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The Art, Science, and Magic of the Data Curation Network: A Retrospective on Cross-Institutional Collaboration
Jake Carlson, Mikala Narlock, Mara Blake, Joel Herndon, Heidi Imker, Lisa Johnston, Wendy Kozlowski, Cindy Xuying Xin, Sophia Lafferty-Hess, Hoa Luong, Wanda Marsolek, Jennifer Moore, Dorris Scott, Cynthia Hudson Vitale, Briana Ezray Wham and Sarah WrightThe Art, Science, and Magic of the Data Curation Network: A Retrospective on Cross-Institutional Collaboration captures the results of a project retrospective meeting and describes the necessary components of the DCN’s sustained collaboration in the hopes that the insights will be of use to other collaborative efforts. In particular, the authors describe the successes of the community and challenges of launching a cross-institutional network. Additionally, this publication details the administrative, tool-based, and trust-based structures necessary for establishing this community, the “radical collaboration” that is the cornerstone of the DCN, and potential future collaborations to address shared challenges in libraries and research data management. This in-depth case study provides an overview of the critical work of launching a collaborative network and transitioning to sustainability. This publication will be of special interest to research librarians, data curators, and anyone interested in academic community building.
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- 978-1-60785-814-0 (open access)
- 978-1-60785-813-3 (paper)