UC Libraries is proud to be a part of the Provost’s Strategic Hiring Opportunity and Dual Career Assistance programs. In a recent article in UC Magazine, library employees Bill McMillin, Tiffany Grant, Don Jason, Hong Cheng and Robert Freeman are included in a feature of new employees that “have joined UC with support from Provost Office funds dedicated to recruit the best and brightest in their fields as well as to attract and support faculty who have partners who can bring their own academic expertise to campus.” You can read all about it online in UC Magazine.
Category Archives: HSL News
UC Libraries Closed Veterans’ Day. HSL to Remain Open 9am-5pm.
UC Libraries will be closed Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans’ Day, except for the Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am to 5pm. Normal hours will resume Thursday, November 12.
Managing Research Data from Generation to Preservation
Join the University of Cincinnati Libraries for a workshop on data management planning. This interactive and hands-on workshop will address universal data management best practices. While much of the focus is on STEM fields, this course will be useful for anyone interested in learning more about data management practices and principles. The workshop will be held in the Engineering Library in 850D Baldwin on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.
Register for the workshop at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx
Managing Data from Generation to Preservation
This 3 hour activities based workshop will examine data management principles for the various phases of data. Participants will create a data set and apply principles covering topics such as types and formats of data, file naming conventions, Readme files, metadata, backup and archiving data using UC resources, roles and responsibilities regarding data and university and national data policies.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 – 850D Baldwin
Contact Kristen Burgess, Assistant Director for Research and Informatics, Health Sciences Library with any questions.
Registration Open for November 12th NCBI Webinar “PubMed for Scientists”
On November 12th, NCBI will present “PubMed for Scientists”, a webinar that will show you how to search biomedical literature more efficiently with PubMed. NCBI staff will teach you how to search by author, explore a subject, use filters to narrow your search, find full text articles, and set up an e-mail alert for new research on your topic. Finally, we will answer your questions about searching PubMed.
Date and time: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5594790520765285889
After the live presentation, the webinar will be uploaded to the NCBI YouTube channel. The webinar and any materials will also be accessible on the Webinars and Courses page by clicking the Archived Webinars & Courses tab. You can also check the Webinars & Courses page to find information about future webinars.
• NCBI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NCBINLM
• NCBI Webinars and Courses: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/coursesandwebinars.shtml
New Biomedical and Programming Workshops at the Health Sciences Library
Check out several new workshops at the UC Health Sciences Library this November!
All workshops will be held in the HSL Troup Learning Space G005G
Registration available at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx.
Thursday, November 12, 2015, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
NLM Biomedical Informatics: Bedside to Bench with NCBI
This workshop is designed for both researchers and clinicians who are looking to identify NCBI resources for research, clinical and educational purposes. Participants will learn about NCBI, NCBI’s “Information Hubs”, and NCBI’s experimental databases. The bulk of the workshop will involve an interactive hands on demonstration of a case study where participants will assist in the diagnosis of a genetic condition, identify genetic tests for disease confirmation, and help determine of the molecular etiology of the disease all while using NCBI resources. Many of the resources used for the demonstration are new or often over looked resources that are highly useful to the basic, translational and clinical research communities.
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 9:00 am – 10:30 pm
Bioinformatics: Seeking and Finding Data
In this workshop researchers will learn to navigate the bioinformatics tools Ensembl and Cytoscape to discover information about genes, gene variants, proteins, biological pathways, comparative genomics, molecular interactions, and phenotypes associated with disease.
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Introduction to Python
Come and learn this widely used, general purpose, high-level programming language. Python is often used as a scripting language for applications such as data processing, parsing and web services. This workshop will cover the basics of Python, including variables and data types, arrays, dictionaries, operators, conditions, loops, and functions. The focus will be on the hands-on exercises to help provide a better understanding of Python to the attendees. No programming experience is necessary. Beginners are encouraged to attend. For supplemental information on this workshop, http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/python. Registration is required for this workshop.
