Yasmin AlNoamany gave a presentation on data curation. She discussed why data curation is important for research and scholarship. Data curation involves actively managing research data throughout its lifecycle, which includes activities like data preservation, metadata extraction, data storage, and enabling data access and reuse. Without proper data curation, valuable digital research assets are at risk of being lost over time. Data curation also helps researchers gain credit for their work, ensures findings can be replicated, and supports transparency in research.
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