18 October 2019
Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) has been launched. RDMLA is the result of a partnership between a LIS academic programme, academic health sciences and research libraries, and Elsevier.
RDMLA is a free online research data management (RDM) professional skill development programme for librarians, information professionals, and other professionals who work in a research-intensive environment throughout the world. As a community built learning program, RDMLA addresses the gap experienced by practicing professionals who wish to learn key aspects of providing RDM services in libraries or other information settings.
The RDMLA differs from other RDM service-learning programmes in that it is completely online and can be taken at learners’ convenience for no charge. The programme consists of the following 8 units, which can be taken in sequence or separately:
- Foundations of Research Data Management (RDM)
- Navigating research data culture
- Advocating and marketing the value of RDM in libraries
- Launching data services in libraries
- Project management and assessment
- Overview of data analysis and visualisation tools
- Overview of coding tools
- Overview of platform tools (eg Open Science Framework, Mendeley Data)
From 2020, Simmons University SLIS will provide CE credit to those who wish to obtain such for a minimal fee. While Elsevier financially supported the programme, it is not an Elsevier product.