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Providing a Programming Consultation
Service at the Library
Need Help with
Your Code?
Laura Wrubel
George Washington University
@liblaura
Access Conference, October 6, 2016
Hopewell Rocks by Laura Wrubel CC BY-SA 3.0
canada_new_brunswick_309 by Trevor Claringbold is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Dickson Falls by Laura Wrubel CC BY-SA 3.0
Watching for sea life by wplynn is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
Fundy Circuit by DParsons1 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
St. Martins Harbor by Laura Wrubel BY-SA 3.0
Need Help with Your Code? Providing a Programming Consultation Service at the Library
Guidance on coding/software development/scripting:
 Recommending a learning path and coding tutorials
 Advice on starting a new coding project
 Code review/debugging
 Tools selection
Assistance with:
 Data markup/encoding (e.g., XML, JSON, CSV, RDF)
 Retrieving data from websites/APIs
 Data cleansing/manipulation
 Databases (e.g., table design, querying, optimizing)
 Fulltext searching
 Data visualization
Out of scope
 Computer Science (or similar) assignments
 Writing entire programs or doing all work for
researchers
 Tutoring
 Filling function of TA for a class
Cape Spencer by Sean McGrath is licensed under CC BY 2.0
View from the water by wplynn is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
Topics
 Using an API to gather data from a countrys
parliamentary website
 Scraping resolutions from the United Nations
website
 Troubleshooting a web application used in a
biology lab for quantifying the behavior of
roundworms
 Building an online health survey with custom logic
unavailable in current online poll sites
 Interview preparation for software development
positions
Horizon (2) by bill lapp is licenced under CC BY 2.0
Under way by wplynn is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
Statistical Consulting
GIS Consulting
Data Services
Stairs by Sean McGrath is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Need Help with Your Code? Providing a Programming Consultation Service at the Library
Gulls rest on the rocks at high tide by Head Harbour Lightstation is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Alma beach at low tide by Danielle Langlois is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
There is no
back office
Caribou Plain by Laura Wrubel CC BY-SA 3.0
Acknowledgements:
Justin Littman
Dan Kerchner
Robin Delaloye

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  • 3. canada_new_brunswick_309 by Trevor Claringbold is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
  • 4. Dickson Falls by Laura Wrubel CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 5. Watching for sea life by wplynn is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
  • 6. Fundy Circuit by DParsons1 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
  • 7. St. Martins Harbor by Laura Wrubel BY-SA 3.0
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  • 11. Cape Spencer by Sean McGrath is licensed under CC BY 2.0
  • 12. View from the water by wplynn is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
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  • 15. Under way by wplynn is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Statistical Consulting GIS Consulting Data Services
  • 16. Stairs by Sean McGrath is licensed under CC BY 2.0
  • 18. Gulls rest on the rocks at high tide by Head Harbour Lightstation is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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  • 20. Caribou Plain by Laura Wrubel CC BY-SA 3.0 Acknowledgements: Justin Littman Dan Kerchner Robin Delaloye