DCN All Hands Recap: Hybrid Connections Despite Travel Frustrations

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…

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Am I doing this right? Reflections on the DCN’s CURATE(D) 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…

All Hands Meeting 2023 Recap – Princeton University

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…

2023 All Hands Meeting Recap: You Better Work(flow)

This post was authored by DCN Director, Mikala Narlock. The 2023 All Hands — our first at Princeton University, and our first in-person since 2019 — was an absolute whirlwind, filled with brilliant people, intense discussion, and lots of laughter. For many, it was the first DCN in-person experience – and Princeton University certainly delivered!…

DCN Holds 4th Annual All Hands Meeting

The 4th annual All Hands Meeting was held virtually from Jun 22-24, 2021 from 1-4pm EST each day. Special thanks to the planning team that made the virtual format fun, participatory, and informative: Liza Coburn (DCN/Minnesota), Katie Wissel (NUY), Wendy Kozlowski (Cornell), Dorris Scott (WashU), Wanda Marsolek (Minnesota), and Jennifer Moore (WashU). Highlights from the…

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Primer Hackathon at the 2020 DCN Virtual All Hands Meeting

The Data Curation Network hosted a Virtual All Hands Meeting on July 13-17th, 2020. We held the very first “Primer Hackathon” as part of this virtual experience. Our intention was to update the primers created by the cohort from the first IMLS-funded Specialized Data Curation Workshop, which was co-located at the 2018 DLF Forum October…

DCN 3rd Annual All Hands Meeting – the Virtual One!

Due to the global pandemic COVID-19 we held the 3rd annual Data Curation Network “All Hands Meeting” virtually this year! We hoped to ensure optimal attendance and participation this way and were very conscious of the added stress, distraction and fatigue we’ve all been experiencing lately. Therefore, instead of 2+ full conference days, we opted…