Hi Rachida, In principle, status as a PhD student would not prevent you from taking on the role of Editor: I would like to build an editorial team with a range of perspectives and expertise. Nevertheless, Editors will benefit from past experience with any/all of the following: peer review, GitHub project management, curriculum design, and web accessibility. I will invite volunteers to become Editors based on their experience in these areas.
If you are interested in taking up the role, or if you want to discuss it further, I encourage you to contact me directly at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Thanks, Toby > On 1. Mar 2024, at 15:28, Rachida Namoune <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for your email. I am still a PhD student and i am interested in it. > Do i have experience in it? > > Thank you > > Kind regards > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 16:25 Toby Hodges via discuss > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I published a blog post last week, titled Supporting the Curriculum >> Development Community in 2024 >> <https://carpentries.org/blog/2024/02/support-curriculum-community-2024/>. I >> recommend reading it if you are interested in learning about how changes to >> the capacity of the team will impact the community’s lessons and the >> infrastructure that supports them, and/or how you can get involved. >> >> I would like to highlight one really important part of the blog post, which >> is also an exciting opportunity for any community members who would like to >> promote the development of high quality, open source lessons: we are calling >> for volunteers to take on the role of Editor for open peer review of lessons >> in The Carpentries Lab. >> >> The Lab <https://github.com/carpentries-lab/reviews/> has been on a bit of a >> slow burn, but we are really starting to see the platform making an impact. >> For example, the Metagenomics curriculum >> <https://carpentries-lab.github.io/metagenomics-workshop/> that was our >> first accepted submission last year was recently published in The Journal of >> Open Source Education <https://jose.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/jose.00209>. I >> am looking forward to working with community members to help build on this >> momentum and keep reviews moving. >> >> I am pasting the relevant section of the post below, for more information. >> Please send me an email <mailto:[email protected]> if you are >> interested in taking up this role. I would also be delighted to answer any >> questions you have about the Lab and the role of Editor. You can respond >> here, or contact me directly on Slack, by email >> <mailto:[email protected]>, or by scheduling a call with me >> <https://calendly.com/tobyhodges/>. >> >> Finally, a brief note of gratitude to the Maintainer community before I sign >> off, for the phenomenal response we received this month to the annual opt-in >> survey — thank you to everyone who filled that in, and especially to >> Nathaniel Porter, our Maintainer Community Lead, for leading the process! >> >> All the best, >> >> Toby >> >> — >> Become an Editor for The Carpentries Lab >> Lesson reviews in The Carpentries Lab are publicly visible issue threads on >> the Reviews repository <https://github.com/carpentries-lab/reviews/issues>. >> Editors manage the review process, performing basic checks to determine >> whether submitted lessons are appropriate for the Lab and ready for review, >> finding and assigning reviewers, and ensuring the integrity of the review >> process. >> >> Becoming an Editor for the Lab is a fantastic way to support lesson >> development in The Carpentries community, expand your network, and gain >> experience with Open Source and peer-review practices. >> >> Community members acting as Editors for the Lab would benefit from prior >> experience in any/all of the following: >> >> the academic peer review process >> managing projects on GitHub >> curriculum design >> web accessibility >> Editors from the community will be supported by The Carpentries Curriculum >> Team. We already provide a guide for Editors >> <https://github.com/carpentries-lab/reviews/blob/main/docs/editor_guide.md>, >> which will be expanded further, and the Curriculum Team will be available >> for direct support, e.g. to help contact potential reviewers, to >> troubleshoot issues, and to answer questions. We will also schedule >> dedicated onboarding sessions for community members taking on the role. >> >> If you are interested in becoming an Editor, please send me an email >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> >> --- >> >> -- >> >> Dr Toby Hodges (he/him) >> Director of Curriculum >> The Carpentries | https://carpentries.org <https://carpentries.org/> >> >> Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/tobyhodges >> > > This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries > including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some > other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and > our local groups. 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