Carpentries Clippings, 23 May

#ReignitingCommunity

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Gratitude of the Month

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This month we thank Joel Nitta for his hard work and leadership in support of the community’s efforts to internationalise lessons. Joel created and documented a workflow to allow translation and localisation of lessons, via the CrowdIn platform. He continues to coordinate these activities and support other community members converting lessons to Italian, Japanese, Ukrainian, and more. Thank you, Joel!

Do you have a gratitude to share? We would love to feature it.

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Updates from The Carpentries

Board of Directors

Quarter 1 Board of Directors Meeting

The minutes of the Quarter 1 Board of Directors meeting are available for community viewing. The meeting focus included strategic planning, fostering team cohesion, and sparking constructive dialogues to strengthen our bonds and advance The Carpentries' mission. The community is invited to open an issue on the governance repository and include any questions or general feedback you have about the content of the minutes.

Curriculum Team

New Ecology Lesson Version

A reminder that the Data Carpentry lesson, Data Analysis and Visualisation in R for Ecologists, will be replaced with a new version on 8 July. If you plan to teach this lesson before that date, we recommend that you consider using the redesigned version instead. Learn more about the redesigned lesson and the planned transition between the two versions.

Code of Conduct Committee

Welcoming New Committee Members

The Code of Conduct Committee onboarded two new members! We are excited to welcome Jannetta Steyn who serves as the governance liaison to the Code of Conduct Committee, and Jean Baptiste! Learn more about the Code of Conduct Committee by visiting our website.

Community Engagement Team

Quarterly Community Development Program

We invite all Subcommunity Leaders to attend the upcoming quarterly Community Development Program call on June 25th at 14:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar) and 26 June at 02:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar).

Workshops and Instruction Team

Instructor Trainer Training Applications Opening 29 May

A reminder that we will be opening applications for Trainer Training on Wednesday 29 May 2024. Applications are open to the general Carpentries community, but space is limited and Member Organisations can reserve a seat for an additional fee. Annually, we reserve seats for Member Organisations to designate a person they will support to go through Trainer Trainer. This means they will be allowed to use work hours to support Carpentries events. Additionally, this qualifies the Member Organisation to be eligible for discounted membership rates.

Our Trainer Training program provides next-level pedagogical training for individuals seeking to play a leadership role in advancing computational and data skills training at their institutions. Within The Carpentries, Trainers are pivotal to the growth and health of our Instructor community. Trainers shape the next generation of Carpentries Instructors by leading Instructor Training, guiding the Instructor certification process, and shaping updates to our Instructor Training curriculum. Within their home campus, Carpentries Trainers bring their newly-developed expertise to bear on other training and professional development they lead, and support the growth of their local Instructor community.

Highlights from the Community Calendar

Community Sessions are a great way to interact with, learn from and share your knowledge and experiences with other Carpentries community members from around the world. Subscribe to our community calendar for updates on Community Sessions that may pique your interest and are in your time zone. Sign up to attend on the Community Sessions Etherpad. To request an accommodation to attend a community session, please fill out the accommodation request form.

