Browsing by Author "Petters, Jonathan"

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    Building community Externally: Using the Desirable Characteristics to Evaluate our Repository
    (Data Curation Network, 2024) Petters, Jonathan
    Presented at the Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS), this presentation provides insight into how the Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research can be used to evaluate repositories and connect to the global research ecosystem.
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    Institutional data repositories are vital
    (Science, 2024-09) Darragh, Jen; Narlock, Mikala R.; Burns, Halle; Cerda, Peter A.; Cowles, Wind; Delserone, Leslie; Erickson, Seth; Herndon, Joel; Imker, Heidi; Johnston, Lisa R.; Lake, Sherry; Lenard, Michael; Hofelich Mohr, Alicia; Moore, Jennifer; Petters, Jonathan; Pullen, Brandie; Taylor, Shawna; Wham, Briana
    As funding agencies and publishers reiterate research data sharing expectations, many higher-education institutions have demonstrated their commitment to the long-term stewardship of research data by connecting researchers to local infrastructure, with dedicated staffing, that eases the burden of data sharing. Institutional repositories are an example of this investment. They provide support for researchers in sharing data that might otherwise be lost: data without a disciplinary repository, data from projects with limited funding, or data that are too large to sustainably store elsewhere. The staffing and technical infrastructure provided by institutional repositories ensures responsible access to information while considering long-term preservation and alignment with international standards. To ensure continued access to invaluable research data, it is essential that publishers and funding agencies recognize institutional repositories as responsible and reliable data sharing solutions.
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    Understanding the Value of Curation: Preliminary survey results of data curation practice and perception
    (2021-04-19) Curty, Renata; Johnston, Lisa R; Lafferty-Hess, Sophia; Hadley, Hannah; Luong, Hoa; Braxton, Susan; Petters, Jonathan; Carlson, Jake; Kozlowski, Wendy Anne
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    Update on the Data Curation Network: RDAP 2021
    (2021-03-11) Petters, Jonathan; Marsolek, Wanda
    Begun in 2016, the Data Curation Network is a network of US research data curators who pool their expertise to improve the reusability of datasets. In this lightning talk the recent and future activities of the Network will be discussed. The Network is soon ending its Sloan Foundation-funded phase and will be transitioning to a member-sustaining network. This transition and sustainability plan and how other research data curation services may participate in the Network in the future will be discussed. The Network’s newer initiative to address racial justice through its actions will be highlighted.
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    Value of Curation Survey, January 2021
    (2021-08-30) Johnston, Lisa; Curty, Renata; Lafferty-Hess, Sophia; Hadley, Hannah; Petters, Jonathan; Luong, Hoa; Braxton, Susan; Carlson, Jake; Kozlowski, Wendy A; rcurty@ucsb.edu; Curty, Renata; Data Curation Network
    This dataset includes the raw and augmented survey results from the January 2021 Value of Curation survey run by the Data Curation Network. Distributed to US data repository staff and directors via email listservs the survey received a total of 120 responses. 22 responses were for non-US repositories and three did not provide a repository of reference. A majority of the participants self-identified as staff members with 52 staff and 34 repository directors. The remaining were 5 unaffiliated users, and 4 unaffiliated depositors. A third of the responses (68) were associated with certified CoreTrustSeal repositories, and 27 responses were related to members of the Data Curation Network (DCN).
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    “We’re all doing the best we can with what we’ve got": Preservation practices of Data Curation Network members
    (2022) Luong, Hoa; Narlock, Mikala R.; Petters, Jonathan
    Over the course of six weeks, members of the Data Curation Network were interviewed by then Assistant Director to discuss their research data preservation practices. Through these semi-structured interviews, several commonalities emerged, including key challenges that will need to be addressed to ensure the long-term reusability of research data as well as the similar mentality many institutions expressed: that they are doing the best they can with what they have. The authors conclude by identifying areas of potential future research as well as practical collaboration opportunities. This presentation was presented at iPRES (the International Digital Preservation Conference) in Glasgow, Scotland, September 2022.