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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Region 5 is excited to announce that we will be hosting a
<a href="https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/region-5-library-carpentry-workshop-march-2024-session" id="OWA39ca4257-8faf-3ffe-51b3-30dbd7126155" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/region-5-library-carpentry-workshop-march-2024-session" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
free online Library Carpentry workshop</a> on <b>March 19 – 21, 2024 from 12:30p.m. – 1:00p.m. Pacific Time</b>. We have 25 spots available and are<b> prioritizing equitable geographic representation of members in Region 5 (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
Oregon, Washington, </b>and<b> U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States)</b>. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Library Carpentry focuses on building software and data skills within library and information-related
communities. Their hands-on, approachable workshops empower people in a variety of roles to use software and data in their own work and support effective, efficient, reproducible practices. <a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/about/" id="OWA4beb21f9-1911-ac1c-140b-757c67bfa4cf" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Learn
more about Library Carpentry on their website.</a> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this 3-day interactive, hands-on virtual workshop you will learn core data skills to help you build confidence in working
with data in library- and information-related settings. During the March 2024 workshop, we will be covering the following lessons: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-data-intro/" id="OWA8cf28836-2104-f15b-a050-1f0ed4283748" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Introduction to Working with
Data (Regular Expressions)</a> </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-open-refine/" id="OWAc9ef72c7-c715-1936-5035-54c80ca7d994" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">OpenRefine</a> </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-spreadsheets/" id="OWA6918840c-1d66-2a80-282c-0dc0ebfc210c" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Tidy Data for Librarians</a> </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-shell/" id="OWA7e80ef0a-1146-ed24-0db3-3f06880c3ff1" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">The UNIX Shell</a> and/or
<a href="https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-git/" id="OWA38f7b649-28a3-a980-3a38-6207e1a45834" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
Introduction to Git</a> </span>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To be considered for enrollment, please apply by
<b>Tuesday, February 20th at 6:00 p.m. PT</b>. We will notify you of your enrollment or wait list status by Wednesday, February 21st at 6:00 p.m. PT. If we offer you enrollment, please confirm your commitment to attend by Friday, March 1st at 6:00 p.m. PT. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information and to apply,
<a href="https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/region-5-library-carpentry-workshop-march-2024-session" id="OWAb9f7233b-3305-7339-d298-311b49916c51" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/region-5-library-carpentry-workshop-march-2024-session" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
please visit the workshop page</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Any questions about the Library Carpentry workshops can be directed to
<a href="mailto:nnlm@uw.edu" target="_blank" id="OWA68270fc4-3ca0-fc2b-1895-2a1c5f039e9e" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:nnlm@uw.edu" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
nnlm@uw.edu</a>.</span></p>
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