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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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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.
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: 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.
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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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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.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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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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Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) TEST: Course not available

The RDMLA curriculum is designed to address current and future education and learning needs of research data management practitioners.
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Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA): Foundations of RDM TEST-Not available

The RDMLA curriculum is designed to address current and future education and learning needs of research data management practitioners.
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Rural Health Resources - 2024

This webinar will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities.
DEIA Information Services Information Management Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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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.
Information Services Systematic Review Services Specialization Information Management MLA
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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.
Information Services Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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The Basics of Scholarly Communication

Learn the basics of scholarly communications!
CE Passport Information Management MLA
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The NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy for non-data librarians: An Introduction - May 2024

The new NIH data management and sharing (DMS) policy is now in effect, but, where does a non-data librarian start? This webinar will introduce the DMS Policy, give an overview of DMS Plan writing, and explain how to help researchers find repositories for sharing data from NIH grants.
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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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Rural Health Resources*

This webinar will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities.
DEIA Information Services Information Management Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Element Repository – On Demand*

This interactive, on-demand, online course is intended to introduce researchers and librarians to common data elements (CDEs) and how to use the NIH Common Data Element Repository.
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Super Searcher: Enhancing Your Online Search Super Powers*

This hands-on course focuses on the advanced search features of web search engines and online searching. Participants will use various online search engines, compare the features of each, and broaden their knowledge of search strategies and online search techniques.
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Technical Services for the Non-Technical Services Librarian*

This online course is intended for non-Technical Services library workers, including librarians who work in Public Services, to learn what happens "behind the scenes" in Technical Services. Participants will understand how the information in libraries is made accessible and discoverable.
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Article Analysis

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Article Analysis 2

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Article Analysis 3

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Independent Reading Program (IRP): Book Analysis

Earn MLA CE by reading professional journal articles and books. To participate, just read an article or book and complete your article analysis application.
Leadership & Management Information Services Information Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Instruction & Instructional Design
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The NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy for non-data librarians: An introduction*

The new NIH data management and sharing (DMS) policy is now in effect, but, where does a non-data librarian start? This webinar will introduce the DMS Policy, give an overview of DMS Plan writing, and explain how to help researchers find repositories for sharing data from NIH grants.
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The Rapid Growth of Preprints: New Opportunities to Help Researchers Accelerate Science*

This face-to-face class will inform you how preprints are changing how research is shared and communicated. With the increase of preprinting in the medical and life sciences, librarians are in a unique position to educate and guide researchers on how to navigate this area of scholarly publishing.
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