There are spots open for the upcoming #DataCarpentry workshop in Delft, for people affiliated with Universiteit Leiden, TU Delft, VU Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam. Free!

https://4turesearchdata-carpentries.github.io/2026-03-25-ldev-delft/

Delft University of Technology: 25 - 26 March, 2026

Next @deNBI #training course in cooperation with @embl 🧬📊 Unlock your research potential - #DataCarpentry workshop, Feb 2–6, 2026 in Heidelberg & Barcelona.
Learn data management, #R programming, visualisation & bio data analysis. No prior experience needed!
For information see: https://www.denbi.de/training-courses-2025/1982-data-carpentry-workshop-2026
#LifeScience #Bioinformatics
During today's #DataCarpentry session on #OpenRefine I mentioned that extensions made my screen look a little different from the standard user interface. The discussion on extensions during the break triggered me to finally draft a short addition to the lesson materials:
https://github.com/datacarpentry/openrefine-socialsci/pull/196
What do novice learners really need to know about extensions for OpenRefine?
Add first draft for info on extensions by bencomp · Pull Request #196 · datacarpentry/openrefine-socialsci

Closes #191. I'm not happy about the wording yet, but wanted to suggest a first draft. Extensions do more than what I explain in the body and in the key point at the end, but since that may cha...

GitHub
Just a few spots left! Join us on 3 June in The Hague for a hands-on OpenRefine workshop at DANS, ideal for social scientists. Clean and standardise messy data, tackle duplicates, spot inconsistencies—no prior experience needed.
More info & sign-up: https://edu.nl/nhyaw
#OpenRefine #DataCarpentry #FAIRdata
How to clean up your messy data? - DANS

In this training session you will learn how to import data into OpenRefine, how to use the programme to interrogate, clean and organise it

DANS
Just a few spots left! Join us on 3 June in The Hague for a hands-on OpenRefine workshop at DANS, ideal for social scientists. Clean andstandardise messy data, tackle duplicates, spot inconsistencies—no prior experience needed.
More info & sign-up: https://edu.nl/nhyaw
#OpenRefine #DataCarpentry #FAIRdata
How to clean up your messy data? - DANS

In this training session you will learn how to import data into OpenRefine, how to use the programme to interrogate, clean and organise it

DANS

🚨 Important Updates for Self-Organised Workshops (SOWs) 🚨

We're making a few changes to support the sustainability of our Self-Organised Workshops!

1. Due to rising costs, AWS instances used in Data Carpentry Genomics workshops will now have a fee.
2. Updated SOW Definition & Submission Guidelines.

We understand that these changes are significant, and our goal is to continue sustainably providing support moving forward.

Full details can be found in today's blog post: https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/02/changes-to-self-organised-workshops/

As always, we are available for questions, concerns, and feedback. Please email [email protected].

Thank you for your continued support—your impact is invaluable!

#Carpentries #TheCarpentries #SelfOrganisedWorkshops #CarpentriesWorkshops #Genomics #DataCarpentry #CarpentriesCommunity

Upcoming Changes to Self-Organised Workshops: Ensuring Sustainability and Continued Community Impact

We are writing to inform the community about changes to Self-Organised workshops (SOWs). Due to rising costs, The Carpentries is introducing a fee for Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances used in Data Carpentry Genomics workshops. Furthermore, we have updated the definition and submission guidelines for SOWs. These workshops are vital in advancing The Carpentries’ mission and vision, significantly contributing to the organisation’s overall impact. We sincerely appreciate your efforts in organising and supporting them, as we recognise that they provide an accessible opportunity to teach Carpentries material.

The Carpentries
Just created the website for our upcoming #DataCarpentry workshop in February: https://leidenuniversitylibrary.github.io/2025-02-10-ldev-leiden/ (open to people from @universiteitleiden, #TUDelft, #ErasmusUniversity and @vuamsterdam).
Leiden University: 10-11 February 2025

📢 Today we relaunched The Carpentries’ main website and its Lesson Programs websites! 🎉

Updates to the sites have been in process for some time, and we are pleased to finally share the outcomes of all that work with you. We invite any feedback you may have as we continue to improve these websites.

Find out about the changes we made, and explore the new websites linked in this relaunch announcement: https://carpentries.org/blog/2024/11/the-carpentries-websites-relaunched/

#Carpentries #SoftwareCarpentry #DataCarpentry #LibraryCarpentry

The Carpentries’ Websites Relaunched!

We are pleased to announce that today, 18 November, we have relaunched the main Carpentries website and the three lesson program websites! All four websites have been redesigned to allow for integrated navigation between them, allowing the viewer to navigate to any other one of the websites from another. The URLs for the main Carpentries website, as well as the Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry websites all remain the same. Recently, we outlined how the websites were redesigned to provide an overview of The Carpentries, primarily for the general public, Carpentries member organisations, funders, and sponsors, as well as new members to the community or members who would like a refresher on The Carpentries’ core operations and community structure.

The Carpentries

Yesterday we announced that as part of our ongoing journey towards consolidating our resources and three lesson programs (Data Carpentry, Software Carpentry, and Library Carpentry) under one, unified, identity as The Carpentries, most of the content on the three lesson programs' websites will now be accessed from the main Carpentries website.

For the full announcement, visit: https://carpentries.org/blog/2024/07/lesson-programs-websites-content-pared-down/

#Carpentries #DataCarpentry #SoftwareCarpentry #LibraryCarpentry

Lesson programs' websites content pared down

Most of the content on the three lesson programs' websites will now be accessed from the main Carpentries website.

The Carpentries
The Tidy Trekker - I Participated in My First Tidy Tuesday! : Project Recap

I have always “hid in the shadows” with community challenges like this, but I took the leap and participated. Here’s a quick recap…