We are pleased to announce two new sustaining members: the University of Virginia (UVA) and the University of New Mexico (UNM). We are currently onboarding the new curators from these institutions– check in on our Curator Gallery in a few weeks to see some new faces! Ricky Patterson will serve on the DCN Governance Board…
In collaboration with Ithaka S+R, DCN Members Jake Carlson, Joel Herndon, and Lisa Johnston collaborated on a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the development of infrastructures for data sharing within data communities. The project, announced in May 2021, brought together scientists and information technology professionals for focused discussions about initiating and sustaining data…
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 are excited to announce that the Data Curation Network will collaborate with Duke University and other DCN members on an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant to support the development of specialized curriculum for data curation training for academic library and archives staff. This project will draw together DCN members and others…
This post was authored by intern Aundria Parkman (Aundria.Parkman@nyulangone.org), as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). Each intern has been invited to author a blog post on the annual All Hands Meeting held in June 2022. These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine…
This post was authored by intern Maria Arteaga Cuevas (Maria.Cuevas@nyulangone.org), as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). Each intern has been invited to author a blog post on the annual All Hands Meeting held in June 2022. These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of…
This post was authored by intern Liliana Gonzalez (Liliana.Gonzalez2@nyulangone.org), as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). Each intern has been invited to author a blog post on the annual All Hands Meeting held in June 2022. These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine…
At the end of June, the Data Curation Network hosted our fifth (!) annual All Hands Meeting. This was an opportunity for our community to gather, share our successes and setbacks, learn from each other, and advance the Network as a collective. As with past years, this year was full of learning and community building…
June was an incredibly busy month for the Data Curation Network – in addition to all of the activities listed in our monthly newsletter, DCN representatives were present at numerous in-person and virtual conferences. DCN Curators– if you’re interested in participating in future research projects like these, consider signing up for a Special Interest Group…
Reina Chano Murray is the Geospatial Data Curator & Applications Administrator at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Reina was interviewed by Wanda Marsolek in June 2022. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I’m new to academic institutions and libraries. My background is in history, cultural heritage management,…