(Apr 2009) Comparing Curricula for Digital Library and Digital Curation Education

Comparing Curricula for
Digital Library
and
Digital Curation
Education
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Jeffrey Pomerantz, Sanghee Oh, Carolyn Hank, Helen Tibbo,
Barbara M. Wildemuth,
M Wildemuth & Cal Lee
Seungwon Yang, & Edward A. Fox Digital Curation
Digital Library Curriculum Project Curriculum Project
UNC-CH & Virginia Tech UNC-CH

Two projects: alike yet different
• Scope
– DL project describes a curriculum
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– DC project describes a lifecycle
• Emphasis
– DL project bl d people/information/technology
j blends l /i f i / h l
– DC project focuses on information objects
• Context
– DL project is multi-disciplinary and multi-institution
– DC project develops an emerging discipline
• Ed ti
Educational goal
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– Educating digital librarians
– Educating digital curators

Digital Curation Curriculum Conference, 2009

Curriculum Framework, 1


Curriculum Framework, 2


Matrix of Digital Curation Knowledge & Competencies

1) Mandates Values and Principles
Mandates,
2) Functions and Skills
3) Professional, Disciplinary or
f i l i i li
Institutional/Organizational Context
4) Type of Resource
5) Prerequisite Knowledge
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6) Transition Point in Information Continuum


Case 1: Preservation
1, Mandates, Values and Principles
8 Preservation
1.2,
1 2 Core digital curation
8a, Preservation principles and values

Issues of preserving
meaningful i f
i f l information
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Nature of digital objects
Layers and abstraction
Technology obsolescence
2, Functions and Skill
Approaches to p
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layers of meaning
Measures for promoting 2.12, Preservation planning
interoperability and implementation
Representation information
and format registries
Spectrum of technical digital
preservation strategies
Significant properties
Persistent identifiers
Cost-benefit analysis of
preservation approaches

1.2, Core digital curation
8 Preservation principles and values
Abstraction
Accountability
8a, Preservation Abstraction
Accountability
Issues of preserving
Adaptability and robustness
meaningful information
Authenticity
A th ti it
Nature of digital objects
Automating and informating of tasks
Collection
Context
Approaches to preserving
Continuum and lifecycle orientations
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layers of meaning
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Critical inquiry
Measures for promoting
Diversity
interoperability
Evidence
Long Term
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Openness and interoperability
Provenance and chain of custody
Scale and Scalability
Significant Properties
Stakeholders
Cost-benefit
Cost benefit analysis of
Trust


2.12, Preservation planning
8 Preservation and implementation

Develop packaging designs &
8a, Preservation migration plans
Develop preservation strategies &
Issues of preserving standards
meaningful information Monitor designated community
Nature of digital objects Monitor technology
Approaches to preserving
layers of meaning
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Measures for promoting
interoperability
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Cost-benefit
Cost benefit analysis of


Case 2: Selection of Materials
Collection 2. Functions and
3
Development Skills

3a, Collection 2.3, Selection, appraisal and
development / disposition
selection policies
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Deselection
Module not yet specified Enact selection, appraisal or disposition
Evaluation & monitoring of collections
Identify needs
Identify valuable information resources
Make selection, appraisal or disposition
decision


Case 3: Description of Objects
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Info/Knowledge 2. Functions and
4
Organization Skills

4b, Metadata 2.8, Description, organization,
and intellectual control
Metadata
Dublin Core Analyze existing descriptive information
Namespaces & repositories and determine needs
Administrative metadata Assign unique, persistent identifiers
Preservation metadata Create and capture descriptive
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Harvesting
H i information
Educational metadata Create and maintain representation
Semantic Web information registry
Create and maintain producer profiles
4d,
4d Subject description Create and maintain policy/rule registries
Create and maintain tools registry and
Subject description tools service
Vocabulary control Establish plan and conventions for
Thesauri descriptive information
Terminologies Subject analysis
Visualization

Case 4: Reference Services

2. Functions and
7 Services
Skills

7b, Reference services 2.15, Reference and user
support services
Major themes/tensions in Developing policies for reference
references services for DLs services
Human-intermediated digital Facilitating access to useful and
reference appropriate digital objects
Automation Help desk and end user technical
Use of DL resources in support
responses / Collection Providing associated information to
development consumers


Case 5: Legal issues
Management 1. Mandates, Values
9
and Evaluation and Principles

9e, Intellectual property 1.3, Legal requirements

Copyright Not yet specified
Fair use
Public domain
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital rights management/
Copyright protection
technologies
Digital library intellectual
property rights


An area not covered in
DL curriculum f
i l framework k
• Lifecycle
– Dimension 6, Transition Points in Information Continuum
• Pre-Creation Design and Planning
• Creation
• Primary Use Environment (Active Use)
• Transfer to Archives
• Archives (Preservation Environment)
• Transfer Copies or Surrogates to Secondary Use Environment
• Secondary Use Environment


Two areas with little coverage in
DC curriculum matrix
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• User behaviors
– Core topic 6, User Behavior/Interactions
• 6a, Information needs, relevance
• 6b,
6b Online information seeking behavior and search strategy
• 6c, Sharing, networking, interchange
• 6d, Interaction design
• 6e, Information summarization and visualization

• Technology/systems
– Core topic 5, Architecture
• 5a,
5a Architecture overviews
• 5b, Application software
• 5c, Identifiers, handles, DOI, PURL
• 5d, Protocols
• 5e, I t
5 Interoperability
bilit
• 5f, Security

DCC Curation Lifecycle Model


DL Curriculum Framework →


DigCCurr Matrix →


Side-by-side mapping to
i if l d l


Depth of coverage in mapping to
i if l d l


Questions?
• Digital Curation Curriculum Project (DigCCurr)
– Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, Carolyn Hank at UNC-CH
– http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr/
– With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, IMLS
Grant Awards # RE-05-06-0044 and #RE-05-08-0060-08
• Digital Library Curriculum Project
– Barbara M. Wildemuth, Jeff Pomerantz, Sanghee Oh, at UNC-CH
M Wildemuth Pomerantz Oh
– Edward A. Fox, Seungwon Yang, at Virginia Tech
– http://curric.dlib.vt.edu/
– With funding from the National Science Foundation, grants IIS-
0535057 (to Virginia Tech) and IIS-0535060 (to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill)


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