Following on from January’s Call for Applications, The Library Carpentry Advisory Group is pleased to welcome seven new members to our team. Selected from a pool of excellent applicants,…
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Expanding Data and Software Skills Training
The UC3 team consults with the broad UC library community regarding research data management and data publishing in various capacities. Over the past several years,…
Expanding the Carpentries Community in California Academic Libraries
Today we are announcing a new project to help build regional training partnerships in California. As the Data Services Librarian at the University of California,…
Farewell and Thank You to Chris Erdmann
UC3 will bid farewell to Chris Erdmann on September 30th. Chris joined UC3 in May 2018 as Library Carpentry Community & Development Director and has spent…
Library Carpentry Receives Supplemental IMLS Grant
In November 2017, the California Digital Library (CDL) announced a two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant funded project to further advance the scope, adoption,…
The Strategic Value of Library Carpentry and The Carpentries to Research Libraries
Originally posted by Elaine L. Westbrooks The Strategic Value of Library Carpentry and The Carpentries to Research Libraries The Data Science Community Newsletter, a helpful resource by…
A Carpentries-Based Approach to Teaching FAIR Data and Software Principles
originally posted by Chris Erdmann Recently, I was lucky to participate in an innovative workshop held at Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover from 9 – 13…
New hire: Library Carpentry Community & Development Director
We’re excited to announce that Chris Erdmann has been hired as the Library Carpentry Community and Development Director starting May 4, 2018. Chris has been…
Skills Training for Librarians: Expanding Library Carpentry
In today’s data-driven, online and highly interconnected world, librarians are key to supporting diverse information needs and leading best practices to work with and manage data. For librarians to be effective in a rapidly evolving information landscape, training and professional development opportunities in both computational and data skills must be available and accessible. Over the… Read more »
Building a Community: Three months of Library Carpentry.
Back in May, almost 30 librarians, researchers, and faculty members got together in Portland Oregon to learn how to teach lessons from Software, Data, and Library Carpentry. After spending two days learning the ins and outs of Carpentry pedagogy and live coding, we all returned to our home institutions, as part of the burgeoning Library … … Continue reading →