Librarians understand the need to store, use and analyze data related to their collection, patrons and institution, and there has been consistent interest over the last 10 years to improve data management, analysis, and visualization skills within …
_Hands-on data science for librarians_ (forthcoming 2023) is a guide to doing data science in R geared directly for library & information professionals. Librarians understand the need to store, use and analyze data related to their collection, …
Data science brings opportunities to work more quickly and easily with data. It provides better reporting formats by incorporating outside data from various sources, and can even turn text into data that can be displayed visually. Even though legal …
The distribution of scholarly content today happens in the context of an immense deluge of information found on the internet. As a result, researchers face serious challenges when archiving and finding information that relates to their work. Library …
Sarah discusses what the R Programming language does, and how she got interested in the profession of statistical computing. While some may not see a direct link between being a law librarian and an R programmer, there are actually a number of skills …
Soon after starting a new position as a librarian at a data science software company, I saw that my employer was offering a workshop to learn how to do machine learning in the R programming language and I jumped at the chance to learn more about the …
Managing a library collection requires consistency and meticulous attention to detail, but managing remotely requires even more of these skills as well as a strong team that can work together to get the job done. Unlike reference and research …
If you attended SLA's recent 2015 Lawmaggedon webinar, you may have heard Jean O'Grady reference the term 'anecdata' — usage data based on the anecdotal, in the absence of any hard (or soft) usage data. I have seen the anecdotal trump data over the …
Acquisitions is the central part of a technical services department, yet at some libraries not all technical services duties are performed by employees. Working with outsourced technical services staff has enabled us to maintain service levels …