About Our Project
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) is partnering with
NARA
in DigCCurr I: Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation Curriculum. This
IMLS-funded project (2006-09) is to develop an openly accessible graduate-level curriculum to prepare
students to work in the field of
digital curation. Two symposia also bring the issues of digital curation and this curriculum to the broader library, archives, and
museum communities as
well as the public. Read more about DigCCurr I by clicking here.
DigCCurr II: Extending an International Digital Curation Curriculum to Doctoral Students and Practitioners
furthers the work of
DigCCurr I. In addition to continued funding through IMLS and partnering with NARA, DigCCurr II also partners with
the University of Glasgow's
HATII. Read more about DigCCurr II by clicking here
Photo: Manning Hall. Photo credit: Songphan Choemprayong
(totomaru), all rights reserved.
Recent News
June 26, 2008: Carolyn Hank, DigCCurr
Project Manager, presented findings from a recent DigCCurr I survey, "Challenges, Curricula and Competencies:
Researcher and Practitioner Perspectives for Informing the Development of a Digital Curation Curriculum," at
IS&T's Archiving 2008
Conference in Bern, Switzerland. A PDF of the interactive poster is available
here.
Photo: The River Aare. Bern.
June 11, 2008: Dr. Helen Tibbo, DigCCurr
Principal Investigator, gave an invited lecture at the
DELOS Preservation Cluster: Summer School 2008 in Tirrenia, Italy, near Pisa. The title of
her talk, "Digital Curation Education: Building Sustainable Programmes," was delivered to a mix of digital curation and digital preservation students and
new professionals representing 17 countries. Other invited lecturers included members of the DigCCurr I Advisory Board.
Photo:
Piazza dei Miracoli. Pisa.
May 21, 2008: Four Carolina Digital Curation Fellows presented on their work at the 2008
Librarians' Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-Chapel Hill) Annual Research Forum.
The Fellows presented alongside Dr. Cal Lee, DigCCurr Co-PI, in support of their collaboratively authored,
two-part paper, "Preparing Future
Digital Curators." Part I, A Summary Report on the Digital Curation Curriculum Project, was authored by Dr. Lee and Carolyn Hank. Part II,
Four Perspectives on Applying Academic Understanding in a Practice Setting, was prepared and presented by Carolina Digital Curation
Fellows John Blythe, Lisa Gregory, Samantha Guss, and Jennifer Mantooth. The slides from the presentation are available
here.
Other News: Read more about recent and past events in the
DigCCurr news and events archive found under the News section of this website.
Contact Us
We're interested in hearing your thoughts and ideas about the essential elements of a digital curation/preservation curriculum. We are also happy to talk with prospective students and educators on opportunities for digital curation education at SILS. Please click here to drop us a line.