The DCN is delighted to announce our newest sustaining member, and one of the founding members of the DCN: Washington University in St. Louis!

We are pleased to welcome new members from WashU, Jennifer Moore and Dr. Dorris Scott.

Jennifer Moore will serve on the Governing Board as the institutional representative. Jennifer has been involved with the DCN since its inception, and was co-PI for the IMLS Specialized Data Curation Workshop Grant. Jennifer was also a co-author of the Geodatabase Primer and the Human Participants Data Essentials Primer, as well as a mentor for the GeoTIFF Primer and STL Primer. Jennifer is the Head of Data Services and oversees the Washington University Data Repository.

Meet WashU curators!

Dr. Dorris Scott is the Social Science Data Curator and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian in Data Services. Dorris received her PhD in Geography from the University of Georgia, with a specialization in GIS applications for public health. In addition to serving on numerous DCN committees, Dorris also co-authored the Twitter Primer.

The DCN is now supported by 15 sustaining institutions and nearly 50 curators!

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