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
“Library Perspectives on the EDUCAUSE 2019 Top 10 IT Issues” (February '19)Authors: Joan K. Lippincott et al
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Library & IT Partnerships with Campus Museums & Archives (January '17)
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Closing Keynote IDCC 2014 (February '14)
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Cloud Architectures and Cultural Memory (September '13)
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Summing Up IDCC 2013 (January '13)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
3D Digital Herbarium & 3D Exhibits4Learning (March '24)
Cyril Oberlander, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
AJ Bealum, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Catalyzing African Community Archives for Social Good (Lightning Round) (March '24)
Chris Prom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Combining Micropublications into a Sustainable Back End and an Integrated Reading Environment (March '24)
Gregory Crane, Tufts University
Stephanie Labou, Data Science Librarian, University of California, San Diego
Information Infrastructure to Address Societal Grand Challenges (March '24)
Donald Waters, Coalition for Networked Information
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Recent Videos
Collaborative Vocabulary Building with the YAMZ.net Metadictionary (February '24)John Kunze, Drexel University View more information
Joint Professional Development Institute to Cultivate Collaborative Library Scholars (February '24)
Zhiwu Xie, University of California, Riverside View more information
COVID Information Commons—An Open Portal and Community for Research Collaboration (August '23)
Florence Hudson, Columbia University and Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub View more information
Held In Trust: Digital Technology in the Context of Cultural Heritage Preservation (August '23)
Pamela Hatchfield, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Foundation for the Advancement of Conservation
Linda Tadic, Digital Bedrock
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Teaching Data Science and Building Data Literacy—Nationally and Globally (August '23)
Florence Hudson, Columbia University and Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
Emily Rothenberg, Columbia University View more information
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Recent Podcasts
April 29, 2012: Big Data, E-Journals, ID Mgt, Text Mining, & more (May '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, April 29, 2012Listen to the Podcast
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Feb. 10, 2012: Horizon Megatrends; E-Book Self-Publishing; OSTP Comments (February '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, Feb. 10, 2012
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Jan. 18, 2012: Large Datasets, Identity, & New Digital Scholarship (January '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, Jan. 18, 2012
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Nov 28, 2011: Open Data, Publishing Innovations, Assessment (November '11) CNI Conversations Podcast, Nov. 28, 2011
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Sept 6, 2011: CI for Classical Studies, Digital Scholarship Centers, Data Mgt, Cliff’s Summer Reading (September '11) CNI Conversations Podcast, Sept 6, 2011
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