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UCLA Library IMLS IMLS Curriculum Recommended Reference
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Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems
searchmultilingualdiscoverygoogle sheets api +1
Eric SilberbergJesus Alonso-RegaladoCate Kellett
UCLA Library IMLS
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Authoring Open Science
open sciencewritingmetadataopen peer review +1
Kathryn MillerAndrea Medina-Smith
UCLA Library IMLS
pre-Alpha
Building an Open Science Community of Practice
communityopen sciencecommunity of practice
Camille Thomas
UCLA Library IMLS
pre-Alpha
Leveraging Open Research and Contributor IDs (ORCID) for Librarians
ORCIDidentifiersresearcher profilesmetadata
Levi DolanMirian RamirezHannah Craven
UCLA Library IMLS
Alpha
Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements
team agreementscommunityopen scienceoutreach
Samantha TeplitzkyAriel DeardorffSamantha Wilairat
UCLA Library IMLS
Alpha
A Path to Open, Inclusive, and Collaborative Science for Librarians
collaborationopen scienceinclusionFAIR +1
Irene VazanoJessica Formoso
UCLA Library IMLS
Beta
Data Management (and Sharing) Plans for Librarians 101
data managementsharing plansDMPDMPTool
Lena BohmanMarla HertzDaria Orlowska
UCLA Library IMLS
Alpha
Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)
qualitative researchopen sciencetaguetteQDR
Nathaniel Porter
UCLA Library IMLS
Beta
Open Qualitative Research (QualCoder)
qualitative researchopen sciencequalcoderQDR +1
Nathaniel PorterSebastian Karcher
UCLA Library IMLS
pre-Alpha
Reproducible Research Workflows
reproducibilityworkflowopen sciencetools
Agata Bochynska
UCLA Library IMLS
pre-Alpha
Open science hardware: an introduction for librarians
hardwareopen sciencelicensingOSH
Julieta Arancio
UCLA Library IMLS
course
Open Science Basics (FOSTER Open Science)
open scienceopen accessopen datareproducibility +1
course
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NASA TOPS: Open Science 101
open sciencecertificationreproducibilitydata sharing +1
course
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The ACRL Open Science Cookbook
open sciencelibrariansscholarly communicationresearch support
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course
Open Science 101 (Open Life Science)
open scienceequityinclusioncommunity +1
course
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UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
open sciencepolicygovernanceequity +1
framework
framework
The FAIR Principles
FAIRresearch data managementmetadatainteroperability
framework
framework
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
CAREindigenous data governanceethicsequity +1
framework

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Authors

Daniel Kerchner

Daniel Kerchner

Senior Software Developer and Librarian, George Washington University

Eric Silberberg

Eric Silberberg

Librarian for Instructional Design and Education, Queens College

Jesus Alonso-Regalado

Jesus Alonso-Regalado

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

Cate Kellett

Cate Kellett

Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services, Yale University

Kathryn Miller

Kathryn Miller

Publishing Librarian

Andrea Medina-Smith

Andrea Medina-Smith

Data Librarian

Camille Thomas

Camille Thomas

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Florida State University

Fernando Rios

Fernando Rios

Research Data Management Specialist, University of Arizona

Jeffrey Oliver

Jeffrey Oliver

Data Science Specialist, University of Arizona

Levi Dolan

Levi Dolan

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

Mirian Ramirez

Mirian Ramirez

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

Hannah Craven

Hannah Craven

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

Katie Frey

Katie Frey

Data Curator for Programmatic Access, Stanford University

Jennifer Lynn Bartlett

Jennifer Lynn Bartlett

NASA ADS Project Scientist for Astrophysics, Center for Astrophysics

Stephanie Jarmak

Stephanie Jarmak

NASA ADS Project Scientist for Planetary Science, Center for Astrophysics

Aditya Ranganath

Aditya Ranganath

Data Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder

Samantha Teplitzky

Samantha Teplitzky

Open Science Librarian, UC Berkeley

Ariel Deardorff

Ariel Deardorff

Director of Data Science & Open Scholarship, UCSF Library

Samantha Wilairat

Samantha Wilairat

Research Communications Librarian, Stanford University

Irene Vazano

Irene Vazano

Open Science Advocate, MetaDocencia

Jesica Formoso

Jesica Formoso

Open Science Advocate

Lena Bohman

Lena Bohman

Data Services Librarian

Marla Hertz

Marla Hertz

Research Data Librarian

Daria Orlowska

Daria Orlowska

Data Librarian

Nathaniel Porter

Nathaniel Porter

Social Science Data Consultant, Virginia Tech

Agata Bochynska

Agata Bochynska

Open Research Coordinator

Julieta Arancio

Julieta Arancio

Open Science Hardware Researcher

Sebastian Karcher

Sebastian Karcher

Director, Qualitative Data Repository, Syracuse University

Tim Dennis

Tim Dennis

Program Director, UCLA Library Data Science Center

Zikang Eric Huang

Zikang Eric Huang

Lesson Infrastructure Developer, New York University

Lawrence Lee

Lawrence Lee

Lesson Infrastructure Developer, Amazon Web Services

Madeline Kim

Madeline Kim

Lesson Infrastructure Developer, Epic Systems

Manuel Pichardo Marcano

Manuel Pichardo Marcano

Instituto de Astronomía-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Brit Myers

Brit Myers

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

Olivia Harper Wilkins

Olivia Harper Wilkins

Dickinson College

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January 5, 2026

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

Our IMLS grant is complete. Now we need the Carpentries community to help move these 14 'Alpha' less...

January 2, 2026

Grant Complete: Moving Our Open Science Lessons from Creation to Community

We've submitted our final IMLS report. Here is where the project stands and how we move these lesson...

December 18, 2025

Project Evolution: A Complete Redesign and Hub for Open Science

Announcing a major redesign of the Open Science for Librarians hub, featuring a modernized tech stac...

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