DigCCurr Professional Institute:
Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle
Agenda
Sunday, June 21 - Friday June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 21 – 6:30-9:00 p.m.
| 6:30-7:00 |
Registration and social gathering |
| 7:00-7:45 |
Dinner together
Welcome and institute logistics
Personal introductions : students and instructors |
| 7:45-9:00 |
Continue with dinner and reception |
Monday, June 22 – 8:00-5:00
| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcome again and further institute logistics |
Helen Tibbo |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main
functions |
Cal Lee |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
|
| 10:15-10:45 |
Summary of what we learned from your pre-institute
questionnaire responses |
Heather Bowden |
| 10:45-11:30 |
Digital curation program development |
Nancy McGovern |
| 11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 1:00-1:45 |
Engendering Trust: Processes, Procedures, and Forms of Evidence |
Seamus Ross |
| 1:45-3:15 |
LAB – Interactive Demonstration – DRAMBORA in action |
Seamus Ross |
| 3:15-3:30 |
Interactive Demonstration Post Mortem |
Everyone |
| 3:30-4:00 |
BREAK |
|
| 4:00-4:45 |
Overview of software used and tasks performed in labs this
week |
Cal Lee |
| 4:45-5:00 |
Preview of Tuesday's agenda |
Everyone |
Tuesday, June 23 – 8:00-5:00
| 8:00-8:30 |
Revisiting Monday – Questions and Reflections |
Everyone |
| 8:30-9:15 |
Returning to First Principles: Core Professional Principles to Drive Digital Curation |
Seamus Ross |
| 9:15-10:00 |
Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information
environment |
Cal Lee |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
|
| 10:15-11:00 |
Strategies for engaging data communities |
Helen Tibbo |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Defining submission agreements and policies |
Carolyn Hank |
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 1:00-2:30 |
LAB – Assessing File Format Robustness |
Manfred Thaller |
| 2:30-3:15 |
Lab Post Mortem |
Everyone |
| 3:15-4:00 |
BREAK |
|
| 4:00-4:45 |
Importance of infrastructure independence |
Richard Marciano |
| 4:45-5:00 |
Preview of Wednesday's agenda |
Everyone |
Wednesday, June 24 – 8:00-5:00
| 8:00-8:30 |
Revisiting Tuesday : Questions and Reflections |
Everyone |
| 8:30-9:30 |
Overview of the digital preservation problem |
Cal Lee |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Managing in response to technological change |
Nancy McGovern |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
|
| 10:45-11:30 |
Characterization of digital objects |
Cal Lee |
| 11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 1:00-2:30 |
LAB – Creating Ingest rules in iRODS |
Richard Marciano |
| 2:30-3:15 |
Lab Post Mortem |
Everyone |
| 3:15-3:45 |
BREAK |
|
| 3:45-4:45 |
Submission and transfer scenarios – push and pull
(illustrative examples from DICE group projects) |
Richard Marciano |
| 4:45-5:00 |
Preview of Thursday's agenda |
Everyone |
Thursday, June 25 – 8:00-5:00
| 8:00-8:30 |
Revisiting Wednesday – Questions and Reflections |
Everyone |
| 8:30-9:30 |
Access and use considerations |
Cal Lee |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Access and user interface examples from DICE |
Richard Marciano |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
|
| 10:15-11:30 |
Evaluation of Digital Collection Use |
Helen Tibbo, Nancy McGovern |
| 11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 1:00-2:30 |
LAB – Analyzing server logs and developing strategies
based on what you find |
Helen Tibbo |
| 2:30-3:15 |
Lab Post Mortem |
Everyone |
| 3:15-3:45 |
BREAK |
|
| 3:45-4:45 |
Detaching Bits from their Physical Media: Considerations, Tools and Methods |
Cal Lee |
| 4:45-5:00 |
Preview of Friday's agenda |
Everyone |
Friday, June 26 – 8:00-5:00
| 8:00-8:30 |
Revisiting Thursday – Questions and Reflections |
Everyone |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Summary of software that you're using – based on your
responses to pre-institute questionnaire |
Heather Bowden |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Overview and characterization of existing tools |
Cal Lee |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
|
| 10:15-11:15 |
LAB – Evaluating set of software options to support a
given digital curation workflow |
Heather Bowden, Cal Lee |
| 11:15-11:45 |
Lab Post Mortem |
Everyone |
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 1:00-2:15 |
Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each
individual, with instructors available to provide guidance |
Everyone |
| 2:15-3:00 |
Summary of action plans |
Everyone |
| 3:00-3:15 |
BREAK |
|
| 3:15-4:00 |
Clarifying roles and expectations over next six months |
Everyone |
| 4:00-5:00 |
Wrap up and evaluations |
Everyone |
For more information, e-mail
Dr.
Helen Tibbo at [tibbo (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu],
Dr.
Cal Lee at [callee (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu], or
Mike Brown at [brownmeb (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu].
