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Applications Now Open – CURATE(D) Workshop in the Twin Cities!

Edit: Applications are now CLOSED. Attendees will receive more information by September 16, 2022. The Data Curation Network is pleased to offer an in-person workshop experience October 26-27, 2022, at the University of Minnesota. This free two-day training session, uses the CURATE(D) workflow as a training foundation, and will bring together library data specialists, discipline…

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Duke Receives IMLS Grant to build on DCN Training

We are excited to announce that the Data Curation Network will collaborate with Duke University and other DCN members on an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant to support the development of specialized curriculum for data curation training for academic library and archives staff. This project will draw together DCN members and others…

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Data Soup Webinar: Friday, May 13

Edited to add: Recording is now available! Today’s Ingredients Plain text and character encoding: A primer for data curators (Hyper)active data curation: A video case study from behavioral science Responding to reality: Evolving curation practices and infrastructure at the University of Illinois What is Data Soup? So glad you asked! Data Soup is a collaboration between…

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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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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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Announcing the Second DCN Primerpalooza Webinar!

We are very pleased to invite you to attend our second Primerpalooza webinar event with the International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology, IASSIST! This event will take place on: Wed, Apr 29, 2020 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT To register please visit: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1480598364814615565 The Data Curation Network presents an update…

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Update from the November 2019 Specialized Data Curation Workshop

Our third specialized data curation workshop took place on November 5th and 6th of 2019 at Washington University in St. Louis. In attendance were twenty-eight professionals from twenty-five different institutions! Our instructors for the event included: Cynthia Hudson Vitale – Pennsylvania State University Lisa Johnston – University of Minnesota Jennifer Moore – Washington University in…

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DCN to Develop Nationwide Training on Specialized Data Curation

Members of the Data Curation Network will lead a 2-year, specialized data curation training program. Funded by a $247,379 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this program will develop and deliver specialized data curation training for library staff and professionals, nationwide. This training will build upon previous efforts of the DCN to…