Community-based Curate-a-Thons to Enhance Preservation of Global Genetic Biodiversity Data

A Practical Case Study

Authors

  • Andrea L Pritt Pennsylvania State University Libraries https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5194
  • Briana E Wham Pennsylvania State University Libraries
  • Rachel H Toczydlowski Northern Research Station, United States Forest Service
  • Eric D Crandall Pennsylvania State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v18i1.891

Abstract

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Research Data Librarians collaborated with an international research team of conservation geneticists to create an instructional and practical guide combining genetic biodiversity initiatives and data curation. Over the course of two months, the academic librarians held multiple community-based Curate-A-Thons where an international group of students, researchers, librarians, and faculty researchers participated in tracking down publications and metadata for genomic sequence data, thus crowd-sourcing this effort of metadata enhancement. This article details the successful Curate-a-Thon design and implementation process; the openly available instructional materials created and used to host the Curate-a-Thons; and the challenges and successes of these community-based events.

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Published

2024-02-11

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024)

Section

General Articles

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