On April 3, Scott Peterson (University at Buffalo) invited me to join the Northeast Carpentries Community to talk about the IMLS Open Science lessons. About 18 people came, from Buffalo, MIT, Tufts, UMass, Columbia, Harvard, Rochester, and Dartmouth.
I covered how the curriculum came together, where the 14 lessons stand, and what piloting one looks like. Good conversation after. Two things that came up worth repeating here:
You don't need to be a certified Carpentries instructor to pilot a lesson. If you want a Library Carpentry Governance Committee observer, we can arrange that. And every pilot gets credited in a Carpentries blog post, a citable record of your contribution to the curriculum.
Interest was high enough that several attendees are already coordinating pilots at their institutions this year. If your library is in a similar spot, reach out and we can help.
Slides: Dennis, T. (2026, April 3). Open Science Lessons for Librarians: Lessons, Pilots & What's Next. Northeast Carpentries Community Meeting. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410430
If you want to pilot a lesson this year, open a pilot interest issue or email tdennis@library.ucla.edu.