This post was authored by Shawna Taylor, Project Manager for the Realities of Academic Data Sharing initiative hosted at the Association of Research Libraries. Earlier this month, the DCN announced the continuation of the RADS Initiative, a collaborative project between the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the DCN investigating institutional expenses for public access to … Continue reading The University at Buffalo Libraries joins the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative for continued work on research into institutional expenses for public access to research data
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At the annual All Hands Meeting held at Princeton University in June 2023, the DCN Governance Board voted to adopt a revised Governance Model for the Network, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. This is now the third version of our Governance Model, which we have continued to refine since initial adoption in … Continue reading DCN Adopts Revised Governance Model
Michelle Yee Michelle Yee is the Senior Project Coordinator at the Health Sciences Library, NYU. Michelle was interviewed by Jenny Coffman in July 2023. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I started in May 2020. It was quite a time to begin any sort of job. … Continue reading Get to Know DCN Curator Michelle Yee!
EDIT: This event is now over. Interested folks can view the recording or browse the slides. Join the Data Curation Network on Tuesday, September 12, from 4-5pm Eastern for a presentation on curating historical scientific analog data from various university locations. This in-depth case study will feature speakers Shannon Farrell, Julia Kelly, Lois Hendrickson, and … Continue reading Webinar: Curating Historical Scientific Analog Data
This post was authored by Jen Jordan, Repository Services Analyst at Duke University (Left), and Alex Provo, Research Curation Librarian at New York University (Right). Intro Jen: As one of the newest DCN members, I had the opportunity to gather with a small group of other curators back in October for the first in-person workshop … Continue reading DCN All Hands Recap: Hybrid Connections Despite Travel Frustrations
We are excited to announce that the Data Curation Network (DCN) will collaborate once again with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on examining institutional expenses for public access research data. The awarded Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant (LG-254930-OLS-23) will allow continuation and further development of the Realities of Academic Data Sharing … Continue reading The Association of Research Libraries, in collaboration with the Data Curation Network, receives an IMLS Grant to continue exploring research data sharing expenses
This post was authored by Halle Burns, Research Data Management Specialist at Princeton University. As someone who joined the DCN only earlier this year, attending this years’ All Hands Meeting, from the Specialized Data Curation Workshop through the business meeting, especially as a member of the host institution, was such a treat! It was such … Continue reading Am I doing this right? Reflections on the DCN’s CURATE(D) Workshop
The University of New Mexico, as a DCN Ambassador Institution, will host an in-person data curation workshop October 23-24, 2023, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This free two-day training session expands on the CURATE(D) workflow as a training foundation to bring together library data specialists, discipline and functional experts in a peer-to-peer learning environment. You can … Continue reading Applications open! October 2023 Data Curation Fundamentals Training
We are pleased to announce two new sustaining members: the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Wisconsin (UW). 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! We are also thrilled to announce that the University of … Continue reading New DCN Partners for FY 23-24
This post was authored by Erich Purpur, Science and Engineering Research Librarian at the University of Virginia. This year’s DCN All Hands meeting took place on June 28th and 29th at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ. I’d like to start by saying thank you to our fearless leader, Mikala Narlock, and the organizing team at … Continue reading All Hands Meeting 2023 Recap – Princeton University