Elaine Martin, D.A., is the Director of Library Services at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Director of the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine New England Region (NN/LM NER). Dr. Martin has initiated a series of educational programs designed to advance e-Science librarianship and provide professional development opportunities for New England librarians engaging in data management and e-Science services at their institutions. In 2010, Dr. Martin lead an IMLS grant to develop Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum, a joint project between the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Medical School and the George C. Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Building upon the Frameworks, Dr. Martin lead a consortia of library partners from UMass Medical School, Tufts University, Northeastern University and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to develop the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum. This seven module curriculum addresses key components of the National Science Foundation's Data Management Plan requirements and incorporates a collection of research cases from diverse scientific, medical and engineering research contexts to illustrate data management concepts and best practices to a broad audience of science, health sciences and engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Regina Raboin, Science Librarian and Data Management Services Coordinator at the Tisch Library, Tufts University presents an overview of research data management, the research data lifecycle, funders' requirements for data management plans, and Regina's experiences as a member of Tisch Library's Digital Assets Management team, partnering with researchers to write data management plans. Regina is a partner in the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum project, and she serves as the Advisory Chair for the New England e-Science professional development program for Librarians.
Andrew Creamer, MAEd, MSLIS, is the Project Coordinator for Research Data Management Education at the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Andrew manages the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum project and has authored content for three of the curriculum modules. As an adjunct faculty of Simmons GSLIS, Andrew teaches a Scientific Research Data Management class along with Elaine Martin and Donna Kafel. Andrew was also a co-instructor for a two day Research Data Management class to medical librarians in the Mid Atlantic Region in April 2013. Andrew has extensive experience in teaching and curriculum development from his many years as a high school biology teacher. Andrew is a graduate of Virginia Tech's Graduate School of Education and Simmons GSLIS.
Donna Kafel, RN, MLIS, is the Project Coordinator for e-Science projects at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Donna manages the e-Science Portal for New England Librarians and coordinates a series of e-Science continuing education programs for librarians in the New England region that includes an annual e-Science Symposium, Professional Development workshops, and Science Boot Camp for Librarians. Donna coordinated the development of the Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum which laid the groundwork for the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum. She has co-authored three of the curriculum modules. Along with Elaine Martin and Andrew Creamer, Donna instructs the Scientific Research Data Management course at Simmons GSLIS. adjunct faculty at Simmons GSLIS, and co-instructed a two day Research Data Management class to medical librarians in the Mid Atlantic Region in April 2013. Interested in data management in team science settings, Donna is co-author of " A Case Study: Data Management in Biomedical Engineering." Prior to entering library school, Donna worked for many years as a registered nurse in a variety of inpatient specialty units.