We are pleased to announce that we are partnering with Software Carpentry (http://software-carpentry.org) and Data Carpentry (http://datacarpentry.org) to offer an open instructor training course on May 4-5, 2017 geared specifically for the Library Carpentry movement.
Open call for Instructor Training
This course will take place in Portland, OR, in conjunction with csv,conf,v3, a community conference for data makers everywhere. It’s open to anyone, but the two-day event will focus on preparing members of the library community as Software and Data Carpentry instructors. The sessions will be led by Library Carpentry community members, Belinda Weaver and Tim Dennis.
If you’d like to participate, please apply by filling in the form at https://amy.software-carpentry.org/forms/request_training/ Application closed
What is Library Carpentry?
For those that don’t know, Library Carpentry is a global community of library professionals that is customizing Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry modules for training the library community in software and data skills. You can follow us on twitter @LibCarpentry.
Library Carpentry is actively creating training modules for librarians and holding workshops around the world. It’s a relatively new movement that has already been a huge success. You can learn more by reading the recently published article: Library Carpentry: software skills training for library professionals.
Why should I get certified?
Library Carpentry is a movement tightly coupled with the Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry organizations. Since all are based on a train-the-trainer model, one of our challenges has been how to get more experience as instructors. This issue is handled within Software and Data Carpentry by requiring instructor certification.
Although certification is not a requirement to be involved in Library Carpentry, we know that doing so will help us refine workshops, teaching modules, and grow the movement. Also, by getting certified, you can start hosting your own Library Carpentry, Software Carpentry, or Data Carpentry events on your campus. It’s a great way to engage with your campuses and library community!
Prerequisites
Applicants will learn how to teach people the skills and perspectives required to work more effectively with data and software. The focus will be on evidence-based education techniques and hands-on practice; as a condition of taking part, applicants must agree to:
- Abide by our code of conduct, which can be found at http://software-carpentry.org/conduct/ and http://datacarpentry.org/code-of-conduct/,
- Agree to teach at a Library Carpentry, Software Carpentry, or Data Carpentry workshop within 12 months of the course, and
- Complete three short tasks after the course in order to complete the certification. The tasks take a total of approximately 8-10 hours: see http://swcarpentry.github.io/instructor-training/checkout/ for details.
Costs
This course will be held in Portland, OR, in conjunction with csv,conf,v3 and is sponsored by csv,conf,v3 and the California Digital Library. To help offset the costs of this event, we will ask attendees to contribute an optional fee (tiered prices will be recommended based on your or your employer’s ability to pay). No one will be turned down based on inability to pay and a small number of travel awards will be made available (more information coming soon).
Application
Hope to see you there! To apply for this Software Carpentry / Data Carpentry Instructor Training course, please submit the application by Jan 31, 2017:
https://amy.software-carpentry.org/forms/request_training/ Application closed
Under Group Name, use “CSV (joint)” if you wish to attend both the training and the conference, or “CSV (training only)” if you only wish to attend the training course.
More information
If you have any questions about this Instructor Training course, please contact admin@software-carpentry.org. And if you have any questions about the Library Carpentry movement, please contact via email at uc3@ucop.edu, via twitter @LibCarpentry or join the Gitter chatroom.
