This post was authored by Jennifer Moore, Head of Data Services at WashU, and Mikala Narlock, DCN Director.
The Data Curation Network (DCN) is excited to announce the addition of five new members, who will be joining our community from August 19, 2024, to August 14, 2026.
Joining members:
University of Arizona
Institutional Representative: Fernando Rios, Associate Specialist, Research Data Management
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Institutional Representative: Hejin Shin, Data Services Librarian
University of Kentucky
Institutional Representative: Isaac Wink, Research Data Librarian
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Institutional Representative: Amanda Koziura, Head, Scholarly Communication and Data Services
University of South Carolina
Institutional Representative: Stacy Winchester, Research Data Librarian
These institutional memberships are among the incentives for participating in the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded (LG-254930-OLS-23) Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, a research project led by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), that focuses on understanding the complexities and costs associated with sharing data from funded research.
They join DCN members and RADS institutions, Duke University, University at Buffalo, University of Minnesota, and Washington University in St. Louis. Owing to their outstanding application to the RADS project, two DCN member institutions will also join RADS. The RADS team will leverage their knowledge and experience in data sharing to infuse our research, as we examine data sharing costs at our respective institutions. The DCN members joining the RADS project are:
New York University
Research Lead: Nicholas Wolf, Co-Head, Data Services and Research Data Management Librarian
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Research Lead: Leslie Delserone, Professor/Research Data Services & Science Librarian
The DCN looks forward to the joining institutions’ diverse perspectives and expertise, representing various research and development environments, institutional repository models, and levels of local curation support.
With the addition of the joining members, DCN membership will increase by a staggering 25%. Although DCN has approached growth slowly and intentionally over the years, this influx of institutions will bring fresh eyes, present different challenges, and new opportunities which we anticipate will enrich our community. DCN is excited to collaborate with the RADS cohort over the next two years!
Being a part of the DCN will enhance access to our community of practice, workflow collaboration and sharing, training, and potentially expand their data curation capacity. DCN membership can elevate an institution’s curation service by expanding the range of disciplines that can be curated, providing a deep knowledge base, and by providing a framework from which institutions can formalize local practices and workflows.
The full roster of DCN curators from our new members will be released shortly and added to the gallery of current curators. For additional information, see the ARL news release.