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!
The University of New Mexico, as a DCN Ambassador Institution, will host an in-person data curation workshop October 23-24, 2023, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This free two-day training session expands on the CURATE(D) workflow as a training foundation to bring together library data specialists, discipline and functional experts in a peer-to-peer learning environment. You can…
The Data Curation Network has just reached a major milestone in our three-year implementation phase, funded by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, by publishing the Data Curation Network’s Sustainability and Transition Plan on our publications page. Download the Data Curation Network Sustainability and Transition Plan from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/225741. The main…
As part of a collaborative learning series between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Data Curation Network, we are pleased to offer an in-person data curation workshop April 12-13, 2023, at the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. This free two-day training session uses the CURATE(D) workflow as a training foundation, and will bring…
At the annual All Hands Meeting held at Princeton University in June 2023, the DCN Governance Board voted to adopt a revised Governance Model for the Network, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. This is now the third version of our Governance Model, which we have continued to refine since initial adoption in…
Since its launch in September 2019, the DCN’s WordPress site has grown organically alongside our community. In Spring 2023, Amy Drayer, a colleague at the University of Minnesota, conducted an accessibility review of our site — and found many areas for improvement! Some of these were relatively straightforward, such as general text updates to improve…
Over the course of many months, members of the Data Curation Network have revised the CURATE(D) workflow, and are delighted to share it with everyone! The revised workflow now includes: A preamble, that includes information about how to use the CURATE(D) steps, in particular the iterative nature of curation and prompting questions to consider whether…