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Digital File Wrangling: Organize your Filing System for Success In-Person / Online

Improve your workflow and tame your digital chaos by learning from an expert data manager on how to organize your files. This workshop will introduce practices that will help you successfully organize digital files in an intuitive and meaningful way without requiring the adoption of a new tool. Topics include creating file names, developing a meaningful file structure, documenting where you put files (such as through READMEs), and building backups into your workflow. Attendees will leave with directly applicable skills and materials that can be applied to research, courses, and personal life.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: Graduate Student Center | 3615 Locust Walk | Third Floor, Room 304 and online

Support for Publishing Workshops

This workshop is part of a series hosted by the Libraries in collaboration with the Grad Center at Penn. Each workshop focuses on an element of the research or publishing process. During the semester, take part in in-person workshops covering citation management, impact metrics, promoting your work, selecting the right publishing venue, fair use, and more. See the full suite of workshops to support you as you make progress toward your publishing goals. Check back to keep track of new workshops being added.

Date:: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time:: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Time Zone:: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:: Room 304 | Multipurpose Room
Audience:: All Graduate & Professional Students
Categories:: Academic & Intellectual

Registrations open at 11:00am Thursday, September 18, 2025

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made at least 5 business days prior to the event date to [[gradcenter@upenn.edu OR event organizer/contact]]. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after the 5-business-day deadline has passed. For questions regarding accommodations, please contact Disability Services staff at disabilityservices@vpul.upenn.edu.

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