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Postponing the Hybrid CarpentryCon 2025 Event in South Africa
The Carpentries has decided to postpone CarpentryCon in 2025 until our transition to operating as an independent non-profit organisation is complete and our finances stabilised.
Proposal Submission Open for (Hybrid) AU-Aotearoa CarpentryConnect 2024.
Join the first AU-Aotearoa CarpentryConnect in May 2024. Submissions close 22 April.
Curriculum Advisors Approve Redesigned DC R Ecology Lesson
The redesigned lesson will replace the existing version in the curriculum in July.
Advancing AI Education in GLAM: Highlights from the Library Carpentry Code Sprint
Discover how a global code sprint is driving the evolution of AI education in libraries and shaping the future of the GLAM community.
Apply for 2024 Carpentries Maintainer Onboarding!
The Carpentries is preparing to onboard the next round of Maintainers. Applications due 5 April.
Lesson programs' blog posts migration
The three lesson programs' blog posts have been merged into The Carpentries blog
Changes to Software Carpentry's Lesson Program Governance Committee and their work
In response to recent changes to The Carpentries Core Team, the Software Carpentry LPGC announces changes to their workflow and governance.
Sharing the 2023 Community Survey Evaluation Report
The report summarising community members’ responses to the inaugural Carpentries community survey is out!
The Carpentries Lab: Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing
A peer-reviewed lesson, based on 2017 paper of the same name, has been added to The Carpentries Lab
Proposal Submission Opens for CCHD24
Submit your session proposals for CarpentryConnect and BioNT Community Event - Heidelberg 2024!
Supporting the Curriculum Development Community in 2024
How you can help us continue to support open peer review of lessons.
Breaking Language Barriers in Data Science: Glosario Codefest Event
Let's celebrate diversity and break language barriers.
Revisions to The Carpentries governance structure
In a significant move towards autonomy, The Carpentries streamlines its governance structure to benefit our global community.
Changes to support from the Core Team at The Carpentries
The Core Team announces which services to the community it will continue to support and which initiatives will continue through community-led support.
Re-introducing The Carpentries Core Team
Meet our team of nine at The Carpentries and learn how they will continue to support you.
Join us for CarpentryConnect Heidelberg 2024!
Announcing a community event in Heidelberg, Germany, 12-14 November 2024.
Join Our AI for GLAM Lesson Code Sprint - Library Carpentry, January 31, 2024
You're invited to a code sprint for the Intro to AI for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) Library Carpentry Lesson on January 31, 2024!
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation approves grant for Glosario
Support for Glosario, The Carpentries’ open-source, multilingual glossary for computing terms
With Gratitude to our Legacy Core Team Members
Join us in celebrating the legacy and impact of the Core Team members who transitioned out of The Carpentries
Announcing the results of the 2024 community election
Four community members were elected to serve a three-year term on The Carpentries Board of Directors
New Year Journey Ahead: A Reflection from The Carpentries Executive Director
A tree does not move unless there is wind. - African Proverb
#Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: Ethan White
Ethan White shares his journey at The Carpentries on our 25th Anniversary
Enhancements to the Toolkit of IDEAS
Introducing Version 2.0
Saying Farewell to 7 Carpentries Core Team Members: Navigating Change Together
Our community is resilient and can come together during challenging moments.
Celebrate #GivingTuesday with The Carpentries Community
How my time and financial contributions support our community and the organisation’s mission
Release of Sandpaper 0.15.0
Updates to instructor view, doi badges, and more
Election Nominees for the 2024 Board of Directors
Help shape The Carpentries -- Information about Community Elections for the Board of Directors
Chris Battisto
Katherine Blanchette
Alycia Crall
Elizabeth Joyner
Julie Lowndes
Sean McCartney
Erin Robinson
Kenton Ross
Engaging with a Cross-NASA Subcommunity
Carpentries Community Session Recap
Join us in welcoming Nathaniel Porter as our new Maintainer Community Lead!
Announcing our new Maintainer Community Lead
The Carpentries retires its X/Twitter accounts and Facebook profile
Announcing The Carpentries departure from X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook
The Curriculum and Trainers for Collaborative Lesson Development Training
A deeper look at the content of the new training program and the people who will be teaching it
Collaborative Lesson Development Training
Announcing the launch of a new Carpentries training program!
Opportunities and Challenges in Localisation: The Carpentries Perspective
The Carpentries outlines its community's efforts in localisation.
Thank You to our Regional Coordinators
Phasing out the Regional Coordinator role
#Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: Jean Baptiste Fankam Fankam
Recently badged Carpentries Instructor and Maintainer, Jean Baptiste Fankam Fankam, shares his journey at The Carpentries on our 25th Anniversary
Call for Candidates for The Carpentries Board of Directors
Nominations are now open for community-elected positions.
Maintainer Community Lead: an update and next steps
We are looking for the next Maintainer Community Lead!
The Carpentries Takes a Giant Leap Towards Independence
The Carpentries is planning our transition to operate as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation
#Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: The New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI)
NeSI celebrates being a Carpentries champion on our 25th Anniversary
Eric Jankowski
François Michonneau
Jennifer Stubbs
Laurent Gatto
Charlotte Soneson
Malvika Sharan
Alycia Crall
Toby Hodges
Celebrating The Carpentries Workbench
Reflections from the community on our new lesson infrastructure
Changes to Instructor Checkout
Starting 14 August, 2023 (today!), there are more options available for trainees to complete the process of certifying as a Carpentries Instructor!
#Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: Damien Irving
Instructor, Lesson Maintainer, and Regional Coordinator for Australia, Damien Irving, shares his journey with The Carpentries.
Piloting Meal Reimbursement: A Way of Saying Thank You
Piloting Meal Reimbursements for Instructors teaching online Centrally-Organised Workshops.
Request for Quotation (RFQ)- Website Development
The Carpentries is announcing a call for Web Development Services.
Join the Genomics Curriculum Advisory Committee!
Help provide leadership for Data Carpentry’s Genomics curriculum. Apply by 21 August
Please Welcome our Newest Cohort of Certified Instructor Trainers!
Meet the people joining our community to teach Instructor Training!
#Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: Jannetta Steyn
Current Executive Council member, Jannetta Steyn, shares her journey with The Carpentries.
Twenty-Five Years and Counting
The Carpentries turns 25 Years! #Carpentries25
Mike Trizna
Jen Thomas
Reinder Radersma
Adriana De Palma
Sichong Peng
Michael Culshaw-Maurer
Toby Hodges
Erin Becker
Beta Testing an Alternative Version of R Ecology lesson
Trialing a reimagined version of the popular Data Carpentry lesson: Data Analysis and Visualization in R for Ecologists.
Celebrating 25 Years of The Carpentries
Join us in sharing the contributions and impact the community has made over the years.
Publication of The Carpentries 2022 Annual and Financial Reports
The Financial and Annual Reports for the 2022 Year are Now Available
Updates on The Carpentries Lesson Infrastructure
Transitioning and Adapting to New Challenges
The Carpentries Executive Council invites YOU to a Community Session
Join members of The Carpentries Executive Council to discuss outcomes from the Q2 meeting
Introducing The Carpentries Communications Manager, Oscar Masinyana
The Carpentries welcomes Oscar Masinyana, Communications Manager
Welcoming the New Lesson Program Governance Committees
Community leaders who will guide project strategy for Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry
The 2023 Instructor Notes Drive Starts Next Week!
Everything you need to get involved and make Carpentries lessons easier to teach.
Highlights from the 2023 Executive Council Retreat
EC members reflect on how to best support The Carpentries as a multicultural organisation by expanding our thinking and discussing power and privilege.
Wins and Challenges of Running a Carpentry Workshop in South Africa during Load shedding
It was helpful that we had booked a lab in a building which has a backup generator
Welcome to our Newest Lesson Maintainers!
Nineteen new Lesson Maintainers badged
New opportunities to lead Carpentry-Con-type programming year-round
Introducing New Community Programming Offerings
The Carpentries Strategic Plan: Three Years and Counting
Community recognition and appreciation, automation, lesson development training, and improved accessibility. Progress towards The Carpentries Strategic Plan for 2020-2025
Get Ready for the Instructor Notes Drive
A community-wide event to update, expand, and improve guidance provided to Instructors in lessons
The Dovetail #17: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Final preparations are underway
Workbench Beta Phase Complete
Prepare for transition to The Workbench in May
Toby Hodges
Claudia Zirión Martínez
Diego Garfias Gallegos
Aarón Espinosa Jaime
José Abel Lovaco Flores
J Abraham Avelar Rivas
Tania Vanessa Arellano Fernández
Edder Daniel Díaz
Luis Gerardo Tejero Gómez
Nelly Sélem Mojica
The Carpentries Lab: Metagenomics Curriculum
A peer-reviewed Metagenomics curriculum has been added to The Carpentries Lab
Announcing 27 March Community Discussion with The Carpentries Executive Council
Join members of The Carpentries Executive Council to discuss outcomes from the Q1 meeting
Welcome to the 2023 Trainers Leadership Committee!
Meet the representatives making decisions for our Instructor Trainer community in 2023
The Dovetail #16: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
A look back at styles
Join the Monthly Instructor Meetings
Calling ALL Instructors, Experienced Instructors and New Instructors
The Carpentries Accessibility Statement and Accommodation Form
The Carpentries develops an Accessibility Statement!
The Future of CarpentryCon and Community Programming
Upcoming changes to professional development and community building offerings
Developing Support for Instructors in 2023
Read about our plans to improve Instructor onboarding and make it easier to teach our curricula.
Apply for the current round of Carpentries Maintainer Onboarding!
The Carpentries is preparing to onboard the next cohort of Maintainers. Applications due March 8th.
The Dovetail #15: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Stage 2 of the Beta Phase is Underway
Carpentries Trainer Training Applications are Open - Apply by 27 February!
Get certified to teach Instructor Training with The Carpentries!
Register your Carpentries Subcommunity
Updates on the Community Development Program
Launching Data Carpentry: Image Processing with Python
Announcing the stable release of a new curriculum teaching image processing skills. Sign up to host a workshop today!
Introducing The Carpentries Information Technology Developer, Eli Chadwick
The Carpentries welcomes Eli Chadwick, Information Technology Developer
We are Hiring a Communications Coordinator. Join Our Team.
