eprintid: 1509
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 35
dir: disk0/00/00/15/09
datestamp: 2017-05-24 23:21:18
lastmod: 2017-05-24 23:21:18
status_changed: 2017-05-24 23:21:18
type: conference_item
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Traill, Stacie
title: Bridging the gaps: Python scripting around Alma's edges
ispublished: pub
subjects: Alma
divisions: eluna_conf
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.
date: 2017-05-12
full_text_status: restricted
pres_type: other
event_title: ELUNA 2017 Annual Meeting
event_location: Schaumburg, Illinois
event_dates: May 10-12, 2017
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation: Traill, Stacie (2017) Bridging the gaps: Python scripting around Alma's edges. In: ELUNA 2017 Annual Meeting, May 10-12, 2017, Schaumburg, Illinois.
document_url: https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/1509/1/S%20Traill%20ELUNA%202017.pdf
document_url: https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/1509/5/S%20Traill%20ELUNA%202017.pptx