Mentorship
Mentors
We're looking to try out a mentorship program through the #code4lib channel on IRC Freenode. The idea is that experienced people who are willing to volunteer some time would provide 1-on-1 mentoring to those who would like to learn during an "Office hours" period, once a week. The idea is sort-of modelled on the Drupal project's Core Office Hours. If this sounds like something you'd like to contribute to, don't hesitate to add your name!
| Mentor name | IRC name | Social | Willing to help with | Office hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt McCollow | mdm_ | Twitter G+ | Javascript | Fridays, 1-2 pm EST |
| Nick Ruest | ruebot | Twitter G+ | Islandora | Fridays, 1-2 pm EST (pls ping in advance) |
| John Fink | jbfink | t G+ | git | Fridays, 1-2pm EST or variable (ping in advance if you can) |
| Mike Giarlo | mjgiarlo | t G+ fb | Repository technology and architecture, Ruby, Git, Project Hydra, "Persistent identifiers" | Fridays, 1-5 pm EST (pls ping in advance) |
| Brian Kennison | briankenn | G+ | xslt | Fridays, 1-2pm EST (let me know what works for you) |
| Tim Donohue | tdonohue | DSpace, repository technologies/integrations in general, SWORD protocol, digital preservation stuff | Weds, 1-4pm ET in #duraspace channel on IRC Freenode | |
| Kevin Clarke | ksclarke | G+ Hangout | xml (xpath, xslt, xquery, etc.) | Fridays, 1-2 pm EST (ping in advance if you can) |
| Dave Mayo | pobocks | HTML/CSS, php, js, git, Drupal, Omeka | Variable (Ping ahead of time, Weekday nights preferred) |
Want to learn?
If you would like to have mentor support on a specific topic, add your name below. There may be members of our community not listed above who would be willing help you.
| Name | IRC name | Social | Looking to learn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt McCollow | mdm_ | Twitter G+ | Ruby/Rails |
| Nick Ruest | ruebot | Twitter G+ | Getting better with Solr |
| John Fink | jbfink | t G+ | Ruby/Rails |
| Max Klein | maxoclc | Data Munging basics in a language you recommend, interfacing with MySQL in php | |
| Kevin Clarke | ksclarke | G+ | node.js (and things I use but would like to learn more about: Git, jQuery, Solr) |