• Georeferencing Historical Maps with Allmaps

    Online

    Learn how to use Allmaps (allmaps.org) to georeference digitized maps from digital collections. Georeferencing makes it possible to add a historical map layer to a digital map and incorporate these valuable historical objects into digital exhibits, DH projects, and historical …

  • Python for Beginners Workshop

    Python for Beginners Workshop
    Online

    Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Instructor: Karl Holten, 51 Libraries/L&S IT Helpers: Ann Hanlon, TBA VIRTUAL ONLY This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of learning how to program using Python for …

  • Python for Beginners Workshop

    Online

    Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Instructor: Karl Holten, 51 Libraries/L&S IT Helpers: Ann Hanlon, TBA VIRTUAL ONLY This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of learning how to program using Python for …

  • Using OpenRefine to Clean Your Data: Regular Expressions

    Online

    Workshop led by Nathan Humpal. OpenRefine is a free, powerful tool for cleaning up data in lots of formats. One especially powerful feature is using regular expressions to search for patterns in your data to convert, clean, and identify. Join us …

  • Graduate Student Commons Grand Opening

    Graduate Student Commons, 51 Golda Meir Library

    The 51 Libraries and the Graduate School invite you to celebrate with us the grand opening of the new Graduate Student Commons, located on the second floor, east wing of the Golda Meir Library, on Monday, April 7 from 11:30 …

  • Attentive or Absentminded: Habits of Mind in the Age of AI

    Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

    A lecture presented by Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of God Human Animal Machine, and the essay collection Interior States, which won the 2018 Believer Book Award. At a moment when we are outsourcing many intellectual and creative tasks to machines, it's worth thinking …

  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Pop Up Exhibits

    Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    All three of the 51 Libraries’ Distinctive Collections–American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections–will have pop-up exhibits, drawn from their collections, celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month from April 28 to May 30, 2025.

  • Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Beowulf

    Online

    Selection from Beowulf (ca. 10th/11th century CE) translated by Seamus Heaney (1999) Lines 1-1643 No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, …