ITP Workshop: Intermediate Python

Intermediate Python | Wednesday, April 1, 4:15 to 6:15pm | Room TBD | Ian Phillips This workshop will build on the Fall 2014 Intro to Python workshop. Participants will have an opportunity …

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Library Workshop: Introduction to SPSS

This class will give a general overview of the SPSS statistical package: What is it? What can it do? What do you need to know to get started? Please visit …

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Futures Initiative Event: Mapping the Futures of Higher Education

April 14: Mapping the Futures of Higher Education, Open Class Session, Conversation with Professor John Mogalescum, President Emeritus Kelly, and Futures Initiative Director Davidson, 4:15-6:15pm, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Room …

Digital Fellows Workshop: Digital storytelling with maps

Digital storytelling with maps: ArcGIS Story Maps This workshop will introduce ArcGIS Story Maps, a platform than enables users to present information and multimedia on topics, trends or events within a geographic …

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Brewster Kahle, Founder of the Internet Archive

The Skylight Room @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Monday, April 20: Brewster Kahle Brewster Kahle (pronounced “Kale”) is a leader of digital stewardship for the world’s heritage. He founded the Internet Archive in 1996 to strive for “universal access to all knowledge.” The Internet Archive preserves vintage software, moving images, sound, and text. It is best known as THE public archive of internet, …

ITP Workshop: Intro to Web Scraping in Python

Room C196.03 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Intro to Web Scraping in Python | April 22, 4:15 to 6:15pm | Computer Lab C196.03 | Patrick Smyth In this workshop, students will learn how to write Python scripts to pull data from the web programmatically. Students will learn about the Requests library, Python's built-in string functions, and the basics of storing data locally. …

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Library Workshop: Archival Research: The Basics

Room C196.02 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Wednesday, April 22: Archival Research: The Basics, led by Donna Davey Learn the basics of archival research in this hands-on workshop.  We’ll cover what archives are and how they are arranged, where and how to look for sources, and what to expect when you visit an archival repository. Full details and registration here: http://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/archival-research-the-basics/

Digital Fellows Guest Workshop: Geospatial Mapping with QGIS

Room C196.02 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Digital Fellows Guest Workshop: Geospatial Mapping with QGIS Thursday, April 23, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) Please join guest speaker Abby Mullen (Northeastern University) for the latest Digital Fellows workshop of the Spring 2015 semester. This workshop will focus on QGIS and the use of historical maps, georectification, and adding other data on top …

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