Value of Curation Webinar Slides

Abstract

What is the impact of data curation? Do curated datasets have greater measurable value than non-curated datasets? How do researchers perceive the importance and value of the work performed by data curators? These are questions members of the Data Curation Network have been investigating. Through funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we have been researching from different perspectives the value data curation provides. Members of the DCN conducted two surveys, one focusing on the repository managers and one on the researchers’ perspectives. The results overwhelmingly demonstrate what we felt all along: researchers value the work of data curators. This webinar dives into the collected data and invited active discussion.