News and Events

2009

August 11: Cal Lee presented, "Bringing Values to the Bitstream: A Framework for Digitally-Aware Professional Ethics of Curation." Society of American Archivists (SAA) Research Forum, Austin, TX.

July 25: Carolyn Hank presented, “Blog Perspectives on Digital Preservation: Attributes, Behaviors and Preferences” as an invited panelist at the Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship Symposium, in Washington, DC.

June 21-26: DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle held, Chapel Hill, NC.

June 23: Carolyn Hank presented, “Defining Submission Agreements and Policies” as an invited presentation at the DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle, Chapel Hill, NC.

April 11: Helen Tibbo elected, Society of American Archivists (SAA) Vice President/President Elect, her one-year term as vice president to begin in August 2009.

April 1-3: DigCCurr2009: Digital Curation: Practice, Promise, and Prospects, held in Chapel Hill, NC.

April 3: Helen Tibbo presented, "Digital Curation and Preservation Training and Education: A Panel to Consider Options and Intersections" (Panel). DigCCurr 2009, Chapel Hill, NC.

April 3: Cal Lee presented, “Moving Web Archiving into the Classroom at UNC: Experiences & Lessons" (panel) and "Skills for Significant Properties: Debating Pragmatics and Philosophy in an Area of Digital Curation" (Panel). DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects, Chapel Hill, NC.

April 3: Carolyn Hank chaired, “Digital Curation Research” at DigCCurr2009: Digital Curation: Practice, Promise, and Prospects, Chapel Hill, NC.

February 8: Cal Lee presented, "Pondering the Professionalities: Curating the Personal." Invited Speaker. First Digital Lives Research Conference: Personal Digital Archives for the 21st Century, British Library, London, United Kingdom.

2008

November 7: Helen Tibbo presented, "Practical Applications of Digital Curation Education" [pdf] at the Fall 2008 Mid-Adlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Carolyn Hank presented, "Preparing Future Digital Curators" [pdf] at the Fall 2008 Mid-Adlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) in Silver Spring, Maryland.

October 29: 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.

September 15: Helen Tibbo and Wendy Duff, DigCCurr I Advisory Board member, presented a paper, "Toward a Digital Curation Curriculum for Museum Studies: A North American Perspective," at CIDOC 2008 in Athens, Greece.

August 29: Helen Tibbo chaired a session, "21st Century Data Curation for Archives, Libraries and Museums," at the Society of American Archivists (SAA) 2008 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.

August 26: Cal Lee presented on "What do Job Postings Indicate about Digital Curation Competencies" at the SAA 2008 Annual Meeting Research Forum.

June 26: Interactive paper reporting findings from a digital curation curriculum, competencies, and challenges survey presented by Carolyn Hank at IS&T's Archiving 2008 conference.

June 16-23, 2008: Workshop at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2008, titled "Education for Digital Stewardship: Librarians, Archivists or Curators?" presented by Helen Tibbo and IMLS Associate Deputy Director, Joyce Ray. Workshop website may be accessed by clicking here.

June 8-14: Helen Tibbo gave an invited lecture, titled "Digital Curation Education: Building Sustainable Programmes," at the DELOS Preservation Cluster: Summer School 2008 in Tirrenia, Italy.

June: Call for papers and posters put out for DigCCurr2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects, to be held April 1-3, 2009 in Chapel Hill, NC. Click here for the conference website and the call for participation.

May 21: Carolina Digital Curation Fellows and Cal Lee present their two-part paper, Preparing Future Digital Curators: Part I, A Summary Report on the Digital Curation Curriculum Project: Part II, Four Perspectives on Applying Academic Understanding in a Practice Setting, at the LAUNC-CH Annual Research Forum in Chapel Hill, NC. Click here to see the abstracts on the Forum's website.

February 21-22: Dr. Raymond J. van Diessen, senior managing consultant for IBM Global Business Services in the Netherlands, and DigCCurr Advisory Board Member, visited Chapel Hill on behalf of the DigCCurr project. For more information on his visit, see this SILS news release.

January 31: Submission of third interim IMLS report, covering the six-month DigCCurr project period, July 1, 2007-December 31, 2007.

January 12: First class of INLS 890-046: Digital Curation: Applications and Challenges, a one-semester, three-credit course combining Master's and PhD students. Advisory board members serve as guest speakers, either remotely via video conferencing technologies or in-class site visits. Additionally, members of the SILS-based DigCCurr project team serve as guest lecturers. INLS 890-046 designed and led by Helen Tibbo and Cal Lee.

January 8-11: Poster on DigCCurr project presented by Cal Lee at ALISE 2008.

2007

October 11-12: Cal Lee, Co-PI, invited presenter at iPRES 2007.

August 31: Program session proposed by Helen Tibbo and Cal Lee, "Archival Education for the Digital Age," presented at SAA 2007, and featuring an invited panel of leading educators and researchers, including DigCCurr Advisory Board member, Dr. Seamus Ross.

August 24: First class session for INLS 696: Carolina Digital Curation Fellows (CDCF) Introductory Seminar, a one-semester, one-credit class led by Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Carolyn Hank.

August 23: Welcoming reception for Carolina Digital Curation Fellows and Local Partners held at Wilson Library, UNC-CH.

July 31: Submission of second interim IMLS report, covering the six-month DigCCurr project period, January 1, 2007-June 30, 2007.

July: Meeting of local DigCCurr partners, and selection of Carolina Digital Curation Fellows for placement in identified practicum sites.

June 18-23: Paper on DigCCurr project presented by Helen Tibbo at JCDL 2007. Additionally, tutorial on digital curation and digital preservation presented by Helen Tibbo and Carolyn Hank.

May 23: Paper on DigCCurr project presented by Helen Tibbo at IS&T's Archiving 2007 in Arlington, Virginia.

May: Announcement of Carolina Digital Curation Fellows. Five Fellows accepted for entrance into either the MSLS or MSIS program at SILS beginning Fall 2007. Fellows awarded two-year Carolina Digital Curation Fellowships.

April 21-22: First meeting of seventeen-member international Advisory Board and DigCCurr PIs and project team held at UNC-CH.

April 18-20: DigCCurr 2007: An international Symposium on Digital Curation held at UNC-CH, attracting nearly 300 attendees and presenters.

January 31: Submission of first interim IMLS report, covering the six-moth DigCCurr project period, July 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.

January 15: Closing call for papers and presentations for DigCCurr2007.

January 12: First class of INLS 890: Seminar on Digital Curation, a one-semester, three-credit, innovative, cross-institutional, PhD-level graduate course on issues in digital curation. The course utilized Access Grid technologies for facilitating co-instruction and participation with students and faculty from the University of Glasgow (Scotland). INLS 890 designed and led by Helen Tibbo.

2006

November: Recruitment campaign for Carolina Digital Curation Fellowship program underway, with recruitment support from SILS communications office, including the issuance of a November 3rd press release.

July 1: Launch of three-year (2006-2009) IMLS-funded DigCCurr project.

June 28: Laura Bush and IMLS announce award of $562,041 for the SILS UNC-CH project, ""Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation."