Data Services Specialization (DSS)

DSS

The DSS is built upon the Data Services Competency: Health and biomedical information professionals with competency in Data Services engage with and support users across the data life cycle to promote data literacy, data science, and open science practices. It encompassess these skill areas:

  • Applying principles of data literacy
  • Establishing and advancing data services
  • Supporting research data best pratices
  • Applying knowledge of research methods, ethics and rigor, and open science practices
  • Providing training and consultation on data-related topics
         

Level I

Acquiring Level I skills will give you a solid grounding in all areas of the Data Services competency.

 

Level II

Level II is under construction. Requirements have not been set.

Learn more about this specialization and what it can do for you.

 

Level I Approved, Scheduled, and On-Demand Data Services Courses

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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 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: If You Share It, Will They Come? Quantifying and Characterizing Reuse of Biomedical Research Data

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.
Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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Putting the Quality in Qualitative: Tips for Evaluating Qualitative Research (Recording)

Think qualitative research is hard to evaluate for scientific rigor? Think again! This webinar will provide an overview of qualitative research study designs, including sampling techniques, data analysis strategies, and theoretical approaches, that will help identify strengths and weaknesses.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization CNE
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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 - 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
Online
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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.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
Online
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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.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
Online
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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.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM

Level II Approved, Scheduled, and On-Demand Data Services Courses

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Answering the Hard Questions: Prepare to Succeed in Developing Data Services (Recording)

Learn how to answer the hard questions that arise when you begin planning to develop or expand your data services.
Information Services CE Passport MLA Data Services Specialization
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But Where is My Data? Teaching a Two-Stage Data Search Process (Recording)

If you are a health, biomedical sciences, or instructional librarian or other health information professional looking for new ways to serve your patrons, learning how to conduct and explain the unique process needed for a successful dataset search may be just what you need!
CE Passport Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization
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Clean & Tidy Data: Getting Started with Spreadsheet Data (Recording)

If you work with your own data or advise researchers on theirs, you’ll want to get started right.
CE Passport Information Management MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
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Clean & Tidy Data: Making Data Usable (Recording)

Learn how to identify the components of a clean and tidy dataset and describe the steps needed to process and normalize a "dirty" dataset.
CE Passport Information Management MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
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CURATED Data for Long-term Preservation and Public Sharing (Recording)

Take your data management skills beyond common data management practices to another level.
CE Passport Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization
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Digging Deep into Data: Critically Appraising Data and Data Collection Methods (Recording)

Can you evaluate data collection methods? Interpret and evaluate data documentation? Help researchers find a quality data set that suits their purpose? Gain the skills needed to answer Yes! and become more marketable and more valuable in your workplace.
Information Management MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
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Fundamentals of Health Data Science*

This online class covers the basics of programming in Python for data science projects, with a general look at data science and algorithmic concepts. It also looks at coding topics such as the understanding and tools needed to clean data, create data visualizations, and share reproducible results.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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Getting by With a Little Help from Your (Institutional Research) Friends: Building Relationships to Advance Data Support (Recording)

Register for this webinar to learn how to grow and mature your data support program. Webinar approved for the MLA Data Services Specialization.
Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization CNE
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Grow Your Library's Data Services: A Novice’s Guide to Data Competitions (Recording)

Register and leave with the tools, resources, and knowledge you need to establish campus buy-in, plan a competition, and bring excitement to your library.
CE Passport Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization
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Keeping It Private: Supporting Research Privacy and De-Identification of Shared Data (Recording)

Acquire skills and knowledge that will help make you one of the few health science librarians familiar with the de-identification techniques and knowledge needed to meet NIH and other requirements for public data sharing and multi-institutional research collaborations.
Information Management MLA Data Services Specialization