New DCN Sustainers: Carnegie Mellon University and University of New Mexico

The DCN is delighted to announce our newest sustaining members: Carnegie Mellon University and the University of New Mexico! We are pleased to welcome new members from Carnegie Mellon University:  Alfredo González-Espinoza is the Research and Data Services Librarian at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Alfredo has a background/expertise in Complex Systems and interdisciplinary research. Outside…

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Announcing Five Joining DCN Members and the Growth of the RADS Initiative

This post was authored by Jennifer Moore, Head of Data Services at WashU, and Mikala Narlock, DCN Director. The Data Curation Network (DCN) is excited to announce the addition of five new members, who will be joining our community from August 19, 2024, to August 14, 2026. Joining members: University of Arizona  Institutional Representative: Fernando…

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Building on a Stable Foundation: Evaluating our Membership Model

Since our launch as a member-funded organization in July 2021, the DCN has worked diligently  to continue expanding our membership. While we are very proud of that transition and view it as a success we have continued to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of our membership model. We recognize that we must balance the…

New DCN Partners for FY 23-24

We are pleased to announce two new sustaining members: the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Wisconsin (UW). We are currently onboarding the new curators from these institutions– check in on our Curator Gallery in a few weeks to see some new faces! We are also thrilled to announce that the University of…

New DCN Partners for FY 22-23

We are pleased to announce two new sustaining members: the University of Virginia (UVA) and the University of New Mexico (UNM). We are currently onboarding the new curators from these institutions– check in on our Curator Gallery in a few weeks to see some new faces! Ricky Patterson will serve on the DCN Governance Board…

Welcome DCN Partner: Washington University in St. Louis

The DCN is delighted to announce our newest sustaining member, and one of the founding members of the DCN: Washington University in St. Louis! We are pleased to welcome new members from WashU, Jennifer Moore and Dr. Dorris Scott. Jennifer Moore will serve on the Governing Board as the institutional representative. Jennifer has been involved…

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New guide offers institutions a path toward public access for research data

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…

Introducing New DCN Partners Virginia Tech and UC-Santa Barbara!

The Data Curation Network (DCN) is pleased to announce its newest partners – Virginia Tech and the University of California Santa Barbara – joining the project in Year 3 of the implementation phase which runs until June 2021!  Virginia Tech is represented by Jonathan Petters, Assistant Director of Data Management and Curation Services. Jonathan will…