Journal ArticlePloS one · January 2024
Data curators play an important role in assessing data quality and take actions that may ultimately lead to better, more valuable data products. This study explores the curation practices of data curators working within US-based data repositories. We perfo ...
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Journal ArticlePloS one · January 2023
Data curation encompasses a range of actions undertaken to ensure that research data are fit for purpose and available for discovery and reuse, and can help to improve the likelihood that data is more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of eScience Librarianship · March 1, 2021
A range of regulatory pressures emanating from funding agencies and scholarly journals increasingly encourage researchers to engage in formal data sharing practices. As academic libraries continue to refine their role in supporting researchers in t ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication · July 19, 2020
INTRODUCTION As funders and journals increasingly create policies that require effective data management and data sharing, many institutions have developed research data management (RDM) programs to help researchers meet these mandates. While there ...
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Journal ArticleIASSIST Quarterly · May 9, 2019
Sharing data can be a journey with various characters, challenges along the way, and uncertain outcomes. These “epic journeys in sharing” teach information professionals about our patrons, our institutions, our community, and ourselves. In this pap ...
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Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Digital Curation · December 23, 2018
In response to widespread concerns about the integrity of research published in scholarly journals, several initiatives have emerged that are promoting research transparency through access to data underlying published scientific findings. Journal e ...
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