Allow me to offer an unsolicited
testimonial in support of Constellate and the JSTOR team
that runs it: we've used it here at UVA in an NEH summer
institute, and it is thoughtfully designed, especially
from a pedagogical point of view. Also, Amy and her
colleagues are great people with whom to work.
Hello ~
The ability to read, understand, and
communicate data as information is fast becoming
essential for education and employment. Through July 31,
you are invited to get a jump start on your skills—or
advance them to a new level—for free with
Constellate, a service from
not-for-profit ITHAKA that provides all the tools for
proficiency in data analysis and digital literacy.
This summer, you may build a dataset,
visualize a dataset (did you know that “mother” occurs
considerably more frequently than “father” in scholarly
literature about the foster care system?), and even work
in the Constellate Lab using our Jupyter Notebooks or
your own (a feature usually only available to
individuals at participating institutions.)
To launch you on your explorations of
text analysis and Constellate, we are offering six
hour-long webinars every Tuesday at noon EDT:
- June
21:
Introduction to Constellate
- June
28:
Constellate, the Technology
- July
5:
Considerations when Building a Good Dataset for Text
Analysis
- July
12:
What Can You Do with Word Counts?
- July
19:
Topic Modeling Together
- July
26:
Introduction to the Constellate Trial and
Participation Packages
You may even take in our four-session
“Introduction to Python” course by working in the
Constellate Lab
alongside a recording of the
class.
Take advantage of this summer to
introduce yourself to text analysis for free and
consider how to bring these skills to your campus, help
researchers, and collaborate with faculty. Constellate
offers everything you need to learn, perform, and teach
text analytics: a defined curriculum, robust tutorials,
and live classes taught by experts, all tailored to your
level of ability. If you enjoy the introduction, speak
with your library about doing a robust evaluation of
Constellate this fall.
I look forward to working with you
this summer!
~ Amy
