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 more submissions and curate more datasets. We hope you’ll enjoy following our progress!
On behalf of the Data Curation Network (DCN), we appreciate the opportunity to provide input on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Public Access Plan 2.0. The DCN has been an advocate for open and ethically shared data since our inception and are excited to see NSF’s continued efforts to incentivize and fund equitable data sharing…
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop models, and collect costing information for public access to research data across five disciplinary areas. The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative (#2135874) will…
The DCN is excited to announce the next phase of our project, “Sustaining Open Research: Institutional Repository Readiness.” Building on our virtual learning series held in Summer/Fall 2023, we are excited to share our plans to host the Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS) in August 2024! This summit is funded under…
Last summer at the 2020 All Hands Meeting, the Data Curation Network identified several community goals related to addressing racial justice and equity through our unique role as data curators, as well as increasing the inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) within our own community. After a successful RFP in fall 2020, our DCN Special…
This post is by Shawna Taylor, ARL Project Manager, and Mikala Narlock, Director of the DCN. Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Data Curation Network (DCN) jointly submitted a response to NIST’s request for comments on the Research Data Framework (RDaF), version 1.5. This version of the Framework was developed after gathering…
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…