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Dec
08
0 comments Tags: Focused Outreach, mental health, public libraries
Last June, I took a drive up to Bangor, Maine to set the groundwork for this year’s Focused Outreach work. NNLM NER is putting the spotlight on the work of Bangor-area librarians for 2018-2019. We interviewed nine librarians at various Maine locations, including two hospital libraries, two urban libraries, two rural libraries, a community college library… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Dec
04
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, science librarians
This is the third blog post in a series authored by 7 individuals who received scholarships from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM NER) to attend the Library Carpentry Training held at Brown University on October 22nd and October 23, 2018. In this installment, a scholarship recipient describes the… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Dec
03
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The following blog post was written by Romeo Marquis, a recent recipient of NNLM NER grant funding. Romeo shares the work he and his team are doing with an interfaith ministry providing hope and recovery support for addiction to the Worcester, MA community. The mission of Community Outreach to Hope and Recovery is to… Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Nov
26
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, science librarians
This is the second blog post in a series authored by 7 individuals who received scholarships from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM NER) to attend the Library Carpentry Training held at Brown University on October 22nd and October 23, 2018. In this installment, a scholarship recipient describes the tools… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Nov
28
Assessment, Big Data and Bias
Posted by karencoghlan on November 28th, 2018 0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, RDM
We are currently living in the age of big data. Vast amounts of data are collected on everyone, everyday. The data may come from the phone, tracking where you are in an effort to connect to the closest tower. It might be in the security cameras or the software used by a child writing a… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary, Data