May 25, 2022
UW Libraries’ Negeen Aghassibake selected as 2022 LEADING Fellow
Helping UW researchers expand their impact through ORCID connections.
UW Libraries’ Data Visualization Librarian, Negeen Aghassibake
Negeen Aghassibake, a Data Visualization Librarian with UW Libraries, was selected as a 2022 LEADING Fellow, a program focused on data science in library & information studies. The program is part of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) National Digital Infrastructures and Initiatives Project, supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). During this one-year program, fellows will engage in data science education through Drexel University and undertake a data science project working with LEADING project mentors across the U.S.
“…I hope to not only strengthen my data skills, but also to bring those skills back to UW to implement in projects and programs that support students, researchers, faculty, and library staff.”
The fellowship is part of the LEADING project that seeks to scale-up the highly successful LEADS-4-NDP initiative to prepare a diverse, nation-wide cohort of 50 LIS doctoral students and early to mid-career librarians for data science endeavors.
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| ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a global, not-for-profit organization that aims to connect researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. |
One of Negeen’s goals in working on this project is to better understand user needs in demonstrating the impact and dissemination of their research. ORCID (which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a global organization that provides a unique persistent identifier for users as they conduct research and share their work. The ORCID US Community Data Visualization Project that Negeen will be working on seeks to better understand what collaborations have taken place between researchers at US institutions and globally as well as ORCID adoption across the United States using ORCID data.
This project will help develop a stronger understanding of collaboration between institutions, which is a critical part of diversifying approaches to research and breaking down knowledge and resource silos. As a part of this project, Negeen will also help develop documentation for libraries to be able to look at collaborations at their own institutions, which she hopes to implement at the UW to better understand user needs in collaboration and research dissemination.
Through this work, Negeen also hopes to develop stronger programming skills to better support users who have data science questions.
As a Data Visualization Librarian, Negeen’s role is to help researchers think critically about data visualization and how it might play a role in their work.
“I am excited to participate; as a LEADING fellow, I hope to not only strengthen my data skills, but also to bring those skills back to UW to implement in projects and programs that support students, researchers, faculty, and library staff,” says Negeen.
As a Data Visualization Librarian, Negeen’s role is to help researchers think critically about data visualization and how it might play a role in their work. Through this research, Negeen will gain valuable skills to strengthen UW Libraries’ data and research impact services.
UW Libraries (and Negeen) currently provide a wide range of data and research impact services, including data visualization, as well as data management and literacy support.
To schedule an appointment, or to learn more about these services, visit Negeen’s LibGuide, or check out all of the many Libraries data services through the Open Scholarship Commons.
Congratulations on this exciting fellowship, Negeen!
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