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Presenting the CURATE(D) Workflow, version 2.0

Over the course of many months, members of the Data Curation Network have revised the CURATE(D) workflow, and are delighted to share it with everyone! The revised workflow now includes: A preamble, that includes information about how to use the CURATE(D) steps, in particular the iterative nature of curation and prompting questions to consider whether…

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DCN Participates in OCLC Library Collaboration Research Project

The Data Curation Network has been selected as a case study on research data management collaboration as part of OCLC’s Library Collaboration in RDM series. The DCN joins Portage and the Texas Data Repository in this project. DCN members have volunteered their time to serve as interview participants to discuss both the history of the DCN…

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DCN Responds to Cultural Proficiencies For Racial Equity: A Framework

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…

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Announcing the Participants in an NSF-Funded Incubation Workshop

As previously announced, the Data Curation Network is partnering Ithaka S+R to build sustainable “Data Communities” to facilitate data sharing and reuse. This spring, DCN representatives Jake Carlson, Joel Herndon, and Lisa Johnston and Ithaka S+R staff Dylan Ruediger and Danielle Cooper, will bring together a cohort of researchers and informational professionals for a two-day…

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Data Soup Webinar Dec 16 @ Noon ET

Today’s Ingredients Portage Network’s Dataverse Curation Guide Active Curation of Large Longitudinal Surveys Data Curation through Catalogs What is Data Soup? So glad you asked! Data Soup is a collaboration between the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) and the Data Curation Network to host a series of community focused webinars/discussions to exchange practices for curating research…

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RDA: Facilitating active communities of practice to address data challenges 

Guest post by DCN member Sarah Wright a Research Data & Life Sciences Librarian at Cornell University. I attended the Research Data Alliance (RDA) 18th Plenary Session held Nov. 3, 2021, and went to a session focused on communities of practice (CoPs) around data challenges. Panelists included representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Community for…

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DCN guest edits a special issue in JeSLIB

The most recent issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) Volume 10, Issue 3 (2021) focused on “Data Curation in Practice” and edited by members of the Data Curation Network (DCN) was just published. Special thanks to the JeSLIB editorial board for expertly shepherding us through this amazing process and to all the authors…

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Call for Proposals: Leveraging Data Communities to Advance Open Science

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.”…

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DCN collaborates with Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on National Science Foundation Award

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop models, and collect costing information for public access to research data across five disciplinary areas. The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative (#2135874) will…

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New NSF-Funded Collaboration between Ithaka S+R and the Data Curation Network

We are excited to announce that the Data Curation Network will collaborate with Ithaka S+R on their recently awarded grant from the National Science Foundation to support the development of infrastructures for data sharing within data communities. The project will bring together scientists and information technology professionals for focused discussions about initiating and sustaining data…