How it started; how it's going: Developing specialized data curation triaing to address needed expertise in focused areas

Abstract

This presentation will provide a very brief overview of the Data Curation Network (DC and the IMLS funded project, “Developing Specialized Data Curation Training to Address Needed Expertise in Focused Areas“ (RE-252343-OLS-22). The majority of the presentation will focus on the experience of the simulation data cohort mentor: what went into developing curriculum for technical data types, how other organizations or groups may go about working towards bridging the gaps in curation to further the field. The four specialized data types are integral to climate justice work. Training data curators how to curate the data will allow more reuse. Developing training materials, testing them out, editing and sharing globally will help those who are new to specialized data become more skilled as we all work to promote research transparency and elevate underrepresented communities when we make our teams more inclusive and data more FAIR. Feedback from the instructional cohorts as well as attendees of the pilot workshop will be shared to help others learn from what we may have done better.

Presented at Open Repositories Conference 2024, Goteborg, Sweden