Dr. Devan Ray Donaldson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Library Science (ILS) in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering (SICE) at Indiana University Bloomington, where he directs the digital curation specialization. His research interests include: digital repositories, data sharing practices, mass digitization, research data management, trust, security, and users’ perceptions of archives and archival content. His research has been funded by the University of Michigan, Indiana University, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the United States Department of Energy. He holds a Ph.D. in Information from the University of Michigan, a M.S. in Library Science from the University of North Carolina, and a B.A. in History from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He is a recipient of the 2017-2018 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award. He currently serves as co-chair of the Early Career and Engagement Interest Group (ECEIG).
The purpose of the Early Career and Engagement Interest Group (ECEIG) is to provide a focal point for Early and Mid-Career Researchers and Professionals, including those involved in various RDA-relate...
Context and purpose
Research data repositories are at the heart of data sharing as they provide platforms to acquire, store, archive, publish, curate, preserve, and access data. Thus, the major goal o...
The current version of the CoreTrustSeal Requirements can be found at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15437927
The CoreTrustSeal Maintenance Group is the successor to and maintains the outputs of th...
The Data Repository Attributes Working Group seeks to produce a list of common attributes that describe a research data repository and to provide examples of the current approaches that different dat...
RDA Domain Repositories Interest Group
The Domain Repositories Interest Group will bring together active data repositories that serve specific scientific disciplines. Domain repositories provide arc...
Endorsed Outputs
23 Things: Libraries For Research Data – overview of practical, free, online resources and tools that you can begin using today to incorporate research data management into y...
Status: Recognised & Endorsed
The purpose of the PeIIG is to reach wide agreement on the e-Infrastructure services which are needed to help repositories to preserve their data holdings, to ensure...
