LinkedIn Learning Club @ McMaster, For students by students.
McMaster University students, staff, faculty, and alumni have free access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand learning solution designed to help learners gain new skills and advance their careers.
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Seyed with black hair wearing a blue sweater and Humayun with black hair and a grey sweater sit together inside Sherman Centre with their laptops on the coffee table in front of them.
Graduate students Seyed Amirreza Mousavi, left, and Humayun Kabir offer free one-on-one consultations on data analysis and software applications to members of the McMaster community.
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Searching for help on R? Seeking a primer on LaTeX? Looking for advice on programming with Python?

The team at the Data Analysis Support Hub, known around campus as DASH, is here to save the day.

Based in the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship at Mills Memorial Library, DASH staff assist with data analysis and software applications such as Excel, SPSS, or other statistical software.

DASH services, resources and workshops are available to McMaster students, staff or faculty members from any discipline. Of course, all of this comes free of charge.

Austin Butler wearing Second World War bomber jacket with a yellow parachute vest stands besides a vintage airplane on a movie set.
Austin Butler is one of the stars in the wartime production "Masters of the Air" on Apple TV+.
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Rare Virtues & Most Ingenious Men: Benito Arias Montano, Christophe Plantin, and the Remarkable Emblem Book Humanae Salutis Monumenta. Feb. 9, 2024. Noon to 1 p.m. Online.
The free talk is presented as part of the 2023-2024 Archives Alive series.
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How can it be that two copies of one book with the same title page and publication date are visually and textually different? 

This question led Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, distinctive collections cataloguing librarian at McMaster University Library, on an almost year-long journey of untangling the complex history behind a rare sixteenth-century emblem book. 

Crystal Mark with brown hair wearing a yellow jacket sits in a red chair inside Mills Learning Commons.
Crystal Mark is the new diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility strategist at McMaster Libraries. Photo by Caitlin Burgess
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Crystal Mark is passionate about equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-oppression.

After spending more than 20 years in the field, she brings her expertise to McMaster University Library and the Health Sciences Library as the inaugural diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility strategist.

Promotional graphic. "Wherein she plainly shews:" Women of the Printing Trade in the Hand-Press Era
Detail of engraving by J.B. Scotin in Office de la Semaine Sainte, published in honour of Queen Marie of France by la Veuve Mazières and Garnier in 1728. Archives & Research Collections, C 1846
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A recent virtual talk celebrating the many thousands of women who contributed to the early print industry in western Europe is now available for viewing.

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Illustration of three students. LinkedIn Learning Club @ McMaster.
LinkedIn Learning is free for all McMaster University students, faculty, and staff.
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Just in time for final exams, the LinkedIn Learning Club @ McMaster has launched a campaign empowering students to prioritize their health and wellness.

During December, McMaster University students using their free LinkedIn Learning account will have access to a playlist of short video courses centred around supporting personal well-being.

This month’s offerings were selected by Tanvir Singh, a third-year computer science student and LinkedIn Learning ambassador.

Illustration of three students. LinkedIn Learning Club @ McMaster.
LinkedIn Learning is free for all McMaster University students, faculty, and staff.
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Spending long hours studying but not seeing the results you hoped for? Not to worry. 

The LinkedIn Learning Club @ McMaster is sharing strategies to help you study smarter, not harder, this academic year. 

During November, McMaster University students using their free LinkedIn Learning accounts will have access to a collection of short courses and videos that offer helpful tips for developing effective study habits. 

Lynne Serviss with brown hair and glasses holds books smiling outdoors by a blue and white bus.
Lynne Serviss, associate university librarian, stands in front of the Hamilton Public Library’s Bookmobile on McMaster campus outside of Mills Memorial Library.
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The Bookmobile is a library branch on wheels, and it is rolling up to campus every week. 

It has been a longtime feature of Hamilton Public Library, making stops throughout the city to ensure that all Hamilton residents can enjoy library materials and services.  

Now, McMaster University has been added as one of those neighbourhood stops to reach the important student population on campus every Tuesday afternoon. 

Alyssa Smania (left), Veronica Larrazabal Zea, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, and Diya Raj Nair can be seen posing for a group photo outside of Mills library.
Alyssa Smania (left), Veronica Larrazabal Zea, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, and Diya Raj Nair.
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The McMaster University Library ambassador program is back for its third consecutive year with a dynamic team of new and returning ambassadors.

Led by Ariel Stables-Kennedy, first year experience librarian, the library ambassador program helps McMaster students navigate library services and spaces through peer-to-peer engagement in person and online.

During the fall and winter terms, the ambassadors will plan engaging events, produce creative Instagram content, and inform students of the many ways McMaster library can support their learning.

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