The Data Curation Network is pleased to share a new set of data visualizations charting our progress! These charts display datasets submitted to the Network since the launch of our pilot service in January 2019, as well as the range of technical and disciplinary expertise within the network. They will update dynamically as we receive more submissions and curate more datasets. We hope you’ll enjoy following our progress!
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop models, and collect costing information for public access to research data across five disciplinary areas. The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative (#2135874) will…
The DCN is excited to announce the next phase of our project, “Sustaining Open Research: Institutional Repository Readiness.” Building on our virtual learning series held in Summer/Fall 2023, we are excited to share our plans to host the Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS) in August 2024! This summit is funded under…
In 2022, the DCN continued growing our community, offering educational opportunities, and, of course, curating research data and code! We are pleased to release our 2022 Annual Report which includes information about our members, our shared expertise and community of practice, research efforts, and governance. Some highlights from the previous year: Thanks to all of…
When the DCN started as an idea back in 2016, we knew that this project had the potential to quickly grow and attract interest from a wide range of stakeholders. And today, thanks to the ongoing support of the Alfred P Sloan foundation, we have been successful so far in planning and implementing a pilot…
Edit: Applications are now CLOSED. Attendees will receive more information by September 16, 2022. The Data Curation Network is pleased to offer an in-person workshop experience October 26-27, 2022, at the University of Minnesota. This free two-day training session, uses the CURATE(D) workflow as a training foundation, and will bring together library data specialists, discipline…
We’re excited to announce that after months of testing the Data Curation Network is officially in production! We’re now curating data sets submitted from Network partner institutions with our unique cross-institutional curation service. This is a significant milestone for the project, which is currently in its first year of a three-year implementation phase (2018-2021) supported…