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Our retrospective report will be published this Friday (March 24) through the University of Michigan Press. It has been the result of many hours and many hands. We are incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity and space to reflect on our work in growing the DCN. We would also like to take a moment … Continue reading Community: The Heart of the DCN

Our retrospective report will be published in just a few weeks! We’re incredibly excited to share it with you all, as we found the process to be rewarding: discussing the process of establishing the cross-institutional collaborations, our success and challenges, and our enabling structures, and then distilling the rich conversations into a report helped to … Continue reading Trust-based Structures of Collaboration

The Data Curation Network has been active since 2016, thanks to planning and implementation grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. We officially transitioned to a member-funded model in July 2021. In March 2022, as a capstone to our grant-funding period, members of the DCN gathered together in Washington D.C. to participate in a retrospective … Continue reading Coming Soon: DCN Retrospective Report

Are you ready for it? The DCN will host our sixth annual All Hands Meeting the week of June 26, 2023, in person, at sustaining member institution, Princeton University! We are elated to be able to gather in person for the first time since 2019.  We will have a jam-packed event line up: June 26-27: … Continue reading All Hands Meeting 2023

The IMLS DCN grant “Developing Specialized Data Curation Training to Address Needed Expertise in Focused Areas” kicked-off with an in-person meeting held January 25-26, 2023 in Washington DC. The Duke in DC headquarters served as our inspiration meeting venue as 16 members of the instructional cohorts selected via an expertise-driven application process (see full list … Continue reading Instructional Cohorts Kick Off Meeting Recap

In 2022, the DCN continued growing our community, offering educational opportunities, and, of course, curating research data and code! We are pleased to release our 2022 Annual Report which includes information about our members, our shared expertise and community of practice, research efforts, and governance. Some highlights from the previous year: Duke University was awarded … Continue reading Annual Report 2022: Highlights from the Data Curation Network

In celebration of Love Data Week, join the Data Curation Network on February 16, from 1-4pm Eastern for an interactive webinar on curating research data using our CURATE(D) workflow.  This condensed version of our two day training will provide attendees with an overview of curation practices. Attendees will leave with additional resources to support their … Continue reading Love Data Week 2023: Virtual CURATE(D) Training

For those who were unable to attend our collaborative webinar with the GO-FAIR US office, University Data Governance and FAIR Data Environments, we are pleased to share the recording.  Watch now! During the discussion moderated by Abigail Goben, speakers David Butcher, Lisa Johnston, and Pegah Parsi discussed different components of data governance. This conversation covered … Continue reading Recap: GO-FAIR US and DCN Webinar on Institutional Data

As part of a collaborative learning series between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Data Curation Network, we are pleased to offer an in-person data curation workshop April 12-13, 2023, at the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. This free two-day training session uses the CURATE(D) workflow as a training foundation, and will bring … Continue reading Applications Now Open – CURATE(D) Workshop at NIH