Category Archives: Technology
Coded Bias: Film Viewing and Discussion
Join the Health Sciences and Human Services Library for a virtual discussion of the film Coded Bias. Coded Bias, directed by Shalini Kantayya, explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini´s startling discovery that facial recognition does not … Continue reading
Learn R this Fall with CDABS
Data and Bioinformation Stuff (DABS): 10 Simple Rules for Improving Research Data Discovery
To wrap up another Love Data Week, we are going to talk about a topic that goes hand-in-hand with data sharing, but may often be overlooked – data discoverability. If you’re familiar with the FAIR data principles, you may remember … Continue reading
Love Data Week 2022 Starts Monday, Feb 14!
Love Data Week (Feb. 14 to 18) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community … Continue reading
DABS (Data and Bioinformation Stuff): Get to Know the Open Science Framework (OSF)
OSF, a project of the Center for Open Science, is a free and open source project management and collaboration tool that supports researchers throughout the research lifecycle. It’s a great way to organize and share resources with your team and … Continue reading
Meet the Makers: Open Insulin Foundation
Anthony Di Franco, PhD, and Yann Huon de Kermadec, PhD introduce the work of the Open Insulin Foundation, a project to make an open source technology and knowledge base to produce insulin at local scale. Continue reading
Meet the Makers: Baltimore Makers Unite for COVID-19
“Makers Unite: Baltimore’s Grassroots Response to the Pandemic” April 6, 2021Noon-1 p.m. ESTOnline Zoom event – RSVP for Zoom link The Health Sciences and Human Services Library and The Grid are proud to host Will Holman, Open Works‘ Executive Director, … Continue reading
Meet the Makers: Lydia Gregg, Medical Illustrator
We are proud to host Lydia Gregg, medical illustrator, for our next Meet the Makers guest speaker event. October 6, 2020, 12pm. Online Zoom event, RSVP for Zoom link. Continue reading
The All of Us Research Program is now accepting applications from researchers to use the Researcher Workbench tools and protected dataset.
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library’s Center for Data and Bioinformation Services supports UMB researchers interested in using the All of Us Researcher Workbench. The All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, is a historic effort to … Continue reading
Victory 3D Printing for Health Care Personnel
The University of Maryland Health Sciences & Human Services Library has been contributing 3D printed personal protective equipment for Baltimore health care personnel. Continue reading