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Data services has been a growing service component for health sciences libraries over the past decade. However, there is still a great deal of unrealized potential in this area as well as growing needs driven by new requirements from funders, publishers, and institutions. In particular, the new NIH requirements for data management and sharing that will take effect in January 2023 are likely to create significant pressure on health sciences libraries to support researchers in meeting these requirements. Efforts to build the capacity for providing data services within health sciences libraries have come from individuals, professional societies, and governmental institutions. In 2021, the NNLM National Center for Data Services was formed to coordinate these efforts was created. A central aim of this center is to coordinate with regional organizations to develop and disseminate trainings, curricular resources, and curated pathways for learning. Trainings and resources developed will be informed by current research in equity and inclusion and principles of accessibility. Instructors, mentors, examples, and activities will reflect diverse perspectives with emphasis on underrepresented voices and stories. In particular, offerings will be informed by the regional organizations who work directly with health information professionals and the public in regions that reflect needs distinct from common focuses. Through these partnerships, this organization will be in a position to serve a national audience. Considerations in data ethics would serve as a guiding principle for all resources so that, for example, training in data science skills would always be accompanied by communication around the existence, effects, and potential mitigation strategies of bias and inequities in data. Similarly, trainings on data management and sharing would include discussion of issues around sensitive and data ownership.
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