Treffer: Utilizing R and Python for Institutional Repository Daily Jobs.

In recent years, the programming languages R and Python have become very popular and are being used by many professions. However, they are not just limited to data scientists or programmers; they can also help librarians to perform many tasks more efficiently and possibly achieve goals that were almost impossible before. R and Python are scripting languages, which means they are not very complicated. With minimal programming experience, a librarian can learn how to program in these languages and start to apply them to work. This article provides examples of how to use R and Python to clean up metadata, resize images, and match transcripts with scanned images for the Colorado State University Institutional Repository. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]