Driving change and changing our Drive: Migrating from a Google Folder to a Shared Drive

This post was authored by Mikala Narlock, DCN Director. When the DCN was spinning up 9 years ago, our principal investigator created the Google Drive Folder that would grow to be the nervous system of the DCN, tracking grants, curation, workshops, primers, research–you name it, it was likely in our Google Drive Folder.1 The benefits…

Exploring Data Curation: Tools, Techniques, and AI in Summer Internship at NCDS

This post was authored by intern Jasmine Phillips, as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).* During the summer of 2024, I had the opportunity to intern with the…

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Separating the data from the CHAFF

This post was authored by Matthew Murray 🦇 (CU Boulder), Fernando Rios (University of Arizona), and Seth Erickson (UCSB). When you’ve used computers long enough you’ve probably come across some files or folders (henceforth called directories) that don’t look quite right. The names are similar to, though not exactly the same as, other files and…

DCN and RADS Special Programs Manager Job Posting

In partnership with the Association of Research Libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries is seeking a Special Programs Manager to support the Data Curation Network (DCN) and Realities of Academic Data Sharing Initiative (RADS). Through generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (LG-254930-OLS-23), the Special Programs Manager will be funded until July 31, 2026. The minimum salary for this…

A Newcomer’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence

This post was authored by intern Kimberly Gisselle Carlo, as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).* I participated in the NNLM National Center for Data Services (NCDS) internship…

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…