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IMLS Curriculum Recommended Reference

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Open and Reproducible Research Cloud Workflows: A Firsthand Experience for Librarians

reproducibilitycloudworkflowshell +2

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Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems

searchmultilingualdiscoverygoogle sheets api +1

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Authoring Open Science

open sciencewritingmetadataopen peer review +1

pre-Alpha

Building an Open Science Community of Practice

communityopen sciencecommunity of practice

Beta

A gentle, hands-on introduction to containers and virtual machines

containersvirtual machinesinfrastructure

pre-Alpha

Open Science Discovery Engines: Empowering Librarian Use Through a Case Study Exploration of the NASA Science Explorer

discoveryNASASciXFAIR +5

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Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language

dashboardsRshinydata visualization +1

pre-Alpha

Leveraging Open Research and Contributor IDs (ORCID) for Librarians

ORCIDidentifiersresearcher profilesmetadata

Alpha

Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements

team agreementscommunityopen scienceoutreach

Alpha

A Path to Open, Inclusive, and Collaborative Science for Librarians

collaborationopen scienceinclusionFAIR +1

Beta

Data Management (and Sharing) Plans for Librarians 101

data managementsharing plansDMPDMPTool

Alpha

Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)

qualitative researchopen sciencetaguetteQDR

Beta

Open Qualitative Research (QualCoder)

qualitative researchopen sciencequalcoderQDR +1

pre-Alpha

Reproducible Research Workflows

reproducibilityworkflowopen sciencetools

pre-Alpha

Open science hardware: an introduction for librarians

hardwareopen sciencelicensingOSH

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Open Science Basics (FOSTER Open Science)

open scienceopen accessopen datareproducibility +1

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NASA TOPS: Open Science 101

open sciencecertificationreproducibilitydata sharing +1

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The ACRL Open Science Cookbook

open sciencelibrariansscholarly communicationresearch support

reference

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Open Science 101 (Open Life Science)

open scienceequityinclusioncommunity +1

course

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UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

open sciencepolicygovernanceequity +1

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The FAIR Principles

FAIRresearch data managementmetadatainteroperability

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CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance

CAREindigenous data governanceethicsequity +1

framework

Lesson Status Dashboard

Tracking the lifecycle of our curriculum from development to adoption.

Lesson	CAC Review	Alpha Pilot	Beta Pilot	Impact / Recognition	Adoption
Open and Reproducible Research Cloud Workflows: A Firsthand Experience for Librarians		In Progress
Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems		In Progress
Authoring Open Science		In Progress
Building an Open Science Community of Practice
A gentle, hands-on introduction to containers and virtual machines		Completed	Completed
Open Science Discovery Engines: Empowering Librarian Use Through a Case Study Exploration of the NASA Science Explorer	Scheduled	Completed
Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language		In Progress
Leveraging Open Research and Contributor IDs (ORCID) for Librarians	Presented	Completed		Recognized	Incubator
Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements		In Progress
A Path to Open, Inclusive, and Collaborative Science for Librarians	Presented	In Progress
Data Management (and Sharing) Plans for Librarians 101	Presented	Completed	Completed	Grant/Award	Adopted
Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)		Completed	Completed	Published	Adopted
Open Qualitative Research (QualCoder)	Presented	Completed	Completed	Published	Adopted
Reproducible Research Workflows
Open science hardware: an introduction for librarians

Completed / Published
In Progress
Scheduled
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Authors

Daniel Kerchner

Senior Software Developer and Librarian, George Washington University

Eric Silberberg

Librarian for Instructional Design and Education, Queens College

Jesus Alonso-Regalado

Historical Librarian, Latin American Studies, and Romance Languages, University at Albany (SUNY)

Cate Kellett

Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services, Yale University

Kathryn Miller

Publishing Librarian

Andrea Medina-Smith

Data Librarian

Camille Thomas

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Florida State University

Fernando Rios

Research Data Management Specialist, University of Arizona

Jeffrey Oliver

Data Science Specialist, University of Arizona

Levi Dolan

Data Services Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine

Mirian Ramirez

Research Metrics Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine

Hannah Craven

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine

Katie Frey

Data Curator for Programmatic Access, Stanford University

Jennifer Lynn Bartlett

NASA ADS Project Scientist for Astrophysics, Center for Astrophysics

Stephanie Jarmak

NASA ADS Project Scientist for Planetary Science, Center for Astrophysics

Aditya Ranganath

Data Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder

Samantha Teplitzky

Open Science Librarian, UC Berkeley

Ariel Deardorff

Director of Data Science & Open Scholarship, UCSF Library

Samantha Wilairat

Research Communications Librarian, Stanford University

Irene Vazano

Open Science Advocate, MetaDocencia

Jesica Formoso

Open Science Advocate

Lena Bohman

Data Services Librarian

Marla Hertz

Research Data Librarian

Daria Orlowska

Data Librarian

Nathaniel Porter

Social Science Data Consultant, Virginia Tech

Agata Bochynska

Open Research Coordinator

Julieta Arancio

Open Science Hardware Researcher

Sebastian Karcher

Director, Qualitative Data Repository, Syracuse University

Tim Dennis

Program Director, UCLA Library Data Science Center

Zikang Eric Huang

Lesson Infrastructure Developer, New York University

Lawrence Lee

Lesson Infrastructure Developer, Amazon Web Services

Madeline Kim

Lesson Infrastructure Developer, Epic Systems

Manuel Pichardo Marcano

Instituto de Astronomía-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Brit Myers

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

Olivia Harper Wilkins

Dickinson College

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Calling for Community Pilots: 14 New Open Science Lessons for Librarians

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