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Reflections on RDM
Last week was the eighth and final week of the online class portion of the Biomedical and Health RDM for Librarians course. I’ve been attempting to reflect on my progress through this course over the last few weeks (with varying levels of success), but now it’s time for my final review. I initially applied for…
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RDM for Librarians, Weeks 6 & 7
I can’t believe how fast time is flying by in this course. We are currently on Week 7, making next week our last week in the online portion of the course. In Week 6, we reviewed data management plans – I enjoyed this week because it provided an opportunity to apply some of the concepts…
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RDM for Librarians, Week 5
This has been a big week for me in this course. Not only did I complete the module’s work before I left the office on Friday for the first time, I also took some major steps in my Capstone Project. The end result of the course is the Capstone Project – some kind of first…
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RDM for Librarians, Weeks 3 & 4
I had meant to write these posts week by week, but 2018 has been a blur so far. We’re already on Week 4 of my RDM course, which is halfway through the online portion. During Week 3, we covered data standards, taxonomies, and ontologies; Week 4 is all about data security, storage, and preservation. At…
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HEALWA Road Trip
This week I was lucky enough to be invited to provide HEALWA instruction to school nurses in the North Central Educational Service District in Washington State. This meant a three-day road trip to Moses Lake, Wenatchee, and Omak, teaching one-hour HEALWA workshops at each site. There’s a fair bit of planning that goes into these…
Kathryn Vela
Librarian at Large
Kathryn Vela 