In April, we shared our new research project, “Sustaining Open Research: Institutional Repository Readiness,” which focuses 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). As part of this work, we are hosting a series of virtual learning days that…
We are just three weeks away from our annual All Hands Meeting festivities— to be held in-person for the first time since 2019! We are incredibly excited to see many familiar and new faces at our host institution, Princeton University, at the end of June. In a previous post, we shared a high-level schedule. Today,…
This event has passed, but the recording is available. The Data Curation Network has been active since 2016– and in the intervening years, we’ve learned a lot! About curation, about our profession, about ourselves, and about our community. Following our transition from grant-funded to a sustainable, member-funded organization, we conducted a project retrospective in March…
Sarah Wright is a Research Data and Life Sciences Librarian at Cornell University. Sarah was interviewed by Laura Bowman in April 2023. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I have a Master’s in Botany that is really more geared toward biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology….
Laura Bowman is a Data Curator at DRYAD. Laura was interviewed by Yasir Karim in March 2023. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I have my masters in accounting, and I was an auditor for six years. I then went into Higher Education and did financial…
Last week, we had the pleasure to travel to Bethesda, Maryland, to offer a specialized data curation workshop. As part of a collaborative learning series between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Data Curation Network, this workshop brought together individuals from across the United States, in particular institutions with limited curation support. This…
Thanks to generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Grant #RE-85-18-0040-18, the DCN is proud to share online training modules that follow our CURATE(D) workshop curriculum. The goal of the CURATE(D) Training, both in person and through these modules, is to offer an introduction to applied data curation. This new, interactive…
In May 2022, the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC) released the Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research (DC-DR). As the title suggests, these guidelines are meant to provide funding agencies guidelines to be used when advising researchers on which repositories will meet data sharing and storage requirements. While there are many…
We are excited to share that our open access retrospective report is now accessible through Michigan Publishing Services! You can read “The Art, Science, and Magic of the Data Curation Network: A Retrospective on Cross-Institutional Collaboration” now. The open access version is available to use now. Physical copies will be made available for purchase later…
Edit: The report is now available open access through Michigan Publishing Services. Our retrospective report will be published this Friday (March 24) through Michigan Publishing Services. It has been the result of many hours and many hands. We are incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity and space to reflect on our work in growing…