Applicants in Mexico, Central America, South America and Southern Africa will receive priority consideration.
Calling for Volunteers to join a Lesson Program Governance Committee
Guide the development of Software Carpentry, Library Carpentry, or Data Carpentry
Announcing our new Deputy Director of Business
Talisha takes up leadership of the Business Team & Membership Program
The Dovetail #14: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Beta Phase to enter stage 2 in February
Multiple ways to follow-up after Carpentry trainings: Benefits, impacts and librarians’ wishes
Results from the Library Carpentry survey
Honoring Omar Khan, The Carpentries Communications Manager
Announcing a bittersweet transition for our friend and colleague
Introducing The Carpentries Director of Technology, Dr Rob Davey
The Carpentries welcomes Rob Davey, Director of Technology
Happy New Year from Dr. Kari L. Jordan, The Carpentries Executive Director
Welcome to 2023 at The Carpentries - A year dedicated to prioritising community health
Announcing the 2023 Executive Council for The Carpentries
Join us in welcoming the newly elected Executive Council members!
The Dovetail #13: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Ode to Maintainers
Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods
Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods
CarpentriesOffline — CarpentryCon 2022 feedback and call for help
Updates on the The CarpentriesOffline project
The Dovetail #12: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
The beta stage is extending deadlines
I Can’t Believe I Survived Without It: Learning Data and Software Skills with The Carpentries
The ARDC’s Liz Stokes spoke to Carpentries workshop instructors and helpers about their reflections on running a workshop on data and software skills with ACEAS scientists.
Community Helps Add Alt Texts to our Lesson Images
With support from the community, we added alt text to 55 images across our lessons.
Election Nominees for the 2023 Executive Council
Help shape The Carpentries – Information about Community Elections for the Executive Council
Carpentries Gratitudes: 2022 and beyond
Reenvisioning how we show community appreciation
Planning for Lesson Program Governance Committees
Strengthening community leadership for Software, Library, and Data Carpentry
Announcing our new Director of Assessment
Dr. Kelly Barnes moves into Director of Assessment Role.
On The Carpentries and Twitter
A statement from the Community Development Team of The Carpentries
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: R and the Tidyverse for Working with Data
Help test and improve a lesson teaching visualisation with ggplot2
The Dovetail #10: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
R for Social Scientists and R for Geospatial Data have entered the Beta Phase
The Dovetail #9: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
R for Ecologists has entered the pre-beta stage
The Dovetail #8: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Dates for Beta Phase Announced
Announcing our new Deputy Director of Technology
Maneesha Sane moves into Deputy Director of Technology Role.
Announcing our newest Curriculum Advisory Committees
Curriculum Advisors will guide the development of our lessons for Ecology, Image Processing, and Social Science.
Tell Us What You Think of the Instructor Training Checkout Process
Share your thoughts on the purpose, barriers, and how we can make it better.
Aufruf für Kandidaturen für den The Carpentries Executive Council (Vorstand) 2023
Nominierungen für Mitglieder, die von der Gemeinde und vom Executive Council gewählt werden, sind möglich
Call for Candidates for the 2023 Carpentries Executive Council
Nominations are now open for community-elected and Council-elected positions
Convocatoria de candidatos para el Consejo Ejecutivo de Carpentries 2023
Ya está abierto el llamado a candidaturas para los puestos elegidos por la comunidad y por el Consejo
The Executive Council Annual Retreat for 2022
In this blog post, the Executive Council Communications Committee highlights events and learnings from the annual Executive Council Retreat
Introducing The CarpentryCon 2022 Keynote Presentations
CarpentryCon 2022 starts this week! Here are the Keynote Presentations to be ready for!
We are Hiring an Information Technology Developer. Join Our Team.
Applications received before 25 August at 11:59 PM (anywhere on earth) will receive full consideration.
The Dovetail #5: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Workbench Beta on Hold
Running Software/Data and Library Carpentries workshops offline
This blog post is the first of a series to share progress of the CarpentriesOffline project
Honoring François Michonneau - Senior Director of Technology
In this post, we reflect on Dr. François Michonneau’s time at The Carpentries on his last day
Join us in Welcoming our New Maintainers!
Seven new Lesson Maintainers badged
We are Hiring a Director of Technology. Join Our Team.
Applications received before 20 July at 11:59 PM (anywhere on earth) will receive full consideration.
The Dovetail #4: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Community Discussions Coming Up!
Apply to become a Curriculum Advisor
Curriculum Advisors provide high-level leadership for lessons. Apply by 22 July
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Introduction to Reproducible Publications with RStudio
Help test and improve a lesson teaching researchers skills for reproducible research.
Welcome to our Newest Lesson Maintainers!
Thirty new Lesson Maintainers badged
The Dovetail #3: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Working through chopportunities
Introducing The Carpentries Director of Fundraising, Amanda Steele
The Carpentries welcomes Amanda Steele, Director of Fundraising
Join us in welcoming Vini Salazar as our new Maintainer Community Lead!
Announcing our new Maintainer Community Lead
The Dovetail #2: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
Working through chopportunities
The Dovetail: Updates from The Carpentries Workbench
A strong start to the Beta Phase of The Carpentries Workbench
Now Published: The Carpentries 2021 Annual and Financial Report
2021 Financial and Annual Reports Available - A retrospective on all things Carpentries
Image Processing with Python - Call for Beta Pilot Applications
Host or teach a pilot workshop with a brand new Data Carpentry curriculum
Welcome to the 2022 Trainers Leadership Committee!
Meet the people guiding development of our Instructor Trainer community
Applications for sponsored Carpentries Memberships open now!
We invite institutions serving underrepresented groups in Central and South America and in Southern Africa to apply for sponsored membership.
Community Maintainer Lead: Recap, Update, and What's Next
Some of the projects Dan has been working on along with what's next for the Maintainer community
Apply for the current round of Carpentries Maintainer Onboarding!
The Carpentries is preparing to onboard the next round of Maintainers. Applications due 26 May
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Introduction to Deep Learning
Help the community test a new lesson on Deep Learning with Python.
Become an Instructor and help bring data and coding skills to people across the globe!
Open Instructor Training is for individual applicants, now prioritised for interest in teaching Centrally-Organised workshops
The Carpentries Workbench: Beta Phase and Beyond
Initial outline and plan for the Beta Phase of The Carpentries Workbench
Teaching Centrally-Organised Workshops
Exploring Centrally-Organised workshops and how Instructors reap the benefits!
The Carpentries Strategic Plan: Year Two In Review
The Carpentries Community Development Program, efforts towards Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and more progress towards our five-year strategic plan!
CarpentryConnect South Africa 2021 - A global event
An estimated 300GB of mobile data was provided to 71 attendees.
Executive Council Key Activities Report
Reporting period: August 2021 to January 2022 (inclusive)
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Interactive Data Visualizations in Python
Get involved in the community’s development of a new lesson on how to create interactive data visualizations in Python.
Introducing The Carpentries Accessibility Manager, Brynn Elliott
The Carpentries welcomes Brynn Elliott, Accessibility Manager
Announcing 2022 Executive Council Elections
Nominations are now open for four Executive Council (EC) positions to join for two year terms 2022-2023…
Make a recurring gift via GitHub Sponsors to support The Carpentries’ curriculum
We have launched a GitHub Sponsorship page to fund revisions to several Carpentries lessons.
The 2021 Instructor Training Report
We are excited to release the first Instructor Training Report!
Introducing Our First 2022 Cohort of Certified Instructor Trainers!
Meet the amazing people helping to expand our global capacity for Instructor Training
EIA Roadmap Update: The Strategic Plan is The Plan
Going forward, the Strategic Plan will be our focus. On 22 April 2022, the EIA Roadmap will be deprecated, but will be kept for historical reasons.
Piloting Collaborative Lesson Development Training
Help us test out a new training curriculum.
Foundations of Astronomical Data Science Launch
Interested in teaching skills at the intersection of data science and astronomy? Sign up for onboarding or to host a workshop today.
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Intermediate Research Software Development in Python
Get involved with a community lesson teaching intermediate research software development
Our tips and tricks for online workshop teaching
King's College London Carpentries Instructor Team share their experience
We are Hiring a (Deputy) Director of Fundraising. Join Our Team.
The (Deputy) Director of Fundraising has a broad responsibility for the development and execution of The Carpentries fund development plan.
Announcing Changes to The Carpentries Logo Usage and Modification Policy
The new logo modification policy is the result of a cross-team working group that met in the second half of 2021
Building and Sustaining Carpentries Subcommunities
Next steps for the Community Development Program
Piloting Open Peer Review of Lessons
The Carpentries will start publishing peer-reviewed lessons in The Carpentries Lab.
Online Workshops and the Supporting Instructor Role
Updates to the Supporting Instructor role
Announcing Our New Curriculum Advisors!
New Curriculum Advisory Committees form to support Software Carpentry and three Data Carpentry curricula.
Introducing The Carpentries Workbench
We announce the first draft of our accessible lesson infrastructure and call for beta testers
Introducing Sher!, Director of Workshops
The journey from Workshop Administrator to Director of Workshops!
We are Hiring an Accessibility Coordinator. Join Our Team.
Applications received before 1 February at 11:59 PM (anywhere on earth) will receive full consideration.
Update to our Privacy Policy
We are updating Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Building Websites with Jekyll & GitHub Pages
Get involved in the community’s development of a new lesson to teach Jekyll and GitHub.
The Instructor Development Committee is Moving and Needs YOUR Help
Learn more about the transition and how to be engaged
New Prices for Workshops, Instructor Training, and Memberships
Our new pricing structure for workshops, Instructor Training, and memberships goes into effect today.
Happy New Year from The Carpentries Executive Director, Dr. Kari L. Jordan
Grants, Gratitude, and #GreenStickies: Read on to learn about what The Carpentries will achieve in 2022
Thank You! Values Alignment Task Force
Recommendations from the task force on a values alignment due diligence process
The Lesson Infrastructure Commitee: Past, Present, and Future
We re-evaluate the historical role of the Lesson Infrastructure Community to understand how we can maintain community advocacy in our infrastructure
Announcing the 2022 Carpentries Executive Council
Please join us in welcoming the new and returning members of the EC.
