Director of the UCLA Library Data Science Center with 26 years of UC experience scaling research data infrastructure, open science programs, and multi-campus training networks.https://www.tim-dennis.com/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-06-13-learn-by-doing-open-source-resources/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-06-13-learn-by-doing-open-source-resources/Gathering the interactive, guided, and gamified resources for learning open source and DevOps skills — the kind that teach by doing, like swirl did for R. A starting list to bring to the UC OSPO education group.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTopen sourceOSPOeducationself-studyDevOpsresearch softwarehttps://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-06-12-bus-factor-of-one/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-06-12-bus-factor-of-one/Three pieces I bookmarked this year that keep pointing at the same thing: a lot of the software running the world rests on one or two people, and almost no one funds them.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsoftware sustainabilityopen sourceinfrastructuremaintenanceAIhttps://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-05-19-imls-pilots-first-results-crosspost/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-05-19-imls-pilots-first-results-crosspost/First results from the external community pilots of our open science curriculum for librarians: lessons run long, funder policies move fast, and line-level feedback is gold.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTopen sciencecurriculumIMLSpilotslibrariansresearch datahttps://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-03-04-datasquad-model-linkpost/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-03-04-datasquad-model-linkpost/Link to a DataSquad post on the undergraduate research consultant model, with commentary.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTDataSquadworkforce developmentresearch supporthttps://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-03-04-imls-open-science-crosspost/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-03-04-imls-open-science-crosspost/Summary of progress on the IMLS-funded open science curriculum, originally posted on the project site.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTopen scienceIMLScurriculumlibrarianshttps://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-03-04-on-research-data-infrastructure/https://www.tim-dennis.com/notes/2026-03-04-on-research-data-infrastructure/A short note on the difference between data storage and real data infrastructure.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearch datainfrastructureopen sciencehttps://www.tim-dennis.com/blog/2026-03-03-building-programs-that-outlast-their-founders/https://www.tim-dennis.com/blog/2026-03-03-building-programs-that-outlast-their-founders/Most library programs die when the person who built them leaves. The ones that survive are not better — they are differently structured. Here is what that structure looks like.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTlibrary leadershipprogramssustainabilitygovernancehttps://www.tim-dennis.com/blog/2026-03-03-what-research-data-infrastructure-requires/https://www.tim-dennis.com/blog/2026-03-03-what-research-data-infrastructure-requires/Research data infrastructure is not an IT problem. It is a scholarly stewardship problem — and libraries are uniquely positioned to lead it, but only if we're willing to be more than service providers.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearch datalibrary leadershipinfrastructureopen sciencehttps://www.tim-dennis.com/blog/2026-03-01-from-instructor-to-infrastructure-builder/https://www.tim-dennis.com/blog/2026-03-01-from-instructor-to-infrastructure-builder/How eight years of work at UCLA evolved from teaching data skills to building the systems that make open, sustainable research possible.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTresearch infrastructurecarpentriesUCLAopen science