The Data Curation Network in partnership with the National Institutes of Health Office of Data Science Strategy is happy to announce a new training series aimed at helping data curators and information professionals in assisting researchers in making data publicly accessible via repositories.
The series will include three workshops throughout the spring and summer of 2025. Workshops will be held in-person in Bethesda, MD on the NIH campus. Travel costs will be covered for selected participants. The application form is linked below and additional information, including learning objectives, are available on the workshop series page. All workshops will center peer-to-peer engagement and active learning with hands-on exercises with datasets.
The intended audience for these workshops are information and data professionals, curators or archivists working within repositories, or others interested in further developing their curation skills. Due to limited travel funding, we are only able to consider applications from individuals based in the United States. Workshops will be capped at 20 participants to ensure collaborative learning opportunities.
All workshops can be applied for in our single submission form.
Workshop 1 (March 4-5, 2025): CURATED Fundamentals This workshop will use the CURATED model to guide participants through key practices involved in the curation of research data.
Workshop 2 (May 12-13, 2025): Specialized Curation for Code and Simulations-based Research: This workshop will take a deeper dive into the curation of code and simulations-based research. A prerequisite for this workshop is a basic understanding of the CURATED model.
Workshop 3 (July 14-15, 2025): Specialized Curation for Geospatial and Scientific Images: This workshop will take a deeper dive into the curation of geospatial data and scientific images. A prerequisite for this workshop is a basic understanding of the CURATED model.
Applications will be reviewed using the publicly available DCN Rubrics.
Deadline for applications is January 9, 2025 with decisions sent the week of January 20.
Individuals may apply for as many workshops as they wish but will be asked to provide answers for each workshop. The selection committee will aim to maximize attendance by balancing participation opportunities against individual preferences. There is space in the application form to indicate workshop preferences.
Questions regarding these workshops can be sent to Mikala Narlock [mnarlock@umn.edu].
This workshop series builds upon previously developed curricula, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Core materials are publicly accessible in the DCN GitHub with archival copies preserved through the University of Minnesota. This workshop series expands upon these curricula to focus on curation of unique data types with a focus on the health sciences.
These workshops were developed and piloted with generous funding from the Institute of Library and Museum Services [#RE-85-18-004018 and #RE-252343-OLS-22]. Through support from the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy and MITRE, we have expanded the curricula and are pleased to offer this new iteration of the workshops.