EVENT: Python Basics for Librarians and Archivists (ACRL DSS)

The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section (DSS) Digital Collections Discussion Group, Digital Humanities Discussion Group and Professional Development Committee are hosting a 4-part training series, Python Basics for Librarians and Archivists!

From the email announcement:

Python Basics for Librarians and Archivists is for those completely new to programming. Learn about variables, functions, flow control, lists, and dictionaries. After this course, you will be ready to learn areas like data analysis, data visualization, machine learning, and text analysis.

Series Instructor: Nathan Kelber, JSTOR Labs

Session 1: Intro to Jupyter & Python Basics I
Introduces operators, expressions, data types, variables, and basic functions
Monday, April 18, 2022
1:00 PM PT/3:00 PM CT/4:00 PM ET
Registration

Session 2: Python Basics II
Flow control using Boolean operators, if statements, loops, and exception handling
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
1:00 PM PT/3:00 PM CT/4:00 PM ET
Registration

Session 3: Python Basics II cont.
Functions, including writing your own functions, parameters/arguments, and local/global scope
Friday, April 22, 2022
1:00 PM PT/3:00 PM CT/4:00 PM ET
Registration

Session 4: Python Basics III
Working with data at scale using lists and dictionaries
Monday, April 25, 2022
1:00 PM PT/3:00 PM CT/4:00 PM ET
Registration

Each session is 75 minutes and attendees will need to register separately for each session they wish to attend.
Nathan Kelber is the Constellate Education Manager for JSTOR Labs. He leads community education for the text analysis platform Constellate and is the director of the Text Analysis Pedagogy Institute, a national institute funded by National Endowment for the Humanities.