New Journal Article: “Data Curation Network: How Do We Compare? A Snapshot of Six Academic Library Institutions’ Data Repository and Curation Services”

The following article was published online today.
Title
Data Curation Network: How Do We Compare? A Snapshot of Six Academic Library Institutions’ Data Repository and Curation Services
Authors
Lisa R. Johnston
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Jake R. Carlson
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Patricia Hswe
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Cynthia Hudson-Vitale
Washington University in St Louis
Heidi Imker
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wendy Kozlowski
Cornell University
Robert K. Olendorf
Penn State University
Claire Stewart
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Source
Journal of eScience Librarianship
6(1): e1102
doi:10.7191/jeslib.2017.1102
Abstract

Objective: Many academic and research institutions are exploring opportunities to better support researchers in sharing their data. As partners in the Data Curation Network project, our six institutions developed a comparison of the current levels of support provided for researchers to meet their data sharing goals through library-based data repository and curation services.
Methods: Each institutional lead provided a written summary of their services based on a previously developed structure, followed by group discussion and refinement of descriptions. Service areas assessed include the repository services for data, technologies used, policies, and staffing in place.
Conclusions: Through this process we aim to better define the current levels of support offered by our institutions as a first step toward meeting our project’s overarching goal to develop a shared staffing model for data curation across multiple institutions.

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