Talk out loud

T he first month a new term goes by in a whirl ... but now that we are almost through September, there might be time to think about making time for research skills workshops and some of the other library services that can make life as a grad student easier. Here are two options to consider: A. Research skills workshops 1.  NVivo:  Introduction to a qualitative data analysis tool. See how NVivo can help you keep your research project organized. Learn how to create projects and import a wide variety of data types (text, audio, video, social media). 2.  Grad Navigate:  A hub of graduate-specific workshops, for example, Conducting a Literature Review and various Data and GIS services that will assist you in navigating different aspects of your grad school experience and developing professional skills 3.  Citation management:  Explore some of the many available tools that help you manage and organize the references you gather during your research.  I am familiar with NVivo and am happy to g

My department (Research Support Services) has launched a new initiative to support grad students: The personal librarian. As the "personal librarian" for grad students in my subject areas (the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and Women's and Gender Studies), my role is to: 1. Keep students informed  about new Library resources and services. 2. Answer questions about using Library resources and services. 3.  Assist students' with finding information  for their assignments and papers, by helping them identify the best sources and to develop effective search strategies. Grad students: Please reach out of you have questions and would like to discuss your academic work (email: martha.attridgebufton@carleton.ca). In the meantime, feel free to check out the library services for graduate students. And please share this post with others.

  This summer, I took the LivingWorks Start program for suicide intervention,   which is now available to Carleton employees. I took the online workshop even though I have been a LivingWorks master trainer in the past. I decided it would be a good “refresher,” especially as institutional messaging places an emphasis on being attentive to students’ mental well-being. I think this introductory training is worth doing. If nothing else, a greater societal awareness of suicidal ideation and how to support someone who is thinking of completing suicide might help save one more life. Why LivingWorks? This is my mother and I think the photo was taken when she was in her late teens/early twenties.  She finished high school at 16, graduated from normal school at 17, and was teaching at Hopewell Avenue School by the time she was 18. She went on to do a first-class degree in psychology at Queen’s, marry, teach school and finish her career as a school librarian. She was kind, smart, creative.  Mom c