The members of the Racial Justice Working Group of the Data Curation Network (DCN) as well as other DCN volunteers collectively submitted feedback on the on the draft of “Cultural Proficiencies For Racial Equity: A Framework,” created by the Joint ALA/ARL Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force. The following is an excerpt…
Sandi Caldrone is a Research Data Librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sandi was interviewed by Nicholas Wolf in February 2022. How did you come to your current position? This is kind of like a career second act for me. I originally studied cultural anthropology and was really interested in applied anthropology, which uses…
The DCN is delighted to announce our newest sustaining member, and one of the founding members of the DCN: Washington University in St. Louis! We are pleased to welcome new members from WashU, Jennifer Moore and Dr. Dorris Scott. Jennifer Moore will serve on the Governing Board as the institutional representative. Jennifer has been involved…
Nicholas Wolf is a Research Data Management Librarian at New York University (NYU). Nicholas was interviewed by Wendy Kozlowski in December 2021. How did you come to your current position? I came to the position from a faculty position in the same university, where I was working as a digital humanist but also a historian….
The Data Curation Network is proud to release our Strategic Framework (living document). This three year “living” strategic framework outlines our vision for continued growth while further cementing our sustainability as a trusted and member-driven organization within the open research community. The Strategic Framework builds on the DCN’s Sustainability and Transition Plan (released Nov 2020),…
2021 was a record year for the DCN as we transitioned from a grant funded initiative to a membership organization. Our 2021 Annual Report showcases the numerous endeavors the DCN supports, from shared curation to conducting research in Special Interest Groups, active collaborations, and education opportunities. This report also includes an overview of the newly…
The DCN is delighted to announce our newest sustaining member: Princeton University! We are pleased to welcome new members from Princeton: Wind Cowles, Matt Chandler, and Neggin Keshavarzian. Wind Cowles will serve on the Governing Board as the institutional representative. Wind has been an active participant in the DCN, as she attended a 2019 CURATE(D)…
As previously announced, the Data Curation Network is partnering Ithaka S+R to build sustainable “Data Communities” to facilitate data sharing and reuse. This spring, DCN representatives Jake Carlson, Joel Herndon, and Lisa Johnston and Ithaka S+R staff Dylan Ruediger and Danielle Cooper, will bring together a cohort of researchers and informational professionals for a two-day…
Mikala Narlock is the Assistant Director of the Data Curation Network– learn more about her here.
Today’s Ingredients Portage Network’s Dataverse Curation Guide Active Curation of Large Longitudinal Surveys Data Curation through Catalogs What is Data Soup? So glad you asked! Data Soup is a collaboration between the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) and the Data Curation Network to host a series of community focused webinars/discussions to exchange practices for curating research…