About Our Projects
DigCCurr I
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....
DigCCurr II
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 to extend the DigCCurr I curriculum development to doctoral students. Read more...
Photo: Manning Hall. Photo credit: Songphan Choemprayong
(totomaru), all rights reserved.
Recent News
November 7, 2008: Helen Tibbo chaired the session, "Practical Applications of Digital Curation Education"
at the Fall 2008 Mid-Adlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Carolyn Hank was an invited panelist, presenting on "Preparing Future Digital Curators" at the Fall 2008
Mid-Adlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) in Silver Spring, Maryland.
October 29, 2008: Helen Tibbo presented, "DigCCurr I & II :
Building a Digital Curation Curriculm" [pdf] for the
ASIST&T 2008 Annual Meeting panel, "Developing Curriculum for Digital
Libraries and Digital Curation Education: Reflections on Synergies and Divergences" [pdf] in Columbus, Ohio.
August 26 and 29, 2008: Dr. Helen Tibbo chaired a session at the
Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting in
San Francisco, California: "21st Century Data Curation for Archives, Libraries and Museums," Participating panelists included:
Jana Bradley, University of Arizona; P. Bryan Heidorn, National Science Foundation; and Chris Freeland, Missouri
Botanical Garden. Dr. Cal Lee participated in the SAA Research Forum, presenting on "What do
Job Postings Indicate about Digital Curation Competencies"
(Presention slides).
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.
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.