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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810739303321

Autore

Hogarth Margaret

Titolo

Data clean-up and management : a practical guide for librarians / / Margaret Hogarth with contributions from Kenneth Furuta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2012

ISBN

1-78063-347-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (579 p.)

Collana

Chandos information professional series

Altri autori (Persone)

FurutaKenneth

Disciplina

025

025.210285

Soggetti

Libraries - Data processing

Data editing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Data Clean-up and Management: A practical guide for librarians; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; About the authors; 1 Introduction (why this book is needed); What makes this book unique?; Why library data is important; The book's outline; 2 Commonalities; Microsoft Office Excel; MarcEdit; Microsoft Access; XML; Commonalities; Capture and use; Standardization; Data import issues; Technical skills; Project management challenges; 3 Defining data; Rule 1: define data points; Rule 2: apply data point definitions; Rule 3: count the right apples

Rule 4: avoid capturing redundant data4 Types of data issues; Microsoft Excel vs Microsoft Access; General data-handling edicts; Data issues: importing data; 5 Microsoft Excel techniques; Creating datasheets; Selecting cells; Copying; Sorting; Filter; AutoSum; Sum; Fill; 6 Data clean-up in Excel; Common dirty data scenarios; The usefulness of delimiting; System limitations; Removing extra characters; 7 Excel: combining data; IF statements; The TEXT function; PivotTables and filtering; VLOOKUP; HLOOKUP; MATCH; 8 Additional tools; PDFs; Notepad; Microsoft Word

Global update in an integrated library systemRegular expressions; Excel; Access; Macros; XML; MarcEdit; The MARC tools window; 9 Access techniques; What is a database?; Access; Planning a database; Preparing data for a database; Adding a table to a database; 10 Access



forms; Types of form; Parts to a form; Form controls; Validating data; Option buttons; Combo boxes; ActiveX controls; Tab control techniques; Multiple-table forms; Command buttons; 11 Access reports; Creating a report using the Report Wizard; Controls; Making additions to a report; AutoFormat a report

Working with report propertiesInserting a control into a report; Conditional formatting; Sizing reports; Moving controls in Access; Publishing reports; Sorting and grouping options; Adding calculations to reports; Launching reports; Creating a subreport; 12 Access queries; Sorting in Access; Filtering in Access; Queries; Entering data; Query properties; Access relationships; 13 Data clean-up in Access; Prevention is the best cure; Extra characters; Access data upload errors; ISSN issues; 14 Access - combining data; Combining data from one or more data sources; Query with a sum

Types of operatorsTotals queries; Parameter queries; Action queries; Update queries; Delete queries; Make-Table queries; Append queries; PivotTable queries; SQL in Access; Parameter Queries in SQL; Export data to Excel; Finding unique values in a dataset; Matching on ISSN; 15 Strategies for missing data; Resources are missing ISBNs; Resources are missing ISSNs; Richard Jackson's OCLC look-up strategy; 16 Qualitative data; The definition of qualitative data; Qualitative data is valuable; Types of qualitative data; Qualitative data techniques; SWOT analysis; Tools; The whole picture; 17 ROI

18 Data collection and analysis

Sommario/riassunto

Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems. Data Clean-up and Management addresses these, and provides methods to clean up frequently-occurring data problems using readily-available applications. The authors highlight the importance and methods of data analysis and presentation, and offer guidelines and recommendations for a data quality policy. The book gives step-by-step how-to directions for common dirty data issues.Focused towards libraries and practicing librariansDeals with practical, real-life issues and addresses common problems th



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299494103321

Autore

Angeles Jorge

Titolo

Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems : Theory, Methods, and Algorithms / / by Jorge Angeles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-01851-5

Edizione

[4th ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 589 p. 160 illus., 18 illus. in color.)

Collana

Mechanical Engineering Series, , 0941-5122 ; ; 124

Disciplina

629.892

Soggetti

Mechanical engineering

Robotics

Automation

Mechanical Engineering

Robotics and Automation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

An Overview of Robotic Mechanical Systems -- Mathematical Background -- Fundamentals of Rigid-Body Mechanics -- Geometry of Decoupled Serial Robots -- Kinetostatics of Serial Robots -- Trajectory Planning: Pick-and-Place Operations -- Dynamics of Serial Robotic Manipulators -- Special Topics in Rigid-Body Kinematics -- Geometry of General Serial Robots -- Kinematics of Alternative Robotic Mechanical Systems -- Trajectory Planning: Continuous-Path Operations -- Dynamics of Complete Robotic Mechanical Systems -- Kinematics of Rotations: A Summary -- Numerical Equation-Solving.

Sommario/riassunto

The 4th edition includes updated and additional examples and exercises on the core fundamental concepts of mechanics, robots, and kinematics of serial robots. New images of CAD models and physical robots help to motivate concepts being introduced. Each chapter of the book can be read independetly of others as it addresses a separate issue in robotics.