[Rdap] Now Accepting Applications - Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians

[Hilary Davis]

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Apply now!  The Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians is
accepting applications from December 12, 2016 through January 27, 2017.
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status no later than February
17, 2017.

The Institute will be held April 24 - 28, 2017 at the James B. Hunt Jr.
Library, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

For more information and to apply, visit:

https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/datavizinstitute

The Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians is a week-long
course providing the opportunity for librarians passionate about research
and scholarship to immerse themselves in learning about data science and
visualization in collaboration with academic peers. Participants will
develop knowledge, skills, and confidence to communicate effectively with
faculty and student researchers about their data and be able to provide
initial consultancy on the course topics. Led by expert instructors,
sessions will be interactive and will focus on mastery of core concepts,
with hands-on exposure to select open source and highly used commercial
tools. Sharing of practices and experiences across institutions will be
encouraged.

The Institute will include topics such as:


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   Data Exploration and Statistical Analysis
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   Bibliometric Analysis
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   Data Visualization
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   Version Control with Git and GitHub
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   Data Description, Sharing, and Reuse
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   Data Cleaning and Preparation
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   Web Scraping
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   Analyzing Textual Data
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   Mapping and Geospatial Visualization
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   Publisher and Funder Data Use Agreements


Visit our website (https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/datavizinstitute) to stay
up-to-date on program details.

The Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians is offered
through a collaboration between the NCSU Libraries and the Coalition for
Networked Information (CNI).


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Hilary Davis
Head of Collections & Research Strategy
NCSU Libraries
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-513-0654
hmdavis4 at ncsu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-2613-1717
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