The Carpentries

UC3 New Year Series: Data Publishing at CDL in 2025 

Structured, well-documented, and FAIR-aligned data is the foundation of effective research dissemination. However, data publishing activities have often focused on the last step in the research process. This puts energy on helping researchers clean up disorganized data sets and placing them in repositories. While this is essential to ensuring accessibility and preservation of important data […]

Library Carpentry Advisory Group Welcomes New Members

Following on from January’s Call for Applications, The Library Carpentry Advisory Group is pleased to welcome seven new members to our team. Selected from a pool of excellent applicants, they will begin their 3-year terms this month. Please join us in welcoming: Sara King – Australia Dr Sara King is the Training and Engagement Lead for AARNet. She is focused […]

Expanding Data and Software Skills Training

The UC3 team consults with the broad UC library community regarding research data management and data publishing in various capacities.  Over the past several years, we have seen a keen interest in expanding skills training opportunities for librarians in the areas of data skills and software skills. In an effort to amplify existing training programs […]

Expanding the Carpentries Community in California Academic Libraries

Today we are announcing a new project to help build regional training partnerships in California. As the Data Services Librarian at the University of California, San Francisco, and co-chair of the Library Carpentry Advisory Committee, I have been privileged to witness the transformative impact of data and software training for librarians. Whether it is a cataloging […]