{"id":16552,"date":"2026-09-30T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/?p=16552"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:06:12","slug":"explore-qualcoder-a-free-tool-for-qualitative-research-and-meet-the-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2026\/09\/30\/explore-qualcoder-a-free-tool-for-qualitative-research-and-meet-the-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore\u00a0QualCoder, a free tool for\u00a0qualitative research,\u00a0and meet the developers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241-1024x608.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241-1536x912.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241-500x297.png 500w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-081241.png 1901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A screenshot of QualCoder\u2019s <strong>Coding<\/strong> workspace showing a qualitative interview transcript about Darth Vader: the main text pane displays interview questions and highlighted coded passages, including themes of authoritarianism, redemption, family values, and character complexity. A document list and color-coded code hierarchy appear in the left sidebar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Guest post by Van Bich Tran, Public Health and Social Sciences Librarian<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking for a powerful,&nbsp;free&nbsp;alternative to&nbsp;NVivo or&nbsp;ATLAS.ti? Curious about open-source tools for qualitative analysis?&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Temple Libraries for an interactive online workshop featuring&nbsp;<strong>QualCoder<\/strong>, a free, open-source qualitative data analysis (QDA) program for Windows, macOS, and Linux.&nbsp;The workshop&nbsp;is cohosted with&nbsp;two&nbsp;QualCoder&nbsp;developers:&nbsp;Dr. Colin Curtain and&nbsp;Psic. Lorenzo Salom\u00f3n C\u00e1rdenas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are working with interviews, focus groups, field notes, documents, images, audio, video, or a mixed-methods project,&nbsp;QualCoder&nbsp;can help you organize, code, analyze, and visualize your research data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>you\u2019ll<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;learn&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>at the&nbsp;QualCoder&nbsp;for Qualitative Data Analysis workshop:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll&nbsp;see the&nbsp;newly released&nbsp;QualCoder&nbsp;4.0&nbsp;features&nbsp;and learn how to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Import and&nbsp;organize&nbsp;qualitative data&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create and manage&nbsp;cases,&nbsp;attributes&nbsp;and&nbsp;coding&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apply codes to text, PDFs, images, audio, and video&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Generate coding&nbsp;analyses,&nbsp;reports&nbsp;and visualizations&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work with code hierarchies, memos, journals, and annotations&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore AI-assisted coding and data exploration features&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collaborate, save, export, and share results and projects&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-fd0eeb70\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psic. Lorenzo Salom\u00f3n C\u00e1rdenas<\/strong>&nbsp;has a bachelor\u2019s in psychology and a master&#8217;s in social&nbsp;sciences, and&nbsp;is studying law to further his main work as a human rights activist. He is a member of the network for SMR (Scalabrinian&nbsp;Mission with Migrants and Refugees), and&nbsp;is supporting migrants and people facing forced displacement in Sinaloa, Mexico. &nbsp;He is a certified&nbsp;ATLAS.ti&nbsp;trainer, teaches courses on qualitative data analysis software, and builds custom tools for the faculty at the Universidad&nbsp;Aut\u00f3noma&nbsp;de Sinaloa. He joined the&nbsp;QualCoder&nbsp;development team in 2026.&nbsp;Deeply&nbsp;committed to&nbsp;the democratization of knowledge, he is a strong advocate for&nbsp;open access&nbsp;and free, open-source tools.&nbsp;He&nbsp;will cohost and answer questions live <strong>on October 7.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Colin Curtain<\/strong>, the&nbsp;original developer&nbsp;of&nbsp;QualCoder,&nbsp;is&nbsp;a lecturer at the&nbsp;University of Tasmania,&nbsp;Australia.&nbsp;His&nbsp;interests include&nbsp;clinical pharmacy, computer programming, research,&nbsp;statistics,&nbsp;and clinical decision support.&nbsp;He is&nbsp;currently teaching&nbsp;post-graduate clinical pharmacy and supervising Masters and PhD research.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Curtain will cohost and answer questions live <strong>on October 14.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temple Libraries presenters include Van Bich Tran, Public Health and Social Sciences Librarian, and Felipe Valdez, GIS Specialist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/qualcoder256.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/qualcoder256.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16554\" style=\"width:312px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/qualcoder256.png 256w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2026\/09\/qualcoder256-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">QualCoder Logo, featuring a Black &#8220;Q&#8221; on the left, intertwines with a Purple &#8220;C&#8221; on the right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Register&nbsp;for&nbsp;October 7 or&nbsp;14&nbsp;or both!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;workshop is offered on two dates and&nbsp;will be held online via Zoom and recorded. Register to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;live, ask questions, or receive the recording afterward.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b16ad781 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>QualCoder for Qualitative Data Analysis&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/charlesstudy.temple.edu\/event\/17392274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">October 7&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;Noon to 1:00 PM&nbsp;EST&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/charlesstudy.temple.edu\/event\/17392441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">October 14<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7:00&nbsp;to 8:00 PM&nbsp;EST&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You are also invited to other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/charlesstudy.temple.edu\/calendar\/workshops?cid=-1&amp;t=g&amp;d=0000-00-00&amp;cal=-1&amp;ct=65540%2C69275&amp;inc=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">qualitative research-related workshops<\/a>&nbsp;this semester.&nbsp;Find out how&nbsp;the Qualitative Data Analysis&nbsp;Team&nbsp;supports&nbsp;qualitative&nbsp;research and qualitative and software&nbsp;resources on&nbsp;our library&nbsp;guide for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/library.temple.edu\/services\/qualitative-data-analysis-and-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qualitative Data Analysis &amp; Tools<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Van&nbsp;Bich&nbsp;Tran at van.bich.tran@temple.edu with any questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest post by Van Bich Tran, Public Health and Social Sciences Librarian Looking for a powerful,&nbsp;free&nbsp;alternative to&nbsp;NVivo or&nbsp;ATLAS.ti? 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