Library | Data Conservancy

Browse our collection of selected white papers and publications.

The Data Conservancy instance: Infrastructure and organizational services for research data curation

M. Mayernik, G.S. Choudhury, T. DiLauro, E. Metsger, B. Pralle, M. Rippin, R. Duerr (2012). The Data Conservancy instance: Infrastructure and organizational services for research data curation.
D-Lib Magazine 18 (9), 2.

Data Conservancy Provenance, Context, and Lineage Services: Key Components for Data Preservation and Curation

Mayernik, M. S., T. DiLauro, R. Duerr, E. Metsger. A.E. Thessen, and G. Sayeed Choudhury (2013), Data Conservancy Provenance, Context, and Lineage Services: Key Components for Data Preservation and Curation, Data Science Journal, Volume 12, 22 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.2481/dsj.12-039

SLA‐AGC 2014

Sayeed Choudhury’s presentation, “Data is the New Currency,” at SLA-AGC 2014.

DMASM 2014

Sayeed Choudhury’s presentation, “Public Institution Perspective (Research Library),” at DMASM 2014.

The Research Data Revolution

Sayeed Choudhury – STM Innovations Seminar 2013, London.

Geoinformatics: towards an integrative view of Earth as a system

Sinha, A. K., A.E. Thessen and C. G. Barnes (2013) Geoinformatics: towards an integrative view of Earth as a system, in Bickford, M.E., ed., The Web of Geological Sciences: Advances, Impacts, and Interactions: Geological Society of America Special Paper 500, p. 1-14. doi: 10.1130/2013.2500(19)

Applications of Natural Language Processing in Biodiversity Science

Thessen, A.E., H. Cui and D. Mozzherin, “Applications of Natural Language Processing in Biodiversity Science,” Advances in Bioinformatics, vol. 2012, Article ID 391574, 17 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/391574

The User’s View on Biodiversity Data Sharing

Enke, N., A.E. Thessen, K. Bach, J. Bendix, B. Seeger and B. Gemeinholzer (2012) The User’s View on Biodiversity Data Sharing. Ecological Informatics 11: 25-33.

The Data Conservancy Instance: Infrastructure and Organizational Services for Research Data Curation

Mayernik, M.S., Choudhury, G. S., DiLauro, T., Metsger, E., Pralle, B., Rippin, M., Duerr, R. (2012). D-Lib Magazine 18, no. 9/10.

The Data Conservancy

Ruth Duerr – UCAR Data Citation Workshop, April 5, 2012.

The Analytic Potential of Scientific Data: Understanding Re-Use Value

Palmer, C. L., Weber, N. W., Cragin, M. H. – a paper submitted to the 2011 American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting.

What Dataset Descriptions Actually Describe: Using the Systematic Assertion Model to Connect Theory and Practice

Wickett, K. M., Thomer, A. K., Sacchi, S., & Dubin, D. S. (2012, March). Poster at the Research Data Access & Preservation Summit 2012.

Integrating Conceptual and Empirical Studies of Data to Guide Curatorial Processes

Palmer, C. L., Chao, T. C., Weber, N. M., Sacchi, S., Wickett, K. M., Renear, A. H., Baker, K., Thomer, A., & Dubin, D. Poster at the Research Data Access & Preservation Summit 2012.

Overview of Illinois Research Contributions Relevant to IRD Activities

Palmer, C.L., Cragin, M.H., Renear, A., & Dubin, D. (October 2010.) Working Paper. Champaign, IL: Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois.

Conceptualizing Urban Vulnerability to Global Climate and Environmental Change.

Romero Lankao, P. and Qin, H. 2011. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 3, no. 3: 142-149.

Latin American Cities and Climate Change: Challenges and Options to Mitigation and Adaptation Responses.

Hardoy, J., Romero-Lankao, P., 2011: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 3.

Linking to Scientific Data: Identity Problems of Unruly and Poorly Bound Digital Objects.

Wynholds, L. 2011. International Journal of Digital Curation 6, no. 1.

A Research Agenda for Data Curation Cyberinfrastructure.

Lagoze, C. and K. Patzke. 2011. Proceeding of the 11th annual International ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL ’11) (ACM: New York, NY), 373-382.

Variables As Currency: Linking Meta-Analysis Research and Data Paths in Sciences

Qin, H., Davis, L., Mayernik, M., Lankao, P.R., D’Ignazio, J. and Alston, P., 2014. Variables As Currency: Linking Meta-Analysis Research and Data Paths in Sciences. Data Science Journal, 13, pp.158–171.
http://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.14-030

RS-Cities Proof of Concept #1 Plan and Justification: Initial IRD Perspective

A white paper by Aaron Birkland

DC Requirements: Moving from Users, Through Use Cases to Requirements

A white paper by Lynne Davis, Tim DiLauro, Mark Evans, Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Ruth Duerr, Anne Thessen

Poster: Making Data Visible: Data Citation Policy Implementation at NCAR

Matthew Mayernik – 2011 International Digital Curation Conference, Awarded “Best Poster”

The Future of Microalgal Taxonomy

Anne Thessen – Phycological Society of America Meeting, University of Washington

Video: Reuse and Recycle: Tools and Services for Managing, Preserving, and Presenting Data for Sharing

Sayeed Choudhury – WebWise 2011 (Click on the Day Two tab and choose session #5.)

Data Curation: Why Does It Matter?

Karon Kelly – Colorado State University

Data Conservancy: Designing Services for Data Curation, Stewardship and Reuse

Mary Marlino – 2011 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Poster: Repurposing Data Across Disciplines: A Study of Data Reuse Issues Between Science & Social Science

Lynne Davis, Peter Alston, John D’Ignazio – JCDL 2011

Poster: Units of Evidence for Analyzing Subdisciplinary Difference in Data Practice Studies

POSTER: Cragin, M.C., Chao, T.C. & Palmer, C.L. – 2011 Annual Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

Poster: Analytic Potential of Data: Assessing Reuse Value

Palmer, C.L., Weber, N.M., Cragin, M.H. – 2011 Annual Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

Growing the Curation Community in LIS: Current Research and Educational Initiatives

Cragin, M.H. – 2011 Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians.

A framework for applying the concept of significant properties to datasets.

Sacchi, S., Wickett, K., Renear, A. H., Dubin, D. S. – a paper submitted to the 2011 American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting.

Sharing Data: Practices, Barriers, and Incentives

Tenopir, C., Van der Hoeven, J., Palmer, C. L., Malone, J., & Sinha, P. (2011, October). Sharing data: Practices, barriers, and incentives. Panel at the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.