Understanding the value of curation: A survey of US data repository curation practices and perceptions.

ABSTRACT: Data curators play an important role in assessing data quality and take actions that may ultimately lead to better, more valuable data products. This study explores the curation practices of data curators working within US-based data repositories. We performed a survey in January 2021 to benchmark the levels of curation performed by repositories and assess the perceived value and impact of curation on the data sharing process. Our analysis included 95 responses from 59 unique data repositories. Respondents primarily were professionals working within repositories and examined curation performed within a repository setting. A majority 72.6% of respondents reported that "data-level" curation was performed by their repository and around half reported their repository took steps to ensure inter

SUBMITTER: Johnston LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11178225 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature