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- General description of Software and Data Carpentry.
+ General description of Software, Data, and Library Carpentry.
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- <a href="{{ site.swc_site }}"><img src="{{ page.root }}/assets/img/swc-icon-blue.svg" alt="Software Carpentry logo" /></a>
+ <a href="{{ site.carpentries_site }}"><img src="{{ relative_root_path }}/assets/img/cp-logo-blue.svg" alt="The Carpentries logo" /></a>
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- Since 1998,
- <a href="{{ site.swc_site }}">Software Carpentry</a>
- has been teaching researchers in science, engineering, medicine, and related disciplines
- the computing skills they need to get more done in less time and with less pain.
- Its volunteer instructors have run hundreds of events
- for thousands of learners in the past two and a half years.
+ <p><a href="{{ site.carpentries_site }}">The Carpentries</a> comprises
+ Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry communities of Instructors, Trainers,
+ Maintainers, helpers, and supporters who share a mission to teach
+ foundational coding and data science skills to researchers and people
+ working in library- and information-related roles. In January,
+ 2018, The Carpentries was formed by the merger of Software Carpentry and
+ Data Carpentry. Library Carpentry became an official Carpentries Lesson Program in November 2018.</p>
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+ <p>While individual lessons and workshops continue to be run under each
+ lesson project, The Carpentries provide overall staffing and governance, as
+ well as support for assessment, instructor training and mentoring.
+ Memberships are joint, and the Carpentries project maintains a shared Code
+ of Conduct. The Carpentries is a fiscally sponsored project of Community
+ Initiatives, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit based in California, USA.</p>
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+ <a href="{{ site.swc_site }}"><img src="{{ relative_root_path }}/assets/img/swc-icon-blue.svg" alt="Software Carpentry logo" /></a>
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+ <p>Since 1998, <a href="{{ site.swc_site }}">Software Carpentry</a> has
+ been teaching researchers across all disciplines the foundational coding
+ skills they need to get more done in less time and with less pain. Its
+ volunteer instructors have run hundreds of events for thousands of learners
+ around the world. Now that all research involves some degree of
+ computational work, whether with big data, cloud computing, or simple task
+ automation, these skills are needed more than ever.</p>
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- <a href="{{ site.dc_site }}"><img src="{{ page.root }}/assets/img/dc-icon-black.svg" alt="Data Carpentry logo" /></a>
+ <a href="{{ site.dc_site }}"><img src="{{ relative_root_path }}/assets/img/dc-icon-black.svg" alt="Data Carpentry logo" /></a>
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- <a href="{{ site.dc_site }}">Data Carpentry</a> develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research.
- Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience,
- and its lessons are domain specific,
- building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research.
+ <p><a href="{{ site.dc_site }}">Data Carpentry</a> develops and teaches
+ workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its
+ target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational
+ experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners'
+ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their
+ own research. Data Carpentry workshops take researchers through the entire
+ data life cycle.</p>
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- <a href="{{ site.lc_site }}"><img src="{{ page.root }}/assets/img/lc-icon-black.png" alt="Library Carpentry logo" /></a>
+ <a href="{{ site.lc_site }}"><img src="{{ relative_root_path }}/assets/img/lc-icon-black.png" alt="Library Carpentry logo" /></a>
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- <a href="{{ site.lc_site }}">Library Carpentry</a> is made by librarians to help librarians
- automate repetitive, boring, error-prone tasks;
- create, maintain and analyse sustainable and reusable data;
- work effectively with IT and systems colleagues;
- better understand the use of software in research;
- and much more.
- Library Carpentry was the winner of the 2016
- <a href="http://labs.bl.uk/British+Library+Labs+Awards">British Library Labs Teaching and Learning Award</a>.
+ <p><a href="{{ site.lc_site }}">Library Carpentry</a> develops lessons and
+ teaches workshops for and with people working in library- and
+ information-related roles. Its goal is to create an on-ramp to empower this
+ community to use software and data in their own work, as well as be
+ advocates for and train others in efficient, effective and reproducible data
+ and software practices.</p>
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