The University of Nebraska Consortium of Libraries is piloting a data curation and sharing service through its Research Data Services team. This pilot is open to researchers at all University of Nebraska campuses who are interested in sharing research data.

“We hope to learn more about the unique data curation and sharing needs of researchers at institutions with different missions, and then develop shared services and tools that benefit all of our Nebraska system universities, hopefully with little additional cost,” said Scout Calvert, chair of research partnerships with the University Libraries.

Data curation is the organization, compilation and integration of data for sharing, reuse and archiving. Researchers may need such services to compile, organize and preserve data from past projects, or to share it to meet funder or publication requirements. Data curation librarians will work with researchers to determine data curation needs and identify an appropriate repository for sharing.

To learn more or find out if your project data is eligible for participation, contact Scout Calvert at scout.calvert@unl.edu or Leslie Delserone at ldelserone2@unl.edu.