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Current Work

2021-Present | Data Librarian for the Health Sciences, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.

Professional Experience

2020-2021 | Bioinformatics Analyst, Data Curator, Sage Bionetworks.
2018-20 | Research Assistant, University of Washington — Information School — Open Data Literacy Project.
2019 | Metadata Intern, City of Seattle.
2015-19 | Owner, Writer, & Editor, Kaitlin Throgmorton, LLC.
2011-16 | Communications Specialist & Volunteer Recruiter, North Carolina Guardian ad Litem.
2010-11 | Marketing Assistant, Top Flight, Inc.

Education

2020 | MLIS — Library & Information Science, University of Washington.
2010 | BA — English & Spanish, Covenant College.

Additional Experience

Teaching

LIBRARY WORKSHOPS

2022 | Instructor and Course Designer. Getting started with Python: An introduction to programming. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2022 | Instructor and Course Designer. Where in the world is the data you need? How to find and reuse data. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2019 | Volunteer Co-Leader and Co-Designer. Arduino Co-Design Session: Solving Everyday Problems with Arduino. Seattle Public Library.
2015 | Lead Facilitator and Course Designer. Volunteers Recruiting Volunteers. North Carolina Guardian ad Litem.

ACADEMIC COURSES

2021 | Guest Lecturer (for one session). De-Mystifying Biomedical (Meta)Data. Module 5, Data Curation I. University of Washington.
2021 | Guest Lecturer (for one session). Beyond Data Standards. Module 4, Data Curation II. University of Washington.
2019 | Teaching Assistant. Information Literacy for Health Sciences. Seattle Central College.

Service, Certifications, & Awards

SERVICE

2022 | Member. Yale NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy Advisory Group. Yale University.
2020 | Student Representative (Volunteer). iSchool COVID-19 Response Task Force. University of Washington.
2019-20 | Co-President (Volunteer). Association of Library and Information Science Students (ALISS). University of Washington.
2011-2016 | Marketing Team Member (Volunteer). Activate Good.

CERTIFICATIONS

2022 | Certified Software Carpentry Instructor
2022 | Certified Mental Health First Aider

AWARDS

2020 | Ruth Worden Faculty Award for Student Excellence in Library and Information Science. University of Washington.

Publications

Allaway, R., Banerjee, J., Throgmorton, K., Guinney, J., & NF Open Science Initiative Consortium. (2021). Three years later: the NF Data Portal in 2021 [Poster]. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14781873.v1
Throgmorton, K.F. (2021). Applicability of the CDISC clinical data model to support immuno-oncology studies [Conference presentation]. imCORE 4th Scientific Summit (Virtual Edition).
Palmer, C.L., Weber, N., Throgmorton, K., & Norlander, B. (2021). Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress. Library Journal.
Throgmorton, K.F., Norlander, B., & Palmer, C.L. (2020). Open data in public libraries: Gauging activities and supporting ambitions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.321
Throgmorton, K.F., Norlander, B., & Palmer, C.L. (2019). Open Data Literacy and the library. Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal, 35(2), 27–29.
Palmer, C.L., Weber, N., Norlander, B., & Throgmorton, K.F. (2019). Advancing open data: Aligning education with public sector data challenges. Poster session presented at iSchool Research Symposium, Seattle, WA.
Throgmorton, K. (2017). Open educational resources: Redefining the role of school librarians. American Libraries, 48(9-10), 16.
Throgmorton, K. (2017). Mental health first aid: Training librarians to help patrons in crisis. American Libraries, 48(3-4), 22.
Throgmorton, K. (2017). The future of library cards: Technology makes library resources more accessible. American Libraries, 48(1-2), 22.
Throgmorton, K. (2016). A balancing act: Shared spaces in libraries. American Libraries, 47(11-12), 20.
Throgmorton, K. (2016). Recruiting and retaining volunteers: Cultivating a successful program requires time and effort, but the payoff can be worthwhile. American Libraries, 47(6), 42.