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  • March Data Service Workshops: Census 2020

    Every 10 years, the United States conducts its nationwide census.  Starting in January in the most remote parts of Alaska, Census mail is sent to address and registered homes, while door to door census workers take stock of who is living where, all to get a full picture of who makes up the population of…

  • Creating and Using Google Forms

    This tutorial was written by Digital Studio Student Assistant, Jonathan Joint. Learn more about Jonathan and our other student assistants here. Google Forms is an essential tool for college students, teachers, and faculty members alike. And for the student leaders who are very much involved in extracurricular activities that may require things like conducting surveys, registration…

  • Beginner Guide to ABBYY FineReader Sprint

    Beginner Guide to ABBYY FineReader Sprint

    This tutorial was written by Digital Studio Student Assistant, Emma Grimm. Learn more about Emma and our other student assistants here. ABBYY FineReader Sprint is a tool that turns any hard copy paper into an online type text which can be edited on the computer. With the program, you can correct images, reformat your document, or…

  • Happy Public Domain Day (err…Month)!

    Happy Public Domain Day (err…Month)!

    Post by John O’Connor, Scholarly Communications Librarian January 1, 2019 marked the first Public Domain Day celebrated in the United States in 20 years, and we at Boston College are spending the month of January celebrating this wonderful day and all the new works going into the Public Domain in 2019. So what is Public…

  • Making a Podcast with Audacity

    Making a Podcast with Audacity

    This tutorial was written by Sarah DeLorme, Associate Digital Scholarship Librarian. The Digital Studio gets a lot of queries from our patrons regarding audio editing. There are so many great programs to choose from, it can be sometimes be overwhelming to know where to start. Audacity is a professional quality open source audio editor. It…

  • HDR Enhancement using Premiere Pro

    HDR Enhancement using Premiere Pro

    This tutorial was written by Digital Studio Student Assistant, Alben Chingo. Learn more about Alben and our other student assistants here. Prepping the Footage While holding down the Alt-key, select the footage and drag it up to duplicate it onto the tab above that (V3). Select the duplicated footage. With the duplicated footage selected, go to the…