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+# Library Carpentry Governance Committee  
+### Meeting minutes: 2026-03-18 UTC 16:00
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+Attending: Jennifer Stubbs, Nathaniel Porter, Nicky Garland, Cody Hennesy, Tim Dennis
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+## Agenda
+
+### Maintainer follow up
+LCGC members will look to attend the GitHub skill up sessions the Carpentries Core Team are planning, and the Maintainer Group is planning a joint session for GCs and Maintainers in April or May.
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+Action item: Tim will reach out to Jose about the joint session and follow up with DMP 101 maintainers to see about interest.
+
+### Lesson stability & teaching demos (Intro to Data for Archives)
+Discussion: the Intro to Data for Archivists lesson is marked stable in its repo but alpha on the LC lessons page. Governance view: not yet recommended for Instructor Training teaching demonstrations; lessons must be fully stable before demos.
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+Action items:
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+- Nathaniel will coordinate with Instructor Maintainers to share eligible lessons with Instructor Training group.
+- Cody will update Data for Archivists and MarcEdit lessons' from Alpha to Beta on librarycarpentry.org.
+
+### LC R and Python lessons to Lab
+Decisions: Python and R maintainers will work with LCGC to move their lessons to the Carpentries Lab to approve the lessons as Stable.
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+Action items:
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+- Tim will move the R lesson to Carpentries Lab. (Summer 2026)
+- Cody will move the Python lesson to Carpentries Lab (Summer 2026)
+- Cody will update the R lesson status on librarycarpentry.org to Beta.
+
+### Pilot lessons — summary and coordination
+Summary: UCLA IMLS Open Science pilots are confirmed and coordinated. LCGC members are already involved as co-teachers in several sessions. Members will work with pilot instructors to coordinate the use of the Lesson Development plan checklist to document the sessions. 
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+Action item: Cody will draft and send a short message for pilot instructors, highlighting the CodiMD checklist for pilot coordination (using Carpentries lesson development checklist and pilot observation template).
+
+### Pathways redesign & UX testing 
+Project: medium-fidelity prototype and guerrilla usability testing for the Library Carpentry "pathways" presentation (target page: lessons). Timeline ~Apr–Jun 2026; project deadline June 30, 2026. Objectives: clarify pathways concept, help learners select pathways, and support workshop organizers in selecting lessons by audience/skill.
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+Project roles and timeline:
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+- Project lead: Eka Grguric
+- Project manager: Cody Hennesy
+- Study notetaker: Jennifer Stubbs
+- Apr: recruit participants, develop prototype
+- May: run usability tests, analyze data
+- Jun: summarize findings and recommend updates
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+Action items:
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+- Cody will schedule kick off meeting for subgroup working on project.
+- Team to produce recommendations and quick site updates by June 30, 2026.
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