The Python Study Group is organized to support archivists and digital preservation practitioners learning Python programming. Our goal is to create a welcoming study space that focuses specifically on the cultivation of skills supporting library and archives’ tasks and workflows.

This group aims to establish and foster an open and non-judgmental space that supports accountability for practitioners as they learn and implement Python together. Following our Summer 2021 pilot phase, we look forward to opening up participation to a much broader audience of archivists, librarians, and digital preservation practitioners–we hope you will join us!

Python Study Group Startup Coordinators:

• Shira Peltzman, Digital Archivist, University of California, Los Angeles
• Jessica Farrell, Community Facilitator, Educopia Institute
• David Cirella, Yale University Libraries
• Sara Thomson, University of Edinburgh
• Dorothy Waugh, University of York
• John Moran, Term Archivist, University of British Columbia
• Kathryn Slover, Digital Archivist, University of Texas at Arlington
• Juulia Ahvensalmi, St. George’s University of London
• Liz Holdzkom, Digital Collections Specialist, Library of Congress
• Allison Olsen, Digital Archivist, University of Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Walker, Digital Archivist, Yukon Government
• Louise Pichel, Assistant Archivist, Museum of Freemasonry
• Emily Sommers, Digital Records Archivist, University of Toronto
• Dianne Dietrich, Digital Projects Librarian, Cornell University
• Sharon McMeekin, Head of Workforce Development, Digital Preservation Coalition
• Paul Wheatley, Head of Research and Practice, Digital Preservation Coalition