This post was authored by Shawna Taylor, Project Manager for the Realities of Academic Data Sharing initiative hosted at the Association of Research Libraries. Cliff Lynch’s opening plenary at the Coalition of Networked Information (CNI) Fall ‘23 Member Meeting framed the meeting by diving into an overview of work being done in three broad areas: computational…
A new OCLC report “Building Research Data Management Capacity: Case Studies in Strategic Library Collaboration” explores how multi-institutional collaborations expand services for data sharing. Authors Rebecca Bryant, Brian Lavoie, and Amanda K. Rinehart conducted in-depth interviews with participants in three collaborative research data management efforts: the Texas Data Repository, Portage (now within the Digital Research…
In October 2023, the DCN hosted two workshops– which are our favorite chances to get to know data curators around the US! A key takeaway from both workshops, and really all of our workshops, is that we sincerely cherish the opportunity to be in community with our fellow data curators, information professionals, and, really, data…
The following was adapted from a presentation by Wind Cowles, Associate Dean for Data, Research, and Teaching at Princeton University, and Mikala Narlock, Director of the Data Curation Network based at the University of Minnesota. This was presented on October 19, 2023 during a workshop titled, “Developing New Approaches to Promote Equitable and Inclusive Implementation…
Peter Cerda is the Data Curation Specialist for Workflows and Big Data at the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue Repositories. Peter was interviewed by Leslie Delserone in October 2023. How did you come to your current position? When I was starting to wrap up my graduate studies [in ecology and evolutionary biology], I realized that…
Over the past year, members of the Data Curation Network and attendees of our in-person CURATE(D) workshops have developed several data curation primers, which are concise resources designed to provide support for curators in learning about new file formats and disciplines. With these new additions, our library has expanded to a whopping 37 (!!) primers,…
As part of our research project, “Sustaining Open Research: Institutional Repository Readiness,” the DCN hosted a virtual learning series that focused on supporting IRs that share data in demonstrating alignment with and evaluation of the Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research (DC-DR). Over the course of several months, we hosted four events…
This post is a spin-off of our Curators’ Corner series. Every so often we’ll feature a different DCN Advisory or Governance Board member. Get to know the colleagues at the DCN that help keep our operations going! Jody Gray, Associate University Librarian for Research, University of Minnesota, was interviewed by Mikala Narlock in October 2023….
This post was authored by intern Jodecy Guerra, as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).* I am currently a graduate student in the Master’s of Management in Library…
Since our launch as a member-funded organization in July 2021, the DCN has worked diligently to continue expanding our membership. While we are very proud of that transition and view it as a success we have continued to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of our membership model. We recognize that we must balance the…