We are pleased to announce that the data curation primers from our first specialized data curation workshop are now being published! It has been a wonderful six months working with amazing professionals from over thirty different institutions on this first round of our project! Primer groups formed out of the first of three IMLS-funded Specialized…
The Data Curation Network (DCN) is pleased to announce its newest partner – Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (WashU) – joining the project in Year 2 of the implementation phase which runs through June 2021! The DCN Representative for WashU is none other than Jennifer Moore, Data Services Coordinator and GIS & Anthropology Librarian…
Two DCN members presented at the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) in Melbourne, Australia on February 5, 2019. DCN Curators Debra Fagan and Erin Clary, both from Dryad, developed the presentation “The Data curation Network: A Curator’s Perspective.” Fagan and DCN PI Lisa Johnston co-presented the talk. The audience asked several great questions, such as:…
We’re excited to announce that after months of testing the Data Curation Network is officially in production! We’re now curating data sets submitted from Network partner institutions with our unique cross-institutional curation service. This is a significant milestone for the project, which is currently in its first year of a three-year implementation phase (2018-2021) supported…
The encompassing work and actions taken by curators of a data repository in order to provide meaningful and enduring access to data can be very time and resource intensive. Which begs the question: does data curation add value? This is a difficult question to tackle as each curation story is as different as the datasets…
The Administrative Data Research Facilities Network recently posted a wonderful review of the first Specialized Data Curation Network Workshop held in conjunction with the 2018 Digital Library Federation Forum in Henderson Nevada last month. The post, “Data Curation Network Hosts First Specialized Workshop”, can be viewed on their blog. Thanks to Monica King and the ADRF team!…
Data Curation Network – Sustainability Consulting Services Request for Proposal (informal) The University of Minnesota Libraries invites proposals to provide sustainability consultant services to the Data Curation Network project (https://datacurationnetwork.org). Electronic proposals may be delivered to the email of Lisa Johnston, Principal Investigator of the Data Curation Network, University of Minnesota (ljohnsto@umn.edu). RFP Issue Date:…
We are happy to report that the implementation phase of the DCN is well underway! Shortly after the first DCN All Hands Meeting held July 2018 in Minneapolis, MN we began piloting our shared staffing model for curating research data across a network of data repositories. Our goals for these first six months are to…
Our first annual Data Curation Network All Hands Meeting was hosted at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA July 23-25, 2018. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity for all of the team members of the Data Curation Network (DCN) implementation phase to meet one another and engage on important and pertinent topics such as the…
Members of the Data Curation Network will lead a 2-year, specialized data curation training program. Funded by a $247,379 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this program will develop and deliver specialized data curation training for library staff and professionals, nationwide. This training will build upon previous efforts of the DCN to…