IMLS Open Science Lessons

Call for Proposals

Institute of Museum and Library Services, UCLA Library Data Science Center

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library received an award from the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program this August 2022. With the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, UCLA Library Data Science Center is pleased to announce the call for proposals on Lesson creation about open science methods and digital processes.

Program

Create an Impact on the Open Science Community!

Program Overview

This call seeks to support continued skills development for librarians in open science to effectively provide instruction to new researchers and effectively collaborate with faculty and researchers in science projects using open science practices. We aim to fund projects with high potential for subsequent impact on the open science community. We invite proposals based on diverse intellectual approaches and personal backgrounds to achieve these ends.

Program Goals

This program will result in 14 open science course modules for librarians at any career stage. These curricula will be published online in an unrestricted and freely available manner for reuse and remixing. These lesson modules will be developed and supported through two virtual summer institutes, and we will use feedback from lesson piloting to test the lessons with librarian learners.