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…
DCN-32: Data for the manuscript: The effect of spatial and temporal variability in plant functional traits on ecohydrological processes in a desert shrubland: a model-data fusion approach, an earth sciences simulation (NetCDF) dataset, was submitted by Valerie Collins and curated for the DCN by Susan Borda. Valerie submitted this dataset to the DCN looking for technical…
DCN-44: Namelists and scripts from: Vertical Dependence of Horizontal Scaling Behavior of Orographic Wind and Moisture Fields in Atmospheric Models, a civil and environmental engineering code dataset, was submitted by Sophia Lafferty-Hess and curated for the DCN by Wendy Kozlowski. Sophia submitted this dataset to the network looking for disciplinary and technical (data type) expertise and Wendy was…
Shanda Hunt is an Assistant Librarian at the University of Minnesota and Liaison & Data Curation Specialist to the School of Public Health. Shanda was interviewed by Erin Clary in April of 2019. How did you come to your current position? I took an unusual path to the library – I went back to grad…
DCN-38: Data and code supporting: Simulations corroborate telegraph model predictions for the extension distributions of nanochannel confined DNA, a chemical engineering MATLAB code dataset, was submitted by Lisa Johnston and curated for the DCN by Seth Erickson. Lisa submitted this dataset to the DCN looking for data/file type and disciplinary expertise. Seth was determined to be the best…
DCN-37: Metal pad instability in liquid metal batteries. animations of computed flow regimes, a mechanical engineering simulation dataset, was submitted by Rachel Woodbrook and curated for the DCN by Susan Borda. Rachel (University of Michigan) submitted this dataset to the DCN looking for the best curator fit based on technical and disciplinary expertise. Upon review it was determined…
Erin Clary is a Senior Curator at Dryad and serves as both a Curator and Dryad’s Representative for the DCN. Erin was interviewed by DCN Project Coordinator Liza Coburn in March of 2019. How did you come to your current position? Dryad is an NSF grant funded project. One of the Dryad PIs, Dr. Jane…
DCN-31: Mapping Tasmania’s cultural landscapes: using habitat suitability modelling of archaeological sites as a landscape history tool, an archaeological GIS dataset, was submitted by Erin Clary for Dryad and curated for the DCN by Melinda Kernik. Erin submitted this dataset to take advantage of the network’s GIS expertise, and noted that a DCN expert in this area would…