Executive Council Key Activities Report
Reporting period: February 2021 to July 2021 (inclusive)
The Future of Online Workshops
The Pilot Phase is Ending for Online Workshops at The Carpentries. What comes next?
Glosario: African contributions
As part of the checkout process, community members translated more than 300 data science terms into Amharic.
Share Your 2021 Gratitudes with Our Community
We are taking time throughout December 2021 to reflect, write and share our community green stickies for the year.
The Carpentries Instructor Training Curriculum has been Updated!
The new version of the Instructor Training curriculum has been released
Applications Now Open for Carpentries Trainer Training Starting January 2022
Do you want to teach others to develop skills and confidence as Carpentries Instructors? Become a Trainer!
Pricing Update for 2022
The Carpentries is updating our pricing for the first time since 2016.
Join Us to Learn More about CarpentryCon @ Home in 2022
Upcoming Community Discussion will provide multiple ways to engage in next year’s event
Quarterly Strategic Plan Update: Q3 2021
Here is an overview of work towards The Carpentries 2020-2025 Strategic Plan for the third quarter of 2021
We Value All Contributions - The Carpentries 2021 Fundraiser
Help The Carpentries meet our goal during this end of the year fundraising campaign
Transition for The Carpentries Membership Team
Questions about Membership? Email membership@carpentries.org
Election nominees for the 2022 Executive Council
Help shape the Carpentries – Information about Community Elections
Announcing CarpentryCon @ Home in 2022
Read on to learn about our plans for next year’s CarpentryCon and how to volunteer to support
Introducing The Carpentries Sponsorship Program
The Carpentries is piloting a sponsorship program for 2021-2022
Announcing The Carpentries Community Development Program
A new program to build capacity in community management
Announcing The Carpentries African Capacity Development Manager, Angelique Trusler
Please join us in welcoming Angelique to this new role
Launching Lesson Publication Task Force
Get involved in a Task Force on the official lesson publication process.
Hacktoberfest 2021 - Glosario Contribution Drive
For the second year in a row, help us internationalise and expand Glosario, the open source, multilingual glossary of data science terms.
CarpentryConnect South Africa 2021 - A global event
An estimated 300GB of mobile data was provided to 71 attendees.
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Interactive Data Visualizations in Python
Get involved in the community’s development of a new lesson on how to create interactive data visualizations in Python.
Announcing 2022 Executive Council Elections
Nominations are now open for four Executive Council (EC) positions to join for two year terms 2022-2023 effective 1 February, 2022; two community-elected and two Council-elected
Make a recurring gift via GitHub Sponsors to support The Carpentries’ curriculum
We have launched a GitHub Sponsorship page to fund revisions to several Carpentries lessons.
Apply to become a Curriculum Advisor
Curriculum Advisors provide high-level leadership for lessons. Apply by September 29
Welcome to our Newest Lesson Maintainers!
Eighteen new Lesson Maintainers badged
The 2021 Instructor Training Report
We are excited to release the first Instructor Training Report!
Updates on the Member Organisation Council
Our next Member Organisation Council meeting will be held 22 September at 15:00 and 23:00 UTC
Reactivating the Curriculum Advisory Committees
The Carpentries is looking for members to join the newly reactivated Curriculum Advisory Committees
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Programming with Julia
Get involved in the community’s development of a new lesson to teach Julia to novices.
Angelique Trusler
Kari L. Jordan
Liz Stokes
Naoe Tatara
Annajiat Alim Rasel
Benson Muite
Mike Henry
Toby Hodges
Alycia Crall
The Carpentries Community Facilitators Program: 6-months in
Feedback is important for The Carpentries’ growth
Highlighting our strategic plan efforts to support local community building
CarpentryConnect South Africa is a significant milestone in our Strategic Plan for 2020-2025
Welcome to our New Instructor Trainers
Introducing Fourteen New Trainers
Introducing the new Executive Council Standing Committees
Read on to learn more about the context and responsibilities of the new Executive Council Standing Committees
New book: Research Software Engineering with Python
Written by Carpentries community members, Research Software Engineering with Python covers several topics related to organising data science projects, testing software and more
Introducing The Carpentries Director of Community, Alycia Crall
The Carpentries Welcomes Alycia Crall, Director of Community
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Analysis and Interpretation of Bulk RNA-Seq Data using Bioconductor
Highlighting this lesson from The Carpentries Incubator, teaching RNA-Seq data analysis with Bioconductor
Wrapping Up the Carpentries Python Curriculum Project
Read on to learn about Carpentries Instructor Vini Salazar's work and accomplishments with regard to the Carpentries Python Curriculum
On the governance of The Carpentries
We are clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the Executive Council
Reflecting on our first Alpha Test of the Lesson Infrastructure Redesign
Ensuring our redesign is friendly and usable for maintainers at all skill levels.
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Foundational Computer Skills
Highlighting a lesson beginning development in The Carpentries Incubator, Foundational Computer Skills.
Announcing Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award to advance The Carpentries Equity and Inclusion goals for training researchers of color.
The Carpentries has been awarded an 18-month grant to advance equitable outcomes in data literacy for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous researchers in the U.S.
Recruiting Instructors for Self-Organised Workshops
Channels/resources available for recruiting Instructors
Apply for the current round of Carpentries Maintainer Onboarding!
The Carpentries is preparing to onboard the next round of Maintainers. Applications due 16 July, 2021
Registration for CarpentryConnect South Africa 2021 now open!
The main goal of CarpentryConnect South Africa 2021 is to build capacity for workshops through instructor training, and establish a network for the regional Carpentries community.
100 Members Strong, A Community Accomplishment
Carpentries Director of Partnerships, Al Obayuwana, writes a post commemorating 100 Carpentries memberships
Director of Community Development and Engagement Transition
Serah Njambi Kiburu is moving on from The Carpentries
Sharing our new Code of Conduct Facilitators Module
Code of Conduct facilitation is part of the Carpentries Community Facilitators Program. We welcome your review and suggestions on our new Carpentries Code of Conduct Facilitators module
2020 Financial Report Carpentries Conversations
We have two themed discussions on the financial report scheduled for June.
Carpentries Community Conversation with the Executive Council
A summary of the two community conversations with the Carpentries Executive Council in February 2021, facilitated by Serah Njambi Kiburu and Dr. Kari L. Jordan
Recruiting new members to the Code of Conduct Committee
Code of Conduct Committee is recruiting new members. Attend one of our community discussions in June to find out more about how we help make The Carpentries a welcoming and supporting environment.
Announcing our new Curriculum Team Lead
Toby Hodges takes up leadership of the Curriculum Team from June 2021.
Reflecting on the first round of Lesson Development Study Groups
What we learned from the inaugural round of lesson development training.
Formalising The Carpentries Community Roles & Support Structure
We will continue to listen to and support you as we endeavor to be the leading inclusive community teaching data and coding skills.
From research to final product: the path to the design for the next lesson template
Emily de la Mettrie shares her process behind the design of the next iteration of the lesson template
University of the Western Cape’s first Data Carpentry Workshop of 2021
Lessons included data organising and cleaning in spreadsheets and with OpenRefine, and data analysis and visualisation with R and RStudio
Attend an Onboarding Session to Become a Carpentries Discussion Host
New information about upcoming Discussion Host onboarding sessions for anyone interested in facilitating community calls and themed discussions in The Carpentries.
2020 Annual and Financial Reports
The yearly Annual and Financial reports for 2020 are now available to read and share
Our First Workshop - Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya
Originally posted on the Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya website, this blog post highlights learnings from the BHKi's first R workshop on 24 and 25 March 2021
Aarón Espinosa Jaime
Ahmed Moustafa
Claudia Zirión Martínez
Diego Garfias Gallegos
Edder Daniel Bustos
Jesús Abraham Avelar Rivas
José Abel Lovaco Flores
Nelly Sélem Mojica
Tania Vanessa Arellano Fernández
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Bash and R for Metagenomics
Highlighting this lesson from The Carpentries Incubator, Bash and R for Metagenomics.
Library Carpentry’s Journey: Seeding the Future
Read on to learn about Library Carpentry's expansion, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Introducing Michael Culshaw-Maurer
Dr. Michael Culshaw-Maurer joins The Carpentries as a joint postdoctoral researcher with CyVerse
Core Team 'Acc-athon' to Add Alt Text Across Carpentries Curricula
Carpentries Core Team gets a start on alt text updates for Carpentries lessons
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Python for Business
Highlighting this lesson from The Carpentries Incubator, teaching Python for Business.
The Carpentries Strategic Plan: One Year Update
Read on to see how we are progressing towards goals outlined in our Strategic Plan for 2020-2025
Foundations of Astronomical Data Science - Call for Beta Pilot Applications
Apply to host or teach a beta pilot workshop for the newest Data Carpentry curriculum
Carpentries Trainer Training May-July 2021
Apply to become an Instructor Trainer and shape the next generation of Carpentries Instructors!
Announcing The Python Software Foundation Scientific Working Group grant
Read on to learn more about Carpentries Instructor Vini Salazar’s work to develop the Carpentries Python Curriculum
Pondering on the Question of Community Sustainability
This post provides a summary of discussions and takeaways from the Community Sustainability session that Serah Njambi Kiburu and Toby Hodges facilitated at the March 2021 SORSE workshop
Welcome to Trainers Leadership!
Please welcome the 5 new members of the Trainers Leadership group
Incubator Lesson Spotlight: Introduction to Open Data Science with R
Highlighting this lesson from The Carpentries Incubator, teaching Open data science skills with R and RStudio.
We Stand With Our Community Members of Asian Descent
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Announcing New Members of the Library Carpentry Advisory Group
Please welcome the 7 new members of the Library Carpentry Advisory Group
Call for Pilot Workshops: Neuroimaging Lessons
Help with the further improvement of these lessons from The Carpentries Incubator
Introducing our new Director of Partnerships
Al Obayuwana joins The Carpentries as Director of Partnerships
Integration and reuse of Library Carpentry content into curricula
The Library Carpentry lessons are fantastic resources for teaching students.
Prioritising Accessibility in Organising Online Events
In this post, Serah Njambi Kiburu and Emily Lescak summarise Serah's presentation and discussions from her Code for Science and Society community talk on accessibility in virtual events, and share an accessibility checklist to guide you as you plan virtual events.
