The HathiTrust Research Center offers training to develop a community of users, teachers, and supporters of computational text analysis with HathiTrust data.
Fall 2022, HTRC is offering 3 virtual workshops, aimed especially at people new to HathiTrust and text and data mining. We are offering our popular Introduction to HathiTrust and HTRC workshop twice in addition to an introductory level workshop on the HTRC Extracted Features dataset. The workshops will be held via Zoom and will include a mix of hands-on, discussion, and presentation. We will utilize breakout rooms to support hands-on activities. You will not be required to install any software to participate in the workshops.
Workshop 1: Introduction to HathiTrust and HTRC
Registration Closed
Date: Thursday, November 3
Time: 1:00 pm ET/ 12:00 pm CT
Duration: 2 hours
This workshop will introduce attendees to the data and computational tools of HathiTrust. HathiTrust operates a repository of over 17.5 million items digitized at a network of partner libraries. This massive collection is available for computational analysis primarily through the tools and services of the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC). Attendees of this workshop will be introduced to the HathiTrust and HathiTrust Digital Library as well as the HTRC and its data and analytical tools, including hands-on practice with HTRC Analytics.
No experience is required for this introductory workshop.
Workshop 2: HTRC Extracted Features
Registration Closed
Date: Thursday, November 10
Time: 2:00 pm ET/ 1:00 pm CT
Duration: 2 hours
An introduction to the HTRC Extracted Features Dataset, including the motivation for its creation, the data model, and the kinds of research it enables. This session will include a hands-on activity using the dataset, Google Colaboratory notebooks and Python code.
No experience is required--your level of participation is up to you! However, familiarity with Python is helpful.
Workshop 3: Introduction to HathiTrust and HTRC (repeat)
Date: Thursday, December 1
Time: 1:00 pm ET/ 12:00 pm CT
Duration: 2 hours
This workshop will introduce attendees to the data and computational tools of HathiTrust. HathiTrust operates a repository of over 17.5 million items digitized at a network of partner libraries. This massive collection is available for computational analysis primarily through the tools and services of the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC). Attendees of this workshop will be introduced to the HathiTrust and HathiTrust Digital Library as well as the HTRC and its data and analytical tools, including hands-on practice with HTRC Analytics.
No experience is required for this introductory workshop.
Please contact htrc-help@hathitrust.org with questions.