247 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Text mining — a process for extracting information from an unstructured text — requires everyday files (PDF, Word, HTML, etc.) to be transformed into plain text files. Once your files are in a plain text format (no bold, italics, underlining, etc.) they are ready for automated processing and computer analysis.
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate and facilitate the use of a free Java-based program called Tika. Attendees will install Tika, learn how to convert just about any file into plain text, and gain the knowledge and confidence to use text mining services available online.
Please bring your laptop to this session.