As part of Latvian Library Week (22-25 April), the RSU Library will host guests from the University of New Mexico, US, with guest lectures by Prof. Melissa L. Rethlefsen, Executive Director of the Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center, and Danielle E. Maurici-Pollock, Research Data Specialist at the Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center.
The focus on the second day will be on the changing role of academic libraries in research data management will be explored, offering a comprehensive insight into the key challenges and innovative solutions shaping modern science.
About the guest lecturers
Melissa Rethlefsen, MSLS, AHIP, is a professor and the executive director of the Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on systematic review search reproducibility. She is also the lead author of PRISMA-S, an extension to the PRISMA reporting guideline focused on reporting literature searches for systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses.
Danielle Maurici-Pollock is an assistant professor and a research data specialist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center. She has a PhD in Communication and Information from the University of Tennessee, and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Missouri. Her work focuses on researchers’ adoption of new information technologies and practices, research data management and sharing, information technology instruction, and library services to underserved populations.
This project is organised with the financial support of the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF).
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