This post was authored by intern Maria Arteaga Cuevas (Maria.Cuevas@nyulangone.org), as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). Each intern has been invited to author a blog post on the annual All Hands Meeting held in June 2022. These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of…
This post was authored by intern Liliana Gonzalez (Liliana.Gonzalez2@nyulangone.org), as part of DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS). Each intern has been invited to author a blog post on the annual All Hands Meeting held in June 2022. These internships are funded with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine…
At the end of June, the Data Curation Network hosted our fifth (!) annual All Hands Meeting. This was an opportunity for our community to gather, share our successes and setbacks, learn from each other, and advance the Network as a collective. As with past years, this year was full of learning and community building…
June was an incredibly busy month for the Data Curation Network – in addition to all of the activities listed in our monthly newsletter, DCN representatives were present at numerous in-person and virtual conferences. DCN Curators– if you’re interested in participating in future research projects like these, consider signing up for a Special Interest Group…
Reina Chano Murray is the Geospatial Data Curator & Applications Administrator at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Reina was interviewed by Wanda Marsolek in June 2022. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I’m new to academic institutions and libraries. My background is in history, cultural heritage management,…
A partnership between Data Curation Network and the Journal of eScience Librarianship Share your ideas, experiences, and expertise with data curation or closely related topics! In August 2021, the Data Curation Network partnered with the Journal of eScience Librarianship to produce a special issue: Data Curation in Practice. In this issue, data stewards shared recommended practices, data curation primers,…
We are pleased to announce our newest sustaining member: University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). During the 21-22 fiscal year, CU Boulder was a beta testing member of the DCN– we are delighted they are able to continue membership at the Sustainer tier effective July 1, 2022. Andrew Johnson will serve on the DCN Governance…
We are pleased to announce the DCN’s partnership with the National Center for Data Services (NCDS) in their new Internship Program. This summer three interns have been placed at the DCN to learn more about data librarian work, gain practical experience in the field, work with experienced mentors, and collaborate on projects they can present…
This post, by RADS Project Manager Shawna Taylor, provides an update on their recent in-person meeting. Stay up to date with the RADS project at the ARL project page. Background In April 2022, the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative project team met in-person at the offices of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)….
Wanda Marsolek is an Engineering Liaison and Data Curation Librarian at the University of Minnesota. Wanda was interviewed by Renata Curty in May 2022. (image to left: Wanda Marsolek) I’d like to start learning a little bit about your professional trajectory. How did you come to your current position at the University of Minnesota Libraries?…