As part of our NSF research grant to research data sharing in academic institutions, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is recruiting a project manager will assist the research team in answering the following questions: Where are funded researchers sharing their data and what is the quality of that metadata How are researchers making decisions…
Dorris is a GIS Librarian and Social Science Data Curator for the Washington University Library. She was interviewed by Xuying Xin in August, 2021. How did you come to your current position? I came to this position because during the last semester of my PhD studies at University of Georgia, I worked at the Map…
We wanted to share some results about how data depositors feel about the curation services they receive from our repository staff. In spring 2021, members of the Data Curation Network surveyed 568 researchers who had recently deposited data into one of 6 academic data repositories (see table 1). Our survey in Qualtrics asked respondents to…
The most recent issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) Volume 10, Issue 3 (2021) focused on “Data Curation in Practice” and edited by members of the Data Curation Network (DCN) was just published. Special thanks to the JeSLIB editorial board for expertly shepherding us through this amazing process and to all the authors…
Xuying is a Data Analyst for the Penn State University Libraries. She was interviewed by Melinda Kernik in July, 2021. How did you come to your current position? Before joining the Penn State University Libraries at University Park, I was a research associate in a biomedical lab at another campus of Penn State. While at…
Deadline extended to October 1, 2021! Do you currently share data with a network of researchers in an informal or ad hoc way? Would your data community benefit from more organized data sharing? Ithaka S+R and the Data Curation Network invite proposals for researcher teams to participate in “Leveraging Data Communities to Advance Open Science.”…
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop models, and collect costing information for public access to research data across five disciplinary areas. The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative (#2135874) will…
The 4th annual All Hands Meeting was held virtually from Jun 22-24, 2021 from 1-4pm EST each day. Special thanks to the planning team that made the virtual format fun, participatory, and informative: Liza Coburn (DCN/Minnesota), Katie Wissel (NUY), Wendy Kozlowski (Cornell), Dorris Scott (WashU), Wanda Marsolek (Minnesota), and Jennifer Moore (WashU). Highlights from the…
Melinda Kernik is the Spatial Data Analyst and Curator for the University of Minnesota Libraries and U-spatial. She was interviewed by Susan Braxton in June, 2021. How did you come to your current position? I was a graduate student at University of Minnesota in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society. In my first year,…
Last summer at the 2020 All Hands Meeting, the Data Curation Network identified several community goals related to addressing racial justice and equity through our unique role as data curators, as well as increasing the inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) within our own community. After a successful RFP in fall 2020, our DCN Special…