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Scheduled Courses in Information Management

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Master Data Cleaning and Wrangling with OpenRefine and Python - CE200

If you begin this course with no understanding of OpenRefine or Python or if you know some Python, you’ll leave the course with data management programming skills that will enable you to increase your value in your workplace! Join us at MLA ’24 in Portland, OR for this course.
MLA '24 Information Management Data Services Specialization
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Matching a Research Question to a Review Method (Recording)

Learn how to assist researchers in the very important task of determining if a research question can be answered with a review and, if it can, which type of review best addresses the question.
Information Services Systematic Review Services Specialization Information Management MLA
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NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements Webinar Series: Introduction to the NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan*

The NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements Webinar Series will introduce the basics of data management and the new requirements for data management and sharing that will be in place beginning in 2023.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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NNLM Research Data Management Webinar Series: Better than Best Practices: Inclusive Data Visualization

The NNLM Research Data Management (RDM) webinar series is a collaborative, bimonthly series intended to increase awareness of RDM topics and resources. The series aims to support RDM within the library to better serve librarians and their institutional communities.
Information Management Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM Instruction & Instructional Design
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NNLM Research Data Management Webinar Series: Ethical Issues in Citizen Science Research

The NNLM Research Data Management (RDM) webinar series is a collaborative, bimonthly series intended to increase awareness of RDM topics and resources. The series aims to support RDM within the library to better serve librarians and their institutional communities.
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NNLM Research Data Management Webinar Series: What’s in a Data Story?

The NNLM Research Data Management (RDM) webinar series is a collaborative, bimonthly series intended to increase awareness of RDM topics and resources. The series aims to support RDM within the library to better serve librarians and their institutional communities.
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NNLM Research Data Management: The Charts are Off: Approaches to Ethical Decision-Making in Data Visualization

The NNLM Research Data Management (RDM) webinar series is a collaborative, bimonthly series intended to increase awareness of RDM topics and resources. The series aims to support RDM within the library to better serve librarians and their institutional communities.
Information Management Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM Instruction & Instructional Design
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Picture This! Exploring Copyright Issues Through Image Use Case Studies (Recording)

Enter the world of copyright law and issues, not through words, as most training does, but through images.
Information Services CE Passport Information Management MLA
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Preparing Your Workshops on the New NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans - DMSPs (Recorded)

2022 is a great year for your library to offer new data services and for you to expand your data services skill set!
CE Passport Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization
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Putting Evidence in the Best Light: Supporting Data Visualization in Systematic Reviews and other Evidence Syntheses (Recording)

Expand your role on review teams with new skills in advising and educating review teams on the power of data visualization and the strategies and tools needed to tap into this power. Presenters are experts who have published on the topic.
Systematic Review Services Specialization Information Management MLA
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R for All of Us: Basic Coding Training - April 2024

Dive into R and discover its endless possibilities. This 2-day, live, online course will cover installing/loading packages, loading data, creating data objects, learning basic R commands, shaping and filtering data, writing data/graphics into output files, visualizing, and merging data.
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Research Data Management - On Demand: Data Curation and Documentation

Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. Topics include: Open Science, Data Science; Data Curation and Documentation; Data Security, Storage and Preservation; Data Sharing and Publishing.
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Research Data Management - On Demand: Data Security, Storage and Preservation

Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. Topics include: Open Science, Data Science; Data Curation and Documentation; Data Security, Storage and Preservation; Data Sharing and Publishing.
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Research Data Management - On Demand: Data Sharing and Publishing

Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. Topics include: Open Science, Data Science; Data Curation and Documentation; Data Security, Storage and Preservation; Data Sharing and Publishing.
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Research Data Management - On Demand: Open Science and Data Science

Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. Topics include: Open Science, Data Science; Data Curation and Documentation; Data Security, Storage and Preservation; Data Sharing and Publishing.
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Selecting and Using Data Extraction Tools for Systematic Reviews (Recording)

Gain powerful knowledge and skills in finding, assessing, using, and advising on data extraction tools that will significantly increase your value on review teams.
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Sharing it Ethically: Research Lifecycle Support for Sharing Human Participants Data (Recording)

Health sciences librarians: Learn how to take advantage of your unique position to guide researchers through the complicated process of ethically sharing human subjects data.
Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization
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Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Elements Repository - On Demand

This interactive, online course is intended to introduce researchers and librarians to common data elements (CDEs) and how to use the NIH Common Data Elements Repository.
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The Basics of Scholarly Communication

Learn the basics of scholarly communications!
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Timelines, Teams, and Tools: Helping Review Teams Organize and Coordinate Their Systematic Review Projects (Recording)

Do you work on systematic reviews and want to increase your publication numbers and status? Two highly experienced librarians on review teams will show how you can accomplish this by adding review team selection, organization, and project management to your skillset.
Systematic Review Services Specialization Information Management MLA
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Uninformed Participants and Informed Choices: Social Media Data in Health Sciences Research (Recording)

If you work with data or support researchers who do, this webinar will prepare you to address legal and ethical issues in the use of social media data in health sciences research.
CE Passport Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization
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Working with Research Partners to Coordinate Domain-Specific Data Services (Recording)

Explore service examples, identify scientific research data challenges, and leave with checklists you can tailor to your community.
Information Services CE Passport Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization

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NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Immersion Workshop*

The NNLM National Center for Data Services is hosting this all-day webinar workshop to provide an extensive look at the upcoming NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan Requirements (effective January 25, 2023).
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NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview*

This webinar will present the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy and explain which aspects are most pertinent to librarians. Learners will be able to explain the importance of the NIH DMSP, highlight the areas where their work may be impacted by it, and assist researchers with adhering to it.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Workshop On-Demand*

The NNLM National Center for Data Services hosted an all-day workshop to
provide an extensive look at the upcoming NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan requirements that went into effect on January 25, 2023. Its recordings were re-purposed for this on-demand, online class offered in Moodle.
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NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements Webinar Series*

The NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements Webinar Series will introduce the basics of data management and the new requirements for data management and sharing that will be in place beginning in 2023.
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NNLM Carpentries Workshop Series*

Library Carpentry workshops teach people working in library- and information-related roles how to: cut through the jargon terms and phrases of software development and data science and apply concepts from these fields in library tasks
Information Management Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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NNLM Region 6 Speaker Spotlight Series*

NNLM Region 6 Speaker Series is an irregular webinar series from the NNLM Region 6, featuring expert guest speakers presenting on topics of interest to all our users, from librarians to public health practitioners, educators, clinicians, and the public.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management Free Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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Providing Mental Health Resources at Your Library*

This popular online or in-person class will prepare librarians for responding to challenging reference questions for mental health information, and will give librarians a greater awareness of current mental health issues that might affect their populations.
Information Services Information Management Free Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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R for All of Us: Basic Coding Training*

Dive into R and discover its endless possibilities. This 2-day, live, online course will cover installing/loading packages, loading data, creating data objects, learning basic R commands, shaping and filtering data, writing data/graphics into output files, visualizing, and merging data.
Information Services Information Management Free NNLM/NLM
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Research Data Management Training - On Demand*

Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. Topics include: Open Science, Data Science; Data Curation and Documentation; Data Security, Storage and Preservation; Data Sharing and Publishing.
Information Management NNLM/NLM
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Research Data Services (RDS) “Shop Talk” with NNLM Region 2*

Join NNLM Region 2 in this webinar to “talk shop” about research data services (RDS) and learn from five regional colleagues doing RDS work at their institutions.
Information Services Information Management Free NNLM/NLM