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Library Carpentry: Introduction to Git

Library Carpentry lesson: An introduction to Git. What We Will Try to Do Begin to understand and use Git/GitHub. You will not be an expert by the end of the class. You will probably not even feel very comfortable using Git. This is okay. We want to …

Library Carpentry: Introduction to Working with Data (Regular Expressions)

This Library Carpentry lesson introduces librarians and others to working with data. This Library Carpentry lesson introduces people with library- and information-related roles to working with data using regular expressions. The lesson provides …

Library Carpentry: OpenRefine

Library Carpentry lesson: an introduction to OpenRefine for Librarians This Library Carpentry lesson introduces people working in library- and information-related roles to working with data in OpenRefine. At the conclusion of the lesson you will …

Library Carpentry: SQL

Library Carpentry, an introduction to SQL for Librarians This Library Carpentry lesson introduces librarians to relational database management system using SQLite. At the conclusion of the lesson you will: understand what SQLite does; use SQLite to …

Library Carpentry: The UNIX Shell

Library Carpentry lesson to learn how to use the Shell. This Library Carpentry lesson introduces librarians to the Unix Shell. At the conclusion of the lesson you will: understand the basics of the Unix shell; understand why and how to use the …

Licensing your research

Join us for a 30 minute guest webinar by Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy at the University of Virginia. This webinar will introduce questions to think about when picking a license for your research. You can signal which license you …

Linking to Data - Effect on Citation Rates in Astronomy

Is there a difference in citation rates between articles that were published with links to data and articles that were not? Besides being interesting from a purely academic point of view, this question is also highly relevant for the process of …

Meeting the Requirements of Funders Around Open Science: Open Resources and Processes for Education

Expectations by funders for transparent and reproducible methods are on the rise. This session covers expectations for preregistration, data sharing, and open access results of three key funders of education research including the Institute of …

On the reproducibility of science: unique identification of research resources in the biomedical literature

Scientific reproducibility has been at the forefront of many news stories and there exist numerous initiatives to help address this problem. We posit that a contributor is simply a lack of specificity that is required to enable adequate research …

Open science challenges, benefits and tips in early career and beyond

The movement towards open science is a consequence of seemingly pervasive failures to replicate previous research. This transition comes with great benefits but also significant challenges that are likely to affect those who carry out the research, …