https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/author/heather-cooper/Recent content in Heather Cooper on The CarpentriesHugoen-usMon, 18 Nov 2024 23:02:38 -0500https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2019/06/developing-data-skills/Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2019/06/developing-data-skills/<p><strong>This post originally appeared on the <a href="https://librarycarpentry.org">Library Carpentry website</a></strong></p> <p>By <a href="https://twitter.com/grai_calvey">Grai Calvey</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/FionaJ_Lib">Fiona Jones</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/coopshe1">Heather Cooper</a></p> <p> <img src="https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/images/mq-planning.jpg" alt="Macquarie University Library Library Carpentry Planning"style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; display:inline-block" ></p> <p>In 2016, <a href="https://www.mq.edu.au/">Macquarie University</a> delivered a <a href="https://staff.mq.edu.au/research/strategy-priorities-and-initiatives/data-science-and-eresearch/Data-Science-and-eResearch-Platform-STRATEGY.pdf">Data Science and eResearch Platform Strategy</a>. In response, the <a href="https://www.mq.edu.au/about/campus-services-and-facilities/library">Library</a> embarked on a series of initiatives including:</p> <ul> <li>Developing workshops to improve the data skills of all our library staff</li> <li>To grow confidence when engaging in data science practice, eResearch conversations and the support of researchers</li> </ul> <p>Our three goals were to:</p>