Tom Kelly
Joel Nitta
Masami Yamaguchi
Maki Arakaki
Bagus Tris Atmaja
Manabu Ishii
Kozo Nishida
Dai Saito
Riku Takei
Atsushi Yamamoto
Satoshi Yokota
Introducing R lessons in Japanese
We share a complete bilingual R lesson in English and Japanese
Incubator Lesson Spotlight - Reproducible Computational Environments Using Containers: Introduction to Docker
Highlighting this introductory lesson from The Carpentries Incubator, on containerised computing with Docker.
Introducing our new Workshop Administrator Danielle Sieh
Danielle Sieh joins The Carpentries as Workshop Administrator
Improving Accessibility in The Carpentries
We are keen to improve accessibility across our interactions and resources in The Carpentries, and invite you to help.
Help Inform Translation Priorities for Carpentries Resources
We request your input in Carpentries Conversation 27 to help guide resource translation priorities and efforts by our community.
The Carpentries at rstudio::global(2021)
Join The Carpentries Team in informal chat sessions at rstudio::global(2021)'s 24-hour conference on January 21 2021
Alpha testing a Jekyll Pages lesson
Community members reflect on the experience of teaching a new lesson for the first time.
Announcing the 2021 Executive Council for The Carpentries
Here are the members of the 2021 Carpentries Executive Council
Wrapping up The Carpentries FIRST Fundraising Campaign
We raised $15,445. Thank You!
An update on our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan progress
Read on to learn about our strategic plan progress through Q4 2020 (October - December)
Tim Dennis
Jamie Jamison
Stephanie Labou
Reid Otsuji
Scott Peterson
Justin Shaffer
Rick Mccosh
Alexandre De Siqueira
I See, UC, We All See Carpentries: Collaboratively Scaling Workshop Instruction Across a University System
Instructors' experiences running Carpentries workshops in the University of California System
A New Year Message from The Carpentries Executive Director
Set your intentions for 2021
Running an Online Data Carpentry Workshop in Iran
This post covers the instructor's experiences teaching an online Data Carpentry workshop in Iran
Apply to Join The Carpentries Lesson Development Study Groups
Announcing a new program to support community members wishing to develop a new lesson in The Carpentries Incubator.
Outcome of October Community Discussion for Nordic and Baltic Countries
Best practices on online teaching compared to in-person? How to build more visible community network? Nordic and Baltic community is moving forward
Thank You SO MUCH Carpentries Community!
We spent some time reflecting on 2020 as a Team, and wrote thank you notes for our community.
Back to the future: Online Carpentries Workshops now and in 2021
Our community is resilient, patient and very resourceful
Amending the Carpentries Bylaws in 2020
Here is what has changed in our bylaws this year
Birgit Schmidt
Yared Abera Ergu
Liz Stokes
David Kane
Julie Goldman
Tim Ribaric
Konrad Förstner
Ariel Deardorff
Jeff Oliver
Catherine Nancarrow
Tim Dennis
Chris Erdmann
Mark Laufersweiler
Phil Reed
Library Carpentry Advisory Group Call for New Members
Applications to join the Library Carpentry Advisory Group are open between now and 18 January 2021!
Welcome to our Newest Instructor Trainers!
Fourteen new Carpentries Instructor Trainers have been badged!
Thank you for contributing to Glosario!
Following up on Hacktoberfest 2020 and the first Glosario contribution drive.
Giving Tuesday at The Carpentries
Here are some of the many ways you can contribute to The Carpentries
Meet The Carpentries Feedback Facilitators
We have now selected and onboarded our first cohort of community facilitators, focussing on feedback facilitation. Read about them in this post.
Election for the 2021 Executive Council
The election period for the 2021 Carpentries Executive Council opens Monday November 30
Apply to Join The Carpentries 2021 Mentoring Program!
Become a mentor or mentee for first cycle of 2021 Mentoring Groups!
Welcome Rabea Müller, Regional Coordinator for the DACH Region
Introducing our newest Regional Coordinator
Why give to The Carpentries?
The Carpentries Executive Director provides insight on The Carpentries fundraising campaign
Announcing our new Maintainer Community Lead
Join us in welcoming Daniel Chen as our new Maintainer Community Lead!
Expanding The Carpentries Community in California
Read on for a recap on efforts to develop the Carpentries in academic libraries in California, US
A Call to Action: Donate to The Carpentries
Support The Carpentries $30K Individual Contributions Fundraising Goal
Call for Pilot Workshops: Introduction to Conda for (Data) Scientists
Help with the further improvement of this lesson from The Carpentries Incubator
Updates to Our Platinum Membership Tier
We’re updating the pricing structure and benefits available for our most customisable membership tier.
We are Hiring Three New Team Members. Join Our Team.
Job Opportunities With The Carpentries
Teaching a Library Carpentry Workshop in Southern California (and the Virtual Yonder)
This post covers instructors' experiences teaching a virtual Library Carpentry workshop in August 2020
Call for Candidates for the 2021 Carpentries Executive Council
Nominations are now open for community-elected and Council-elected positions
Reflections on my First Data Carpentry Workshop
Lessons learned during the author's first attendance at a Data Carpentry workshop
CarpentryCon @ Home: The journey of the Wikidata Lesson
Following up on the CarpentryCon @ Home session, Library Carpentry Wikidata Lesson Sprint
Progress Towards The Carpentries 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
Read on to learn about our strategic plan progress through Q3 2020 (July - September)
Jannetta Steyn
Benson Muite
Maggi Mars
Lactatia Motsuku
Varshita Sher
Marissa Griesel
Samuel Lelièvre
Angelique Trusler
Lessons Learned - Data Carpentries Workshop for SADiLaR (August 31, 2020)
This post covers instructors' experiences teaching a Data Carpentries workshop for the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources in August 2020
Announcing the new Help Wanted page
A new page to highlight issues needing your help.
Hacktoberfest 2020 - Glosario Contribution Drive
This October, help us internationalise and expand Glosario, the open source, multilingual glossary of data science terms.
Announcing The Carpentries Philanthropy: A New Way to Get Involved with The Carpentries
Join our new mailing list for an opportunity to engage with The Carpentries on a philanthropic level
CarpentryCon @ Home: Growing Carpentries through a Growing Community at Oklahoma State University
Following up on the CarpentryCon @ Home session, Growing Carpentries through a Growing Community with the session hosts
Our Long-Term Survey is Open for Responses
How do the results of our long-term survey for in-person workshops compare to virtual workshops? Let’s find out!
Running Newcastle University's First Online Software Carpentries Workshop
This post covers the instructor's experiences teaching an online Software Carpentry workshop at Newcastle University
Recent Publications Highlighting the Value of the Carpentries in Academic Libraries
Several recent publications have showcased the value of The Carpentries in academic libraries. Here we highlight three written by members of our community
Announcing Library Carpentry efforts with the Network of the National Library of Medicine
The Carpentries will train NNLM members as Library Carpentry instructors, and pilot additional curriculum in the online environment.
Apply to Become a Carpentries Feedback Facilitator
Call for applications to join our 2020 cohort of Carpentries Feedback Facilitators is now open.
Introducing The Carpentries Community Facilitators Program
Read on and find out how to collaborate with us to develop resources under this program
Meet our 2020-2021 Cohort of Instructor Development Committee Leaders
Our Instructor Development Committee has a strong team of seven to lead its activities over the next year
Transition for The Carpentries Membership Team
Questions about Membership? Email membership@carpentries.org
How We Use Feedback at The Carpentries
How we listen and why your feedback matters
Now What? Next Steps After CarpentryCon @ Home
CarpentryCon @ Home may be over, but the learning should continue.
Report from the Mega-Coderefinery workshop
Teaching 100 learners at once: does it work?
What Will Constitute CarpentryCon @ Home Fireside Chat Discussions?
Here is a set of questions we hope to discuss on Wednesday, 26 August 2020 at 21h00 UTC and Thursday, 27 August 2020 at 15h00 UTC. Join us!
Introducing our new Curriculum Community Developer
Dr. Toby Hodges joins The Carpentries as Curriculum Community Developer. Welcome!
Geospatial Data Carpentry Videos
Learn more about running the Carpentries semi-asynchronously.
Design principles for the next iteration of The Carpentries lesson template
Twelve Design principles to guide the development of the next lesson template
2020 - 2021 IDC Leadership Call for Applications
Applications are now open to join the 2020-2021 cohort of leadership for the Instructor Development Committee
How to Recruit Instructors for Self-Organised Workshops
Here are a set of resources to help you recruit instructors for Self-Organised workshops
Upgrading R Lessons to use R 4.0
Our timeline and strategy to adapt to R 4.0
Announcing Glosario
An open source multilingual glossary of data science terms
Carpentries Community Discussion Host Onboarding Now Open!
Looking to host a Carpentries Community Discussion?
Carpentries Trainer Training Fall 2020
Apply to become an Instructor Trainer and shape the next generation of Carpentries Instructors!
Building the Maintainer Community and Your Own Skillset
We are looking for the next Maintainer Community Lead!
Pre- and Post-workshop discussions : Six months into 2020
We have hosted more than 50 pre- and post-workshop discussions between January and June 2020
Welcome to our Newest Lesson Maintainers!
Twenty-three new Lesson Maintainers badged
Calling Local Midwest US Instructors!
We are starting a monthly community call for Instructors in the midwest US.
CarpentryCon @ Home Session Topics
Find the CarpentryCon @ Home sessions that meet your interests
Shoaib Sufi
Aleksandra Nenadic
Rachael Ainsworth
Lucia Michielin
Steve Crouch
Mario Antonioletti
Giacomo Peru
The Software Sustainability Institute's Guidance for Running Online Training
The following is guidance based on the Software Sustainability Institute staff and collaborators running online training events.
Letter from The Carpentries Executive Director, July 2020
Global Capacity Building for Inclusive Computational Communities
Join Us for CarpentryCon @ Home: 14 July - 31 August
CarpentryCon @ Home begins next week! The 7-week long event starts with a keynote by Dr. Kari L. Jordan on 13 July and the first session on 14 July
Lessons Learned - Teaching Carpentries Workshops Online in Sweden, May 2020
This post covers instructors' experiences teaching SQL, OpenRefine, and Python over the course of 4 online sessions in late May
Going Online: How we organised the first ever virtual csvconf
In this post, csvconf.com organisers detail how they moved an in-person community conference online in a few weeks, and the lessons they picked up along the way
Online Workshop Logistics and Screen Layouts
Online workshop logistics and how learners would set up their screens if they only had a single monitor.
