Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Data Management Services: A Deeper Dive
Trainer(s): Amy Nurnberger
Learning outcome: Participants will be able to explain what data and data management are and what the Data Management Services team knows and does, identify a data management question from the community and know how (and to whom) to refer it, describe current data management activities happening within the Libraries, the Institute, the country, and globally, and how they may impact our researchers and services.
Date/time: Thursday, June 12, 2025, 10:00am-11:00am
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
How to Make Your Presentation Accessible
Trainer(s): Dhruti Bhagat-Conway
Learning outcome: Participants will learn best practices for creating presentations to improve the accessibility of presentations and slides
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Visit the DDC Reading Room (in-person)
Trainer(s): Amanda Hawk
Learning outcome: Tentative: Participants will learn about reading room policies, and what patrons should know when requesting material.
This session is in-person at the Distinctive Collections Reading Room (14N-118).
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Business Research and Resources
Trainer(s): Shikha Sharma
Learning outcome: Participants will learn about business resources available at the Libraries, and how to identify and refer business questions.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
The Fascination with Technical Reports
Trainer(s): Barbara Williams
Learning outcome: Participants will learn what technical reports are, how to search databases that index technical reports, and when to refer.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Can we fix it? We (almost) always can! An introduction to problem-solving queues
Trainer(s): Evgenia Diakonenko, Julia Lanigan, Jake Meaney, Sara Meyers, Sally Richter
Learning outcome: Participants will learn what questions are appropriate to ask Technical Services and Metadata Services staff and how to refer to them.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Searching for Images
Trainer(s): Matt Saba and Kai Alexis Smith
Learning outcome: Participants will learn the image resources the Libraries support, how to search them, and when to refer.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Discovering and Understanding Archival Metadata
Trainer(s): Joe Carrano, Chris Tanguay, Becca Tibbitts, Rachel Van Unen, Thera Webb
Learning outcome: Participants will get an introduction to archival metadata and learn how to find and use the archival metadata at MIT.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Citation Management and Writing Tools: A Deeper Dive
Trainer(s): Amy Nurnberger
Learning outcome: Participants will know how to use citation management and writing tools to help their community members.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Trainer(s): Nick Albaugh and Paxton LaJoie
Learning outcome: Participants will go through the process of doing a GIS project: Find & download data, add the data to GIS software, and create a map. Participants must register at least one day prior to the session to download materials.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Supporting Students in Distress
Trainer(s): CARE Team and Student Support Services
Learning outcome: Participants will learn about the CARE Team, how their services apply to the Libraries, and how we can support students in distress.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Government Documents
Trainer(s): Kim Maxwell
Learning outcome: Participants will learn what government documents are, their locations, how to search for them, and policies for serving users.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Faculty/DLC Donations of Materials
Trainer(s): Mikki Macdonald
Learning outcome: Participants will learn about the materials DDC accepts for donation, questions to ask faculty, and how to refer to DDC.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Text and Data Mining
Trainer(s): TBA
Learning outcome: Participants will learn terms and vocabulary (software, hardware, tools) to identify TDM, campus resources and disciplines working on TDM, and where to refer TDM questions.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Teaching and Discovery with Distinctive Collections
Trainer(s): Amanda Hawk and Rebecca Bramlett
Learning outcome: Participants will learn about distinct collections and how they are used.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Publishing Topics (different topic each year)
Trainer(s): Katharine Dunn
Learning outcome: TBA
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Conceptualizing and Supporting Digital and Computational Projects for Patrons
Trainer(s): Joe Carrano
Learning outcome: Participants will be made aware of the digital and computational projects that DDC supports, and questions to ask their community members about these projects.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Emergency Training (in-person)
Trainer(s): Maria Rodrigues
Learning outcome: Participants will learn about emergency procedures and emergency preparedness plans.
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
Overview of Referrals
Trainer(s): Tina Chan
Learning outcome: Participants will learn which questions should be referred and where (ex.: Circ RT, Ask Us, JSM)
Date/time: TBA
Registration: TBA
Anyone interested is welcome.
Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.
