We recently posted a piece about our data rescue pilot in collaboration with the Data Rescue Boulder. That piece offers information about the process, tools, lessons learned and outcomes. I am writing this op-ed piece to outline the motivation, …
The Data Conservancy (DC) has recently collaborated with Data Rescue Boulder to complete a data rescue pilot. Through our conversations, both groups realized that there is an important opportunity to develop a model for data rescue collection development. Data …
We are excited to announce the first milestone release of Fedora API-X Architecture. The development of Fedora API-X has been a community based effort, led by members of our team Aaron Birkland and Elliot Metsger and funded by Institute of Museums …
Aaron Birkland is giving a presentation on Fedora API Extension architecture (API-X) at the 2016 DLF Forum on Monday November 7, 1:30-2.25 pm. Fedora API-X, one of our major software components, is a community driven effort aimed at building an …
Sayeed will be presenting our recent work with SHARE data using RMap services at the Charleston Conference on November 3rd from 6pm to 6.45pm. Come check out our poster and other materials at the booth! Our poster can be downloaded below: …
The Data Conservancy team has been busy refactoring our core infrastructure and extending our software offerings. Based on lessons learned from a robust R&D program and community-adopted software development, we strive to develop solutions that address not only our preservation needs, but …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …