Unmasking Potential: Introducing New Beta Version Tool for Biomedical Dataset Discovery

Guest post by Dianne Babski, Director of the NLM User Services and Collections Division (USCD), and Peter Seibert, USCD Librarian. Originally posted on the NLM Musings from the Mezzanine blog. Peter Seibert, Librarian, User Services and Collections Division, NLM Dianne Babski, Director, User Services and Collections Division, NLM In a world of rapidly changing digital expectations, new formats to access and store information, and a dynamic biomedical landscape, users want to connect to data across an abundant, widely available, and growing ecosystem of biomedical research with one click. That is the future we are working to create by leveling up our dataset discovery technology to better understand user expectations and enhance the user experience. To bring you closer to that one-click reality, National Library of Medicine (NLM) is excited to announce the launch of a beta version of a new online tool, the Dataset Catalog. Search, Find, and Connect Biomedical Datasets The Dataset Catalog is a catalog of biomedical datasets from publicly available repositories. The tool is designed to help improve the discoverability and reuse of research data by making it easier for users to find and connect biomedical datasets. This functionality aligns with NIH’s efforts to make available to the public the results of research it supports and conducts. Bringing disparate metadata into a standardized format empowers researchers to share and discover data in a ...
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