Half-day workshops will start at 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., while full-day workshops will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..
You need to make your website ADA compliant, whether it is WCAG or 508, but what does that actually mean? We’ll go over the basics of accessibility and how it relates to you, your users, and your website. We’ll dive into best practices for testing, recommended automated tools to use... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Carmel
Are you part of a small library or a lone arranger? Does your archives need an online portal to your finding aids? ArchivesSpace (AS) is rapidly becoming the standard application in the field but setting up an instance can be intimidating for small institutions. Intended for beginning AS users, this... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Carlos
Failure is the “f” word: the dreaded taboo that every developer, project manager, and organizational leader fears. Our natural inclination is to flee failure, and, when we can’t avoid it, to bury it away. But failure has intrinsic value and is an essential step on the path to professional and... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Monterey
This workshop is complementary with Forensic Files, Episode 2: “A Purr-fect Match” but attendance in the second workshop is not required.
What even are files - and what’s a format? What about video, which is several formats making up one file? And what about disk images, with many files inside?... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Martin
This workshop is complementary with Forensic Files, Episode 1: “Fishing for the Truth” but attendance in the first workshop is not required.
This workshop will go through the steps necessary to preserve and grant access to digital cultural objects, and the decision-making process involved when working with files. We will... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Martin
This is a friendly but comprehensive introduction to ISLE. We will provide an overview, a public demonstration, and guide you in creating a local development environment of the entire Islandora stack on your laptop (or to share with a new friend): this process is remarkably similar to creating a... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Silicon Valley
Drawing from the Library Carpentries lessons Data intro for librarians, Tidy data for librarians and SQL for librarians, this session will introduce learners to the basics of handling data, along with how to query their using regular expressions and SQL (Standard Query Language). It will also introduce users to a... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Simeon
The Sinopia Linked Data Editing Environment is part of a Mellon Grant funded the Linked Data for Production 2 (LD4P2) project. Based on the Library of Congress’s BIBFRAME Editor (BFE) and BIBFRAME Profile Editor projects, Sinopia is a linked data platform for original and cooperative cataloging using BIBFRAME and other... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Jose
Are you a web developer or do you create web content? Do you use JavaScript to make dynamic user interfaces? If you answered yes, then you should concern yourself with making those dynamic elements accessible and usable to as many as possible. One of the most powerful tools currently available... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Simeon
Serverless computing: it may sound too good to be true, but it isn’t! Serverless is an emerging cloud-computing execution model in which server management issues are hidden from the developer. When deployed properly, this model allows you to focus on writing code, while your cloud provider takes care of “all... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Pine
Dev-ops, continuous deployment, serverless, cloud, API mocking, SPAs- terms which didn’t exist just a few years ago and are now firmly entrenched in the modern development workflow. These concepts can be overwhelming to all but the most experienced developers. In this session, we’ll build a library application taking advantage of... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Monterey
People who organize information for discovery and use not only make information accessible but also provide the lens through which others experience it. Designing information spaces involves making and imposing value choices, which positions us firmly in the realm of ethics. This topic is especially relevant as we hear more... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - San Juan
Do you handle patron data? Would you like to, but the fear of compromising your patrons’ privacy provokes paralysis? Do you handle it all the time and wonder what’s the BFD about privacy anyway, it’s just a book checkout, rite? Would you like to have confidence that you are managing... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Carmel
This is an introductory workshop to Solr, the fast and open source search platform that powers a lot of library products. This workshop is geared to anyone that has never used Solr, or uses it but has not explored some of the features that Solr offers out of the box,... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Pine
Heard about the Alma Webhooks? They may help you build robust functionality outside of Alma to enhance existing functionality or provide features which are not built in to Alma. Alma has webhooks for jobs ending, notifications, requests, users, loans, and bib and item updates. Participants will learn the basics of... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Santa Clara
You’ve got an idea that you think might solve a problem for your users, but so much is standing in your way. You don’t have the time (nor permission!) to derail your day job on a concept that might not even pan out. In this session, attendees will learn how... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Santa Clara
The NCSU libraries led 327 workshops last year. Our workshops cover a wide array of topics including: Arduino, R, digital media, citation management, and systematic reviews. Developing these workshops takes time and effort. Through our experience, we have adopted strategies that demystify workshop design.
In this workshop, we will share... more
San José DoubleTree by Hilton - Silicon Valley