Instruction Program

Instruction Program

Collect

The Caltech Library provides students, faculty, and staff with access to collections and repositories, publication services, and preservation of data and archival materials.

Care

To support the use of these resources, the Library offers an extensive instruction program that can be customized for the needs of your class, project, or research group.

Collaborate

From data analysis and thesis prep to software use and 3D printing, the librarians help the Caltech community to strengthen skills, acquire new tools, and improve research quality.

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The Caltech Library provides students, faculty, and staff with access to collections and repositories, publication services, and preservation of data and archival materials. To support the use of these resources for research and scholarly communication, the Library offers an extensive instruction program that can be customized for the needs of a specific class, project, or research group. From data analysis and thesis preparation to software usage and 3D printing, instructional librarians can work with the Caltech community to strengthen skills, acquire new tools, and improve research quality.

Upcoming Workshops:

• Tues. Feb. 16 - You and Your Thesis (Zoom Session)

  Time: 3:00-4:30pm
  Location: Zoom Session (Online)
  Instructor: Kathy Johnson

• Thurs. Feb. 18 - Introduction to Zotero (Zoom Session)

  Time: 3:00-4:00pm
  Location: Zoom Session (Online)
  Instructor: Melissa Ray

• Wed. Feb. 24 - Getting Started with LaTeX Using Overleaf (Zoom Session)

  Time: 9:00am-10:30am
  Location: Zoom Session (Online)
  Instructor: Donna Wrublewski

• Mon. Mar. 1 and Tues. Mar. 2 - Introduction to Shell Workshop (Zoom Session)

  Caltech Library is offering a two-day, hands-on workshop on using the shell to manage and automate analysis on your computer. We'll cover navigating on the command line, managing files and directories, combining multiple commands with pipes, repeating commands with loops, and basic shell scripting. This workshop does not require any prior experience working on the command line. It is based on a Software Carpentry lesson, but has been customized as a stand-alone unit.

• Wed. Mar. 3 and Thurs. Mar. 4 - Introduction to Git Workshop (Zoom Session)

  Caltech Library is offering a two-day, hands-on workshop on automated version control using Git. We'll cover managing a Git repository on your local machine and using Git to work with collaborators. You don't need to have experience with Git, but should have experience working on the Unix command line such as taking our Introduction to Shell Workshop. This workshop is based on a Software Carpentry lesson, but has been customized as a stand-alone unit.

• Thurs. Mar. 11 - Getting Started with LaTeX Using Overleaf (Zoom Session)

  Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
  Location: Zoom Session (Online)
  Instructor: Donna Wrublewski

• Wed. Mar. 17 - You and Your Thesis (Zoom Session)

  Time: 2:00-3:30pm
  Location: Zoom Session (Online)
  Instructor: Kathy Johnson

• Mon. Mar. 22 and Weds. Mar. 24 - Advanced Shell Workshop (Zoom Session)

  Caltech Library is offering a two-day, hands-on workshop on using the shell to manage and automate analysis on your computer.  This advanced workshop assumes skills taught in the Library's Introduction to Shell workshop. The curriculum is based on a Software Carpentry lesson, but has been customized as a stand-alone unit. Topics covered will include shell scripts, searching across files, utilities for working remotely, advanced bash scripts (with HPC), shell variables, and permissions.

• Tues. Mar. 23 and Thurs. Mar. 25 - Advanced Git Workshop (Zoom Session)

  Caltech Library is offering a two-day, hands-on workshop on automated version control using Git. This advanced workshop assumes skills taught in the Library's Introduction to Git workshop. This curriculum based on a Software Carpentry lesson, but has been customized as a stand-alone unit.

• Tues. Mar. 23 through Fri. Mar. 26 - Introduction to Python Programming (Zoom Session)

  Caltech Library is offering a Python programming workshop to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop, spread over four days, will cover basic concepts and tools in the context of scientific data analysis, including working in Jupyter notebooks, basic plotting, programming structures including loops and lists, working with files and conditionals, functions, and defensive programming.  

• Tues. April 6 through Fri. April 9 - Introduction to Databases and SQL (Zoom Session)

  Caltech Library is offering an introductory Databases and SQL workshop designed for researchers working with data. This hands-on workshop, spread over four days, will cover selecting, sorting and deduplicating data, creating subsets, calculating derivative data and data aggregations, and discussing data formats. The final session will cover accessing databases from Python programs.