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Scaling Collaborative Curriculum Development
Learn what we have accomplished with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Lessons Learned - Teaching Carpentries Workshop Online UCLA Spring 2020
This post covers instructors' experiences from teaching an online workshop at UCLA
Outlining a Successful Virtual Software Carpentry Workshop on Zoom
This post covers instructors' experiences running a four-day online Software Carpentry workshop at the University of Washington
Reading and Reflection Days for The Carpentries Core Team
Going forwards, Carpentries Core Team will set aside one work day a month to read and reflect. Friday, June 12 will be the first of these.
Call for Proposal Review and CarpentryCon @ Home Regional Hosts
The CarpentryCon @ Home Task Force would appreciate community feedback on proposals, and seeks regional hosts to help facilitate sessions at the conference.
The Carpentries’ 2020 Strategic Focus and Path Forward
Read on to learn about our strategic plan progress
A Call for Allyship and Solidarity
The Carpentries Core Team advocates for empathy, empowerment, and equity
Learners' Experiences from South Africa's Online Workshop
This post covers learners' experiences and feedback from SADiLaR's first three-day online Data Carpentry workshop in early May
Introducing our new Astronomy Curriculum Developer
Dr. Allen Downey joins The Carpentries as Astronomy Curriculum Developer. Welcome!
Announcing a New Series of Online Workshop Themed Discussions
Please join The Carpentries Core Team for a monthly community call centred around online workshops
Learnings from the First Centrally-Organised Online Workshop of 2020
Here are examples of what worked well and other observations from our workshop held in the last week of April
Submit a Session Proposal for CarpentryCon @ Home
Searching for community discussion topics, panel sessions, or social event ideas
Running a Virtual Social Carpentries Meetup in UW-Madison
Moving our local Carpentries socials to a virtual space
2019 Reports and our Annual Reports Page
We have released our 2019 Annual Report and Financial Report, and set up a standalone page for all Carpentries reports
Introducing our new Deputy Director of Instructor Training
Dr. Kelly Barnes joins The Carpentries as Deputy Director of Instructor Training. Welcome!
Increasing Researchers' Digital Literacy in Ethiopia
Here's how Ambo University's first Data Carpentry workshop went in December 2019
Carpentries Conversations: The Carpentries Teaching of Git and GitHub
Here's a summary of three themed discussions on teaching git and GitHub from December 2019
Supporting Each Other and Our Community
Here are the measures Core Team members are taking to support each other and our community during this time
Welcome to our Newest Instructor Trainers!
Fourteen new Carpentries Instructor Trainers badged!
Organising Online Carpentries Workshops
Information for Carpentries Instructors to teach workshops remotely
Having a Great Online Learning Experience: A Guide for Students
Share this with your students before your next online workshop
Scaffolding Installation for Online Workshops
We now offer cloud instances as backup for learners with installation issues
A Brief Guide to Lists in The Carpentries' TopicBox
Wondering what lists to subscribe to in The Carpentries TopicBox? Read this helpful guide by Angelique Trusler
Mapping & Planning a Live Coding Workshop for Digital Delivery
A bit of a plan for teaching online
Running University College London's First Online Git Workshop
We successfully ran a 3-hour workshop for 11 learners with one instructor and five helpers. here's how it turned out.
Introducing Our New Executive Director
Dr. Kari L. Jordan is the new Executive Director of The Carpentries!
Radovan Bast
Flavio Calvo
Richard Darst
Anne Fouilloux
Pavlin Mitev
Hasti Narimanzadeh
Pedro Ojeda May
João M. Da Silva
Thor Wikfeldt
Lessons Learned from Running Code Refinery's First Online Workshop
Sharing with the community what worked well in our first online CodeRefinery workshop and what we need and plan to improve.
Official Guidelines (V1) for Taking Your Carpentries Workshop Online
The Carpentries convened a COVID-19 Response Task Force in mid-March, and a first version of their work is summarised in this post.
Introducing The CarpentryConnect Planning Kit
We are pleased to share a resource designed to guide community members as they organise local and regional Carpentries events, whether online or in-person.
Changes to CarpentryCon 2020
There will be no in-person or virtual CarpentryCon in 2020.
Being a Carpentries Maintainer and the Skills You Can Learn
Maintaining Carpentries lessons is a great way to learn Git.
Apply for Carpentries Maintainer Onboarding!
Welcoming new and existing Lesson Maintainers to the community!
More Community-Contributed Tips for Teaching Online
This post is the second in our round of invaluable community-contributed tips for teaching online.
Darya Vanichkina
David Pérez-Suárez
Elizabeth Wickes
Mario Antonioletti
Nandipa Sithiwe
Serah Njambi Kiburu
Tips for Teaching Online from The Carpentries Community
This post shares a first round of community-contributed tips on teaching online. Have a read and consider contributing more tips for teaching and learning online.
Introducing our New Lesson Infrastructure Technology Developer
Join us in welcoming Dr. Zhian N. Kamvar to The Carpentries
Introducing our New Communications Manager
Join us in welcoming Omar Khan to The Carpentries Core Team and community.
Teaching a New Geospatial Python Lesson
Ryan Avery and Kunal Marwaha taught a new Carpentries Incubator lesson at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and wrote about their experience and feedback from the workshop.
Recommendations for Staying Healthy During the COVID-19 Outbreak
We are closely monitoring the ongoing and evolving global Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, and the potential impact for our community around the world.
Testing CodiMD
A CodiMD instance hosted by The Carpentries is now available.
Piloting Automated Emails for Carpentries Workshops
The Workshop Administration Team at The Carpentries will be testing a new workflow from February 24
Incentives and Benefits of Getting Involved in Teaching Researchers
Aleksandra Nenadic, our Carpentries Regional Coordinator in the UK, and SSI's Training Lead shares why more should be involved in teaching coding and data science skills
CarpentryCon 2020 - Updates from The Task Force
Here's a helpful roundup from CarpentryCon Task Force on how to prepare for, contribute towards and stay updated about CarpentryCon 2020
Help Us Find Sponsors for CarpentryCon 2020
CarpentryCon 2020's Budget subcommittee has prepared a Sponsorship Kit to guide you in reaching out to potential sponsors
The Carpentries Receives Mozilla Mission Partners Grant
We are advancing our Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility work with funding from Mozilla!
Executive Council Officer Elections for 2020
Announcing officers elected to The Carpentries Executive Council for 2020
New Year Message from The Carpentries Acting Executive Director
We will continue building capacity - together.
The Carpentries Strategic Plan for 2020-2025
Read on and learn more about The Carpentries Strategic Plan for the next three to five years
Announcing our new Maintainer Community Lead
Join us in welcoming Angela Li as our Maintainer Community Lead!
Feedback: Remote Teaching of Genomics Data Carpentry Curriculum
Daniel Ouso and Bianca Peterson share their experience from instructing a Genomics workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2019
We Appreciate Library Carpentry
A message of gratitude from Ariel Deardorff, co-Chair of the Library Carpentry Advisory Council
Introducing Our New Director of Instructor Training
Karen Word will serve as our new Director of Instructor Training and oversee the expansion of this program
Registration for CarpentryCon 2020 is Now Open
We cannot wait to see you in Madison, get your conference ticket today!
Expanding the Carpentries Community in California Academic Libraries
Today we are announcing a new project to help build regional training partnerships in California
CarpentryConnect Events in 2020
Three regional Carpentries community events will take place this year. Read on and find out if one is scheduled in your region and how to participate in an event near you.
We are Hiring an Executive Director. Join Our Team.
The Carpentries Searches for a New Executive Director
We are grateful for the Carpentries team - and the Executive Director
We appreciate the Carpentries team
Job Opening to Develop an Astronomy Curriculum for Data Carpentry
Support from American Institute of Physics to develop Astronomy curriculum
Gratitude and the mission of fiscal sponsorship
Partnering for global good
We Appreciate the Regional Coordinators!
Regional Coordinators keep our workshops going!
We Appreciate Lesson Maintainers!
Maintainers help keep lessons healthy and workshops running smoothly.
We Appreciate Instructors and Helpers!
As at December 2019, Carpentries Instructors and Helpers have made over 2,440 workshops possible!
We Appreciate Community Initiatives, our Fiscal Sponsor!
Partnering for global good
Yared Abera Ergu
Ayansina Ayangbenro
Mamsi Khantsi
Samar Elsheikh
Margareth Gfrerer
Martin Dreyer
Mesfin Diro
Abisola Regina Sholeye
Bianca Peterson
Nobubele Shozi
Angelique Trusler
With Thanks from Carpentries Instructors in Africa
“Sithanda ukudlulisa amazwi ukubonga ku Carpentries!” from Carpentries Instructors in Africa
CarpentryCon 2020 Financial Aid
Submit your application to receive financial aid to attend CarpentryCon from June 29 to July 1, 2020
Expressing Gratitude to Our Instructor Development Committee
In just six months our Instructor Development Committee has done SO MUCH!
Extending Gratitude to CarpentryCon 2020's Task Force
Organised in six subcommittees, this Task Force is doing great work ahead of CarpentryCon 2020
Executive Director Transition
Tracy Teal is moving on from The Carpentries, Kari Jordan will serve as Acting Executive Director
Thank You for Supporting our Outreach Efforts
We appreciate the enthusiasm and creativity with which community members communicate in, about and in support of The Carpentries
With gratitude, to the Code of Conduct Committee
The Code of Conduct Committee continues to embody our Core Values, and for that, we are grateful.
Extending Gratitude to the Executive Council for Governance in 2019
Thank you to the Executive Council
Introducing The Carpentries Gratitudes Series
We are taking time throughout December 2019 to reflect, write and share our community green stickies for the year
The Carpentries Long-Term Survey is Open
We are collecting feedback on the long-term impact of our workshops. We want to hear from you!
We are Hiring Four New Team Members. Join Our Team.
