Lesson Pathways

[ragamouf]

Question: How can we make it easier to choose Library Carpentry workshops?

Background: LC has historically provided a pick and mix approach to LC lessons, and encouraged Libraries to coordinate bespoke LC Workshops according to their needs. This has served us well in the past, and we've incorporated a double onboarding process by planning out an Intro & Overview to LC to help set the scene and support a Librarians-leaning-data-skills narrative. In contrast to the self-motivated grad researchers that make up the broader Carpentries Community, Libraries the world over are stingy with their librarians' time, and are reluctant to send staff to multi-day workshops. We also have a fairly wide range of lessons, many of which seem to exist as perennially useful, but not necessarily actively taught.

As the CAC seeks to review, renew and maintain our curriculum, our attention must turn to how we can support future learners to choose LC curriculum will best meet their needs.

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Current concerns

1. CAC is evaluating governance policies for what is and isn't in scope for LC curriculum
2. Burden on LC advocates to co-design and curate LC workshops
3. Lack of visibility of LC Curriculum (eg on the Workshop Request form, in Instructor Training etc)
4. Lack of clear lesson pathways for learners

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Proposal

Organise LC curricula into packages for lesson pathways, similar to Data Carpentry. These lesson pathways could be groups in learner focussed 'packages' which clearly define the value proposition of each pathway.
For example:

• Data skills for collection management (...)
• Curating for Reproducibility (...)
• Open Science for Librarians (...)

I haven't yet included specific lessons - this proposal is to start things off!
I think the CAC can draft a handful of packages, confer with the Advisory Group, and present to the Core Team with recommendations for what systems may require updating. Clear opportunity here for Advisory Group to engage and deliver the promotion and outreach side.

What do you think?