Sandi Lee Caldrone

Sandi Lee Caldrone serves as an Assistant Professor and Research Data Librarian within the University Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her position bridges academic librarianship and data-intensive agricultural research, focusing on specialized curation of long-term experimental datasets.

Her research specialization encompasses:

• Agricultural data management systems
• Preservation of historic analog records
• Long-term research data curation
• Agricultural experiment documentation
• Research data publishing workflows
• Interdisciplinary data integration

Analysis of Caldrone's 2022-2024 publications reveals concentrated expertise in the Morrow Plots dataset—the oldest continuous agricultural experiment in the Americas. Her work systematically addresses data integration challenges from century-old records, develops curation frameworks for analog materials, and creates visualization tools for complex agricultural datasets, establishing critical methodologies for sustainable research data management in agricultural science.

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Caldrone actively leads the Morrow Plots Data Curation Working Group, coordinating a multidisciplinary team including soil scientists, archivists, and data specialists to preserve and enhance access to experimental records dating to 1876. This initiative involves digitizing field notebooks, standardizing historical yield measurements, and developing metadata schemas for century-spanning agricultural research data.