The most recent issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) Volume 10, Issue 3 (2021) focused on “Data Curation in Practice” and edited by members of the Data Curation Network (DCN) was just published. Special thanks to the JeSLIB editorial board for expertly shepherding us through this amazing process and to all the authors of 8 full-length papers, 2 EScience in Action articles, one Commentary, and one Video Article. We were thrilled to learn that this was the largest issue of JeSLIB to date!

Read the full issue: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol10/iss3/

Going forward, JeSLIB, will invite submissions for an ongoing column addressing issues related to data curation. We hope you will consider submitting!

Thank you to the DCN guest editors for their dedication and hard work in bringing it all together:

  • Jake Carlson (University of Michigan)
  • Cynthia Hudson Vitale (Association of Research Libraries)
  • Lisa R. Johnston (University of Minnesota)
  • Hannah Hadley (Penn State University).

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