We are the Data Curation Network
As professional data curators, data management experts, data repository administrators, disciplinary scientists and scholars we represent academic institutions and non-profit data repositories that steward research data for future use.
What we do
We strive to build a trusted community-led network of curators advancing open research by making data more ethical, reusable, and understandable.
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Our Values
Open. We share data curation techniques that are practical, transparent and available to all.
Trusted. We add value to data while maintaining data integrity and upholding the ethical responsibilities of data sharing.
Inclusive. We foster an accessible and welcoming environment to equitably support all participants.
Collaborative. We build an innovative community of practice for data curation.
Empowering. We advocate for data professionals by providing a pipeline for training data curators, promoting data curation practices and enriching capacities for data curation writ large.
Recent blog posts
Final STAIRS Report Published
In August 2024, thanks to generous funding from the National Institutes of Health Office of Data Science Strategy and the support of MITRE, the DCN hosted the Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS). Held at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus with the support of the University Libraries, this event drew…
Get to Know DCN Curator Neggin Keshavarzian!
Neggin Keshavarzian is the Research Data Management Specialist at Princeton University. Neggin was interviewed by Lauren Phegley in October 2024. How did you come to your current position? It was kind of serendipitous. I didn’t know that this was a type of job that someone could have. In my previous position, I was a research…
Separating the data from the CHAFF
This post was authored by Matthew Murray 🦇 (CU Boulder), Fernando Rios (University of Arizona), and Seth Erickson (UCSB). When you’ve used computers long enough you’ve probably come across some files or folders (henceforth called directories) that don’t look quite right. The names are similar to, though not exactly the same as, other files and…
DCN and RADS Special Programs Manager Job Posting
In partnership with the Association of Research Libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries is seeking a Special Programs Manager to support the Data Curation Network (DCN) and Realities of Academic Data Sharing Initiative (RADS). Through generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (LG-254930-OLS-23), the Special Programs Manager will be funded until July 31, 2026. The minimum salary for this…
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