Day in review Sept 9, 2015

The workday began well enough. I spent some time fixing my citation managment database for the meta-analysis that I am involved in. I am thrilled to say that the working relationship between the PI and I is good. So far, he has been prompt in conversations and responding to email. He has been clear in his communications, deadlines, and goals. The tenor of the relationship has been positive and one of equals. Not bad for a first run. The next month will be heavy on work, but worth it do get it done. I hope to have the majority of it done by the end of the year.

The pilot data management project that we pitched and got funded for will have it’s debut at the first site next month. I am in the throes of getting the last minute details figured out so the site registration goes live by Friday. That is a bit of work that I will have to dedicate some time to tomorrow.

Other than that, the rest of work is the usual reference service and committee work. I will be starting a board game group every other month or so in the near future. Not high on the radar, but another task. And now that I have some time cleared off my calendar, I will be looking at what needs to get started for the next three to six months. The short list includes:

• Building the data management curriculum that I have been talking about for months
• Planning out the data management studies that I want to do.
• Getting the “think piece” on data management approach written and out.
• Finishing the pharmacy student study that I am beginning
• Building out the tool based off that data.
• Resuming the bioinformatics study that I have tabled for the moment
• Finishing the health informatics paper that I am collaborating on (side note: if my idea holds, this will actually end up being two papers)
• Getting my office hours scheduled
• Getting my instruction settled for the next semester
• Writing up (internal) and presenting on the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI that I got funds to attend this year.
• Setting up the external workshops for the NCBI tools that I want to teach
• Getting collaboration started with the other life science librarian to get these workshops integrated at the undergrad level.

I’m sure that I am forgetting something. But this list is certainly enough for now.