Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2017
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Instructors: Tim Dennis, Erika Mias, Kayleigh Roos, Isak van der Walt
Helpers: Zine Sapula, Juan Steyn, Senzo Mpungose
Thank your for your interest in this Library Carpentry workshop.
The workshop is jointly funded by the South Centre for Digital Language Resources as well as the Rural Campus Connectivity Project and aims to create awareness about Library Carpentry and Digital Humanities.
The workshop is organised by the Digital Humanities Organisation of Southern Africa in collaboration with NWU-Digital Humanities and other organisations
Please register for the workshop using this online form. Space is limited, if you have any questions please contact Juan.Steyn@nwu.ac.za.
The workshop is a precursor for the Library Carpentry Sprint taking place on 2 October as part of the yearly LIASA conference.
Library Carpentry is made by librarians, for librarians to help you:
Library Carpentry introduces you to the fundamentals of computing and provides you with a platform for further self-directed learning. For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Library Carpentry: software skills training for library professionals".
Who: The course is for librarians, archivists, and other information workers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Where: MSL11, Mathematical Sciences Laboratories, Lower Ground Floor, Mathematical Sciences Building, West Campus, Wits, Enoch Sontonga Avenue, Braamfontein. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2017. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below). They are also required to abide by Library Carpentry's Code of Conduct.
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organisers have checked that:
Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.
Contact: Please email juan.steyn@nwu.ac.za or tdennis@library.ucla.edu for more information.
Surveys
Please be sure to complete this survey before the workshop.
https://goo.gl/forms/h0CE8TyXSdnLyA2h2
| 09:00 | Data Intro |
| 09:15 | Jargon Busting |
| 10:15 | File structures and conventions |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | Markdown |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Regular Expressions |
| 14:30 | Coffee |
| 14:45 | Regular Expressions (cont) |
| 16:00 | Wrap-up |
| 09:00 | Intro to the Unix Shell |
| 10:00 | Loops |
| 10:30 | Coffee/Tea |
| 10:45 | Finding things with Grep |
| 11:25 | Counting and mining |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Introducing tidy data |
| 13:15 | OpenRefine for Librarians |
| 14:30 | Coffee |
| 14:45 | OpenRefine(cont.) |
| 16:00 | Wrap-up |
We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
Bash is a commonly-used shell that gives you the power to do simple tasks more quickly.
cmd and press [Enter])setx HOME "%USERPROFILE%"
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.exit then pressing [Enter]This will provide you with both Git and Bash in the Git Bash program.
The default shell in all versions of Mac OS X is Bash, so no
need to install anything. You access Bash from the Terminal
(found in
/Applications/Utilities).
See the Git installation video tutorial
for an example on how to open the Terminal.
You may want to keep
Terminal in your dock for this workshop.
The default shell is usually Bash, but if your
machine is set up differently you can run it by opening a
terminal and typing bash. There is no need to
install anything.
When you're writing code, it's nice to have a text editor that is
optimized for writing code, with features like automatic
color-coding of key words. The default text editor on Mac OS X and
Linux is usually set to Vim, which is not famous for being
intuitive. if you accidentally find yourself stuck in it, try
typing the escape key, followed by :q! (colon, lower-case 'q',
exclamation mark), then hitting Return to return to the shell.
nano is a basic editor and the default that instructors use in the workshop. To install it, download the Library Carpentry Windows installer and double click on the file to run it. This installer requires an active internet connection.
Others editors that you can use are Notepad++ or Sublime Text. Be aware that you must add its installation directory to your system path. Please ask your instructor to help you do this.
nano is a basic editor and the default that instructors use in the workshop. See the Git installation video tutorial for an example on how to open nano. It should be pre-installed.
Others editors that you can use are Text Wrangler or Sublime Text.
nano is a basic editor and the default that instructors use in the workshop. It should be pre-installed.
Others editors that you can use are Gedit, Kate or Sublime Text.
For this lesson you will need OpenRefine and a web browser. Note: this is a Java program that runs on your machine (not in the cloud). It runs inside a web browser, but no web connection is needed.
Check that you have either the Firefox or the Chrome browser installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
Download software from http://openrefine.org/
Create a new directory called OpenRefine.
Unzip the downloaded file into the OpenRefine directory by right-clicking and selecting "Extract ...".
Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
Launch OpenRefine by clicking google-refine.exe (this will launch a command prompt window, but you can ignore that - just wait for OpenRefine to open in the browser).
If you are using a different browser, or if OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to use the program.
Check that you have either the Firefox or the Chrome browser installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It may not run correctly in Safari.
Download software from http://openrefine.org/.
Create a new directory called OpenRefine.
Unzip the downloaded file into the OpenRefine directory by double-clicking it.
Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
Launch OpenRefine by dragging the icon into the Applications folder.
Use Ctrl-click/Open ... to launch it.
If you are using a different browser, or if OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to use the program.
Check that you have either the Firefox or the Chrome browser installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser.
Download software from http://openrefine.org/.
Make a directory called OpenRefine.
Unzip the downloaded file into the OpenRefine directory.
Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
Launch OpenRefine by entering ./refine into the terminal within the OpenRefine directory.
If you are using a different browser, or if OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to use the program.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.