27 May
- UK Carpentry Community Monthly Call with Aleksandra Nenadic at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in the United Kingdom.
- Regional US Midwest Community Discussion with John MacMullen at 16:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in the midwestern part of the United States.
29 May
- Welcome Session at 12:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - New to The Carpentries community? Join members of the Core Team and community to learn about the organisation, ways to engage, and to have your questions answered. These sessions provide onboarding for new Instructors and are ideal for new Member contacts and anyone curious to learn more about The Carpentries community. This is also a great place to re-onboard if you haven’t been engaged with us for a while!
  - This session will be repeated at 23:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), 10 June 2024 at 13:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), 11 June 2024 at 01:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), 18 June at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), and 21 June at 09:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar), 26 June at 12:00 UTC (find your time; a d d to calendar) and at 23:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar).
  - All upcoming Welcome Sessions are listed on the Welcome Sessions Etherpad.
5 June
- Localisation Call with The Turing Way at 14:30 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This is a bi-weekly call open to all community members of The Carpentries and The Turing Way interested in our communities’ localisation efforts.
  - The second session will be on 19 June at 14:30 UTC (find your time; add to calendar).
6 June
- HPC Carpentry Community Call at 11:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This meeting is not on the Community Sessions Etherpad, and can be joined via a Google Meet link.
  - This session will be repeated on 20 June at 11:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar).
12 June
- Workshop debrief and teaching discussion at 17:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - Discussion designed for Instructors getting ready to teach or having recently taught to come discuss their workshop with the community and new Instructors going through the check-out process.
24 June
- UK Carpentry Community Monthly Call with Aleksandra Nenadic at 15:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in the United Kingdom.
- Regional US Midwest Community Discussion with John MacMullen at 16:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in the midwestern part of the United States.
25 June
- Community Development Program Quarterly at 14:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar) and 26 June at 02:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar).
  - This is a quarterly meeting for community leaders to network and share ideas with each other. To learn more about these calls and the Community Development Program, please contact community@carpentries.org.
27 June
- Regional Africa Community Discussion with Angelique Trusler at 10:00 UTC (find your time; add to calendar)
  - This is a monthly call for community members in Africa.
- Reigniting Community: Coffee with The Carpentries' Executive Director at 18:00 UTC (find your time; add to your calendar)
  - This discussion is open to all Carpentries community members. Join Dr. Kari L. Jordan, Executive Director for The Carpentries, in a conversation about our mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.

What you may have missed on the Carpentries blog

Publication of The Carpentries 2023 Annual Report

This year we dissolved the distinction between the Annual and the Financial Reports and merged both into one Annual Report for the 2023 year.

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Introducing the new Instructor Trainers Leadership Committee for 2024

We are pleased to announce that Jon Wheeler, Liz Stokes, Nathaniel Porter, Annajiat Alim Rasel, and Md Intekhabul Hafiz have been elected as members of the Carpentries Instructor Trainers Leadership Committee for 2024!

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Translating Software Carpentry lessons into Ukrainian language: a status update

We republished Olexandr Konovalov's blog which provides an overview of the current state of the localisation project that he initiated in 2022 of translating Software Carpentry lessons into Ukrainian language.

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Workbench Carpentries Repository Maintenance via Visual Studio Code

In this blog post, David Palmquist show us how with a little configuration you can maintain your Workbench based lessons from inside Visual Studio Code (VS Code) without the added cognitive load of a new IDE.

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Community Opportunity Postings

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is hiring a Data Scientist to initiate and lead projects focusing on Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities stemming from your own research interests. Applications close 31 May 2024.
The Department of Economic Sciences and Media of Group of Computational Communication Science at the Technische Universität Ilmenau in Germany has a vacancy for a Research Associate. The incumbent will work on a research project that focuses on notable methodological challenges in measuring the relationship of mental health and digital media use. Applications close 2 June 2024.
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a Data Science Facilitator to advance the research activities of faculty members, students, and staff in a broad range of scholarly disciplines that would benefit from data science methods. Applications close 2 June 2024 at 11:55 PM CDT.
The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at the Yale School of Medicine is seeking a Biomedical Informatics Librarian to provide support services to clinicians and researchers who use clinical and other healthcare data for informatics research. Presumably open until filled.
AstraZeneca is seeking an Associate Director of Data Science Learning to work closely with the Data Science Learning Director to deliver an impactful and innovative educational program in data science and related areas, focusing on the R&D community. Presumably open until filled.
OceanOS are seeking a Senior Data Scientist with strong experience in the marine environmental sciences to join their team. They also welcome applications from a Marine Biologist or Environmental Scientist that can demonstrate strong proficiency and experience in the field of data science. Presumably open until filled.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library, seeks an innovative, strategic, forward-thinking professional to serve as the Open Science, Research & Engagement Librarian in STEM. Reporting to the Director, Research & Engagement, the position will be a member of the Research & Engagement department and part of the Subject Librarian Program, providing research and instructional support to all academic departments on campus. The next review date of applications is 11 July 2024.

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