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Digital Curation

The curation of digital content encompasses a wide array of policies and practices that ensure the ongoing usability and accessibility of digital information. The processes related to digital curation include working with the originators of the content (whether data, text, images, or other) to document key aspects about it that will facilitate its later use by others. Libraries or other stewards need to keep a record of the technical environment in which the content was created, its coding scheme, standards used, and other pertinent metadata. They also need to develop procedures for monitoring the ongoing usability of the content as technology platforms evolve. Technical, social, economic, and policy issues are all important components of digital curation.

Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff

“Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo” (December '09)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch
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“Jim Gray’s Fourth Paradigm and the Construction of the Scientific Record” (June '09)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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“Big Data: How Do Your Data Grow?” (September '08)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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“Repatriation, Reconstruction, and Cultural Diplomacy” (January '08)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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“Post-DL Research Agenda” (June '03)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings

Building Data Management Services at Johns Hopkins University (December '11)

G. Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
Barbara Pralle, Johns Hopkins University

 

Capturing Research Data: A MODS Metadata Application Profile for Institutional Repositories (December '11)

Grace Agnew, Rutgers University

 

Data Lifecycle Management (December '11)

Thorny Staples, Smithsonian Institution
Jeremy Kenyon, University of Idaho
Bruce Godfrey, University of Idaho

 

Data Management Strategies (December '11)

Jonathan Markow, DuraSpace
Elaine L. Westbrook, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kathy Notter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

The DMPTool: Online Guidance and Resources for Your Data Management Plan (December '11)

Sherry Lake, University of Virginia
Laine Farley, California Digital Library

 

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Recent Videos

Video: Data Management Plans Online (May '11)

Presenters: Todd Grappone, Patricia Cruse

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Video of NSF Data Management Plan Requirements from 12/10 CNI Mtg (January '11)

Presenters: Serge Goldstein, Scott Brandt

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Digital Forensics and Cultural Heritage (December '10)

Matthew Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland
Rachel Donahue, University of Maryland

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NSF Data Management Plan Requirements: Institutional Initiatives (December '10)

Serge J. Goldstein, Princeton University
Scott Brandt, Purdue University

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Codes, Clouds and Constellations: Open Science in the Data Decade (April '10)

Liz Lyon, UKOLN

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Recent Podcasts

Feb. 10, 2012: Horizon Megatrends; E-Book Self-Publishing; OSTP Comments (February '12)

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Jan. 18, 2012: Large Datasets, Identity, & New Digital Scholarship (January '12)

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Nov 28, 2011: Open Data, Publishing Innovations, Assessment (November '11)

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Sept 6, 2011: CI for Classical Studies, Digital Scholarship Centers, Data Mgt, Cliff’s Summer Reading (September '11)

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June 22, 2011: Digging into Data, Identifiers, Crowdsourcing & Scientific Data (June '11)

CNI Conversations Podcast, June 22, 2011

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