Save the Date: WHSLA Wisdom Chat Sept. 26: Ashley Zeidler will present on The Data Services Continuing Professional Education Program

Ashley Zeidler, MLIS

The upcoming WHSLA Wisdom Chat features Ashley Zeidler on the topic of Professional Growth in Data Services.

Friday, September 26, 2025  from 2-3 pm CST

In this Wisdom Chat, Ashley Zeidler, MLIS, Scholarly Communications Librarian at The Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, will share her experience going through the 2024 cohort of the Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE) program. This twelve-week program included learning modules from RDMLA, live sessions with data science professionals, and a capstone project which allowed participants to work directly with a mentor institution. This proved to be an invaluable experience that I would encourage anyone else who is interested in data services to apply for. 

Prior to the session, feel free to view the LibGuide she created for her host institution.  

Bring any questions about the program or her experience to the Chat.

Ashley’s presentation will be followed by our usual round of sharing.

WHSLA Wisdom Chats are open to all WHSLA members in good standing.  Meeting invitations will go out in early September.  If you are a current member and did not receive an invitation, please contact Michele Matucheski, WHSLA Wisdom Chat coordinator filling in for Barb Ruggieri this year.   There's still time to join/renew your membership, if you want to attend this session.

This session will be recorded and made available for later viewing on the members only section of the WHSLA Website.  Special thank you to Paije Wilson and Ebling Library for hosting and recording the session.  

The NIH Library Bibliometrics Training Series: FREE

If you've ever wanted to learn more about citation analysis, data science, research impact, or data visualization, this could be your big chance to get some free training from the NIH.  


Via the Medlib-L Listserv, Christopher Belter writes:

     We are pleased to announce the launch of the NIH Library's bibliometrics training series. 

     The series is a collection of thirteen free online videos that introduce viewers to the theories 

     and practices of bibliometric analysis, as implemented by the NIH Library's bibliometric service program. 

     The goal of the series is to teach others how we do bibliometrics and why we do things the way that we do.

     The entire training series is now available from the NIH Library website.


Chris Belter, MLS
Bibliometrics Informationist
National Institutes of Health Library
Division of Library Services
Office of Research Services
Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
Email: Christopher.Belter@nih.gov