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11 lessons are actively seeking instructors to pilot them in diverse contexts. These lessons have been developed and tested by authors. We need librarians like you to teach them and provide feedback. Be among the first to deliver cutting-edge open science curriculum and get recognized for your contribution.

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Lesson Development Stages

🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots Ready for first external pilots to test in new contexts
🔵 Beta - Seeking Pilots Already piloted, seeking broader testing in diverse settings
🟢 Stable Tested and ready to teach, not yet formally adopted
✅ Adopted Official Library Carpentry lesson, ready to teach
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Curriculum lessons and essential external references.

UCLA Library IMLS IMLS Curriculum Recommended Reference
SEEKING PILOTS
🔵 Beta - Seeking Pilots
A gentle, hands-on introduction to containers and virtual machines
containersvirtual machinesinfrastructure

Updated Sep 2025

Fernando RiosJeffrey Oliver
UCLA Library IMLS
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Authoring Open Science
open sciencewritingmetadataopen peer review +1

Updated May 2025

Kathryn MillerAndrea Medina-Smith
UCLA Library IMLS
⚪ Pre-Alpha
Building an Open Science Community of Practice
communityopen sciencecommunity of practice

Updated Sep 2025

Camille Thomas
UCLA Library IMLS
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
A Path to Open, Inclusive, and Collaborative Science for Librarians
collaborationopen scienceinclusionFAIR +1

Updated Nov 2023

Irene VazanoJessica Formoso
UCLA Library IMLS
framework
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
CAREindigenous data governanceethicsequity +1
framework
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language
dashboardsRshinydata visualization +1

Updated May 2025

Aditya Ranganath
UCLA Library IMLS
Adopted
Data Management (and Sharing) Plans for Librarians 101
data managementsharing plansDMPDMPTool

Updated May 2026

Lena BohmanMarla HertzDaria Orlowska
UCLA Library IMLS
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems
searchmultilingualdiscoverygoogle sheets api +1

Updated Mar 2026

Eric SilberbergJesus Alonso-RegaladoCate Kellett
UCLA Library IMLS
course
NASA TOPS: Open Science 101
open sciencecertificationreproducibilitydata sharing +1
course
⚪ Pre-Alpha
Leveraging Open Research and Contributor IDs (ORCID) for Librarians
ORCIDidentifiersresearcher profilesmetadata

Updated Mar 2025

Levi DolanMirian RamirezHannah Craven
UCLA Library IMLS
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Open and Reproducible Research Cloud Workflows: A Firsthand Experience for Librarians
reproducibilitycloudworkflowshell +2

Updated Apr 2026

Daniel Kerchner
UCLA Library IMLS
Adopted
Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)
qualitative researchopen sciencetaguetteQDR

Updated Apr 2026

Nathaniel Porter
UCLA Library IMLS
Adopted
Open Qualitative Research (QualCoder)
qualitative researchopen sciencequalcoderQDR +1

Updated Jul 2025

Nathaniel PorterSebastian Karcher
UCLA Library IMLS
course
Open Science 101 (Open Life Science)
open scienceequityinclusioncommunity +1
course
course
Open Science Basics (FOSTER Open Science)
open scienceopen accessopen datareproducibility +1
course
⚪ Pre-Alpha
Open Science Discovery Engines: Empowering Librarian Use Through a Case Study Exploration of the NASA Science Explorer
discoveryNASASciXFAIR +5

Updated Dec 2025

Jennifer Lynn BartlettKatie FreyStephanie Jarmak
UCLA Library IMLS
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Open science hardware: an introduction for librarians
hardwareopen sciencelicensingOSH

Updated Jun 2025

Julieta Arancio
UCLA Library IMLS
SEEKING PILOTS
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements
team agreementscommunityopen scienceoutreach

Updated Nov 2023

Samantha TeplitzkyAriel DeardorffSamantha Wilairat
UCLA Library IMLS
⚪ Pre-Alpha
Reproducible Research Workflows
reproducibilityworkflowopen sciencetools

Updated May 2025

Agata Bochynska
UCLA Library IMLS
reference
The ACRL Open Science Cookbook
open sciencelibrariansscholarly communicationresearch support
reference
framework
The FAIR Principles
FAIRresearch data managementmetadatainteroperability
framework
framework
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
open sciencepolicygovernanceequity +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
A gentle, hands-on introduction to containers and virtual machines
Completed
Completed
Authoring Open Science
In Progress
Building an Open Science Community of Practice
A Path to Open, Inclusive, and Collaborative Science for Librarians
Presented
In Progress
Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language
In Progress
Data Management (and Sharing) Plans for Librarians 101
Presented
Completed
Completed
Grant/Award
Adopted
Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems
Completed
Leveraging Open Research and Contributor IDs (ORCID) for Librarians
Presented
Completed
Recognized
Incubator
Open and Reproducible Research Cloud Workflows: A Firsthand Experience for Librarians
In Progress
Open Qualitative Research (Taguette)
Completed
Completed
Published
Adopted
Open Qualitative Research (QualCoder)
Presented
Completed
Completed
Published
Adopted
Open Science Discovery Engines: Empowering Librarian Use Through a Case Study Exploration of the NASA Science Explorer
Scheduled
Completed
Open science hardware: an introduction for librarians
In Progress
Research Community Outreach with Open Science Team Agreements
In Progress
Reproducible Research Workflows
  • Completed / Published
  • In Progress
  • Scheduled
  • Pending

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

Subject Librarian for History, 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

Senior Data Management and Research Impact Librarian

Marla Hertz

Marla Hertz

Research Data Librarian

Daria Orlowska

Daria Orlowska

Data Librarian

Nathaniel Porter

Nathaniel Porter

Social Science Data Consultant & Data Education Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries

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

Our Blog

Latest news from the project.

May 19, 2026

First Pilots Have Taught. Here Is What Came Back.

The first community pilots of the open science lessons are done. Feedback is improving the lessons, ...

April 3, 2026

16 Pilots Scheduled: Who Is Teaching the Open Science Lessons

Three months after our call for community pilots, 16 instructors across the US and UK have signed up...

April 3, 2026

Open Science Lessons at the Northeast Carpentries Community Meeting

Notes from a talk at the Northeast Carpentries Community Meeting on the IMLS Open Science lessons, t...

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