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Mar
15
0 comments Tags: behavioral health, data services, hackathon, washington state
What is a healthcare hackathon? Generally speaking, a healthcare hackathon is a social event that focuses on building small and innovative technology projects that aim to resolve healthcare challenges. “Hackathon” is a portmanteau of the words “hack” and “marathon,” which in turn translates into some kind of race against the clock to solve challenges. MIT… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Public Health, Technology
Jan
14
0 comments Tags: data services, listservs, online courses, professional organizations, research data management
This Wednesday, the PNR and PSR (so, the whole west coast!) regions of the NNLM are joining forces to offer what promises to be a fantastic webinar, by data guru Margaret Henderson (who literally wrote the—or at least a—book on research data management for librarians). She will talk about how to get data services started… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, News from NLM, News from NNLM, News From NNLM PNR, Technology
Jan
09
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We are excited to be collaborating with our sister region, Pacific Southwest Region, to combine our monthly webinars this month to provide a wonderful session we believe you will find informative and useful. Session title: What to do After You Take a Data Course Presenter: Margaret Henderson, Librarian at San Diego State University. Margaret has presented… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Training & Education
Dec
21
0 comments Tags: change management, funders, institutions, librarian roles, publishers, research data, research mandates
Self-promotion–we all are called upon to do it at some time or another. And my time has arrived! This post is to let you know that if you’re interested in reading about research mandates, from funders, institutions and publishers, there’s a new book chapter that’s just been come out, by me and Virginia Commonwealth University’s… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, News From NNLM PNR
Nov
26
0 comments Tags: metadata, research data managment, wikicite, wikidata
You’ve heard of Wikipedia, but are you familiar with Wikidata? What about WikiCite? If you are interested to hear more, join us as we host Wikidata expert and librarian Katie Mika, from the University of Colorado Boulder! In this hour-long webinar, she will “introduce the WikiCite initiative (to build a database of open citations to… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, News from NNLM, News From NNLM PNR, Technology, Training & Education