The Data Curation Network joined our colleagues with the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology for the 2019 IASSIST Conference in Sydney, Australia in late May for a panel dedicated to exploring collaborative efforts to improve data curation and discovery across institutions. Presenting with representatives from the Dataverse Project and Australia’s National…
DCN-30: SAM Filtering Pipeline, a biomedical engineering python dataset, was submitted by Lisa Johnston and curated for the DCN by Debra Fagan. This dataset required only minimal curation actions (small metadata edits/additions). See the dataset page (linked through the dataset identifier above) for more details. Thank you Debra and Lisa!
“Radical Collaboration In Practice” Part 1 of 2 On July 8, 2019 the DCN members had a wonderful opportunity to present an update on our progress as we entered into Year 2 of our implementation phase. Special thanks to the Research Data Access and Preservation organization for hosting the webinar which attracted over 80 attendees…
We’ve received a fair amount of interest about the news that NIH is working with Figshare to host a general data repository for NIH-funded research. While we are flattered to be mentioned in the press release, we would like to clarify that the Data Curation Network does not have a formal partnership with Figshare, and…
The Data Curation Network is pleased to announce its newest partner – New York University! NYU joins the DCN in Year 2 of the Implementation Phase of the Project. Joining the DCN as curator and representative for NYU is Katie Wissel, Data Services Librarian. Katie brings curation expertise in social science and business data. Andrew…
DCN-29: Dynamics of Cooperation and Social Status, a tabular anthropology dataset, was submitted by Erin Clary and curated for the DCN by Jen Darragh. Due to Jen’s expertise, essential curation actions were taken (e.g. errors were corrected, documentation was added). See the dataset page (linked through the dataset identifier above) for more details. Thank you…
DCN-25: In vivo pump-probe and multiphoton fluorescence microscopy of melanoma and pigmented lesions in a mouse model, a chemistry image dataset, was submitted by Jen Darragh and curated by Dave Fearon. Due to Dave’s expertise, major curation actions were taken (e.g. files were updated or added, metadata was updated or added). See the dataset page…
DCN-28: Scaled Hydrokinetic Turbine Array, a Civil and Environmental Engineering code dataset was submitted by Lisa Johnston and curated by Chen Chiu. Due to Chen’s expertise, major curation actions were taken (e.g. documentation work, file updates). See the dataset page (linked through the dataset identifier above) for more details. Thank you Chen and Lisa!
The purpose of this Dataset Digest series of blog posts will be to keep our followers informed and up to date on the curation activities of the DCN! These weekly updates will summarize datasets that have been curated by the network. Once a dataset is “finalized” (curation is complete, any necessary updates or changes have…
The 2019 RDAP Summit took place May 15th – 17th in Coral Gables, Florida. Around 150 people were in attendance – including a few members of the DCN! DCN Project Coordinator, Liza Coburn, was there to present a poster detailing our progress and the early results of both our data curation service and specialized data…