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Event Schedule

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome (Lorraine Haricombe - Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries, Professor)

10:10 - 10:20 TACC Research Computing Resources (Dan Stanzione - Associate Vice President for Research, TACC)

10:20 - 10:30 ITS Research Computing Resources (Trice Humpert - Assistant Vice President for Information Technology Services)

10:30 - 10:40 UT Libraries Research Computing Resources (Michael Shensky - Head of Research Data Services, UT Libraries)

10:40 - 10:55 Amazon Web Services (Alok Takkar - Leader, Solutions Architecture)

10:55 - 11:10 Microsoft (Chris Akin - Lead for UT System)

11:10 - 11:25 Google (Jon Drew - Account Representative, Google Public Sector)

11:25 - 11:35 Virtual Labs (Eric Weigel - Senior Information Technology Manager, ITS)

11:35 - 11:45 Researcher Presentation (Adam Rabinowitz - Associate Professor, Department of Classics)

11:45 - 11:50 Concluding remarks (Russ Finney - Assistant Professor of Instruction, McCombs School of Business)

11:50 - 12:00 Open Q&A

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UT Libraries Research Data Services & Resources

Plan

Find/

Create

Process

Analyze

Preserve

Publish

Reuse

Support provided for all phases of the

research data lifecycle

Schedule a research data consultation at

https://libcal.lib.utexas.edu/appointments/researchdataservices

Find helpful research data guides

https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/research-data-services

Discover and download GIS data

https://geodata.lib.utexas.edu/

Templates & resources for drafting DMPs

https://dmptool.org/

Publish your data to the Texas Data Repository

https://dataverse.tdl.org/dataverse/utexas

See upcoming data focused workshops at

https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/data-and-donuts

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Data from UT Libraries Collections

Discover and download georeferenced maps and vector datasets from the collections of the UT Libraries and other institutions

https://geodata.lib.utexas.edu/

Texas GeoData Portal

UTL Collections Portal

PCL Map Collection

Search, browse, & download over 15,000 high resolution, non-georeferenced, scanned map images from the UT Libraries collections

https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/

Browse and download over 70,000 non-georeferenced scanned maps images from the digital PCL Map Collection at:

https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

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UT Libraries Geospatial Databases

Data Axle (formerly ReferenceUSA) Very detailed geospatial business and consumer data
SimplyAnalytics An extremely wide range of geospatial data made easy to access in a map interface
Digital Sanborn Maps 1867 – 1970 (Southeast US) Highly detailed, large scale, historical fire insurance maps
Social Explorer An extremely wide range of geospatial data made easy to access in a map interface

Visit https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/gis/geospatial-data-from-utl-databases for more details

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The Texas Data Repository (TDR)

https://dataverse.tdl.org/dataverse/utexas

Launched in 2017
Multi-institutional repository managed by Texas Digital Library
Support for individual files up to 4GB in size
Now allows for publishing of datasets greater than 10GB
Support for larger files and datasets being explored
UT Libraries can review draft deposits, provide general help
Published datasets automatically issued a citable DOI

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UT Libraries Computer Labs

Lebermann Media Lab in PCL

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New UTL Scholars Lab Coming in Fall 2023

https://www.lib.utexas.edu/study-spaces-technology/scholars-lab

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UT Libraries Virtual Computer Lab

ArcGIS Pro
COE Virtual Desktop
Eclipse
LoggerPro
Matlab
Microsoft Office
NVivo (2 user licenses)
Python
QGIS
R and R Studio
SPSS (2 user licenses)
Stata (7 user licenses)
Wolfram Mathematica
And more…

The following software can be accessed remotely at

http://labs.lib.utexas.edu/

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LibGuides for Research Data Services & GIS Services

https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/research-data-services

Upcoming Event Info

Links to All Individual GIS Guides

Email Link

Research Consultation Scheduler

Chat Link

https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/gis

List of Services and Resources

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Research Computing Consultations

In Person Consultations

Virtual Consultations

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Assistance with ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online is the leading cloud GIS platform
Accessed via a web interface at https://arcgis.com
Excellent integration with Esri’s ArcGIS Pro, QGIS can be used to prepare data

No need to install software to use ArcGIS Online

Used for:

Storing geospatial data in the cloud
Publishing geospatial data services
Creating/hosting interactive web maps that are easy to customize and share
Data processing, analysis, and augmentation (geocoding, network analysis, etc.)

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Workshops & Special Events

Data & Donuts workshops are offered each semester
A different research data topic each week
Held virtually from 12:00 - 1:15pm multiple times in the spring and fall
https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/data-and-donuts
Other stand-alone workshops and events regularly organized as well

E.g. GIS Day workshops

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Data Management Plan Assistance

A data management plan (DMP) is a formal but living document that describes the nature and structure of the data you will likely use or produce in the course of research, along with your strategies for dealing with it throughout and after a project.