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Posted by Carolann Curry on July 20th, 2023
Posted in: Data Science, Education, News from NNLM, Training & Education
Tags: Data science, ncds
The NNLM National Center for Data Services is excited to announce a new class they’ve recently developed, the Fundamentals of Health Data Science, which will run for the first time this fall! This is a mostly asynchronous 9-week course (Sept. 5 – Nov. 3, 2023) designed to improve knowledge and skills in data science, enabling learners to add or enhance data science training and services at their institutions.
This course is structured to provide learners with an opportunity to interact with each other, with course facilitators, and with community experts in library data science work. The goal is to help build up confidence in discussing data science issues and help connect the growing community of information professionals with expertise in this area.
Throughout this course, learners will read foundational texts, discuss topics in data science, complete assignments that will help grow their understanding, and analyze a health science dataset. The course will focus on using Python in Google Colaboratory to work with data, including importing, inspecting, cleaning, and analyzing datasets, as well as making visualizations.
The NCDS is looking for learners interested in data science work in libraries as well as community experts with experience in this area. The course is free for learners, and the community expert role is a paid position. You can apply for either role at the link below.
If you are interested in applying for this course as either a learner or a community expert, please see the course page for additional information and application details.
The deadline to submit applications is by Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
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