--- title: OSF Institutions Blog | Gretchen Gueguen description: Blogs and stories for OSF Institutions members --- - Our sites: - [OSF](https://osf.io) - [TOP Guidelines](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/top-guidelines) - [* *Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/cos.io)[* *Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@CenterforOpenScience)[* *Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-open-science/)[* *YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@CenterforOpenScience) - [**  Shop](https://www.redbubble.com/people/OpenScience/shop) - [**  Donate](https://www.cos.io/support-cos) [![Center for Open Science](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/COS%202024/cos-full-tag-h.png?width=2000&height=293&name=cos-full-tag-h.png "Center for Open Science")](https://www.cos.io) ** ** ## Gretchen Gueguen ### Recent Posts [![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-05-19%20at%2010.35.17%20AM.png) ](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/rdap-part-two) [What is ‘Curation’ in a self-mediated, open repository? A Case Study of OSF, part two](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/rdap-part-two) [Gretchen Gueguen](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/author/gretchen-gueguen) May 21st, 2025 On March 13, 2025, I gave a presentation at a session of the annual RDAP Summit titled “What is ‘Curation’ in a self-mediated, open repository. A Case Study of OSF.” Many... [![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-05-19%20at%2010.16.41%20AM.png) ](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/rdap-part-one) [What is ‘Curation’ in a self-mediated, open repository? A Case Study of OSF, part one](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/rdap-part-one) [Gretchen Gueguen](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/author/gretchen-gueguen) May 21st, 2025 On March 13, 2025, I gave a presentation at a session of the annual RDAP Summit titled “What is ‘Curation’ in a self-mediated, open repository. A Case Study of OSF.” Many... Tags: [OSF Institutions](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/tag/osf-institutions), [data curation](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/tag/data-curation) [![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(1)-1.png) ](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/spring-member-meeting-wrap-up) [Spring Member Meeting Wrap-up](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/spring-member-meeting-wrap-up) [Gretchen Gueguen](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/author/gretchen-gueguen) April 18th, 2025 On Wednesday, April 16th, we held our bi-annual Member Meeting for OSF Institutions Members. The meeting is a chance for staff at the Center for Open Science (COS) to update the... Tags: [Member Meeting](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/tag/member-meeting) [![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/departments.jpg) ](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/departmental-information) [Get More Out of Your Metrics with Departmental Information](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/departmental-information) [Gretchen Gueguen](https://www.cos.io/osf-institutions-blog/author/gretchen-gueguen) April 14th, 2025 When we launched the OSFI Metrics Dashboard earlier this year, we reserved space for a feature that we know will be useful: departmental information about your researchers. The... 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