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Building RDM Services, Slowly
Since attending the Biomedical and Health Research Data Management for Librarians course earlier this year, I have been working on launching research data services at my institution. The first step was completing the needs assessment that I chose to do for my Capstone Project as part of the course. This study revealed that researchers on…
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MLA ’18 Review
MLA’18 has come and gone, and as much as I was looking forward to it, I am so glad it’s over and I’m back home. It was my intention to spend the next day or so after my return to the office reviewing my notes and digging into presentations and posters I didn’t have time…
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Atlanta, Here I Come!
The annual conference for the Medical Library Association starts at the end of this week, and I can’t wait to visit Atlanta for the first time! This is my second MLA conference, and it’s the first time I’m presenting a paper AND a poster a conference this big. I am determined to make this trip…
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Organizing Library Projects with Trello
Project management is another one of those things you don’t learn in library school. Yet it’s extremely important for both team and individual projects; as Heather A. Johnson says, “As libraries continue to evolve in the services they provide, librarians may be increasingly responsible for managing large projects, planning programs and outreach, and coordinating teams”…
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RDM Capstone Summit
The final piece of the Biomedical and Health Research Data Management for Librarians course was a Capstone Summit at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The students and mentors gathered to discuss their Capstone Projects and learn more about how to provide RDM services to their campuses. The meeting took place over one and a…
Kathryn Vela
Librarian at Large
Kathryn Vela 