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.

Left Align 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

Right AlignJune 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. Align Center
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.