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Carpentries in the Libraries Community Calls

One of the strengths of The Carpentries is its community and libraries are great places to foster conversations around data and software skills. The series launched in July 2018 to invite guest speakers to talk about data and software approaches and tools that the community can consider, in their own work, and possibly in the lessons we develop and teach. It is also a chance for community members to discuss their work in Library Carpentry and The Carpentries and to share updates. The 1-hour calls are online and delivered via Zoom. Attendees take collaborative notes via Etherpad (attendees can add their names, contact information, and updates to the notes) and slides are posted following the calls. The calls generally follow the agenda below:

0-20 min - Guest speaker
20-50 min - Community updates
50-60 min - Library Carpentry/Carpentries updates

Upcoming Calls & Guest Speakers

1 October @ 20:00 UTC
Tim Head, Python and Stats Consultant, Building Binder at Wild Tree Tech
Topic: Binder, a tool to help researchers make their code immediately reproducible
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5 November @ 21:00 UTC
Konrad Foerstner, Professor for Information Literacy at the Technical University of Cologne and Head of Information services at ZB MED - Information Center for Life Sciences
Topic: Leveraging The Carpentries to grow library services
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3 December @ 21:00 UTC
Ed Summers, Software Developer, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and DocNow
Topic: Talk and tour of the Documenting the Now project and tools to support social media & web archiving efforts
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Past Calls & Guest Speakers

6 August @ 20:00 UTC
Shelley Stall, Director of Data Programs at American Geophysical Union
Topic: Brief update on Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data & software and how can librarians get involved
Talk Slides

24 September @ 20:00 UTC
Tara Vancil, In charge of words, product, website at Beaker, a browser for the peer to peer web
Topic: Peer to peer web for librarians
Talk Slides

Add the calls to your calendar here.
Add The Carpentries Community Calendar here.

If you would like to suggest speakers for upcoming calls, or have other suggestions/feedback, please email your ideas to discuss-library-carpentry@lists.carpentries.org, suggest names in the etherpad, or contact chris@carpentries.org.