Author Archives: Jane Beitler

The library matrix

by Agnieszka Gautier, NSIDC A view into the George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland. Photo credit: Matthew Petroff, flickr.com   Libraries are knowledge warehouses. Not so long ago, content came in the form of books or other paper …

Beyond dark data

by Agnieszka Gautier, NSIDC A graphic illustrating the code behind big data, which is revolutionizing the way information is stored and discovered. Credit: infocux Technologies, Mexico   Anne Thessen, an oceanographer by training, sits in her home office surrounded by …

Capturing a world

by Natasha Vizcarra, NSIDC An Inuit hunter stands at the edge of the shorefast ice at Barrow, Alaska. Credit: M. Druckenmiller.   A hand-drawn map; an Elder’s account of an old hunting route; reports of new leads in the sea …

A new chapter for Data Conservancy

The recent beta release of the Data Conservancy software marks not only an evolution in the data curation capabilities of the software. It also marks a new chapter in the Data Conservancy community.   With this release, Data Conservancy comes …

Data Conservancy Software Beta Release Now Available

We are pleased to announce the beta release of the Data Conservancy Software (DCS). The version features archive services and enhanced metadata ingest capabilities, as well as an improved user interface.   “We have started the data preservation capabilities of …