@inproceedings{eluna1509,
            year = {2017},
           month = {May},
       booktitle = {ELUNA 2017 Annual Meeting},
           title = {Bridging the gaps: Python scripting around Alma's edges},
        abstract = {Want to learn to code but not sure where to start? In the 2015 report "Coding for Librarians: Learning by Example," Andromeda Yelton advised "learning how to make one language do a few useful things." Case studies of librarians who learned to code for a specific need abound. But how to identify your own coding use case? In this presentation, I will discuss how I made the leap to writing useful scripts for everyday work through projects involving extraction, transformation, and import of Alma metadata. Familiar tools provided most pieces of the puzzle; coding helped "bridge the gaps" by reducing/eliminating manual work. I will describe 4 simple projects: parsing a file of vendor-supplied MARC records; creating item records from spreadsheet input; creating a list of course-assigned ebook titles and URLS; and evaluating OCLC reclamation project unresolved records. Participants will leave this session with ideas for how to start small and progressively expand their coding skills.},
             url = {https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/1509/},
          author = {Traill, Stacie}
}