Working with Text II: Cleaning and Curating Messy Data with OpenRefine

Based around the Library Carpentry tools, this workshop introduces the OpenRefine tool for cleaning and manipulating humanities data. We will look at how OpenRefine is different to more standard spreadsheet approaches, and will look at some of the tools that allow you to standardise and work with narrative, unstructured or messy data. We will also look at working with library and archive catalogue records with sample data from Exeter’s Special Collections.

Training workshops are for University of Exeter staff and postgraduates, but interested undergraduate and postgraduate taught students are very welcome to email digitalhumanities@exeter.ac.uk and any spare places will be allocated to you nearer the time.