International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Mobile Web Ghana Library Carpentry Workshop

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Mobile Web Ghana

Online

14-18 December 2020

10:00-14:00 (Accra), 11:00-15:00 (Lagos)

Instructors: Benson Muite

Helpers: Elikplim Sabblah, Selorm Tamakloe

General Information

Library Carpentry is made by people working in library- and information-related roles to help you:

Library Carpentry introduces you to the fundamentals of computing and provides you with a platform for further self-directed learning. For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Library Carpentry: software skills training for library professionals".

Who: The course is for people working in library- and information-related roles. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

Where: This training will take place online. The instructors will provide you with the information you will need to connect to this meeting.

When: 14-18 December 2020. Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements: Participants must have access to a computer with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).

Accessibility: We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. Please notify the instructors in advance of the workshop if you require any accommodations or if there is anything we can do to make this workshop more accessible to you.

Contact: Please email benson_muite@emailplus.org for more information.

Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.


Code of Conduct

Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.


Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.

Pre-workshop Survey

Post-workshop Survey


Schedule

Day 1

Before starting Pre-workshop survey
10:00 Accra, 11:00 Lagos Introduction to working with data Regular expressions
10:55 Accra, 11:55 Lagos Break
11:05 Accra, 12:05 Lagos Continue
11:55 Accra, 12:55 Lagos Break
12:05 Accra, 13:05 Lagos Open Refine
12:55 Accra, 13:55 Lagos Break
13:05 Accra, 14:05 Lagos Continue
14:00 Accra, 15:00 Lagos End Day 1

Day 2

10:00 Accra, 11:00 Lagos The Unix Shell
10:55 Accra, 11:55 Lagos Break
11:05 Accra, 12:05 Lagos Continue
11:55 Accra, 12:55 Lagos Break
12:05 Accra, 13:05 Lagos Continue
12:55 Accra, 13:55 Lagos Break
13:05 Accra, 14:05 Lagos Continue
14:00 Accra, 15:00 Lagos End Day 2

Day 3

10:00 Accra, 11:00 Lagos Introduction to Git
10:55 Accra, 11:55 Lagos Break
11:05 Accra, 12:05 Lagos Continue
11:55 Accra, 12:55 Lagos Break
12:05 Accra, 13:05 Lagos Tidy Data
12:55 Accra, 13:55 Lagos Break
13:05 Accra, 14:05 Lagos Continue
14:00 Accra, 15:00 Lagos End Day 3

Day 4

10:00 Accra, 11:00 Lagos Structured Query Language
10:55 Accra, 11:55 Lagos Break
11:05 Accra, 12:05 Lagos Continue
11:55 Accra, 12:55 Lagos Break
12:05 Accra, 13:05 Lagos Continue
12:55 Accra, 13:55 Lagos Break
13:05 Accra, 14:05 Lagos Continue
14:00 Accra, 15:00 Lagos End Day 4

Day 5

10:00 Accra, 11:00 Lagos Web Scrapping
10:55 Accra, 11:55 Lagos Break
11:05 Accra, 12:05 Lagos Continue
11:55 Accra, 12:55 Lagos Break
12:05 Accra, 13:05 Lagos Continue
12:55 Accra, 13:55 Lagos Break
13:05 Accra, 14:05 Lagos Continue
14:00 Accra, 15:00 Lagos End Day 5
End Post-workshop survey

Setup

To participate in a Library Carpentry workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.

We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.

Install the videoconferencing client

We will use:

Connection information will be communicated to registered participants.

Set up your workspace

Like other Carpentries workshops, you will be learning by "coding along" with the Instructors. To do this, you will need to have both the window for the tool you will be learning about (a terminal, RStudio, your web browser, etc..) and the window for the Zoom video conference client open. In order to see both at once, we recommend using one of the following set up options:

This blog post includes detailed information on how to set up your screen to follow along during the workshop.

The Bash Shell

Bash is a commonly-used shell that gives you the power to do simple tasks more quickly. Please find setup instructions in the lesson.

OpenRefine

OpenRefine is a tool to clean up and organize messy data. Please find instructions to install it and the data used in the lesson in the lesson.

Git

Git is a version control system that lets you track who made changes to what when and has options for easily updating a shared or public version of your code on https://github.com.

Follow the instructions on the lesson to install Git on your system.

You will need an account at github.com for parts of the Git lesson. Basic GitHub accounts are free. We encourage you to create a GitHub account if you don't have one already. Please consider what personal information you'd like to reveal. For example, you may want to review these instructions for keeping your email address private provided at GitHub. You will need a supported web browser.

SQL

Structured Query Language allows one to work with databases. Please find instructions to install the programs used in the lesson.

Web Scrapping

We will use the BASH shell. You will also need a browser with developer options such as Firefox, Chrome or Chromium. You do NOT need to follow the setup instructions in the lesson.