The document is a newsletter from DigCurV that discusses recent developments. It summarizes surveys finding high demand for digital curation training as more institutions collect digital materials. Recent focus groups identified needed skills for digital preservation and curation roles. The newsletter also announces new training opportunities profiles on the DigCurV website and an interview discussing training needs.

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March 2012 - Issue 2
The last few months have been exciting ones for
DigCurV. We have been analysing surveys that dealt
with investigating existing opportunities for training in
digital curation as well as the demand for training from
staff working in cultural and other institutions. The results
highlight that as more and more institutions are collecting
digital materials, they are asking their staff to take on new
roles in managing these collections. Our surveys suggest
Expert Advice: that while there is a lack of training courses, the demand
Joy Davidson for training – particularly introductory training and training
for trainers -- is high. In such difficult economic times it is
An Interview with Joy
Davidson exciting to see new jobs emerging in this area and it will
Digital Curation Centre be important to provide the right platform for training and
(DCC), UK skills development. Read More
By Laura Molloy
Joy Davidson is the Associate
Director of the JISC-funded
Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
in the UK. The DCC - now in
its third phase of activity - is a
world-leading centre of
expertise in digital information
curation with a focus on
building capacity, capability
and skills for research data
management (RDM) across
the UK's higher education
research community. Read
More
Putting the
Focus on CURATE: The
Practitioners: Digital Curator
Focus Group Game
Spotlight on Findings
By Katie McCadden
DigCurV By Chiara Cirinna (FRD) with DigCurV piloted ‘The Game
Partner Claudia Engelhardt (UGOE) of the Digital Curation
DigCurV conducted a series Lifecycle,’ at the Digital
University of Goettingen,
Germany of focus groups in five Strategies for Heritage
By Claudia Engelhardt & countries in throughout Conference 2011 as a novel
Stefan Strathmann (UGOE) Autumn 2011 to identify the way to explore with curators
Göttingen State and skills and competences their changing roles due to
University Library is one of
needed for digital the need to create, manage
the largest libraries in
preservation and curation and and curate digital objects.
Germany. Since its
foundation in 1734, it has discuss the need for Read More
developed in close relation to vocational education and
the Georg-August-Universität training in this field.
Göttingen. A research library Participants brainstormed
from its inception, it has built
ideal job profiles for the
up collections of both national
varied roles in the digital
and international significance.
Read More curation field. Read More
If you have some news on
training and continuing
professional development
in digital curation that you
would like to share in our
next issue, please contact
Training info@digcur-education.org.
Opportunities
By Vilma Karvelyte, Nijole To learn more about the
Klingaite & Jurate Kupriene project, visit www.digcur-
(VUL)
education.org.
In November 2011, DigCurV
launched a profile of training
DigCurV is funded by the
opportunities on the project
European Commission's
website. The profile is a result
Lifelong Learning Leonardo
of a Survey of Training
da Vinci programme.
Opportunities conducted in
Spring 2011. Read More
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been funded with support from the European Commission.