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.
Get involved
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
Integrating the CURATE(D) Steps at the National Transportation Library’s (NTL)
The post was authored by Jesse Ann Long and Peyton Tvrdy of the National Transportation Library.This post was authored in Fall 2024. In June 2023 the National Transportation Library’s (NTL) Data Services Team incorporated the Data Curation Network’s CURATE(D) workflow into their data cataloging process. NTL is a sub-organization that exists within the Bureau of…
Get to Know DCN Curator Matthew Murray🦇!
Matthew Murray🦇 is the Data Librarian at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Matthew was interviewed by Talya Cooper in December 2024. What is your name and your position title? My name is Matthew Murray, and my position is Data Librarian, which I think is like the shortest librarian title they have in the library where I work….
New Topic-based Data Curation Primers in 2024
Today we want to share three more new primers published by the DCN! This time, we have three on essential topics for data curators: an Accessibility Checklist, Data and Code Licensing, and OpenRefine Accessibility checklist Brandie Pullen, in collaboration with Rachel Woodbrook, authored this new checklist provides a quick-start approach to help data curators ensure…
New Format Data Curation Primers in 2024
We’re excited to share three new data curation primers released by the Data Curation Network, focusing on critical formats and approaches in scientific and cultural data management: FITS (Flexible Image Transport System), TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), and Linked Data. FITS: The Astronomical Data Standard The FITS primer, developed by Lubov McKone, Robyn DeRocchis, and…
The Data Curation Network is hosted by the University of Minnesota Libraries.