Developing a Suite of Online Learning Modules on the Components of Next-Generation Sequencing Projects

Abstract

This column describes a project funded by the Big Data to Knowledge initiative to develop online learning modules for researchers, clinicians, and informationists/librarians on aspects of next-generation sequencing projects. The modules describe a framework for next-generation sequencing projects, with particular emphasis placed on experimental design, ethical considerations, data storage, and data sharing. The author outlines how the modules were developed and summarizes their contents.

KEYWORDS:

• Big data
• bioinformatics
• educational materials
• next-generation sequencing
• user training

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Notes on contributors

Robert A. Wright

Robert A. Wright, MLS ([email protected]) is a Basic Science Informationist, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, William H. Welch Medical Library, Suite 1-200, 2024 E. Monument Street Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.