Carpentries Clippings, 11 March 2021

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Community News & Updates from Our Committees / Task Forces

Introducing Our New Director of Partnerships, Al Obayuwana
We are delighted to welcome Al Obayuwana to The Carpentries team as our new Director of Partnerships. In this role, Al will focus on further developing our Membership program, supporting current Members, and expanding our membership base across a diverse range of institutions. Read more about Al, his role, and a greeting from him in this blog post.

Announcing New Members of the Library Carpentry Advisory Group
Please welcome the 7 new members of the Library Carpentry Advisory Group, and learn more about each new member by reading this blog post.

What you may have missed on the blog and mailing lists

Prioritising Accessibility in Organising Online Events
Cross-posted from the Code for Science and Society’s Event Fund Blog, this post by Serah Rono and Emily Lescak summarises Serah’s presentation at the Code for Science and Society community talk and highlights a checklist for accessibility in online spaces.

Call for Pilot Workshops: Neuroimaging Lessons
Help with the further improvement of lessons in The Carpentries Incubator by hosting a pilot workshop. If you are interested, please take a few moments to read the post and fill out the attached form by end of Wednesday, March 24, 2021 (Anywhere on Earth)

Community Opportunity Postings

• Stanford Libraries is hiring a Head of Software and Services 

• The University of Colorado Earth Lab and the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) are accepting applications for an Earth and Environmental Data Science Curriculum Developer and Instructor

• The University of Florida is hiring a Natural Language Processing Specialist

• University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a Director for the Data Science Institute

• Cornell University is hiring an Emerging Data Practices Librarian

• NC State University is hiring a Research Solutions Consultant

• The Harvard University, School of Public Health is accepting applications for a Research Associate - Bioinformatics Trainer and Analyst.

• Lambda School Opportunities

  • Lambda School - Instructor Manager

  • Lambda School - Associate Instructor, Data Science

• PhD Scholarship at Macquarie Uni, Sydney: 
  Likely to be digital archaeology, digital history, software development, and all sorts of data work https://www.mq.edu.au/research/phd-and-research-degrees/scholarships/scholarship-search/data/history,-heritage-and-environmental-change-in-a-deindustrialised-landscape2

• Union of Concerned Scientists
  Community & Partnerships Organizer 

• EcoHealth Alliance
  Data Librarian/Analyst 

• Code for Science & Society’s Event Fund
  Code for Science & Society has now put out  its second call for applications from open data science communities to apply for grants to organise their virtual events! Grant awards range from $5K-20K. Read more and apply for the grant here.

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