In February 2024, the Data Curation Network provided feedback on the USDA’s Implementation Plan to Increase Public Access to USDA-Funded Research Results, Notice 2024-01673. We are excited to see and support the USDA’s continued efforts to provide access to invaluable data and research outputs, and submitted the following feedback (slightly edited from the full version),…
On behalf of the Data Curation Network (DCN), we appreciate the opportunity to provide input on the Best Practices for Sharing NIH Supported Research Software, Notice NOT-OD-24-005. The DCN has been an advocate for open and ethically shared data since our inception, and we are excited to see and support NIH’s continued efforts to provide…
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…
The Data Curation Network (DCN) whole-heartedly applauds the recent Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo, Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research, which recommends federal funding agencies to develop policies for grant recipients that eliminates the 12-month embargo on publications and strengthens the requirements for research data management and sharing….
The members of the Racial Justice Working Group of the Data Curation Network (DCN) as well as other DCN volunteers collectively submitted feedback on the on the draft of “Cultural Proficiencies For Racial Equity: A Framework,” created by the Joint ALA/ARL Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force. The following is an excerpt…
The Data Curation Network is proud to release our Strategic Framework (living document). This three year “living” strategic framework outlines our vision for continued growth while further cementing our sustainability as a trusted and member-driven organization within the open research community. The Strategic Framework builds on the DCN’s Sustainability and Transition Plan (released Nov 2020),…
Deadline extended to October 1, 2021! Do you currently share data with a network of researchers in an informal or ad hoc way? Would your data community benefit from more organized data sharing? Ithaka S+R and the Data Curation Network invite proposals for researcher teams to participate in “Leveraging Data Communities to Advance Open Science.”…
Last week the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) released their “Guide to Accelerate Public Access to Research Data” to prompt campus discussions on how their institution might improve public access to data resulting from federally funded research and open science. The Data Curation Network applauds this…
The Data Curation Network has co-signed a statement by COAR that provided a response to “Data Repository Selection: Criteria that Matter,” a set of criteria or features proposed by a group of journals, journal publishers and scholarly communication organisations. We recognize that determining or recommending where data should be archived is a challenge for researchers,…
We’d like to share the Data Curation Network (DCN) response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy request for public comment on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research posted January 17, 2020 as document 85 FR 3085 in the Federal Register. Our team,…