R has become an indispensible tool for academics in a range of disciplines for analyzing data. Many users come to it though with limited programming experience which can often lead to many more headaches than anyone should reasonably suffer. This workshop attempts to make R a bit less painful. Fortunately the past few years have …
Once you've learned to use basic Python syntax and programming concepts, what next? This workshop will address intermediate programming concepts that become critical as one moves from writing short scripts to more sophisticated programs. Topics will include programming paradigms such as functional and object-oriented programming, how to manage virtual environments, and structuring and sharing projects …
Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Nontsikelelo Mutiti, co-researchers of ReadingZimbabwe.com have been collecting, cataloging, digitizing, and making available information of as many publications about Zimbabwe from the 1950s to the present as is possible to identify and locate. This national archive is now submerged and is threatened with extinction: many of the key books of Zimbabwe's literary …
Are you curious about the GC Digital Scholarship Lab, the Digital Fellows, and the services that we provide? Come join us on Tuesday, February 27th, from 12pm-6pm for our first ever Digital Scholarship Lab Open House! The GC Digital Scholarship Lab (Room 7414) is a great place to come for support for a variety of digital projects and research. …
Register today! GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series presents an interactive talk with Zach Poff, a New York area media artist, educator, and maker-of-things. His artwork is rooted in open systems that …
The purpose of this workshop is to help you establish a digital academic identity while becoming familiar with the WordPress platform. We will focus on utilizing the CUNY Academic Commons, …
Register today! GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series presents a talk on the Kentucky Bourbon Tales Oral History Project by Doug Boyd Ph.D., a national expert on oral history, archives, and digital technologies. Boyd serves …
Register today! GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series presents a featured workshop on doing digital oral history by Doug Boyd Ph.D., a national expert on oral history, archives, and digital technologies. Boyd serves …
Does your research involve sound? Would you like to learn more about digital tools for recording, editing and sharing audio files, as well as qualitative coding and transcribing their content? …
Twitter, NYC Open Data, wikipedia - what are some ways to use the Python programming language to pull stuff off the internet? This workshop will introduce specialized libraries like SodaPy …