Job Opportunities With The Carpentries
Internationalisation of Software Carpentry: System for Translation into Japanese
A collaborative translation of lessons into Japanese is underway, find out what we have learned and how to help
Introducing The Carpentries Core Values
Thanks to our community's input, we are excited to share The Carpentries' nine core values
Trainer Training 2020
Apply to become an Instructor Trainer and shape the next generation of Carpentries Instructors!
Introducing our new Regional Consultant for Southern Africa.
Dr. Angelique Trusler joins The Carpentries as Regional Consultant for Southern Africa.
A Call to Action: Nominate Yourself for the Executive Council Today
Amy Hodge reflects on what it means to serve on the Executive Council and explains why you should apply
The Carpentries Executive Council 2019 In-person Meeting
A summary of discussions from the in-person Executive Council meeting and the way forward
CarpentryCon 2020: Tips for Submitting a Session Proposal
This post by CarpentryCon 2020 Task Force members offers tips for submitting a session proposal
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Partner to Support The Carpentries
We have received $2.65 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support our work over the next three years.
The Carpentries in Tōkyō: Adventures bringing Software Carpentry to Japan
A growing community is gaining momentum to bring Software Carpentry to Japan
The Carpentries Vision Statement
Our vision is to be the leading inclusive community teaching computing and data skills.
CarpentryCon Community Call, November 6
Join the Task Force on November 6 for CarpentryCon 2020 updates
Teaching Tech Together
A new book elaborates on the Carpentries instructor training material and more.
Call for Candidates for the 2020 Carpentries Executive Council
Nominations are now open for community-elected and Council-elected positions
A Better Experience for Workshop Surveys
New survey systems for our workshops
Member Survey Results and the next Member Organisation Council Meetings
Building Community through Membership: 2019 Member Survey Results and Member Organisation Council Meetings
Tips for Organising Your First Carpentries Workshop
In this post, Angela Li and Jessica Trelogan share tried and tested strategies for organising successful Carpentries workshops
Teaching Software Carpentry at the University of Botswana
In this post, Raniere Silva shares reflections from teaching a software carpentry workshop in Botswana
Export to Etherpad: a New Extra in the Instructor-Training Repository
A new tool for instructor-trainers to make preparation for a new workshop easier.
The Carpentries Tagathon - Our Hacktoberfest Initiative
This October, read and suggest relevant tags for posts published on The Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry and Software Carpentry blogs
RStudio's Instructor Training Program
How Rstudio's instructor training builds on the Carpentries.
Catching Up on Executive Council Policy Making
Here's an update from The Carpentries Executive Council about recent and ongoing work, and with links to relevant resources
The Carpentries Canadian Community Discussion
Chat with Canadian Regional Coordinators
Livening Up Live Coding
Matt Dray shares lessons from the trainer workshop about audience needs and positive instructor behaviour when running participatory live coding
Thank you all!
In this post, Chris Erdmann reflects on his time as Library Carpentry Community & Development Director ahead of his last day.
Lessons learned from the Community Discussion on Burnout
Prevent burnout by being welcoming and sharing experiences in everyday conversations.
Q3 and Q4 Project Work at The Carpentries
Here's what The Carpentries team accomplished in Q2 and Q3 2019, and a look into work that will continue in Q4 2019.
New Zealand Community Holds Its First Carpentries Chat
Community members gather to discuss Carpentries successes and challenges in Dunedin, New Zealand
The Carpentries Community Champions Call - September 2019
The Community Champions discussed how they grow their local communities
Code of Conduct Mandate Task Force Releases Recommendations
The Carpentries should be a leader in ensuring that our community is a safe and welcoming space.
Introducing Updated Workshop Request Forms and More
Navigating organising a Carpentries Workshop
Continued support from IMLS for Library Carpentry
California Digital Library receives supplemental grant from IMLS for Library Carpentry
Carpentries Values Project - An Update and Call for Input
Find out more about The Carpentries values project. Answer three questions and help us articulate our community values
Mentoring Groups Virtual Showcase: Oct 15 at 19:00 UTC
Curious about mentoring groups?
Instructor Trainer Training: Knowing When to Hold ‘Em
Trainer Training Postponed
Supporting The Carpentries
Read about activities the Australian Research Data Commons is embarking on to support The Carpentries
Connecting with the Community at CarpentryConnect in Manchester
In this post, Malvika Sharan shares her personal notes from June 2019's CarpentryConnect in Manchester
Upcoming Updated Forms for Workshops & Workshop Section of The Carpentries Website
Workshops...Request? Notify? Inquire? What Do I Do?
IDC meetings 8/19/2019: Findings from community discussion surveys
Let's talk about community discussions
HPC Carpentry at ISC2019
A paper on the progress of HPC Carpentry was presented at the 'Workshop on HPC Education and Training for Emerging Technologies' at ISC2019
Your experiences will help us recommend support for our CoCc
Anonymous form open for incidents outside CoCc mandate
Software Carpentry at York
Following a successful Software Carpentry workshop, Juan Rodriguez summarised the experience in this post.
Carpentries Community Discussion on PREreview.org
Join our August 28 2019 community call to help us build a diverse community of preprint reviewers
Carve Your Niche with The Carpentries
TU Delft Library met Data Champions from the Department of Biotechnology, Victor Koppejan and Raúl A. Ortiz Merino, to celebrate their Software and Data Carpentry workshop success.
Announcing CarpentryCon 2020 Dates, Location and Theme
After a rigorous venue and theme bidding process, here's information about CarpentryCon 2020 and 2021!
CarpentryConnect Manchester 2019 Highlights
Missed #CCMCR2019? Read Aleksandra Nenadic's account of the three-day event
Invitation to The Carpentries Sponsorship Programme Task Force
Sign up and help shape our Sponsorship Programme.
Recruiting Task Force Members for Incidents Outside the mandate of The Carpentries Code of Conduct Committee
Our Code of Conduct is serving its purpose, but when incidents fall outside its mandate, what can we do?
Releasing The Carpentries Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan
We are releasing our community communications plan and introducing how-to guides for community-led communications
22 Months in the Making: New Genomics Curriculum Release
What goes into a major lesson update?
Announcing the June 2019 lesson release!
With great thanks to the more than 1100 people who have made this lesson release possible.
Reflections from a Carpentries Train the Trainer Workshop
In this post, Alexander Refsum Jensenius shares thoughts and takeaways from a recent Train the Trainer Workshop
The Carpentries Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Roadmap
We are paving the way for Inclusivity!
Developing Data Skills at Macquarie University Library
Drawing on Library Carpentry lessons, pedagogy and community
Teaching reproducible science with R to a wide range of experience levels
Phil Reed shares lessons from a recent R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis workshop
Workshop Participant Fees
To charge (a minimal) workshop fee or not to charge? That is the question
Building a Community for Digital Literacy at ZB MED: The Carpentries and HackyHours
A place where everyone can come together to share topics and learn from each other
Need Library Carpentry Stickers? Let Us Know!
Now you can request stickers until 30 June 2019!
Lessons Learned from our Call on Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
It’s not enough to be invited to the party; we want you to be asked to dance!
2019 Instructor Development Committee (IDC) Meeting Schedule
IDC wants your feedback on 6/17
It's a Wrap! The 4th Library Carpentry-Mozilla Global Sprint Concludes.
63 sprinters from 8 countries and 35 institutions took part in the May 2019 sprint.
Financial Updates
Planning for The Carpentries' financial sustainability
Q2 Project Work at The Carpentries
Here's what The Carpentries team is working on in the second quarter of 2019.
Call for 2019 Mentoring Group Participation
Join a mentoring group!
The Carpentries in Australia: Community Discussion Summary
A summary of our community call on Carpentries activities in Australia
Tips and Tricks for Teaching R
Bianca Peterson & Katrin Tirok share their tried-and-tested tips and tricks for teaching R
Diversity is our Goal. Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility is how we get there.
Join the Community Discussion 21-22 May for Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Planning
36 lessons will be published, which ones will you contribute to?
Preparing for the June 2019 lesson release
Genomics Workshop Pilot and BugBBQ at University of Arizona
Help prepare the Genomics lessons for release in June!
Carpentries Community Discussion Sessions - A Primer for New Discussion Hosts
Looking to host a Carpentries Community Discussion? See Martin Dreyer's pointers
Constructing The Carpentries Community in Canada
Meet the Canadian Regional Coordinators
Introducing the New Carpentries Instructor Development Committee
Our Instructor Development Committee has a strong team of six to lead its activities over the next year
What have the Library Carpentry Maintainers been working on?
An update on what the Library Carpentry Maintainers have been working on since January 2019.
Standing with our Code of Conduct
Response to DataCamp blog post
What’s New at ORCID? A Joint Library Carpentries/ORCID Webinar!
What's new at ORCID? Learn about new features available via ORCID's API 3.0 to connect and share more of your own and community's contributions.
Announcing the Library Carpentry Advisory Group
The Group will advise on ways to foster greater participation in the Library Carpentry community
Wrapping Up the Rural Campuses Connection Project Capacity Development Initiative.
A Capacity Development Project Inspired by The Carpentries.
Highlights from the recent Instructor Training in South Africa
New instructors from the East Coast of South Africa join The Carpentries community
Announcing The Carpentries Curriculum Development Handbook
A guide for creating Carpentries-style lessons.
Communications at The Carpentries
Boats, Bridges, Balloons - Here's why and how we communicate at The Carpentries
What's Involved in Leading a Carpentries Community Committee?
Interested in leading the Instructor Development Committee? Learn more about the Committee and read some advice from a former Co-Chair.
Mozilla-Library Carpentry Global Sprint, 30-31 May, 2019
Upcoming Sprint to improve and develop Library Carpentry material
Executive Council Officer Elections for 2019
Announcing officers elected to The Carpentries Executive Council for 2019
The Carpentries Australia: Community Discussion
Join us for a discussion of past, present and future Carpentries activities in Australia
Leadership Opportunities with The Carpentries: Interest Meeting April 3, 2019
The Carpentries is searching for its next Instructor Development Committee Leaders!
Carpentry on a Chromebook
Coding with Crostini the ChromeOS Linux App
Bring CarpentryCon 2020 to Your City – Call for Themes and Venues
Submit your theme suggestions and venue bids for CarpentryCon 2020
Growing The Carpentries Community in Africa: Hiring a Regional Coordinator
We're hiring a Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa!
