Upcoming MLA Webinars: Open Source Research Tools, Using Metrics in Research Evaluation, & Visualizing Data
MLA has three webinars coming up soon! Learn how to find free, open source research tools to to fit your research workflows http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1488/working-open-an-overview-of-open-source-research-tools,
transform your skills in expert searching into the skills needed in the research evaluation process http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1468/8-tips-for-using-metrics-in-research-evaluation,
and visualize data to improve your library operations and increase your popularity and impact http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1506/visualize-your-data-tableau-for-health-sciences-librarians!
Scroll down for more information and a special half-priced offer http://www.medlib-ed.org/catalogs/mla-new-upcoming.
Working Open: An Overview of Open Source Research Tools http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1488/working-open-an-overview-of-open-source-research-tools
November 15, 2017, 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m., central time
Do you support research at your institution or conduct research yourself?
Working Open: An Overview of Open Source Research Tools introduces you to tools and ideas that will help you work smarter… at no cost. The webinar highlights a variety of free, open source tools available for conducting, producing, and disseminating research. Working Open also helps you articulate to your research constituents how “working open” facilitates
Presenter, Erin D. Foster is the data services librarian at the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Ruth Lilly Medical Library on the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis campus.
Register here for Working Open: http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1488/working-open-an-overview-of-open-source-research-tools
An Overview of Open Source Research Tools http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1488/working-open-an-overview-of-open-source-research-tools
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8 Tips for Using Metrics in Research Evaluation http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1468/8-tips-for-using-metrics-in-research-evaluation
November 29, 2017, 1:00pm -2:30pm central time
8 Tips for Using Metrics in Research Evaluation offers librarians a quick, practical way to stay on top of the up-and-coming area of research evaluation and the role librarians can play in it. You will learn that you can easily transform your skills in expert searching and metadata into the valuable skills needed in the research evaluation process. Participants will be able to increase the impact of their work at their institutions, confidently answer questions related to research evaluation, and proactively seek new relationships with stakeholders who are interested in evaluation.
Presenters, Karen Gutzman, Patricia L. Smith, and Kristi L. Holmes work at the Galter Health Sciences Library https://galter.northwestern.edu/ as, respectively, the impact and evaluation librarian, the impact and dissemination librarian, and the director.
Register here for: http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1468/8-tips-for-using-metrics-in-research-evaluation
8 Tips for Using Metrics in Research Evaluation http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1468/8-tips-for-using-metrics-in-research-evaluation
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Visualize Your Data: Tableau for Health Sciences Librarians http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1506/visualize-your-data-tableau-for-health-sciences-librarians
December 6, 2017, 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m., central time
Tableau is very powerful and very fun data visualization tool. Librarians can use it to visualize circulation data, analyze budgets, show the need for more resources, and much more. Be able to teach it to others and increase your popularity and impact! Visualize Your Data: Tableau for Health Sciences Librarians http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1506/visualize-your-data-tableau-for-health-sciences-librarians introduces health sciences librarians to Tableau and its many uses. The free version of Tableau suits most users.
Presenter, Ariel Deardorff is the data services librarian at the University of California–San Francisco (UCSF). As part of UCSF Library’s Data Science Initiative, Deardorff teaches two popular Tableau courses and leads a Tableau drop-in clinic for the university’s students, faculty, and staff.
Register here for: http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1506/visualize-your-data-tableau-for-health-sciences-librarians
Visualize Your Data: Tableau for Health Sciences Librarians http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1506/visualize-your-data-tableau-for-health-sciences-librarians
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We are pleased to offer a half-priced special for individuals on our recorded webcast, The Diversity of Data Management: Practical Approaches for Health Sciences Librarianship http://www.medlib-ed.org/products/1192/the-diversity-of-data-management-practical-approaches-for-health-sciences-librarianship-recording through December 21. Simply add the code, fall50, at checkout.
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Registration Opening Soon
December 21: Go Red! REDCap for Library Data Services and Data Collection