About DATALIS
An initiative of collaboration and innovation from LEADING.
About LEADING
The LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING)
LEADING is an Institute of Museum and Library Services project federally-funded for 3 years as part of a partnership with UC San Diego, Drexel University and the University of New Mexico. The purpose of the funding is to scale-up the highly successful LEADS initiative by extending the data science educational pipeline to a much broader range of participants.
LEADING is considering future work in the area of focus on the grant,” specifically around professional growth and education. The results of this work will be an integral part of the required reporting and recommendations by the funding organization
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LEADING’s model includes community hubs at the University of New Mexico College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences and UC San Diego Library, a co-educational hub at OCLC, and 18 member nodes that also serves as project mentoring sites. Drexel University’s Metadata Research Center serves as the central-coordinating hub and will oversee the data science curriculum and bring together all project partners.
LEADING’s key goals include:
- Extending the Education Pipeline by leveraging Drexel University’s data science curriculum and faculty expertise.
- Collaborating and Community Development by bringing together educators, researchers, library leaders, frontline early and mid-career information professionals, and doctoral students, who will collaborate and advance data science in LIS education and practice.
- Facilitating Diversity and Inclusivity across the LEADING Fellowship program in partnership with LEADING’s Diversity and Inclusivity Task Force.
- Building a Sustainable and Extensible Partnership that enables a culture of mutual growth and continued sharing across the LEADING network.
Meet the DATALIS team.
Our interdisciplinary team of professionals is committed to ensuring DATALIS achieves its goals.
Erik Mitchell
UC San Diego
Erik focuses on the use and impact of information technology in educational, cultural memory, and cultural heritage communities.
Crystal Goldman
UC San Diego
Crystal is the General Instruction Coordinator Librarian for the UC San Diego Library and the Community Engagement Lead for the LEADING fellowship program.
Kevin Popovic
Project Manager
Jane Greenberg
Drexel University
Alice B. Kroeger Professor, and Director, Metadata Research Center at College of Computing & Informatics, Drexel University.
Jonathan Wheeler
University of New Mexico
Jon Wheeler is the Data Curation Librarian, assisting researchers with data science education, and data management and preservation.
Rachel Frick
OCLC
Community builder, creative problem solver, believer in the power of librarians to influence change and build stronger, knowledgeable, empowered communities.
Current project partners include:
AI-Collaboratory, University of Maryland iSchool; Kislak Center for Special
Collections, University of Pennsylvania Libraries; Loretta C. Duckworth
Scholars Studio, Temple University Libraries; Montana State University
Library; Movement Alliance Project—People’s Media Record; Research
Organization Registry; Smithsonian Libraries; and the University of Rochester