Introducing The Carpentries' Regional Coordinators
How to connect with your Regional Coordinator
The Carpentries in New Zealand
Meet the NZ Regional Coordinator
Code of Conduct Documentation Revised for Transparency and Clarity
Collaboration and transparency: Keys to our improved Code of Conduct
News from the Library Carpentry Maintainer Community and Curriculum Advisory Committee
An update on Library Carpentry lesson development
Join Us at CarpentryConnect Manchester 2019!
Here's why you should attend #ccmcr19 from June 25 to 27, 2019.
Job Plans, Teams, and Projects!
Check out how The Carpentries team is supporting our community this quarter.
Sher! Transitions into new role: Workshop & Logistics Manager
Sher! Shares the News
Top 10 FAIR Data & Software Things
A two-day worldwide sprint held on 29-30 November 2018 to develop domain-relevant guides on FAIR.
Code of Conduct Documentation Open for Comments
Help inform our Code of Conduct Documentation. Attend the #CarpentriesConversation
A Wrap-up from the African Task Force
What did the African Task Force Do in 2018 and what did we learn...
CarpentryConnect Johannesburg 2018: Building Bridges for Digital and Computational Literacy.
Building the local South African Carpentries community through a CarpentryConnect.
Jonah Leaving for New Role in New Zealand
Jonah is stepping down as Director of Membership and Technology
The Carpentries in the Classroom
Reflections on Holding a Carpentries-Inspired Workshop in my Library and Information Science (LIS) Class
Traducción al español de Ecología con Python, una lección de Data Carpentry
Nos complace anunciar una nueva lección traducida por la comunidad: Análisis y visualización de datos usando Python
Data Carpentry Python Ecology Lesson Translated into Spanish
We are excited to announce our newest community-driven lesson translation: Análisis y visualización de datos usando Python
Shaping Our Programs through the Lens of Equity.
Kari transitions into new role: Senior Director of Equity and Assessment
Announcing our January 2019 Instructor Trainer Cohort
Welcome to our new Trainer trainees!
Lesson Program Implementation, Governance Group Meeting, and Community Updates
News on Library Carpentry’s Lesson Program Implementation with The Carpentries
Welcoming the New Community Engagement Lead
Please join us in welcoming Serah Njambi Kiburu!
Announcing The Carpentries Community Discussions
Instructor Training Checkout requirement to include Community Discussions
New and Improved Instructor Training Workflow!
We’re making it easier for Members (and others) to schedule their teams for Instructor Training
Library HackyHour at Curtin University Library
A space where staff can continue to apply what they've learned from Library Carpentry workshops
2018 Community Service Award Winners
Thanks to the award winners, sorted by surname, Tim Dennis, Margareth Gfrerer, Toby Hodges, Fotis Psomopoulos, and Malvika Sharan.
Unique multi-site teaching experience via virtual shared conference
Teaching at the University of the Virgin Islands
More than Workshops
What other ways are there to participate in The Carpentries community?
Updates on Instructor Checkout Requirements
Instructor Development Committee proposes new checkout requirement
Instructor Training Curriculum Updates
What’s new in the Instructor Training curriculum?
Apply to Become a Carpentries Instructor Trainer!
Experienced instructors & trained educators wanted!
Election for The Carpentries’ Vision and 2019 Executive Council
2019 ballot description and logistics
2019 Election: Elizabeth Wickes
Focus on targeted growth and representation
Welcoming the new Administrative Support Specialist
Please join us in welcoming Talisha Sutton-Kennedy!
Nominate a member to Community Service Award before 19 November
Deadline is next week. Do not miss the opportunity to recognise members contribution
You’re Invited! Mentoring Meetup November 8th
Mentoring gives me joy, and here’s why.
Library Carpentry Is Now Officially a Lesson Program!
On 1 November 2018 the Executive Council approved Library Carpentry as an official Lesson Program
Announcing 2019 Executive Council Elections
Nominations now open for community-elected Executive Council positions.
We just passed 2K Twitter followers!
In celebration of reaching 2K Twitter followers, here is a summary of our Twitter Analytics
The Carpentries 2018 Annual Report
The Carpentries has put together our first official annual report!
Curriculum Development Goals for the Rest of 2018
What we're planning to accomplish for our lessons in the rest of the year.
Library Carpentry’s Next Step Towards Becoming a Carpentries Lesson Program
New Library Carpentry Website Responds to Carpentries Roadmap
Announcing the Top 10 FAIR Data Things Global Sprint
A global sprint to develop 10 FAIR things resources for data in different disciplines
Nominate a Member You’ve Noticed Working Extra Hard in 2018
2018 Community Service Awards - Call for Nominations
We’re Hiring Two New Staff. Join Our Team.
Job Opportunities with The Carpentries
Help Us Plan for CarpentryCon 2020
Join the CarpentryCon Task Force
Load Magic for Python and a call to discuss how we deliver exercises to learners
How do you deliver exercises
Want to Organise a Workshop on Image Processing?
A list of resources to kick-start your workshop
Data in the desert
Library Carpentry workshop at the University of Arizona
Updates to The Carpentries' Code of Conduct
Background to the recent revision of the Code
CarpentryCon – Post-conference Report and Call to Action
Invitation to join the CarpentryCon TaskForce
Report back from University of Calgary Libraries
Workshop and instructor training for librarians
Data Carpentry for Atmosphere and Ocean Scientists
Want to teach data science skills to people working with weather, climate and ocean data?
Announcing our new Instructor Trainers-in-training
Helping us grow our pool of Carpentries instructors
Geospatial Workshop is Now Ready to Teach!
Want to teach geospatial skills? Sign up for onboarding or to host a pilot workshop today.
Help Shape the Governance of Our Community
Request for Comment on The Carpentries Bylaws
Three Years in the Making for Instructor Training in Latin America
Building global communities of Spanish-speaking Carpentry instructors and lesson developers
The Strategic Value of Library Carpentry and The Carpentries to Research Libraries
How your library can be a hub for data science activities in your community.
University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries Team Up to Teach First Library Carpentry Workshop in Oregon
UO and OSU Library Carpentry report
Joshua Dull
Thea Atwood
Andrew Creamer
Julie Goldman
Kristin Lee
Lora Leligdon
Sara Oelker
Chris Erdmann
New England Libraries Team Up to Become Carpentries Members
Developing the New England Software Carpentry Library Consortium and a Community of Practice
Request for Comment on Carpentries Mission and Vision
New mission and vision for The Carpentries
Announcing the Library Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committee
Helping keep lessons on track
Chris Erdmann
Belinda Weaver
John Chodacki
Juliane Schneider
Jez Cope
Kayleigh Lino
Tim Dennis
Cam Macdonell
What constitutes a Library Carpentry workshop?
What is considered a Library Carpentry workshop vs a roadshow
Seventy-One Workshops... and Counting
How the Library Carpentry community began, and where it is going
Sydney ResBaz - A Big Success
Cross-institutional skill- and community-building event attracts hundreds of researchers
A Carpentries-Based Approach to Teaching FAIR Data and Software Principles
A report from the TIB Hannover FAIR Data & Software Workshop (9-13 July, 2018)
Apply to become a Carpentries Instructor Trainer!
Help us grow and diversify our pool of Carpentries instructors
Raniere Silva
Paula Andrea Martinez
Francisco Palm
Gladys Nalvarte
Nicolás Palopoli
Renato Santos
Ian Flores
CarpentryCon Experienced by Latin American Attendees
That's one small step for The Carpentries, one giant leap for Latin America
Eight Days, Four Workshops, Two Islands, One Earthquake
Taking Library Carpentry on the road in New Zealand
Evidence of Carpentries' Impact on Learners
Here's proof that YOU are making an impact!
Mission, Vision, and Bylaws for the Carpentries
The Executive Council has been working on revising and solidifying the mission, vision, and bylaws for The Carpentries
Dunedin ResBaz
Dunedin ResBaz was held at The University of Otago on 4-6 July, 2018.
No More Self-Organised Workshop Fees
Executive Council moves to eliminate Self-Organised workshop fees
Carpentries in the Libraries Community Calls
Time to talk about data and software skills in libraries
Organisational Memberships and the Future of the Carpentries
Organisational memberships have defined the joint future of Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry together as The Carpentries
Caroline F. Ajilogba
Mesfin Diro
Kayleigh Lino
Erika Mias
Lactatia Motsuku
Juan Steyn
Katrin Tirok
Anelda Van Der Walt
CarpentryCon Experienced by the African Carpentry Task Force
Thanks to The Carpentries and conference sponsors
Report from 2018 In-person Executive Council Meeting
Executive Council met to discuss mission and vision of The Carpentries
The Carpentries: A Joint Narrative (January 2017 - March 2018)
A summary of our progress together over the past eighteen months
Join an Onboarding Session for Hosting Discussion Sessions
Hosting discussion sessions is a great way to expand your network
The Carpentries Instructor Training for Librarians
Upcoming, open Instructor training for librarians
The Carpentries' Programmatic Assessment
2012-2018 Programmatic Assessment Report Published
Report: Lesson Infrastructure Breakout at CarpentryCon
Find out what we talked about during the lesson infrastructure breakout session at CarpentryCon
Get More Involved with The Carpentries' Instructor Community
Hosting discussion sessions is a great way to expand your network
CarpentryCon 2018 Wraps Up
Inaugural Conference a Big Success
The Carpentries' Virtual Listening Tour
You Belong in The Carpentries and we want to hear from you
Updates to Privacy Policy
Updates to privacy policy and option to be included on our new website
Opening discussions about Library Carpentry being a Lesson Organisation with The Carpentries
The Carpentries' Executive Council and the Library Carpentry governance team vote to start discussions
Executive Council 1st 2018 Tertile Report
Executive Council 1st 2018 Tertile Report: Bylaws
Social Sciences Lessons Published!
Announcing publication of a Data Carpentry curriculum for social scientists.
Library Carpentry Hackathon a Great Success
The third sprint featured lots of updates and new curriculum, plus the development of a new website
The Carpentries Programmatic Assessment
The first joint quarterly report for The Carpentries programs
Book Review: Teaching What You Don't Know
Many Carpentries instructors may find themselves in the position of teaching material they do not know all that well
An extended Data Carpentry Workshop over 7 weeks instead of 2 days
Background to the workshop and lessons learned
April 2018 Bug BBQ Summary
A brief summary of the activity on our repository during the Bug BBQ
Building Carpentries Engagement in Your Communities
Leveraging the power of community
Launching The Carpentries Website
“We release our new merged website to celebrate our new merged identity, and to complement information in The Carpentries Handbook.”
