Find an OA option for a good reference on statistics/plotting/write code

[tpatwood]

Under "What this lesson will not teach you" the lesson points to a link to an O'Reilly Media book on Amazon. If there's an OA alternative we should link to that instead, but it's also okay to just keep it as-is...

Here: https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-spreadsheets/00-intro/index.html#what-this-lesson-will-not-teach-you

[libcce]

I've always been a fan of Lynn Cherny... She taught a course that points to some resources (2nd to last slide) https://www.dropbox.com/s/oe27xy1lpg6vx55/ExcelDataClass.zip?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FExcelDataClass%2FExcel+Tips+Data.pdf Maybe the resources she points to are helpful?

[doingarchives]

Whatever the solution, we should look to shorten these URLs using bitly. Is there a ‘branded’ bitlink for carpentries in general or library carpentry specifically?

[carrlucy]

Here are some OA texts/tutorials for Excel:

• Beginning Excel 2019 [https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/]
• GCF Global Excel 2016 [https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/excel2016/]

Additionally, here are Microsoft's own tutorials for Excel: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excel-video-training-9bc05390-e94c-46af-a5b3-d7c22f6990bb?]

[morskyjezek]

This is another paid resource, which may be of particular interest since it is specifically about using Excel for work with library collections: https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/analyzing-library-collection-use-excel%C2%AE

It's from ALA.