Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers
Abstract
While many institutions and organizations have expertise in certain domains and areas, oftentimes the heterogeneous data types received for deposit extend beyond this expertise. Additionally, evolving research methods and new, cutting-edge technology used in research often result in unfamiliar and niche data formats received for deposit. Knowing how to ‘get-started’ in curating these file types and formats can be a particular challenge. To address this need, the data curation community have been developing a new set of tools - data curation primers. These primers are evolving documents that detail a specific subject, disciplinary area or curation task, and that can be used as a reference or jump-start to curating research data. This paper will provide background on the data curation primers and their content detail the process of their development, highlight the data curation primers published to date, emphasize how curators can incorporate these resources into workflows, and show curators how they can get involved and share their own expertise.
Citation
@article{herndon2020extending,
title={Extending the Research Data Toolkit: Data Curation Primers},
author={Hudson-Vitale, Cynthia and Hadley, Hannah and Moore, Jennifer and Johnston, Lisa and Kozlowski, Wendy and Carlson, Jake and Blake, Mara and Herndon, Joel},
journal={International Journal of Digital Curation},
volume={15},
number={1},
pages={22},
year={2020},
doi={10.2218/ijdc.v15i1.745}
}