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Invitation: Comments on public access Data Management Sharing Activities for Academic Administration and researchers

The project team for the Realities of Academic Data Sharing Initiative, a joint ARL/DCN project, have released a report, Public Access Data Management and Sharing Activities for Academic Administration and Researchers, that defines the data management and sharing activities used in research processes. This was drafted in consultation with numerous stakeholders, including the Council on…

Data Curation in the Twin Cities: Workshop Recap

Last month, October 26-27, the Data Curation Network held an in-person Specialized Data Curation Workshop in the Research Collaboration Studio of Wilson Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was our first in-person workshop since the previous IMLS funded offerings in 2018-2019. We were incredibly excited to begin offering these workshops again, at our administrative home at…

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Building community-driven instructional cohorts for specialized data types

As part of the IMLS grant “Developing Specialized Data Curation Training to Address Needed Expertise in Focused Areas“ (RE-252343-OLS-22), the Data Curation Network and partners are currently recruiting information professionals working within academic libraries and/or archives for instructional cohorts to develop new curriculum for four specialized data types – code, geospatial data, scientific images, and…

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DCN is Ready to Support Policies Resulting from OSTP Public Access Memo

The Data Curation Network (DCN) whole-heartedly applauds the recent Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo, Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research, which recommends federal funding agencies to develop policies for grant recipients that eliminates the 12-month embargo on publications and strengthens the requirements for research data management and sharing….

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DCN and NIH Offer Collaborative Learning Series

The DCN is collaborating with the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS), in partnership with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to organize an event series. This series of webinars, workshops, and training opportunities are being offered in advance of the upcoming changes to the NIH data management and sharing policies. The first event provided…

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…

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Final Report for NSF Data Communities Workshop Series Published

In collaboration with Ithaka S+R, DCN Members Jake Carlson, Joel Herndon, and Lisa Johnston collaborated on a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the development of infrastructures for data sharing within data communities. The project, announced in May 2021, brought together scientists and information technology professionals for focused discussions about initiating and sustaining data…

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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…