In addition to these workshops, we will also be teaching a data management workshop in collaboration with the Science and Engineering Libraries.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 – 850D Baldwin
Managing Data from Generation to Preservation
This 3 hour activities based workshop will examine data management principles for the various phases of data. Participants will create a data set and apply principles covering topics such as types and formats of data, file naming conventions, Readme files, metadata, backup and archiving data using UC resources, roles and responsibilities regarding data and university and national data policies.
Contact Kristen Burgess, Assistant Director for Research and Informatics, Health Sciences Library at kristen.burgess@uc.edu with any questions! We look forward to seeing you in November!
Check Out the Latest Issue of Source
Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn more about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.
This latest issue of Source includes an An Update from Dean and University Librarian Xuemao Wang on the Implementation of our Strategic Plan, a Celebration of William Shakespeare and an interview with Lori Harris, NLM Associate Fellow. There are articles about two exciting spaces in the Health Sciences Library – the new Informatics Lab and the newly named Dr. Stanley B. Troup Learning Space, as well as a list of fall events in UC Libraries. Read these articles and more.
Source is available on the web at http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/source/ and via e-mail. To receive Source via e-mail, contact melissa.norris@uc.edu to be added to the mailing list.
Data Management Planning Workshops
Join the University of Cincinnati Libraries for a series of workshops on data management planning! The workshops will address universal data management best practices for health sciences, science and engineering students and professionals. While much of the focus is on STEM fields, this course will be useful for anyone interested in learning more about data management practices and principles. Each workshop will include a teaching portion and hands on activities. We recommend that registrants attend all three workshops if possible. Workshops will be held in the Health Sciences Library (HSL) Electronic Classroom G005G.
Register at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx
Workshops and Dates:
- October 13th, 12 – 1:30p – Data Generation and Collection (Data Management Workshop 1)
This hands-on workshop will cover topics such as: types and formats of data, file naming conventions, Readme files, data templates, metadata, and roles and responsibilities with data.
- October 20th, 12 – 1:30p – Working with Data (Data Management Workshop 2)
A hands-on workshop that covers topics such as data versioning, data backup, and UC’s new Box system
- October 27th, 12 – 1:30p – Data Preservation and Sharing (Data Management Workshop 3)
This hands-on, interactive workshop covers important aspects of data at UC and beyond including policies at the University and national levels, copyright and data, and how UC’s systems (Scholar@UC, Research Directory) integrate and use data.
For more information, contact Kristen Burgess, Assistant Director for Research and Informatics, Health Sciences Library, 513-558-3071
New Multi-Agency RFI on Exascale Computing
RFI on Science Drivers Requiring Capable Exascale High Performance Computing ( http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-GM-15-122.html)
Purpose: This is a multi-agency request for information to identify scientific research topics and applications that need High Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities that extend 100 times beyond today’s performance on scientific applications. Currently, computational modeling, simulation, as well as data assimilation and data analytics are used by an increasing number of researchers to answer more complex multispatial, multiphysics scientific questions with more realism.
Background: This is a request for information from NSF, DOE, and NIH for community input identifying scientific research that would benefit from a greatly enhanced new generation of HPC and in support of the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/29/executive-order-creating-national-strategic-computing-initiative)
Request for Information: All responses must be submitted to NIGMS_exascale@nigms.nih.gov by October 16, 2015
Introduction to Cytoscape: Network Visualization Software
Cytoscape is an open source molecular interactions visualization tool that allows the exploration of molecular interactions and biological pathways and integrates these networks with annotations, gene expression profiles, and other data. The Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library is facilitating a webinar on Cytoscape that will provide an introduction to some of the core functionality of Cytoscape, including the loading and manipulation of experimental data.
The webinar will be held on Monday, September 21st at 9am.
Registration: UC Cytoscape Webinar
Advancing Genomic Research at the University of Cincinnati
The Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library is facilitating a webinar on Golden Helix’s suite of genomics analysis tools. The webinar will provide an overview of: SNP and Variation Suite which offers users the ability to manage and analyze genomic and phenotypic data, VarSeq which allows users to annotate and filter variants obtained from NextGen sequencing and GenomeBrowse, a powerful genomic data visualization tool.