davanstrien / Python-introduction-for-digital-collections

Workshop materials on Python as part of a series of Library Carpentry workshops at the British Library

Python introduction for digital collections

BL workshop as part of Library Carpentry introducing Python.

Contents

• 01_python-intro: a quick intro to Python
• 02_download_data: downloading data in python and some basic data processing
• 03_pandas: an overview of what we can do with Pandas

Binder

If Colab doesn't work you can run in Binder. This link: will open the repo in binder.

Resources

Python

• Library Carpentry lesson: Python Intro for Libraries
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
• Installing Python Modules with pip
• Working with Text Files in Python
• Working With Files in Python
• Real Python tends to have good quality tutorials. Most of it is free but there is some paid content too.

Notebooks

• Glam workbench: https://glam-workbench.github.io/
• Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks

Pandas

• Visualizing Data with Bokeh and Pandas
• Using Pandas with Large Data Sets in Python