[Eril-l] ALCTS webinar: Introduction to R for Libraries, part 1

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ALCTS webinar: Introduction to R for Libraries, part 1

Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2018

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 AM Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 PM Central, and 2 PM Eastern time.

This is part 1 of a 3-part series.  See this webpage
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/IntrotoR> for more
information about the webinars in this series.



Description: Libraries now have access to an abundance of data reflecting
multiple facets of our collections, users, and services. Examples include
collections data pulled from the ILS, ebook and database usage data,
university enrollment data, and local user demographic data. This data is
often large, untidy, and difficult to work with in traditional spreadsheet
software.

"R" is a free and open source programming language used for data
manipulation, analysis, and visualization. It is more powerful and flexible
than spreadsheet software and can run complex operations in a fraction of
the time. This webinar will provide a soft introduction to working with
data using R in the R Studio software environment. Participants will learn
how to use R Studio, read in and explore datasets, understand error
messages, execute some simple manipulations such as subsetting and
renaming, and create a basic visualization.

The first session will include what R is, reasons to use R over other data
tools, getting used to a command line software, and how to install R and R
Studio, an orientation to the R Studio software, the data structures in R
(e.g. numeric data, text string, factors).

Learning outcomes:

Throughout the series, participants will learn:

   -

   What R does and how to navigate the R environment. This will include the
   basics of R syntax, understanding the purposes of different panes in R
   Studio, and understanding error messages and getting help.
   -

   How to read in a dataset and conduct some basic explorations of it. They
   will run a very simple subsetting operation, and create a simple barplot.
   It will include a training dataset of ebook usage with some randomly
   generated usage statistics in order to help contextualize and reinforce the
   advantages of using R.


Who should attend?

Those who work with data as a central part of their job. This would likely
include serials librarians, cataloging librarians, archivists, and
collection development librarians.

Presenter:

Clarke Iakovakis is the Scholarly Communications Librarian at the
University of Houston-Clear Lake. He has worked in both academic and public
libraries since 2007 as a page, library assistant, and research &
instruction librarian. He has presented at ACRL and ALA on topics
pertaining to usability and incorporating data into assessment. He is
currently achieving his master's degree in history, and he does not come
from a computing or technical background.

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Registration fees for single webinar:  ALCTS Member $43 ; Non-member $59 ;
Group rate $129

Registration fees for webinar series:   ALCTS Member $103 ; Non-member $142
; Group rate $310
How to Register: Complete the individual webinar online registration form
<http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=olweb&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=X>
or the complete series online registration
<http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventsconf&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=M>
form. Sessions are listed by date and you must log in.

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to
the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link to
the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time
it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording
at your convenience.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Megan Dougherty,
ALCTS Program Officer, Continuing Education at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5038 or
mdougherty at ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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