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
Bringing Digitized Special Collections into the Research Workflow through JSTOR: Outcomes of a Three-year Pilot (November '23)
Bruce Heterick, ITHAKA
Kevin Guthrie, ITHAKA
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Duke University’s Research Support Initiative: Assessment, Recommendations, and Implementation (November '23)
Timothy McGeary, Duke University
Rebecca Brouwer, Duke University
John Board, Duke University
The Ecosystem for Research Networking (ERN): Exploring Democratized Access to Research Instruments (November '23)
Maureen Dougherty, Ecosystem for Research Networking
Barr von Oehsen, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Forough Ghahramani, Edge
The National Science Foundation Public Access Initiative, Projects Funded, and Catalytic Aims of the Program (November '23)
Martin Halbert, National Science Foundation
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Michigan State University
David Elbert, Johns Hopkins University
John Chodacki, California Digital Library
Bill Branan, Johns Hopkins University
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Recent Videos
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
Paul Messier, Yale University View more information
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
Exposing Hidden Collections Through Photogrammetry (May '23)
Bill Winston, Washington University in St. Louis
Jennifer Moore, Washington University in St. Louis
Skye Lacerte, Washington University in St. Louis
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Supporting Software Preservation Services in Research and Memory Organizations: White Paper from SPN Research-in-Practice Working Group (May '23)
Jessica Benner, Carnegie Mellon University
Lauren Work, University of Virginia
Wendy Hagenmaier, Georgia Tech
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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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