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Tools for Systematic Reviews part of the McGoogan Session series

McGoogan Session: Tools for Systematic Reviews
Date and time: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, noon–1 p.m. CST
Location: Hybrid | WHM 6032 (Level 6, McGoogan Library) and via Zoom

Join Kiara Comfort, community outreach and health systems librarian, and Kim Harp, education and research services librarian at McGoogan Library, on Wednesday, February 7 from noon–1 p.m. CST to learn about technologies and software to help you develop and manage your systematic review from start to finish. This McGoogan Session is intended for all UNMC audiences who are conducting systematic reviews or plan to. This session will be a hybrid event. Individuals interested in attending can register online via Zoom or visit WHM 6032 (Level 6, McGoogan Library) to take part in person.

Why should you attend?

  • Gain insight into fee-based and open-source tools that are available for conducting the various steps of your systematic review.
  • Discover how these tools can assist with key stages of the process.
  • Identifying, critically appraising, and distilling all the individual studies on a topic can provide readers with recommendations to inform their practice.

Pilot for data curation and sharing service launched

Beginning January 22, 2024, UNMC researchers can gain expanded, expert support for data curation and sharing. The University of Nebraska Consortium of Libraries (UNCL) is piloting a data curation and sharing service through its Research Data Services (RDS) team. This one-year pilot is open to researchers at all NU campuses who are interested in sharing research data and will allow UNCL’s RDS team to assess the needs of all NU system campuses. Data curation currently exists at UNMC, and this pilot extends those current data curation services which will continue after the pilot.

“Data curation is the organization, compilation, and integration of data for sharing, reuse and archiving. Researchers may need such services to compile, organize and preserve data from past projects, or to share it to meet sponsor or publication requirements,” said Lisa Chinn, data services librarian at McGoogan Library and member of the UNCL Research Data Services team. 

Who is this pilot for: 

  • All researchers at NU campuses who are interested in sharing research data.

Why use this service: 

  • Data curators get the work done quickly and will support researchers in future data curation efforts. 
  • Data curation allows for cross-institutional collaboration. 
  • Ensure you (i.e., researchers) are getting DOIs minted for your data as it is deposited into a data repository. 
  • Mitigate storage solution problems by working with UNCL RDS and starting the data curation process as soon as a research project has started. 

Librarians will work with researchers to determine data curation needs and identify an appropriate repository for sharing. To learn more or find out if your project data is eligible for participation, please contact Lisa Chinn, PhD, MLIS. 

1/11/24 Wittson Hall Public Stairs Update

Beginning January 11, 2024, the Wittson Hall public stairs (Levels 2-6) will be closed for 3.5 weeks so a team can replace the red stair treads.

Users will need to use the elevators during this time.

Writing a Data Management Plan part of the McGoogan Session series

McGoogan Session: Writing a Data Management Plan
Thursday, February 1, 2024, noon–1 p.m.
Location: Hybrid | WHM 6032 (Level 6, McGoogan Library) and via Zoom

Join Lisa Chinn, data services librarian at McGoogan Library, on Thursday, February 1 from noon–1 p.m. to learn about the National Institutes of Health (NIH) data management and sharing policy and how to write a data management plan using the DMPTool*. This McGoogan Session is intended for all UNMC audiences who are writing grants and will be a hybrid event. Individuals interested in attending can register online via Zoom or visit WHM 6032 (Level 6, McGoogan Library) to take part in person.

Why should you attend?

  • Proper data management is crucial for maintaining scientific rigor and research integrity. Which allows researchers and collaborators to use data consistently and accurately.
  • Knowing how to adequately collect data with some form of a plan in mind can reduce data management issues.
  • Enhance your DMPs by ensuring it follows specific requirements found within funder policy documents.

*The DMPTool is a free, open-source, online application that helps researchers create data management plans.

Spring 2024 McGoogan Sessions announced

The McGoogan Health Sciences Library has announced its spring 2024 McGoogan Sessions. McGoogan Sessions is the library’s instruction series offering unique topics that highlight resources available for research, educate on information literacy and academic medicine, and inspire through the lens of health care history. This spring’s McGoogan Sessions will be offered via Zoom—some sessions will also be offered in person. Please refer to the schedule below for titles of each session and to see where the session will take place.

Spring 2024 McGoogan Session schedule

  • Thursday, February 1, from noon–1 p.m. CST | Writing a Data Management Plan (WHM 6032 and Zoom)
  • Wednesday, February 7, from noon–1 p.m. CST | Tools for Systematic Reviews (WHM 6032 and Zoom)
  • Wednesday, February 21, from noon–1 p.m. CST | Digital File Management: Tips & Tricks to Reducing Your Digital Clutter (Zoom)
  • Tuesday, February 27, from noon–1 p.m. CST | Copyright and Fair Use (Zoom)
  • Monday, March 4, from noon–1 p.m. CST | Writing with EndNote (Zoom)
  • Wednesday, March 6, from 10–11 a.m. CST | Zotero (Zoom)
  • Tuesday, March 12, from noon–1 p.m. CDT | Types of Literature Reviews (Zoom)
  • Thursday, March 21, from noon–1 p.m. CDT | Infectious Disease in Rare Books (Zoom)
  • Tuesday, March 26, from noon–1 p.m. CDT | Stories from the Collection: Women of UNMC (Zoom)
  • Thursday, March 28, from noon–1 p.m. CDT | Selecting a Data Repository (WHM 6032 and Zoom)
  • Wednesday, April 3, from noon–1 p.m. CDT | Systematic Reviews (Zoom)
  • Tuesday, April 9, from noon–1 p.m. CDT | The Data Management Lifecycle: What is it and how to use it (WHM 6032 and Zoom)

For additional details about a specific session, please visit the instruction page on McGoogan Library’s website.

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