Introduction Background and Career Journey My academic journey began within a B.Sc. in Geosciences with Honors at Sorbonne University in Paris, France, where I was introduced to the world of paleontology through the eyes of a scientist. It deepened my […]
Update from the DCN: New workshops in collaboration with the NIH!
The Data Curation Network in partnership with the National Institutes of Health Office of Data Science Strategy is happy to announce a new training series aimed at helping data curators and information professionals in assisting researchers in making data publicly […]
Why “Findability” is a dataset’s favorite F Word
Written by Mikala Narlock (she/her), Director of the Data Curation Network based at the University of Minnesota Libraries In the ever-expanding digital landscape, the sheer volume of data generated daily is staggering. Yet, having vast amounts of data doesn’t equate […]
Member Spotlight: Dr. John Jacisin III
Title: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Integrative BiologyExpertise: Conservation Paleontology, Herpetology, Morphology, Geometric Morphometrics, GIS, Ecometrics, and Climate Envelope ModelingORCID: 0000-0002-9422-9142Involvement in NoCTURN: Open Science, Education and Outreach, Findability, Basic Applied Research, Accessibility At the intersection […]
🍪 Holiday Spice Sugar Cookies 🍪
FAIROS Principles Breakdown: Ingredients: Instructions: Serving Tips: Dietary Variations: Data Best Practices for Curation: The Holiday Spice Sugar Cookies recipe is both easy to find and use, designed with accessibility in mind, and optimized for sharing and discovery across digital platforms. By […]
Naughty and Nice PID Lists
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world, and the field of non-clinical Computed Tomography (CT) is no exception. With AI, we can analyze and interpret CT data in ways never before possible. This technology has the potential to revolutionize […]
Member Spotlight: Dr. Julie Winchester
Hello! I’m Dr. Julie Winchester (ORCID), and I’m the Technical Director for the MorphoSource 3D Data Repository at Duke University. MorphoSource supports NoCTURN and the wider tomography community by providing data curation, archiving, sharing, and discovery. Along with Dr. Doug […]
MorphoSource 101 & Introducing aleph-r3f, a new viewer for 3D models
By: Dr. Julie Winchester, Dr. Doug Boyer, and Jocelyn Triplett MorphoSource is a publicly accessible web data repository that allows museums, researchers, and scholars to upload, archive, curate, and share 3D data (as well as 2D images and video) representing […]
Findability Working Group Takes Over the NoCTURN Network Blog This December!
The NoCTURN Findability Working Group is excited to announce that we are taking over the NoCTURN Blog for the month of December! This special takeover is the second in a series of dedicated blog takeovers, and we look forward to providing […]