Helping the Helper - practical advice for Library Carpentry Helpers

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Library Carpentry website

A couple of months ago my line manager asked if I would be interested in helping out at an upcoming workshop our Library was helping to deliver. The workshop was entitled Library Carpentry. The first thing I asked was “is this to do with the Library Furniture Working Group?” A fair response if you ask me, as we do have a Library Furniture Working Group tasked with the job of creating a functional space (complete with said furniture) for our now empty Microfiche room. He explained it had nothing to do with carpentry actually, but was a software skills workshop aimed at information professionals borne from the Software Carpentry Foundation. Relieved, and with the image of me whittling a new piece of library furniture fading, I agreed to help.

Claire Wallnutt on The Carpentries

Helping the Helper - practical advice for Library Carpentry Helpers