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 …
by Matt Mayernik, UCAR/NCAR The Data Conservancy will be well represented in San Francisco next week, Dec. 3-7, for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The AGU Fall Meeting brings together around 20,000 scientists, professionals, and educators who …
Jane Beitler, NSIDC Technology has made storing and accessing data and information easy, we think. Capture it, like a photograph or a series of weather measurements, then save it to digital storage housed in a safe place. Keep it …
By Matt Mayernik, UCAR/NCAR The kickoff workshop for the Digital Curation Education in Research Centers (DCERC) program took place June 5-7, 2012, in Boulder, CO. DCERC, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), supports graduate …
By Matthew Mayernik The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) put on a data citation workshop in Boulder, CO, April 5-6, 2012. The workshop, titled “Bridging Data Lifecycles: Tracking Data Use via Data Citations,” brought together over 75 people …
By Ruth Duerr, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) As a member of the Data Conservancy team, my role includes keeping up with developments in data management, and often these developments are not technical so much as organizational. …
By Jane Beitler, NSIDC A wind-eroded rock sits in front of Canada Glacier in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys region. Photo courtesy Chris Gardner/2006 McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER In Antarctica lies a landscape that looks more like Mars than any place …
Based on the success of the “Writing Your Data Management Plan” workshop held at AGU in December 2010, the ESIP Federation has asked Ruth Duerr to spearhead an effort to develop a customizable data management training package. As currently envisioned, …
Data Conservancy is honored to announce that NSIDC’s latest integration to its Glacier Photo Collection is now available and is being sustained on the Data Conservancy system. The live pilot has been an exercise in operationalizing the Data Conservancy. It …