This post was authored by Trisha Adamus, Research Data Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As the newest curator to attend the Data Curation Network (DCN) All Hands Meeting (AHM) at Duke University in May 2024, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Some of the schools represented had been part of the initial cohort and…
This post was authored by Heidi Imker, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and Joel Herndon, Duke University. As data curators, we spend much of our time and energy preparing research data for publication. While there are many reasons for curating research data, one is the potential for reuse. Data deposits of growing complexity and…
This post was authored by Peter Cerda, Data Curation Specialist for Workflows and Big Data at the University of Michigan. It is hard to believe that my first DCN All Hands was over two months ago! As a new curator and member of the DCN, I had been counting down the days till I could…
This post was authored by Jen Darragh, Senior Research Data Management Consultant at Duke University. It’s hard to believe it’s already July (seriously if someone could tell me where May and June went I’d love to hear it), and I promised I would write a reflection on what planning and hosting the 7th DCN All…
This post was authored by Brandie Pullen, Resident Librarian – Data Curation at Virginia Tech and Curator at Large, July 2023-June 2025. This year’s Data Curation Network’s All Hands Meeting was held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. As someone with chronic illnesses and disabilities, I didn’t know if I’d be able to make…
This post was authored by Mikala Narlock, DCN Director. Our annual conference is my favorite gathering. It’s the only time the majority of DCN members will be in the same room until next year– and as a result, we condense a year’s worth of learning, discussions, and camaraderie into four days. It is a truly…
As spring approaches, we are gearing up for our favorite annual event — the All Hands Meeting! This year, we will gather May 14-17 at Duke University. Thanks to the meticulous planning of our dedicated committee, we’re thrilled to unveil a sneak peak of our agenda. As in previous years, we will offer an overview…
This post was authored by Jen Jordan, Repository Services Analyst at Duke University (Left), and Alex Provo, Research Curation Librarian at New York University (Right). Intro Jen: As one of the newest DCN members, I had the opportunity to gather with a small group of other curators back in October for the first in-person workshop…
This post was authored by Halle Burns, Research Data Management Specialist at Princeton University. As someone who joined the DCN only earlier this year, attending this years’ All Hands Meeting, from the Specialized Data Curation Workshop through the business meeting, especially as a member of the host institution, was such a treat! It was such…
This post was authored by Erich Purpur, Science and Engineering Research Librarian at the University of Virginia. This year’s DCN All Hands meeting took place on June 28th and 29th at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ. I’d like to start by saying thank you to our fearless leader, Mikala Narlock, and the organizing team at…