Hi Nathan/all, I'm in Illinois and there are a few other midwesterners interested in running one, and who are instructors. The UIUC Carpentry instruction community has been wanting to run one here for a bit. So feel free to tag me in as needed (although the more formal use of [email protected] would be requested).
Elizabeth On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 7:23 PM, Belinda Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nathan > > Yes, they are mostly self-organized. People can request a workshop through > the website http://librarycarpentry.github.io/about/ (form is at the > bottom) or through the workshops part of our chat room https://gitter.im/ > LibraryCarpentry/workshops > > There are quite a few instructors in the US - Tim Dennis from UCLA and I > trained a librarian cohort in Portland OR last year, so there may be people > not too far away who can help out. > > I am happy to talk to anyone who is thinking about it. > > cheers > Belinda > > Belinda Weaver > Community Development Lead > Software and Data Carpentry > e: [email protected] | p: +61 408 841 882 <+61%20408%20841%20882> | > t: @cloudaus > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:16 AM, Moore, Nathan T <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Belinda. >> >> >> Am I wrong to assume that Library Carpentry workshops are mostly >> self-organized at this stage? >> >> >> Nathan >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Discuss <[email protected]> on behalf >> of Belinda Weaver <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 23, 2018 4:25:56 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [Discuss] Library Carpentry question >> >> Hi all >> I saw this from Nathan: >> >> Hi All, >> >> What’s the status of Library Carpentry workshops? I might have an audience >> for one later this spring in MN. Is there a regular pool of instructors? >> Are the online lessons sufficiently mature for use? >> >> Audience is English, History, Librarians – mostly undergrad faculty and grad >> students. >> >> Nathan >> >> >> and am replying. >> >> Nathan, there are *some* Library Carpentry instructors but not many who >> specifically certified as that - and it is not yet a requirement that >> someone who teaches LC need be certified. It would be good but we are not >> at the point where we have enough people. Software/Data Carpentry certified >> people are most welcome to teach the workshops if they feel confident with >> the material. >> >> The most mature lessons are shell, Open Refine, and the Intro to Data one >> which covers regular expressions - the rest are in a state of development. >> >> I have taught LC in a day - starting out with jargon busting and data >> structures, then doing shell, then doing regex and finishing with >> OpenRefine. It is a lot for a day but those things hang together very well. >> If you think it is too much, you can do it in two days. or a day and a >> half, or stick to the one day and drop regex. >> >> There is a lot of fear and even some resistance to these skills out there >> - having taught several of these workshops - 10+ by now - but generally >> people get on board if they see WHY they should get these skills. >> >> I generally say that researchers don't need librarians now to find >> information forthem - they can find journals and conferences and patents >> etc on their own with online tools. What researchers often need - the >> information they actually want - is in data theyalready have or can get - >> what they lack is the ability to analyse, visualise, clean it up, manage it >> and so on, which is where Library Carpentry can help. >> >> It is a great on-ramp to other Carpentries and people go away loving >> OpenRefine even if they never go back to shell or regex. >> >> Website is here and you can find the lessons there >> http://librarycarpentry.github.io/ >> >> Happy to discuss further. >> >> regards >> Belinda >> >> >> >> Belinda Weaver >> Community Development Lead >> Software and Data Carpentry >> e: [email protected] | p: +61 408 841 882 <+61%20408%20841%20882> | >> t: @cloudaus >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >
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