Towards a framework for education and training of digital curators Zinaida Manžuch Institute of Library and Information Science, Vilnius University LIDA 2008, Dubrovnik, 4 June

Aims and outline Urgent demand for educating digital curators Aim: to determine the main priorities for education and training of digital curators (DC) Topics discussed: Digital curation concept & current landscape Structure and teaching priorities in DC education Conceptual model of DC education and training Based on: DigitalPreservationEurope findings (see http:// www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu / ) Experience in LIS Education in Europe

Urgent demand for educating digital curators

Aim: to determine the main priorities for education and training of digital curators (DC)

Topics discussed:

Digital curation concept & current landscape

Structure and teaching priorities in DC education

Conceptual model of DC education and training

Based on:

DigitalPreservationEurope findings (see http:// www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu / )

Experience in LIS Education in Europe

Digital curation concept Digital curation – extending life-cycle of digital documents – born-digital and digitised Changes: Dependency on technology obsolescence, complex and dynamic structure of digital documents Covers all cycle of resource management activities (curation) Preservation of accessibility

Digital curation – extending life-cycle of digital documents – born-digital and digitised

Changes:

Dependency on technology obsolescence, complex and dynamic structure of digital documents

Covers all cycle of resource management activities (curation)

Preservation of accessibility

Digital curation landscape

Structuring the content of DC education & training The need for unifying principle: danger of fragmentation Proper mix of social, cultural, organizational and technological aspects of DC Integration of DC into broader context of archival, library and museum (ALM) activities Interchange of knowledge in ALM sector

The need for unifying principle: danger of fragmentation

Proper mix of social, cultural, organizational and technological aspects of DC

Integration of DC into broader context of archival, library and museum (ALM) activities

Interchange of knowledge in ALM sector

Some pre-requisites for DC structuring priorities The scope of current DC training events

The scope of current DC training events

Teaching priorities for DC education and training Learning objectives - educating professional capable: to work in fluid environments to cope with ambiguous situations New vision for competency Balance between research and practice

Learning objectives - educating professional capable:

to work in fluid environments

to cope with ambiguous situations

New vision for competency

Balance between research and practice

Conceptual model of DC education & training Higher Education Vocational training Conceptual knowledge Operational knowledge Technical skills

Conclusions Digital curators – educators and consultants of diverse communities DC should rely on knowledge base of archivistics, LIS and museology DC is a reflective professional DC education provides a proper mix of “know how” and “know why” DC is oriented to problem-based learning

Digital curators – educators and consultants of diverse communities

DC should rely on knowledge base of archivistics, LIS and museology

DC is a reflective professional

DC education provides a proper mix of “know how” and “know why”

DC is oriented to problem-based learning

Thank you for attention! Zinaida Manžuch [email_address] Institute of Library and Information Science Faculty of Communication Vilnius University

Zinaida Manžuch

[email_address]

Institute of Library and Information Science

Faculty of Communication

Vilnius University