# 🔨 Workshop: Leveraging Zurich Zentralbibliothek’s Jupyter Notebooks for metadata retrieval and analysis from Alma **URL:** \ **Category:** Workshops@SWIB24\ **Tags:** ws-jupyter, ws-slot-eu-africa\ **Created:** [August 28, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140 "2024-08-28T07:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saml](https://forum.swib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@saml](https://forum.swib.org/u/saml)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/1 "2024-08-28T07:58:21Z")
> **Event** > > **Starts:** November 25, 2024, 8:00am (UTC)\ > **Ends:** November 25, 2024, 12:00pm (UTC)\ > **Link:** ### Facilitator Linda Samsinger (@saml) ### Abstract Zurich Zentralbibliothek (ZB) has developed a powerful, versatile and user-friendly series of seven Jupyter Notebooks to search, download and analyze library data from the SLSP catalog. This Swiss-wide online repository of metadata in MarcXML format houses over 25 million entries (=Alma). While library users browse [Swisscovery](https://uzb.swisscovery.slsp.ch/discovery/search?vid=41SLSP_UZB:UZB) to search for media titles, their Excel export is unstructured and limited to 50 entries. In contrast, ZB’s Jupyter Notebooks allows downloading up to 10,000 highly structured metadata records with bespoke calculation and grouping of underlying MARC fields to yield records’ title, author, publisher, year, language, …, summary, epoch, Swisscovery link and link to Table of Contents (ToC). Also, Wikidata/GND data fields can be added upon customization. ToC records are downloadable as PDF en masse. In a second step, the search results can be analyzed using frequency, bar and pie charts, world maps and word clouds, which are PDF exportable. The insights generated could constitute the touchstone for developing brand-new, publication-quality findings about underlying trends and anomalies. The notebooks are customizable and open-source, a treasure trove for researchers and library professionals alike, who aim to explore and assess library data with data-driven methods. Consequently, these tools can be leveraged for academic projects, their bibliographies curated and citations sourced. Additionally, cataloging entries can be improved and gaps in the library’s collection uncovered, thereby guiding future acquisitions. Following in the steps of the DNB and the ÖNB, as well as the university library Bern, ZB has released its own series of Jupyter Notebooks to extend its data services with newly crafted functionalities. Users should be familiar with Jupyter Notebooks and basic Python programming as well as German. For more information, visit Zurich Zentralbibliothek Jupyter Notebook’s [project repository](https://data.zb.uzh.ch/map/books/data-map-der-zentralbibliothek-zurich/page/jupyter-notebooks-der-zentralbibliothek-zurich). This resource provides detailed documentation to help users get started with these tools. > ℹ To register your participation in this workshop click on the “Going” button above. You will then receive an email notification as soon as facilitators post an update. Watch out to not register for two parallel workshops. ---
**Author:** ![saml](https://forum.swib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@saml](https://forum.swib.org/u/saml)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/2 "2024-11-20T17:07:15Z")
Dear SWIB24 participants, I’m looking forward to hosting my workshop next week, Monday morning at 9:00 AM. Prior to our session, I would like to gauge your familiarity with Jupyter Notebooks. **How much experience do you have with Jupyter Notebooks?** _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/2))_ _Please hit return to answer this question._ Also, please make sure to check you have the following system requirements for a smooth workshop experience: Laptop / Desktop Windows Internet Chrome [smartphone] _For experts:_ Anaconda or Jupyter Notebooks Python Pip package manager _You can use checkmarks to make sure you have everything that is listed._ I appreciate your contribution to making this workshop as hands-on, fun and inspiring as possible! For any questions or ideas, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Kind regards, Linda Samsinger @saml ---
**Author:** ![RAFrei](https://forum.swib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@RAFrei](https://forum.swib.org/u/RAFrei)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/3 "2024-11-25T07:29:54Z")
dear Linda where does the workshop takes place? zoom? thanks for providing a link! René ---
**Author:** ![acka47](https://forum.swib.org/user_avatar/forum.swib.org/acka47/32/41_2.png) [@acka47](https://forum.swib.org/u/acka47)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/4 "2024-11-25T07:33:48Z")
Hi René, the workshop will take place in this BigBlueButton room: [IMS RealTime Communication](https://ims-realtime.net/join-room?mid=6937-281-294) I also added the link to the original event post. ---
**Author:** ![RAFrei](https://forum.swib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@RAFrei](https://forum.swib.org/u/RAFrei)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/5 "2024-11-25T07:35:28Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ahmed-Mohamed-Ali](https://forum.swib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Ahmed-Mohamed-Ali](https://forum.swib.org/u/Ahmed-Mohamed-Ali)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-leveraging-zurich-zentralbibliothek-s-jupyter-notebooks-for-metadata-retrieval-and-analysis-from-alma/140/6 "2024-11-26T08:21:44Z")
How do I view the workshop content?