Building on a Stable Foundation: Evaluating our Membership Model

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 … Continue reading Building on a Stable Foundation: Evaluating our Membership Model

Good ideas come from everywhere: Reflections from the DCN’s Specialized Data Curation Workshop

This post was authored by intern Maria Lee , 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).* This summer, I am an intern with the Data Curation Network through … Continue reading Good ideas come from everywhere: Reflections from the DCN’s Specialized Data Curation Workshop

ARL and the DCN respond to NIST’s request for comments on the RDaF

This post is by Shawna Taylor, ARL Project Manager, and Mikala Narlock, Director of the DCN. Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Data Curation Network (DCN) jointly submitted a response to NIST’s request for comments on the Research Data Framework (RDaF), version 1.5. This version of the Framework was developed after gathering … Continue reading ARL and the DCN respond to NIST’s request for comments on the RDaF

Join us: DCN Retrospective Webinar

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 … Continue reading Join us: DCN Retrospective Webinar

Now Available: DCN Retrospective Report

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 … Continue reading Now Available: DCN Retrospective Report