CarpentryCon Session Etherpad and Information. This session was led by Rabea Müller 1 and Konrad Förstner 1,2 Context In 2018, we saw the need and opportunity for librarians to use Wikidata as an auxiliary resource to facilitate their work. On the other hand, the information skills of librarians can also help to improve the data in the Wikidata... continue reading
CarpentryCon Session Etherpad and Information located here. Our Carpentries organization here at OSU is about five years old. We feel pretty good about how it has grown and transformed over that time. Some of the biggest changes included transferring program administration and “ownership” to the Library, replenishing our local instructor base a... continue reading
A big thank you to Alfred P. Sloan foundation for making CarpentryCon @ Home possible. First: if you attended CarpentryCon @ Home, please give us your feedback here! Feedback Survey CarpentryCon @ Home featured an incredible array of sessions on a wide variety of topics relevant to the Carpentries community. There was so much wisdom an... continue reading
Welcome to the final week of CarpentryCon @ Home. In more than thirty sessions over the last seven weeks, community members and friends of The Carpentries have come together to facilitate and take part in hands-on sessions, discussions, social meetups, sprints, and more. This week, several community organisers will sit down over two fireside cha... continue reading
See English translation below. ¿Y tú cómo traducirías esta palabra? CarpentryCon@HOME traduciendo En la sprint the CarpentryCon el 20-21 de Julio se comenzó a traducir la leccion de R para datos geoespaciales de Data Carpentry. Nuestro avance ha sido increíble, en unas horas se logró traducir el 80% de la lección utilizando la plataforma ... continue reading
There have been a lot of posts recently about CarpentryCon @ Home, but we wanted to offer one more to help people navigate the event. There are so many sessions offered, it might be hard to know where to start! The post organises the sessions by theme, so you can find sessions related to your interests. A big thank you to Alfred P. Sloan ... continue reading
When we had to cancel the in-person CarpentryCon this summer, the organisers wanted to still provide the Carpentries community with a chance to meet other community members and learn from each other. CarpentryCon @ Home is a chance to experience some of the same in-person CarpentryCon content, but from the comfort of your home! In order to accom... continue reading
CarpentryCon @ Home kicks off on July 14 and now is a great time for as many as are interested in our community to get involved - comment on session proposals you would like to see, contribute to sessions still looking for help, and volunteer to be a call host for your region. Help Us Review Proposals We invite you to review sessions proposed ... continue reading
We cannot meet in person for CarpentryCon 2020, so we are bringing CarpentryCon to you! CarpentryCon @ Home is an online series of events happening in July and August, sharing some of the great content that was planned for CarpentryCon 2020 in Madison including keynotes, breakouts, lightning talks, and socialising. Get Involved We will be buil... continue reading
We are very disappointed to announce that CarpentryCon 2020 will not be occurring as had been planned in June 2020. Here are the changes to know about: No in-person (or virtual) conference this year Due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, it is not possible or safe to hold an in-person conference in Madison this year. If you have already re... continue reading
CarpentryCon 2020 is a key networking and community building event in The Carpentries’ annual calendar. The program is filled with events that will allow the participants to network, build community and skill up their technical skills all at once. The event will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, in the United States and you do not want to miss it! ... continue reading
We are excited to announce that conference registration via EventBrite is now open. The conference is set to take place between June 29 and July 1, 2020 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA where we will be “Growing Inclusive, Computational Communities and Leaders”. The agenda will be filled with workshops, networking and community bui... continue reading
Bring your artistic skills to CarpentryCon2020 (even if you can’t attend) and submit your design for the conference t-shirts. Remember the theme is “Growing Inclusive, Computational Communities and Leaders”. Not submitting a design? Upvote the ones you like best! Deadline: 20 March 2020 continue reading
In order to promote as well as grow inclusive, computational communities and leaders, we are providing a limited amount of financial support to facilitate participation at CarpentryCon 2020 in Madison. This financial aid is aimed at, but not limited to postgraduate students, early-career researchers and academics who are unable to fully meet co... continue reading
The call for skill-up, workshop and breakout sessions is now open. Skill-up sessions are specific sessions intended to improve skills of participants in specific tools (e.g. Python, R, Git, etc.) or activities (e.g. community building, event organisation, etc.). Breakout session are discussion session with specific topics (for example Pytho... continue reading
Thanks to the efforts of the whole Carpentries Community, we received a number of great suggestions/bids for CarpentryCon2020’s theme and venue. Many thanks to those who took time to suggest a theme or submit a venue bid. Read more about the theme and venue below and bookmark the CarpentryCon2020 website for additional updates. CarpentryCon 20... continue reading
CarpentryCon 2020 planning begins CarpentryCon has become the community tested and community approved networking and skills-building event for The Carpentries community. Its international conference last year, and the different CarpentryConnect events across the globe aimed at connecting regional communities have offered a common in-person plat... continue reading
CarpentryCon 2020 planning is underway. It will only be possible with the generous support of businesses and foundations who support our mission of teaching foundational computational and data science skills to researchers to safeguard the future of sound, open, reproducible science. Why sponsor CarpentryCon 2020? CarpentryCon 2020 is the key ... continue reading