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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 2:52 PM
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Subject: [tx-autocon] PERL Workshop/San Antonio
PERL for Librarians
May 22-23, 2006
San Antonio,
TX
This two day course will provide a thorough, hands-on introduction
to the PERL programming language and how it can be used in a library setting.
Students will learn the syntax of PERL programs, how to incorporate existing
PERL modules into their work, text processing, regular expressions, and how to
develop interactive web applications using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
Exercises and example programs will focus on using PERL for administrative tasks
as well as in web development.
Topics to be Covered:
* Running
PERL programs
* Debugging PERL programs
* Basic PERL syntax
*
Working with variables, lists, and arrays
* Conditional tests and flow
control
* Creating functions
* Using STDIN and STDOUT
* Working with
files and directories
* Pattern matching and substitution
* CPAN (the
Comprehensive PERL Archive Network)
* Subroutines, packages and modules
* Overview of the CGI
* Overview of HTML forms and form tagging
*
Using cgi.pm to build your CGI
Audience:
Librarians
interested in learning to use PERL.
Prerequisites:
None.
Familiarity with UNIX and HTML forms beneficial.
About the
Instructor
Patrick Yott serves as the Digital Initiatives Librarian at
Brown University where he is charged with designing and implementing a digital
library program within the library. Additionally Patrick is currently working
with the Scholarly Technology Group and other units on campus to develop an
institution-wide policy and architecture for managing digital objects. Prior to
his appointment at Brown, Patrick worked at the University of Virginia Library
where he directed the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center and most recently,
served as Director of Digital Services Integration, overseeing UVA’s Library of
Tomorrow Project. Patrick has been developing interactive websites using PERL,
PHP, XML and SQL since 1995, and has taught programming workshops for the
International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology
(IASSIST), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the New England Library
Network (NELINET), the Visual Resources Association (VRA) and other local and
regional groups.
Contact Hrs: 12.00
Amigos Member Early Bird
Fee: $ 325.00
Non-member Early Bird Fee: $ 480.00
Amigos Member Fee: $
350.00
Amigos Non-member Fee: $ 505.00
Registration is available on the Amigos web site.
http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=197
Christine Peterson
Continuing Education Librarian, Technology
Amigos
Library Services, Inc.
14400 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75244-3509
1-800-843-8482 ext: 2891
512-671-1580 (direct)
512-671-1580
(fax)
www.amigos.org
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