CurateGear 2014: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections

January 8, 2014
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 2014 was an interactive day-long event focused on digital curation tools and methods. Participants, saw demonstrations, heard about the latest developments, and discussed application in professional contexts. The event was sponsored by the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

8:00-8:15 Welcome, Introduction and Overview of the Day's Topics Cal Lee and Helen Tibbo
8:15-8:35 Engagment and Professional Needs
8:35-9:00 Data and Repository Management
9:00-9:45 Demo and Discussion Session - Data and Repository Management Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.
9:45-10:00

Break

10:00-10:25 Curating Web Content
10:25-11:10 Demo and Discussion Session - Curating Web Content Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.
11:10-11:35 Description and Metadata
11:35-12:20 Demo and Discussion Session - Description and Metadata Presenters from the previous session will provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.
12:20-1:30

Lunch

1:30-1:55 Hosted and Distributed Services
1:55-2:40 Demo and Discussion Session - Hosted and Distributed Services

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

2:40-3:00 Break
3:00-3:25 Extracting and Presenting Contextual Information
3:25-4:10 Demo and Discussion Session - Extracting and Presenting Contextual Information Presenters from the previous session provided demonstrations and discussed with CurateGear participants.
4:10-4:25 Break
4:25-5:00

Observations and Implications

Cal Lee
Symposium Speakers
  • Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute
  • Lori Donovan, Internet Archive
  • Kelly Eubank, State Archives of North Carolina
  • Dan Gillean, Artefactual Systems
  • Andrea Goethals, Harvard Library
  • Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee
  • Greg Jansen, UNC Libraries
  • Leslie Johnston, Library of Congress
  • Howard Lander, Renaissance Computing Institute
  • Cal Lee, University of North Carolina
  • Nancy McGovern, MIT Libraries
  • Reagan Moore, University of North Carolina
  • Porter Olsen, University of Maryland
  • Daniel Pitti, University of Virginia
  • Ryan Scherle, Duke University
  • Katherine Skinner, Educopia Institute
  • Carissa Smith, DuraSpace
  • Mike Thuman, Tessella
  • Dirk von Suchodoletz, University of Freiburg
  • Brad Westbrook, ArchivesSpace
  • Doug White, National Institute for Standards and Technology
  • Josh Wilson, State Library of North Carolina
  • Kam Woods, University of North Carolina
Accommodations
Please see the list of nearby hotels below.

Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill 100 Marriott Way (off NC Highway 54 East), Chapel Hill 0.3 mile walk to the Friday Center Tel 919.883.0700 Toll-free 800.321.2211

The Carolina Inn 211 Pittsboro Street (on the UNC Campus), Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center) Tel 800.962.8519

Hampton Inn & Suites Chapel Hill/Durham 6137 Farrington Road (at I-40 and Hwy 54), Chapel Hill, NC 27514 2.2 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center) Tel 919.403.8700

Holiday Inn Chapel Hill 1301 N Fordham Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 4.3 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center) Tel 919.929.2171

Holiday Inn Express Chapel Hill 6119 Farrington Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27517 1.7 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center) Tel 919.489.7555

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
2013 Public Symposium: CurateGear: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections