This workshop is intended to give a general overview of FileMaker Pro and answer the questions of what is a database and when to use one. The workshop will cover basic and advanced topics such as creating tables, fields, and layouts; importing and exporting data; performing calculations; and automating with scripts. Visit https://www.claris.com/filemaker/ for more information about this tool. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.
Library Carpentry is made by librarians, for librarians to help you: automate repetitive, boring, error-prone tasks create, maintain and analyse sustainable and reusable data work effectively with IT and systems colleagues better understand the use of software in research and much more... 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: WECS When: Sept 8, 2017. Add to your Google Calendar. Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system…
Looking for contextually-based data and computational training in a supportive, collaborative environment? Come join us in the Young Research Library Presentation Room for an introduction to the Software & Data Carpentry movement -- a community-based computational and data skills instruction. The Community Development Lead for Software & Data Carpentry, Belinda Weaver, is in town from Brisbane, Australia to promote and catalyze the Carpentries at UCLA. We also have Juliane Schneider, Lead Data Curator of Harvard's Catalyst archive and maintainer of the Library Carpentry Open Refine lesson, to tell us about the newest Carpentry -- Library Carpentry -- and how it fits into the broader Carpentry movements. John Chodacki from CDL's UC3 is on hand to tell us about the next steps for Library Carpentry in the North Americas.