Title: Professional, Disciplinary, Institutional, Organizational or Cultural Context (Dimension 3 of Matrix of Digital Curation Knowledge and Competencies)
Author: Christopher (Cal) Lee, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Draft: June 17, 2009 (Version 18)
Project: DigCCurr (IMLS Grant # RE-05-06-0044)
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The table below summarizes professional, disciplinary, institutional, organizational or cultural context. This is the third of the DigCCurr Matrix dimensions. It can be important to understand challenges, opportunities and characteristics of particular types of work contexts (e.g. social science data archive in a university, commercial collection of scanned page images, state archives, serving a population with specific cultural norms).
| Work Context Categories and Elements | Explanation or Elaboration |
|---|---|
| Professional Context | |
| History of Professional Activities | History of activities relevant to digital curation in various streams of work activity:
|
| Professional Development | Important elements of and strategies for actively participating in a profession and remaining aware of current state of professional principles and practices (e.g. professional associations, conferences, continuing education) |
| Disciplinary Context | |
| Institutional or Organizational Context | |
| Characteristics of Information and Record Creating Environments | |
| Cultural Context | "The distinctive ideas, customs, social behaviour, products, or way of life of a particular society, people, or period." [1] |