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This document provides an overview of the Qualitative Data Repository's (QDR) internal curation process. The process includes standardized steps from depositor contact, file processing procedures and Dataverse repository operations, to publication of the data project and thereafter.

The Data Curation Continuum was developed as a way of thinking about data repository infrastructure. Since its original development over a decade ago, a number of things have changed in the data infrastructure domain. This paper revisits the thinking behind the original data curation continuum an...

This document describes the conditions of use that any user of data from DANS Data Stations have to agree to.

In the autumn of 2021 Digital Research Alliance of Canada held three webinars about using/setting up Dataverse. This is the recording of the third webinar: Data curation and metadata best practices.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for curating new datasets deposited in Dataverse. The guide is framed around the acronym CURATION to provide an easy reminder for curators, especially those starting out, of the main steps in the curation process. This framework is adapted from the Da...

This report discusses costs and benefits of standards-based quality assurance that is associated with trustworthiness through audits and certification practice.

MICA, or “Measuring and Improving the Efficacy of Curation Activities in Data Archives” is a three-year National Digital Infrastructures and Initiatives project led by investigators at ICPSR and the University of Michigan School of Information. The goal of this project is to understand how curato...

How can you make your data FAIR? In this webinar, Anca Vlad — data repository administrator at UK Data Service — will share tools and resources applying to the entire data lifecycle. The knowledge she will share is based on her experience at the UK Data Service. Anca will use, among others, the S...

This DASISH deliverable is a combination of a state-of-the-art description and a guideline for data repositories seeking to provide a trustworthy environment for data management and data curation within the social sciences and humanities. The deliverable discusses the benchmark frameworks and sta...