CurateGear 2013: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections

January 9, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

About the Symposium
CurateGear 2013 was an interactive day-long event focused on digital curation tools and methods. See demonstrations, hear about the latest developments, and discuss application in professional contexts. This event was sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

8:00-8:15

 Welcome, Introduction and Overview of the Day's Topics

Cal Lee and Helen Tibbo
8:15-8:35 Curation Needs and Strategies

8:35-9:00

Repository Management Environments

9:00-9:45

Demo and Discussion Session - Repository Management Environments

Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.

9:45-10:00

Break

10:00-10:25

Planning and Assessment

10:25-11:10

Demo and Discussion Session - Planning and Assessment

Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.

11:10-11:35

Characterization and Ingest

11:35-12:20

Demo and Discussion Session - Characterization and Ingest

Presenters from the previous session will provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.

12:20-1:30

Lunch

1:30-1:50

Processing and Transformation

1:50-2:35

Demo and Discussion Session - Processing and Transformation

Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.

2:35-3:00

Break

3:00-3:20

Access and User Environments

3:20-4:05

Demo and Discussion Session - Access and User Environments

Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.

4:05-4:25

Break

4:25-5:00

Observations and Implications

Helen Tibbo and Bram van der Werf

5:15-7:30

Reception and Poster Session in Friday Center Atrium
Symposium Speakers
  • Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
  • Mark Evans, Tessella
  • Lisa Gregory, State Library of North Carolina
  • Barbara Guttman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Carolyn Hank, McGill University
  • Chien-Yi Hou, University of North Carolina
  • Greg Jansen, UNC Libraries
  • Leslie Johnston, Library of Congress
  • Cal Lee, University of North Carolina
  • Nancy McGovern, MIT Libraries
  • Jerry McDonough, University of Illinois
  • Mark Matienzo, Yale University
  • Courtney Mumma, Artefactual Systems
  • Trevor Owens, Library of Congress
  • David Pearson, National Library of Australia
  • Doug Reside, New York Public Library
  • Ryan Scherle, Duke University
  • Seth Shaw, University Archives, Duke University
  • Mike Thuman, Tessella
  • Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina
  • William Underwood, Georgia Tech
  • Bram Van Der Werf, Open Planets Foundation
  • Doug White, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Kam Woods, University of North Carolina
Previous Symposia

2010 Public Symposium: Engaging Communities for the Curation of Digital Products of Scholarly Endeavors
2011 Public Symposium: Curate Me: Stewardship of Personal Digital Archives
2012 Public Symposium: CurateGear: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections