{"id":16743,"date":"2019-01-14T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=16743"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:33:03","slug":"data-flash-new-years-data-resolutions","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/data-flash-new-years-data-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Flash: New Year\u2019s Data Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> (who literally wrote the\u2014or at least a\u2014book on research data management for librarians).\u00a0 She will talk about how to get data services started at your institution, after taking one of the many online (and in-person) courses on research data management (RDM) available these days.<\/p>\n

But, what if your new year\u2019s resolution is to actually TAKE one of the courses?\u00a0 Where do you find the one that will work for you?\u00a0 Or, what if you just want to know more about the RDM scene in general?\u00a0 This post is for you!\u00a0 Here are some ideas for finding the right offering for you\u2026<\/p>\n

–Get a sense of the issues in the field by reading generally; articles like \u201cLibraries and the Research Data Management Landscape<\/a>\u201d from CLIR can set the stage (as can Margaret\u2019s book!)<\/p>\n

–Consider what your personal goals are, and assess what kind of course would best meet them\u2026 Or maybe you want to be networking? Or learning Python? Courses aren\u2019t the thing for every person or goal!<\/p>\n

–Look for LibGuides that collect and describe some of the options out there; here\u2019s a good one from Columbia University<\/a><\/p>\n

–Look at offerings from professional organizations; here is a fabulous list of resources from ACRL<\/a><\/p>\n

–Look for news and even list-servs that discuss data (the ones from RDAP and IASSIST are good places to start), which will have posts on the latest courses available; or, perhaps, a webliography<\/a>?<\/p>\n

–Look beyond the US\u2014Europe, Canada, Australia, and others have been doing RDM work for even longer than we have, and there are some sophisticated and accessible offerings! Take a look here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

–Look at offerings within particular academic disciplines (not just explicitly health-related); check out this one from the American Society for Engineering Education<\/a>!<\/p>\n

And, watch this space! You may be aware that the NNLM has offered an intensive RDM 101 course (spring and fall 2018), and RDM 102 is about to begin<\/a>.\u00a0 The NLM\u2019s director, Patti Brennan, is data savvy and data focused, so there are sure to be more offerings in the coming years!\u00a0 I\u2019ll leave you with this recent talk she did, the closing plenary for the Coalition for Networked Information, titled \u201cNLM & NIH Partnership in Accelerating Discovery Through Data<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2014or at least a\u2014book on research data management for librarians).\u00a0 She will talk about how to get data services started… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,6,58,4,8],"tags":[151,152,150,153,109],"class_list":["post-16743","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-data-science","category-national-news","category-news-from-nnlm","category-regional-news","category-technology","tag-data-services","tag-listservs","tag-online-courses","tag-professional-organizations","tag-research-data-management"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16744,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743\/revisions\/16744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}