The University of Tennessee

In a society that depends more and more upon digital data for scientific innovation, the development of highly skilled science librarians is essential. The SciData project at the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences will advance the field of digital scientific data curation by training a core group of eight master's graduates with a thorough understanding of digital data curation and scientific publishing. It will build a model for scientific data curation that other programs may adopt and will continue previous recruiting relationships with minority-rich schools to attract an increased number of diverse students to the field. SciData will contribute new perspectives and fresh findings to this emerging field, by focusing on scientists, science agencies, and scientific publishing.