Chen Chiu is a Data Management Consultant at Johns Hopkins University. Chen was interviewed by Hoa Luong in May of 2019. How did you come to your current position? I was doing a postdoc at Johns Hopkins and wanted to transition into a full-time position. I applied for this data management position and was hired!…
DCN-59: Verasonics Processing Test Data, a biomedical engineering MATLAB dataset, was submitted to the DCN by Sophia Lafferty-Hess and curated by Susan Borda. Sophia submitted this dataset looking for technical and disciplinary expertise, and Susan was the best fit! Susan reported that this was a good quality dataset, and her only recommendation was that the…
Hoa Luong is the Assistant Director of Research Data Curation for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hoa was interviewed by Jennifer Moore in May of 2019. How did you come to your current position? I received my MLIS from UIUC and then I got a position in the Engineering Library at the University of…
DCN-39: “Data repository for: In vitro evolution of herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1)”, a biochemistry genomic dataset, was submitted to the DCN by Seth Erickson and curated by Sarah Wright. Seth submitted this dataset to the DCN for technical expertise and Sarah was the best fit. Sarah reported that this was a good-quality dataset and her…
The Data Curation Network is pleased to share a new set of data visualizations charting our progress! These charts display datasets submitted to the Network since the launch of our pilot service in January 2019, as well as the range of technical and disciplinary expertise within the network. They will update dynamically as we receive…
DCN-57: “Data to Accompany the ‘Addressing Disparities in Physician Access to Information in Support of Evidence-based Practice’ Study”, a library and information science tabular dataset, was submitted to the DCN by Valerie Collins and curated for the DCN by Katie Wissel. Valerie submitted this dataset to the DCN for additional curation and review by a…
Jennifer Moore is Head of Data Services for Washington University Libraries at Washington University in St. Louis. Jennifer was interviewed by Rachel Woodbrook in May of 2019. How did you come to your current position? I started as a Social Science Librarian with a focus in Anthropology at WashU about eight years ago. I’ve had…
DCN-34: Seismograms of earthquake pairs in the injection experiment, a tabular earth sciences dataset, was submitted to the DCN by Rachel Woodbrook and curated by Wendy Kozlowski. Wendy’s recommendations for this dataset focused primarily on improving documentation, and due to Wendy’s expertise major curation actions were taken (files updated/added, metadata edited/added). For more information about…
DCN-50: Action current data for investigating the development and organization of GnRH neuron activity in mice, a neuronal dataset, was submitted by Rachel Woodbrook and curated by Seth Erickson and Susan Borda. Rachel submitted this dataset to the DCN looking for technical and disciplinary expertise. Seth was the best available match and was willing to…
Rachel Woodbrook is the Data Curation Librarian for the University of Michigan. Rachel was interviewed by Shanda Hunt in May of 2019. How did you come to your current position? After graduating from library school I worked in community college libraries for a while and then the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in…