The Centre for Digital Scholarship Collaborates with The Carpentries for Innovative Trainings

Recognising that there is a growing need among researchers, teachers, and students to develop data science skills, the CDS has begun to collaborate with the international Carpentries community on the organisation of interactive workshops about coding literacy and computational thinking.

Peter Verhaar • February 24, 2023

Hackathons – not only for techies

The Leiden University Data Management Network enjoyed a safari tour around the data hackathons that have recently either taken place at Leiden, or involved people from Leiden. After clarifying what hackathons really are, and how everyone benefits, we brainstormed some ideas for future hackathons.

Joanne Yeomans and Kristina Hettne • March 22, 2022

Delivering data management training at Leiden

How is data management training delivered across the university? What can we share and learn from each other? And how can we make the most of what’s available? The Data Management Network met to learn about and discuss these topics.

Joanne Yeomans • November 09, 2020

Delivering data management training remotely

The Centre for Digital Scholarship normally delivers training in face-to-face sessions on campus but in April we delivered our first remote training session and addressed some of the new challenges that researchers face whilst working from home.

Joanne Yeomans and Fieke Schoots • May 07, 2020

The Centre for Digital Scholarship responds to Coronavirus

With the announcement on Friday 13 March that the Leiden University Libraries would close and that all people in the Netherlands should take steps to avoid social contact, the CDS team packed up their laptops and prepared to work from home. What does this mean for the services that we deliver?

Joanne Yeomans • March 19, 2020

Introduction to Python: (programming) lessons learnt

The second Python programming course from CDS has again become fully booked. The course covers the basics of Python in a supported hands-on environment. Ben explains what's covered in this popular course and how to find out about future courses.

Ben Companjen • February 25, 2020

If you love your data, share it!

On 28 January we piloted our new workshop “How to publish your data” in which we discuss with researchers what decisions to make and what steps to take to publish their data in a public repository.

Michelle van den Berk, Kristina Hettne and Joanne Yeomans • February 14, 2020

Social Media Strategies for Academics

Join me and Professor Erik Kwakkel to learn how to create a succesful strategy for your social media activities in our Social Media for Academics workshop this November.

Mieneke van der Salm • September 21, 2017

Bubbling about the ScienceOnline Leiden Unconference 3.0

Last Thursday I attended the ScienceOnline Leiden Unconference. The theme for this year's unconference was 3.0, or the merging ofoffline (1.0) with online (2.0), and how to get the next generation involved in science.

Mieneke van der Salm • June 02, 2015

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