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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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.
Instructor-owned Information Management Free Data Services Specialization
Online
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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.
Instructor-owned Information Management Free Data Services Specialization
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Tell Your Research Story: Visualization, Design, and Messaging (Recording)

This webinar serves the dual purpose of role-modeling how to teach data visualization and applying design principles and targeted messaging into your professional activities.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization Instruction & Instructional Design
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The All of Us Researcher Workbench: access diverse data and tools from the NIH Precision Medicine*

The All of Us Researcher Workbench is the largest, most diverse biomedical data and health resource of its kind. Join this online course and learn about the participants, explore the data offered, and see how to start a research project using All of Us data and tools.
Information Services Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
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The MLA Guide to Instructional Design Basics

Whether you are new to Instructional Design or need a refresher, this course is for you!
CE Passport MLA Data Services Specialization CNE Instruction & Instructional Design
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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.
NNLM Information Management Data Services Specialization
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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.
Instructor-owned Information Management Data Services Specialization
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The Research Data Services Landscape: How Do You Start And Where Does Your Library Fit In?*

This course is designed as an entry point for people unfamiliar with the field of data services. The goal is to introduce what data services librarians work on and to present information on how learners can grow in this area.
Information Management Free Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
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Tools and Ideas for Promoting the Researcher Workbench on Your Campus*

Intended to assist in raising awareness of the Researcher Workbench amongst campus communities, this online training will provide strategies to help with disseminating information and developing tools to reach both emerging and established researchers across multiple fields of study.
Information Services Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM Instruction & Instructional Design
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Using Statistics to Improve Library Science and Services*

This face-to-face course teaches how the ability to correctly interpret administrative data enhances service delivery and the satisfaction of patrons. We will examine statistical concepts, survey instrument types and designs, types of data, and the basic analytical tools used for each type of data.
Instructor-owned Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization

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

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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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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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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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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
Webinar
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Using Common Data Elements to Enhance Research Data (Recording)

Learn how you can use Common Data Elements (CDEs) to assist researchers and guide clinicians and others in interpreting research.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
Webinar
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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