[Rdap] Introducing the Data Curation Network project

[Lisa Johnston]

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Introducing the Data Curation Network project

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant will fund development of shared model
across 6 academic libraries

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN (05/17/2016) – In an effort to improve researcher
support, the University of Minnesota Libraries will lead efforts to develop
a network for sharing data curation resources and staff across six major
academic libraries. The one-year project is funded by Alfred P Sloan
Foundation.

The Data Curation Network will develop a ‘network of expertise’ model for
data curation services that will enable academic libraries to collectively,
and more effectively, curate a wider variety of data types – for example,
by discipline and file format – that expands beyond what any single
institution might offer alone. The goal is to better support researchers
faced with a growing number of requirements to openly and ethically share
their research data.

Currently, staff at each of the participating institutions provides data
curation services, including preparing digital research data for open
access and reuse.

The one-year project planning team, led by Lisa R. Johnston, Research Data
Management/Curation Lead at the University of Minnesota Libraries, is
charged with determining how to effectively implement, assess, and sustain
a shared staffing model for providing data curation services.

Johnston, Principal Investigator, will be joined by:


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   Jake Carlson, Research Data Services Manager, University of Michigan
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   Patricia Hswe, the Digital Content Strategist at Penn State University
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   Cynthia Hudson-­Vitale, Data Outreach Librarian, Washington University
   in St. Louis
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   Heidi Imker, Director of the Research Data Service, University of
   Illinois at Urbana­-Champaign
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   Wendy Kozlowski, Data Curation Specialist, Cornell University
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   Claire Stewart, Associate University Librarian for Research and
   Learning, University of Minnesota.


The project team will actively monitor the metrics involved with curating
data (such as duration, volume, skill sets utilized, and data type
frequency) at the six academic institutions. The project outcomes will be
posted publicly on the team’s website at
https://sites.google.com/site/datacurationnetwork.

The consortia will seek input from researchers to better understand how
data curation services fit into their research workflow and data management
needs through informal engagement activities held in parallel on each
campus.

"We are particularly excited to receive this award as it addresses a
pressing need not just for academic libraries but for researchers in all
fields who need support in sharing their research data,” said
co-collaborator Jake Carlson from the University of Michigan. Through this
process the team will release findings on budgeting, staffing models, and
workflows for data curation relevant to academic libraries.

Following this work, the project team will seek funding to implement this
model as a fixed-term pilot of the Data Curation Network.

“We’re confident that we’ll be able to demonstrate a successful and
attractive Data Curation Network model,” said Johnston. “And we believe
that this will help build the network beyond our initial cohort and enable
informed and sustainable services by libraries."

For more information

Visit the Data Curation Network website at:

https://sites.google.com/site/datacurationnetwork/

Follow on Twitter: #DataCurationNetwork

Contact: Lisa Johnston, Project Coordinator for the Data Curation Network,
ljohnsto at umn.edu; Mark Engebretson, Director of Communications, University
of Minnesota Libraries, enge at umn.edu, 612-625-9148.

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Lisa Johnston
Research Data Management/Curation Lead
and Co-Director of the University Digital Conservancy

University of Minnesota Libraries
108 Walter Library, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Hangouts: ljohnsto at umn.edu / Skype: ifylawwt

http://lib.umn.edu/datamanagement  |   http://conservancy.umn.edu

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-9240
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