 1 pm
Designing cloud solutions in AWS Tuesday, Feb. 28, 6 – 8.30 pm
Figma 101: Wireframes Monday, Jan. 16, 10 am – 12 pm
Figma 102: Adding UI design Monday, Jan. 23, 10 am – 12 pm
Geospatial analysis in R Sunday, March 5, 6 – 8.30 pm
Illustrator: An introduction Thursday, Jan. 19, 6 – 9 pm (in person)
JavaScript 101 Saturday, Feb. 4, 11 am – 2 pm
Omeka: An introduction to creating online exhibits and collections Thursday, Feb. 9, 3 – 5 pm (in person)
R: A deeper dive Friday, Jan. 20, 12 – 2 pm
Typescript 101 Saturday, Feb. 11, 11 am – 2 pm
WordPress 101 Saturday, Jan. 14, 11 am – 2 pm

WordPress powers approximately 43% of all websites in the world. Many institutions rely exclusively on WordPress to maintain an internet presence. In this workshop you will learn the basics of managing and creating content with WordPress. Upon completion of the workshop you will: Understand what WordPress is and why we...
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