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Sanford Media Center Offers Support for Creative Projects

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by Jon Ezell, University Libraries The Sanford Media Center is now scheduling spring 2021 tours and instruction for UA courses. Here’s the most important stuff: The SMC lab will be open 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sign up for tours and instruction for your course. Please note that scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis. Students will be able to check out media equipment. DSLR training will be provided. The Whisper Room studios will be available. Our services have been modified […]

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Why Workshops Matter for Professionalization, Productivity, and Life!

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by Jenny Shaw, Department of History One of the most important skills graduate students learn is how to receive, assimilate, and act on feedback from peers and mentors. Often, as with peer review, feedback comes anonymously, and in written form, so responses can be contemplated and thought through. But at conferences, seminars, and public talks, scholars have to respond in person and in real time. Similarly, giving feedback in written or oral form is another essential skill and one that […]

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PDF Accessibility Training Opportunities

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The Technology Accessibility team has added several opportunities to learn about PDF accessibility in April and May. Enhance your ability to create accessible PDFs by participating in these workshops and webinars: Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (webinar) This session covers how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to create PDFs that are accessible to people with disabilities: what it means for a PDF to be accessible; generating accessible PDFs from Microsoft Office and other applications; and using […]

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ADHC Visiting Speaker Bryan Carter Presents Digital Humanities Techniques For The Classroom

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by Emma Wilson, Digital Scholarship Librarian and Assistant Professor of English It is my pleasure to invite you to join us for the Alabama Digital Humanities Center’s visiting speaker events next week on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21 in the University Libraries, when Bryan Carter, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Arizona, will be presenting a formal lecture followed by a hands-on workshop introducing ways of incorporating Digital Humanities techniques such as augmented reality, virtual […]

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