Launching The Carpentries Website
New website for access to all things Carpentries
Poster, Program, Participation
Find all the latest news on CarpentryCon 2018
Building Library Carpentry Community and Development
Announcing Chris Erdmann as the new Library Carpentry Community and Development Director, starting 4 May, 2018.
Launching our New Handbook
Find new pathways to a range of Carpentries' materials
Launching Our New Handbook
Find new pathways to a range of Carpentries material
Developing GitHub labels for The Carpentries lessons
The process of developing GitHub labels for our lessons.
How to be involved in the Bug BBQ?
A short guide on how to contribute and be involved during The Carpentries Bug BBQ.
Mentoring Groups Open for Multiple Timezones
Did you miss the deadline to join a mentoring group?
How to be involved in the Bug BBQ?
A short guide on how to contribute and be involved during The Carpentries Bug BBQ.
Who Belongs at CarpentryCon 2018? You Do!
To be held in Dublin from 30 May - 1 June, 2018, CarpentryCon will be three action-packed days of skill ups, breakout sessions, talks, social events, and workshops.
Caroline F. Ajilogba
Mesfin Diro
Erika Mias
Lactatia Motsuku
Kayleigh Lino
Juan Steyn
Katrin Tirok
Anelda Van Der Walt
Revival of the African Task Force
Mentoring Groups are Back!
'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.' - African Proverb
Call for Code of Conduct Committee Volunteers
Be a part of a committee that ensures that our community continues to thrive on diversity of thought and perspective.
Announcing the first joint Carpentries Bug BBQ
Mark your calendar, the first joint Carpentries Bug BBQ will take place April 12-13!
Call for Contributions: Data Carpentry Ecology and Software Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committees
Call for Contributions: Data Carpentry Ecology and Software Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committees
“Be part of a team providing oversight, vision, and leadership for Carpentry curriculum.”
State of the State: Instructor Checkout
“An updated history of how new Instructors become certified”
Mentoring Groups Showcase their Accomplishments
Community members engage during the mentoring groups virtual showcase.
A Week o' Carpentry
Bringing Carpentries Training to the Federal Reserve Board
Challenges Assessing Data Science
What is data science? What are the core competencies?
Call for Contributions: Geospatial and Social Sciences Lessons
“Get involved as we prepare to publish two new Data Carpentry curricula”
Meet the Candidates
Applicants for the 2018 Merged Carpentries Steering Committee
A Mentoring Subcommittee Co-Chair position has just opened!
Work first-hand on developing our ever growing instructor pool.
Pack Your Bags for Dublin!
Ireland the venue for inaugural CarpentryCon
Kari L. Jordan
Stephen Childs
Alycia Crall
Reshama Shaikh
Aleksandra Nenadic
Karen Word
Louisa Bells
Pilot Survey Focus Group Update
Outcomes from focus group to discuss Data Carpentry’s survey instruments
Call for Nominations to Joint Steering Committee
Stand for election to the joint Steering Committee of the merged Carpentries organization
Our long-term assessment results are in!
A discussion of learner outcomes more than six months after attending a Carpentries workshop.
Blogging for the Carpentries - We Want to Hear From You
Share your knowledge to help others work more efficiently
Carpentries Mentorship Program - 2.0
We’re starting a new round of mentoring groups, centered on specific lessons.
Round Two of the Carpentries Mentoring Program begins October 25th
Mentoring groups provide experienced instructors with the chance to help small groups develop confidence in teaching, lesson maintenance and community building.
Genomics Bug BBQ
Working to update the Genomics lessons
Dyslexia and Coding
What we can do in workshops to help people with dyslexia
Lesson Infrastructure Subcommittee 2017 September meeting
This post will cover the topics discussed and their resolutions.
Reflections on Assessment
Data Carpentry launches Skills-Based Pre- and Post-Workshop Surveys
The Data Carpentry journey to University of Venda, South Africa
Ecology workshop and study group
Bug BBQ to Update Instructor Training Materials
Two days of bug squashing coming up!
Help Update the Instructor Training Materials
We’re releasing a new version of the Carpentry Instructor Training curriculum - learn how you can help!
Meet the Folks
Use our meetups page to find Carpenters at conferences
Announcing Belinda Weaver as our Community Development Lead
Please welcome her to our staff!
Instructor Access to Workshops
Working with hosts and instructors on workshop access
Instructor Access to Workshops
Working with hosts and instructors on workshop access
Data Carpentry Genomics comes to the Netherlands
The Netherlands eScience Center in collaboration with University Medical Center Utrecht, SURFsara and DTL/ELIXIR-NL organized one of the first Data Carpentry Genomics workshops in Europe.
Call for Contributions: Moving Ahead with Genomics Data Carpentry
“Get involved as we prepare for our first Issue Bonanza and Bug BBQ on the Data Carpentry Genomics lessons”
First Data Carpentry Lesson Publication
“Hundreds of contributors to the Ecology lessons first official release”
Instructor Training in Puerto Rico
“Building community through training and coding”
Bug BBQ squashes bugs!
“Over 75 pull requests from the Issue Bonanza and Bug BBQ”
Data Carpentry supports I4OC
Promoting the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data
Be a part of Data Carpentry’s first lesson release!
We’re planning our first lesson release - learn how you can contribute!
Long-Term Assessment Strategy
With the help of our community we added skills-based questions to our surveys!
Our first work cycle, Prometheus
“Here’s what we accomplished.”
Get Involved With Mentoring
Meet other instructors and help the community grow.
Updates from the Data Carpentry Steering Committee annual in-person meeting
A brief review of the past year and plans for the year ahead
Ecology Issue Bonanza!!!
We’re planning our first lesson release - learn how you can contribute!
Reproducible Data-Driven Discovery
Report back from the Curriculum Development Hackathon for Reproducible Research using Jupyter Notebooks and the Moore Foundation Early Career Researcher Symposium
Run a workshop this Spring!
Attend our new ‘Run a Workshop!’ office hours.
Transfer of Learning
“How to navigate the inevitably awkward.”
Congratulations to Greg on his new position!
Thanks for all his amazing and inspirational work
Feedback on Communications
Creating a transparent and community-driven communications strategy.
Growth Mindset
“No matter how hard I practice I’ll never be able to dunk a basketball.”
Making use of Data Skills
How our community uses data skills in their work
Collaborative Lesson Development for Semester-long Courses
Building on Data Carpentry's core strength of collaborative lesson development.
Reproducible Research using Jupyter Notebooks: Curriculum Development Hackathon
Apply to participate!
Open Instructor Training
Thank you to all of our amazing applicants!
Belonging: Developing a Community of Practice among Data Carpentry Learners
When did you realize you belonged to the Carpentry community?
Analysis of Data Carpentry Workshop Impact
Data Carpentry workshops have made a meaningful impact on the way learners view their ability to complete computational tasks.
Community Call on Assessment
Discussion of our workshop survey results
Community Call on Assessment
Discussion of our workshop survey results
I think I can - Self-Efficacy and the Carpentry Learner
Linking self-efficacy to learner success in carpentry workshops.
September Carpentries Community Call
Join the community call to connect with other instructors & get activity updates
Responding to your Learners
The importance of formative assessment
September Data Carpentry All-Stars!
Recognizing volunteers for their outstanding work in the community.
Code of Conduct and Call for Volunteers for Policy Subcommittee
The Carpentries seek your involvement in developing conduct-related policy.
Announcing our new Deputy Director of Assessment
Dr. Kari L. Jordan joins Data Carpentry as the new Deputy Director of Assessment
Reopening Instructor Training
Two open instructor training classes this fall
Survey on workshops for for-profit organizations
Requesting community feedback on workshops for for-profit organizations
How to approach selecting a license for data release
Suggestions and perspectives on how to select a license for your data publication
Instructor and trainee involvement
Analysis of checkout completion rates and time to first workshop for new instructors
R Instructor Training
Applications are now open for R instructor training
Welcoming our new Associate Director
Dr. Erin Becker starts as the new Data Carpentry Associate Director
A Welcoming Community
We're committed to a friendly and respectful community for learning, teaching and contributing
Announcing Partnerships
There are now opportunities to be partners with Data Carpentry and Software Carpentry
Hiring a Deputy Director of Assessment
We're hiring a Deputy Director of Assessment to study the impact we are having
Hello, Spatio-temporal Data Carpentry
News from the pilot of the spatial data Data Carpentry workshop
Software and Data Carpentry Instructor Training Comes to Africa
Instructor training event will take place in Potchefstroom, North-West Province, South Africa from 17 - 20 April 2016
Starting off Data Carpentry in 2016
Several workshops starting off Data Carpentry in 2016
Data Carpentry to adopt Reproducible Research Curriculum
Curriculum added to Data Carpentry to further support training in reproducible research
Hiring an Associate Director
We're hiring an Associate Director to lead community engagement and education efforts
Workshop in Brussels, 2-3 Nov 2015
At the beginning of November, Belgium held its first Data Carpentry workshop.
Collaboration with rOpenSci on training for working with open data
A grant to rOpenSci from Helmsley Charitable Trust supports a collaboration with Data Carpentry to develop training for the use and publication of open data.
Data Carpentry Instructor Certification <br>for Software Carpentry Instructors
Already a Software Carpentry instructor? Become a Data Carpentry instructor too!
Data Carpentry in Africa
First Data Carpentry workshop in Africa at the TDWG conference
Grant from the Moore Foundation
We are very pleased to announce that we've received a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Data Carpentry Workshop Fees
Workshop fees to increase for workshops scheduled after September 1, 2015 to help with organization sustainability
Data Carpentry Goes to the Netherlands
ELIXIR sponsored Data Carpentry workshop
April 6 - 13, 2015: The Steering Committee, Workshops for Companies, and a Discussion of WiSE Events
Data Carpentry Genomics and Asssessment Hackathon
Announcing a Data Carpentry Genomics and Assessment Hackathon
IoT for Novices in South Africa
The Intro to IoT lesson is available in the Carpentries Incubator and uses the new Carpentries Workbench.