A Four-Day National Workshop on
Data Carpentry and AI/ML Tools for Libraries 3rd Edition
Organized by B. C. Roy Memorial Library, IIM Calcutta
Date : 20-23 August, 2026
A Four-Day National Workshop on
Data Carpentry and AI/ML Tools for Libraries 3rd Edition
Organized by B. C. Roy Memorial Library, IIM Calcutta
Date : 20-23 August, 2026
Inaugural session
Introductory class
OpenRefine: Installation and Configuration
Case Study-1: Popularity of books
Case study-2: Citations and bibliographic metadata
Case study-3: Name-to-Gender Inference
Case Study 4: Institute-specific analysis
Lab session-I to complete the Case Studies (1 and 2)
Lab session-II to complete the Case Study 3 & 4
Bibliographic data sources: CoRE, Crossref, OpenAlex
Case study-5: VOSviewer based text visualization
Case study-6: VosViewer based citation network
Case Study-7: Opinion mining / Sentiment analysis
Case study-8: Named-Entity Recognition (NER)
Lab session-III to complete the Case Studies (4 and 5)
Lab session-IV to complete the Case Study 7 & 8
Introduction to AI/ML: Emphasis on Large Language Models
Case study-9: AI (LLM) in OpenRefine
Case Study-10: RAG – Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Case Study 11: Ollama: Introduction and Setup – Running local LLM models with Ollama – Connecting Ollama with cloud models
Lab Session V – Case Studies 9 & 10 Lab Session VI – Case Study 11 & Ollama hands-on
Case Study 12: Ollama with OpenClaw : Integration and Applications – Setting up OpenClaw with Ollama – Use cases for library and research workflows
Enhancing Academic Writing Through Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Research: Integrating AI into Academic Workflows (Including AI in Literature Review: Tools, Techniques, and Transformation)
Certificates will be given to all the participants