Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers
Niche and proprietary data formats used in cutting-edge research and technology have specific curation considerations and challenges. The increased demand for subject liaisons, library archivists, and digital curators to curate this variety of data types created locally at an institution or organiza...
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2020-08-01
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| author | Cynthia Hudson-Vitale Hannah Hadley Jennifer Moore Lisa Johnston Wendy Kozlowski Jake Carlson Mara Blake Joel Herndon |
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| description | Niche and proprietary data formats used in cutting-edge research and technology have specific curation considerations and challenges. The increased demand for subject liaisons, library archivists, and digital curators to curate this variety of data types created locally at an institution or organization poses difficulties. Subject liaisons possess discipline knowledge and expertise for a given domain or discipline and digital curation experts know how to properly steward data assets generally. Yet, a gap often exists between the expertise available within the organization and local curation needs.
While many institutions and organizations have expertise in certain domains and areas, oftentimes the heterogeneous data types received for deposit extend beyond this expertise. Additionally, evolving research methods and new, cutting-edge technology used in research often result in unfamiliar and niche data formats received for deposit. Knowing how to ‘get-started’ in curating these file types and formats can be a particular challenge. To address this need, the data curation community have been developing a new set of tools - data curation primers. These primers are evolving documents that detail a specific subject, disciplinary area or curation task, and that can be used as a reference or jump-start to curating research data. This paper will provide background on the data curation primers and their content detail the process of their development, highlight the data curation primers published to date, emphasize how curators can incorporate these resources into workflows, and show curators how they can get involved and share their own expertise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f513ff624af419f998c2e0feae846042022-12-22T00:46:49ZengUniversity of EdinburghInternational Journal of Digital Curation1746-82562020-08-0115110.2218/ijdc.v15i1.713Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation PrimersCynthia Hudson-Vitale0Hannah Hadley1Jennifer Moore2Lisa Johnston3Wendy Kozlowski4Jake Carlson5Mara Blake6Joel Herndon7Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityWashington University in St. LouisUniversity of MinnesotaCornell UniversityUniversity of MichiganJohns Hopkins UniversityDuke UniversityNiche and proprietary data formats used in cutting-edge research and technology have specific curation considerations and challenges. The increased demand for subject liaisons, library archivists, and digital curators to curate this variety of data types created locally at an institution or organization poses difficulties. Subject liaisons possess discipline knowledge and expertise for a given domain or discipline and digital curation experts know how to properly steward data assets generally. Yet, a gap often exists between the expertise available within the organization and local curation needs. While many institutions and organizations have expertise in certain domains and areas, oftentimes the heterogeneous data types received for deposit extend beyond this expertise. Additionally, evolving research methods and new, cutting-edge technology used in research often result in unfamiliar and niche data formats received for deposit. Knowing how to ‘get-started’ in curating these file types and formats can be a particular challenge. To address this need, the data curation community have been developing a new set of tools - data curation primers. These primers are evolving documents that detail a specific subject, disciplinary area or curation task, and that can be used as a reference or jump-start to curating research data. This paper will provide background on the data curation primers and their content detail the process of their development, highlight the data curation primers published to date, emphasize how curators can incorporate these resources into workflows, and show curators how they can get involved and share their own expertise.http://www.ijdc.net/article/view/713 |
| spellingShingle | Cynthia Hudson-Vitale Hannah Hadley Jennifer Moore Lisa Johnston Wendy Kozlowski Jake Carlson Mara Blake Joel Herndon Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers International Journal of Digital Curation |
| title | Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers |
| title_full | Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers |
| title_fullStr | Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers |
| title_short | Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers |
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